Those attitude cards look like expanded versions of the of the one you can cut out from the cardboard boosters packaging.
Those attitude cards look like expanded versions of the of the one you can cut out from the cardboard boosters packaging.
That little altitude card is very handy, you don't need to check the climbing rates any more from the rule booklet.
The list of contents are as follows
1 balloon model
1 nieuport 16 airplane model
20 airplane cards
2 altitude cards
8 damage cards
3 machine gun cards
1 card with altitude table front/back
21 counters/markers
1 two-sided balloon card
Hence my question where are the two altitude cards and ahat are they.
John B
It's probably referring to the climb and dive cards for the Nieuport. Easy way to check: count the cards in the R-Deck.
No its nothing to do with the climb and dive cards.
John B
The altitude cards I posted above are obviously the "1 card with altitude table front/back" . Each Balloon did however come with Four airplane cards, vice two. (they are provided below).
So.... with everything else accounted for, I am clueless as to what the "2 altitude cards" are.
Last edited by usmc1855; 03-20-2010 at 06:16.
The more I look at things, these:
2 altitude cards
Must be the two separate airplane (pilot) cads that are supposed to be with the set. One for each of the two pilots represented by the miniature.
Actually, I think the pilot cards are included in the 20 "airplane" cards, and these are the climb and dive cards. But really, that's 6 of one, half-dosen the other...
3 Straight
3 Left Turn
3 Right Turn
3 Left Sideslip
3 Right Sideslip
2 Stall
1 Immelman
18 cards
That means either the airplane cards or the climb/dive cards were included in the 20 "airplane" cards, but not the other.
Mine came with those 18 listed above, and the 1 Climb Card and the 1 Dive Card (the ones with the orange line leading to the black arrow. The climb card has the short orange line, the dive has the long orange line).
With these two, it makes 20 Maneuver cards.
These are the 20 which came with each of my Balloons:
3 Straight
3 Left Turn
3 Right Turn
3 Left Sideslip
3 Right Sideslip
2 Stall
1 Immelman
1 Climb
1 Dive
20 Cards
The cards that came in my boxes:
20 Maneuver Cards (R Deck-as listed above)
8 Damage Cards (D Damage deck)
3 Machine Gun Cards
4 Pilot Cards (2x Brown Planes, 2x Camouflaged Planes)
1 card with altitude table front/back
and of course, these other items:
1 balloon model
1 nieuport 16 airplane model
21 counters/markers
1 two-sided balloon card
1 card containing the stickers for the national markings for the Balloon
1 base for he plane, along with four short elevation pegs
1 base for the balloon along with 1 longer elevation peg and four short elevation pegs.
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Since the official contents list the cards belonging in the box as:
1 balloon model
1 nieuport 16 airplane model
20 airplane cards
2 altitude cards
8 damage cards
3 machine gun cards
1 card with altitude table front/back
21 counters/markers
1 two-sided balloon card
But failed to list the 2x Pilot Cards for each plane, I'm rather confident that what is listed as 2 altitude cards should be printed as 2 Pilot Cards.
But somehow I ended up with pilot cards for all four versions of the Nieuport 16 in both of my boxes, vice the two which matched the specific paint scheme.
Attention Brisbane based gamers,
I picked up my first two balloon busters boxed sets today from Fastbreak Sports at Nundah, about 30 seconds after they were unloaded off the truck. Decals have now been applied and they look fantastic!
I think I will have to go back for another two.
Cheers,
Carl.
I too am considering adding another set...or even 2 more sets...to the 2 balloons I picked up. I think they would look really great set up as a barrage line. They are a bit pricey though. Had to sneak these babies into the house so my flying partner, a.k.a. my wife, wouldn't see them. I can always say later that "...oh, I've had these for some time"...yeah, like about 48 hours?...
Some Pictures from Balloons in Action
Nice to see some balloons in action. Do you guys always leave the used maneuver cards out on the table?
Also, my group has always placed the balloons sideways "to the lines" when we play... Historically, were they deployed pointing towards the enemy side?
My best mate and I have a well rehearsed routine we have used since we were in high school together.
