'Well I started out, down a dirty road ...' - Tom Petty.
As I am learning the basics of Wings of Glory WW2 (
WGS) and trying not to spend too much on aircraft miniatures which are available to collect I appear to have stumbled upon a good way of psychologically pacing myself with regard to both. Add to this the fact that I have just had to sellotape and hand draw my own gaming mat made from A4 paper sheets and it was at this stage the penny dropped. Given how I currently own just two Gloster Gladiator bi-planes anyway the shooting cannot start yet. So why not use them on training sorties first? You know ... circuits and bumps / traffic patterns, ground reference manoeuvers and so forth. Anybody with a real life pilot's license will know exactly what this idea is all about!
OK I will accept that cross-country flying within a 90 cm x 90 cm environment is not exactly up to much but there is fun to be had when adding wind to Visual Flight Rules (VFR) flying. Especially to Ground Reference Manoeuvers such as eights on objects and circling an object where the wind can and does alter the shape of what is being performed and needs to be compensated for. There is also a three go-arounds rule in force concerning my mat's airfield which can at times be affected by wind but has not been so far - mostly involved with flying traffic patterns.
Some time in the future with the rules mastered and a proper gaming mat / realistic opposition to my credit is when the shooting here will commence. But until then this is proving to be quite a fun idea. Question is has this been done before or could this be a first for Wings of Glory: A form of solo play on which you score your first solo flight? I just feel that this is a great way to prevent new players from accidentally exceeding their confidence levels / breaking the bank buying miniatures / adding or enhancing realism in those early and critical days. This idea is helping me if it is new - hopefully it may be useful in helping others in the same ways.
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