I've managed to generate some interest within my local sci-fi and fantasy -focused gaming group for a Wings of Glory campaign, after a long string of very fun and enjoyable one-off dogfights. I'm quite pleased - these are folks who had traditionally not been very interested in historical games, but the sheer joy of playing Wings of Glory has helped them see past that, it would seem.
I'm thinking the centenary of Bloody April is about as good a jumping off point as any...
I'm sure I'm not the only person considering such a campaign. I'm thinking to make a campaign that can be played one night per week throughout the month of April, with missions to be inspired by the actual events over Arras.
Based on the success I've found running my "Ace of Aces" campaign with my kids, I feel pretty good about the pilot progression and scoring methodologies, so something along those lines should work well.
The main concern I see is getting people excited by the prospect of flying for the RFC... against the odds, with high losses to be expected, and still having to soldier on. That will appeal to some players - but how many?
I think some kind of reward system for the RFC achieving success would make sense... i.e. win "X" number of missions, get greater access to the limited-availability Sopwith Triplane and SPAD VII, for example.
It would be really cool to tie in success in the air with success on the ground, but I've not given that a lot of thought - suggestions would be most welcome.
For two-seaters, I'm thinking the RFC will start with Sopwith Strutters and RE.8s... I have a sole BE.2c from Shapeways I can use as well, but it would be nice to stick with official WoG/WoW aircraft I suppose. I'm thinking the German side will mostly be concerned with interceptor missions - but maybe that's too one-sided?
I fortunately have a small stock of DH.2, N.17 and Albatros D.III aircraft (as well as a couple Tripehounds and tons of SPAD VIIs), and am anticipating only 2-3 players per side at most, so we should be OK on that front, I believe.
Has anyone run a Bloody April event before? Any suggestions?
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