If one of us is found to be in possession of new and expensive gaming items we state to our mothers/girlfriends/wives that Glenn/Carl bought it and he loaned it to me so I could have a go.
It has worked a charm for a quarter of a century!
Cheers,
Carl.
I could be wrong here, but my assumption is that they were historically deployed pointing into the wind, much like a boat is always anchored facing into the wind. It's less about tactics and more about physical laws.
Though I do wonder how they kept barrages from tearing apart when the wind shifted...
Last edited by Pseudotheist; 03-31-2010 at 06:50.
I get my 2 Sets of Balloon Buster today, together with 4 more minis.
In my Sets the mini of the aircraft do not match the EAN-Code of the box, will say de Guilbert´s plane was in the Price box and wise versa..... I do not know but maby there german distrubuter clued the wrong EAN to the Boxes.....
Andrea already gave us a heads-up about this:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/4785789#4785789
Okay, thanks for the link.
how come it comes with D damage deck and also how can i get B damage deck without buying the other starter set can i order it by its self. sorry for the noob question
The Nieuport 16s have rockets - they look like giant bottle rockets tied to the wing struts - that use the D damage deck.
As for the B damage deck, you can get it in Watch Your Back or Flight of the Giants box sets, or download a printable copy of the deck from the files section of this site here:
http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/dow...do=file&id=342
Unfortunately, you can't order it seperately.
Edit: There is also a B deck in the new Revised Deluxe Edition.
Last edited by tuladin; 12-02-2010 at 22:06.
thanks man i will def. print them off
we have one of balloon set's so far thar fun to play with and add more to the game!!
Anybody out there actually apply their decals to these things yet? Andrea's response was a little confusing...I guess what I was looking for is: yellow is for allies and brown is for (mostly) central powers...I think that's right???
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I haven't applied the decals and I don't intend to. That way I can use the balloons on ether side with no confusion.
The Nieuports are both Entente - French to be exact. The one that comes with the brown balloon is Lafayette Escadrille - Americans flying for France.
I have three balloons: one brown balloon with Iron Crosses, one yellow balloon with British roundels, and the third sausage is brown and without decals, available for both sides. I play quite seldom with balloons, but they are soo niice.
Sorry to add to the discussion so late. I finally secured the balloons after putting it off for so long. I was suprised to see the R deck since the planes are Neiports. Is this the only set that contains an R deck? I believe the other Neiports are "I" deck. I did not analyze them yet..is the a significant difference? I do not recall the R deck in Burning Drachens, but I mostly play with the Minis.
TIA,
Aaron
Since I don`t have any of the `Balloon Busters` sets I tend to just use the Burning Drachens cards for balloon scenarios and yes, these sets appear to be the only place you can get the `R` deck or info for the Neiuport 16.
BD covers the Nieuport 17 and 23, both of which use the `I` Deck, the Nieuport 11 comes with `Watch your Back` and uses the `E` Deck.
Both decks have exactly the same number and types of maneuver but the `I` Deck is longer/faster.
I don`t have the `R` deck to compare with either but suspect that it should be very similar.
Last edited by Rabbit 3; 08-31-2011 at 03:01.
Basically, all the Nieuport cards we printed either use the I deck (as the Nieuport 17 and 23) if they are quicker, or the E deck (as the Nieuport 11 and 21) if they are slower. They keep thye same manouvrability but with shorter arrows for the E deck because of the lesser speed. But the Nieuport 16 was both slow as a 11 and less manouvrable than it, so the R deck is somehow a kind of an E deck slightly less agile.
Sorry, I have been confusing since I was confused myself! The decals have been packaged in a different way from the one I planned. You can use both for both sides I'd say, as tuladin wisely does. Brown was used by French and Germans alike, yellow by Austrians and USA and probably Russia - and I believe that the same country used different colors anyway.
Very true, but with a plane card to fly it as LUFBERY (American) or THENAULT (French - the Escadrille commander, since pilots were from USA but commanders from France). The other plane has cards for two different pilots, both French.
Last edited by Angiolillo; 08-31-2011 at 03:05.
Thanks for the clarifications!
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