The Circus Comes To Town - A Little Solo Madness !

[flash]

Well the car was in dock, I couldn't go anywhere, it was rubbish weather, I had the table up and it was empty, so I thought ‘How about a big solo AI clash’.
This is something I've had in mind for a little while & discussion on the OTT sub-forum prompted me to further explore this option.
I pulled out eleven Germans scouts & ten Allied types, selected the Dolphin as my personal kite controlled by me & flew the others using Richard Bradleys basic solo rules.
About turn 3 my son came into the room and after a pause said ‘You’re mad’. Followed after a few minutes explanation by ‘Can I help out?’
A few hours of madness later each side had lost a few, others were badly damaged and some hardly at all. I really enjoyed it but wouldn’t recommend it as it is quite hard work to manage & does take a long time to play – about 30minutes a turn, but that does get shorter as you thin the herd ! Playing collisions helped that process but if I hadn't done so the Germans would have won hands down.
Here are a few pics to demonstrate the craziness:

The Allies: 3 camels, 2 SE5a, 2 Bristol F2B, 1 Spad, 1 N.17, 1 Dolphin (me)
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The Germans: 4 Albatros D.Va, 1 Albatros D.III, 3 Pfalz D.III, 3 Fokker Dr1
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Battle has been joined
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A close up of the action
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A Pfalz getting swatted off my tail !
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The 'Management Board'
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Me getting chopped about halfway through the game!
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And there are alot more pics in my Album (http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/album.php?albumid=1862) for you to enjoy

[Archidamus]

That looks like some really hard work Dave! From your description it reminds me of some of the big dogfights in the Biggles stories - where one minute the sky is full of whirling, colliding machines and the next it is empty with lots of crashed kites and others running for home!

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Yep the only thing missing from the Biggles set was the clouds.
You have to do it once in a lifetime Dave.
When I tried it I decided that once was enough, but it was great whilst it lasted.
Rob.

[somaliavet]

Dave, you ARE mad, but your madness looks like a flight bag full of fun! Great pics!

[Dwarflord22]

Very unique AAR! Thank you for posting!! :thumbsup:

[Nick_ace]

Great pictures and nice planes! But in the picture of the German team has 3 Fokker DrI not 2.Thank you for the pictures.

Nick

[crashx]

Very nice pictures!!! I might be crazy for saying this, but I don't think your crazy!!!

[flash]

Great pictures and nice planes! But in the picture of the German team has 3 Fokker DrI not 2.Thank you for the pictures.
Nick

Good spot Nick, glad one of us was paying attention to the detail !! :thumbsup:

It was hard work but strangely compelling to see how they would get on and I'm not sure I would have gone so far without my sons assistance. ;)

[Nick_ace]

Thank you!Who are the pilot of the blue Fokker DrI?I'm very curious about this.

Nick

[flash]

That is the Dr1 of Eberhard Mohnicke of Jasta 11 which he temporarily commanded on 3 occasions in 1918 after the death of MvR. He had 9 victories; was WIA twice in 1918; died 14 Oct 1930 whilst test flying. I chose him as a repaint as of Rahns Triplane as we share birthdays of 12th Feb - check my album (http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/album.php?albumid=295) for the pics & a little history :)

[Nick_ace]

Oh thanks for the informations Dave.:)

Nick

[gully_raker]

:thumbsup: Great stuff Flash!
Just the thing to keep one busy over a few Winter days over in Blighty!:cheezy:

[HTRAINo]

Nothing like an epic duel to separate mice from men ;)

Great pics, and looks like you had your hands full there!!! Ambassador, with these pics, your really spoiling uz...Excellente!

[Baron Rolf]

Hayden we've got to do a mega dogfight sometime as it'll be a real challenge but also fun.

[Nightbomber]

Why did not I see this Armageddon before?! Amazing!

[Bluedevil]

Great AAR! But i can imagine it must have been hectic to run:thumbsup:

[Grey Knight]

I'd have to agree with Alex on this, wow

[flash]

It was really hard work but if you organise the management side properly & can focus on what you're doing then that makes it easier - I was definitely flagging a bit towards the end & probably would have given up or run out of time without my sons help but ...
it was worth it ! ;)

[MadMike]

The lunatic is on the grass
:p I think your son is right :p But please keep your entertaining madness going. I really like it ... :clap:

[Flying Officer Kyte]

The lunatic is on the grass
:p I think your son is right :p But please keep your entertaining madness going. I really like it ... :clap:

It's O.K. Mike. I've sent him a box of the Dried Frog Pills.
Kyte.

[Lt. S.Kafloc]

Just followed the link here, well that puts my little effort to shame. :thumbsup:Great read, loved the pics.:thumbsup: If I can shake this prolapse disc I might just try a bigun down at the club. Or just :surrender:

:fokker: Neil

[itchy]

Great AAR and brilliant albums thanks for sharing

[mike_espo]

Incredible! I would have thought that this was a group event, with at least 6 players! Amazing you pulled this off solo!

Nicely done! :hatsoff:

[Lt. S.Kafloc]

I must get Jasta 2 into the air and try something similar. (Perhaps).

[Flying Officer Kyte]

I must get Jasta 2 into the air and try something similar. (Perhaps).

A word of advice Neil before you do. Make sure all your decks are marked to match your plain bases and plain cards. I have stuck micro stickers on all my sets. It took me hours to sort out all my sets after I played a big game, and it saves time on each move as well.
Rob.

[flash]

Hmm, I have more planes now....?!! :)

[Willi Von Klugermann]

I would need to hire an accountant for all that bookkeeping. Great way to spend a rainy day.

[Twisted_terrain]

Hmm, I have more planes now....?!! :)
More planes, more carnage!
I tip my hat to you sir, half hr per turn, jeebus it takes me that long with 6 planes, and a sherry or two.

[HotleadColdfeet]

:eek: :eek: :eek: What a fight! Madness for you perhaps but great reading for us! Thanks for submitting!

[Blauer Baron]

Hello Flash, great bash!! Looking at your card management, I was wondering where you put the three manoever cards for each plane - under the aeroplane card? Or did you use a paper based record keeping for which manoever cards and then just took them from the pack when needed.

[flash]

Hi Kevin, I found it easier to keep the three cards with the aircraft, you'll see them in the pic before that of the management board, it saved on a lot of walking to and fro to the end of the table and meant I got the right card for the right planes !
If you check the album things will become clearer.

[Willi Von Klugermann]

Madness indeed !!!!

[flash]

More solo madness is soon to follow....:eek: