WoG Therapy. It works!

**Nightbomber** · 09-28-2013 02:42

My father, a true WoG player, has spent the last two weeks in hospital, undergoing some surgical operation on his kidney, and yesterday was finally released!
It was a tough time for him - I have never seen him so depressed and down.
Fortunately, when we took him to our place where he will spend a week or so, I decided to get him off the ground and proposed a play, just to make him think about anything else except the hospital stay. A kind of WoG Therapy. And it worked fine. I was amazed looking at him focusing on card selection, maneuvering and shooting. Finally I saw a smile on his face I have not seen for weeks!

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Not without a reason. He (Fuccini) shot my (Linke-Crawford) Aviatik down in few passes: 5+3+3+XP!

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Then we changed to Siemens (him) and Tripe (me).

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...and after a bloody fight we ended up in a collision!

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Then we turned to a "B" planes: My father took the stick of the Tripe, I sat in the Aviatik.

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As you can see this time I was really lucky to set the Tripe on fire...

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That led the Tripe to the ground in flames. So after all we gained a hard won tie in kills

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Oh, we had a great time together! Now with my wife, daughter and father playing WoG we can call ourselves a WoG Family

My special thanks this time go to Attilio; that was the reason we chose the Italian front and scenery for our first dogfight

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Andy.

**Jager** · 09-28-2013 03:01

Great therapy, Andrzej! Nothing boosts ones spirits like shooting down your upstart son

Seriously, I'm glad your Father's on the mend, and that you added another pilot to your squadron.

Karl

**7eat51** · 09-28-2013 07:19

Well done, Andrzej. Blessings on your Father and his recovery. Please pass on our regards.

**Willi Von Klugermann** · 09-28-2013 07:53

Very nice to see considering the number of dysfunctional families these days. Best wishes for a speedy recovery for your dad.

**flash** · 09-28-2013 09:04

Good to see Andrzej

**Angiolillo** · 09-28-2013 09:09

Happy pictures! Greetings to your father, it has been a real pleasure to meet him in Campo de' Fiori.

**Guntruck** · 09-28-2013 09:33

That's great. Hope your dad's on the road to recovery now Andy

**Attila57** · 09-28-2013 10:15

Greetings to your father Andy. Glad to see him finally out of the hospital and so interested in WoG.

It 's very nice to have a whole family that plays!

Thank you for the "special thanks" and the Italian scenario.

Knowing the surgery of your father I tried to be close to a friend and his family as much as I could.

I hope to meet you soon in Italy!

Attilio

**Lt. S.Kafloc** · 09-28-2013 10:25

Andy best wishes to your Dad for a continued speedy recovery. You can see where you get your good (did I say good) looks from. Best wishes to you and your family.

Neil

**Marechallannes** · 09-28-2013 11:23

Great father-son gaming, Andrzej.

The best healthy wishes from Bavaria to Silesia, wingman.

**BobP** · 09-28-2013 12:43

Excellent Andy that you and your dad can get together like that. Also glad to hear that he is doing OK. Best wishes to all of you.

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 09-28-2013 14:13

A very heart rending account Andy. Just what I needed after a hard day at Derby.
I hope that your dads recooperation continues to go well. Although I have not met him please give him my best wishes as a fellow Wings player.
Rob.

**Doug** · 09-28-2013 15:27

Glad to hear your Dad is getting better and that you are doing your best to help him by gameing with him

**gully_raker** · 09-28-2013 17:26

Thats the very best "Get Well" treatment you could think of Andrezj!

Please give your Dad my personal best wishes for a full & speedy recovery.

**Archidamus** · 09-29-2013 02:48

A great way to recuperate Andrzej - here's wishing your dad a speedy recovery

**monty's double** · 09-29-2013 15:40

Best wishes to your father Andrzej and a great idea for therapy.

**MoonSylver** · 09-29-2013 16:39

Thanks for sharing Andy.

Glad your Dad is on the mend & hope he recovers fully & soon.

You're very lucky to have a Dada, & family in general, who shares your interests & hobbies.

**CappyTom** · 09-29-2013 16:44

Great to hear your father is getting better. My prayers go out to him. Also great idea for therapy. I use this as well. Will take photos next time we play.

Thomas

**crashx** · 09-29-2013 18:18

Bravo, well done!!! Excellent therapy supplement!!! My wife is a therapist, and said you did great, and keep it up!!!

**Nightbomber** · 12-28-2013 03:18

I could not loose an opportunity to take my Father to the skies again

We were spending Christmas together, so I took him upstairs and suggest we test the new, fast planes and some older biplanes. He agreed at once, so we took off.

First game: He took the stick of the Mustang, I played the Dora.
1:0 for the Mustangs

- to my despair.

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Look at the bill!

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Now the rematch... and the Mustang (me) wins another time!

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And now the biplanes... My Falco was victiorious...

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A great evening we both had!

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 12-28-2013 03:56

Glad you had a good time with your dad Andy.
I used to play Snooker against mine once a week, and had some really quality time with him towards the end of his life.
Rob.

**Marechallannes** · 12-28-2013 04:15

Your father had a lucky hand with the WW II damage token he get, Andrzej.

Played rummy with my family and Galaxy Trucker with my older daughter and my dad, these days.

**BobP** · 12-28-2013 12:25

Again another great time had being with your dad. Keep him flying.

**crashx** · 12-28-2013 13:03

Ahhh, the family that plays together, stays together!!!

**David Manley** · 12-28-2013 13:07

Fantastic. Thats made my night, reading that

**fast.git** · 12-28-2013 13:58

Makes me smile, that does.

**Blackronin** · 12-28-2013 14:03

This is excellent, Andy!
I wish my father would like to play WoG with me, but he doesn't like boardgames.
Your father seems much better now.
Give him my best regards.

**Naharaht** · 12-28-2013 15:37

Best wishes for your father's continued recovery, Andrzej.

**gully_raker** · 12-28-2013 15:48

Originally Posted by crashx

Ahhh, the family that plays together, stays together!!!

AMEN to that!

Well done Andy.

**flash** · 12-29-2013 08:54

Your father's looking well Andrzej - well enough to handle a Mustang !

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 03-29-2014 08:40

Originally Posted by flash

Your father's looking well Andrzej - well enough to handle a Mustang !

Do you think he could make a Mustang sally then?

Rob.

**CappyTom** · 03-31-2014 02:38

Great to have family together around the battle field

. Cheers to you and your family Andy

! Looking forward to the day we meet up again.

Thomas

**Nightbomber** · 11-05-2014 12:41

The Show must go on, so I am going to tell you that my father is in a very good shape. He strapped himself in a seat of some Soviet fighters during our last (1st Nov) session and we took off for some WGF fun. I am affraid his fun even was greater than mine...

We played without altitude.
1st mission: I started with my Bristol dispatched to make recon flight over the Soviet HQ right behind the river. Unfortunately Soviets were alerted and sent a Snipe to itercept the intruder...

We made a head on pass and his guns and my observer's gun got jammed...

But he made a nice turn to get me right over the target...

Fortunately the target was photographed for later bombing and ny crew escaped in his speedy kite to safety. The results:

2nd Mission: The duel.
I took the Nieuport that Blackronin had repainted and kindly sent me. My father in the Soviet Snipe changed it into a flaming coffin on the spot.

And the flames took their toll soon after...

3rd Mission: Another duel.
My Oeffag D.III clashed with my father's Spad XIII. At the first glance I had bad feeling about the outcome...

During the first pass I got wounded...

I tried to out turn the Spad but failed... My father used Spad's abilities mercilessly.

The final result was easy to predict...

No doubt about old man's pilot abilities.

Ater all we had a drink together

As he had said before, that was the game he could played!

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 11-05-2014 12:48

Nice to see you enjoying a game or two together Andy.
Time you got your Father joined up.
I could use a few tips from him. He never got on fire once.

Rob.

**Teaticket** · 11-05-2014 13:06

Good to see the therapy worked so well and there is another WOG pilot amongst us. Andy, you were a bit rough on him right out of the hospital, crashing your plane into his, knowing his condition. Ahhh, what one does in order to win!