Minis all the way. Years ago when all you could use in some games was cards I was creating my own rules to use with minis I made up myself or cobbled from toys to fit the situation. My rule of thumb is use what you enjoy. If your not getting enjoyment from the game whats the use in playing...right?
100% minis at our club
Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!
I'm starting with cards and eventually moving to the minis... I could aford to get the games quickly but get Miniatures for WOW and DOW enough for 12 (we own the game and host for friends) players each was a little more than i could afford. Slowly a plane or two a month i'll eventually have what we need.
You can never own too many minis!
I find the minis irresistible. I can play with the cards with no problem, but I if I have the necessary miniatures, they're coming out.
I store my aircraft and cards in ornament boxes stuffed with packing popcorn. Not terribly attractive, but very simple and handy.
I have recently bought my first minis. Two WW2 planes and two WW1. I played with both and found that I really liked the WW1 game but not WW2.
So for me i think it will be WW1 minis but WW2 cards
Saw the card game and was interested - saw it played with minis and I was hooked !
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
Planes for the sheer spectacle. Plus I can't see the cards when they are down on the table.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
I was hooked by the minis, have to admit that WoW is one of the most scenographic games I ever played.
Strangely enough I discovered it's much easier and more comfortable to play the cards, especially in very close dogfights (i.e. always in my group)
Miniatures only so far... But I have all the booster packs.. So I want to start involving some of the other movement decks as well!!!
Hope they make more planes (minis) for all in game cards!!!
It's minis for me unless I don't have the plane. The cards are also helpful when things get crowded.
No question about it. It is miniatures all the way until there is some reason not to play with miniatures.
Hmmmm. I cannot think of one.
(BTW, I keep all of my cards.)
hello all!
i have wow ww1 since two years and the first set i bought was the minis deluxe set.it was fantastic!
then i bought recently the wow ww2 deluxe set also and i really enjoy it. its awesome!
so minis all the way!
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further thoughts on this. When I played ww2 with minis I only had 2 a spit & a ME109 and didn't really enjoy it. so thought i would stick with the cards.
Then i got the WW2 delux set for a present ( I am now at the stage where the kids are buying me toys! ) and so had 2 a side that was much better.
WW1 I loved with the minis.
I still feel that to get the range of scenarios for WW2 the cards are helpful.
With WW1 you can get away with 8 planes and have a long lasting and interesting campaign.
With WW2 I want stukas Me110's hurris spits mosquitos fokke wulf 190s + maybe try some pacific scenarios etc etc.
would cost a fortune!
Ever since we started it's been mini's all the way. For us there's just something more realistic and fun about moving the miniatures around the gaming surface. Cards are fun to look at, but at this point I could never use them with any regularity.
Good question.
Scott
Miniatures without the slightest doubt
A.
Miniatures all the way for me, although my dad and I play with cards at his place, as it's a handy "kitchen table" game and saves me lugging a box of toys along when I visit....
Primarily the minis as I got into playing games like this because I'd already been painting minis for years.
However, even when using the minis the cards are indispensible for overlaps and the like. I'm actually REALLY glad you have both for reasons like this.
Got to be mini's for me, but I have used just the cards when away from home as the transporting is so much easier.
Miniatures for me. The visual appeal they offer is one of the bonuses of the game, which also helps to bring new players to the table.
That being said, and now that I purchased the play mats, I can see the advantages to using the cards for a quick pickup game outside the home or LGS. I am glad that the game offers both choices.
Cheers!
I started to play WoW mainly thans to the minis.
I hope to see more of them in the next future.
G.
minis for me (WWI).
Two major reasons
- I love the visual effect
- I'm playing with kids, and minis are a good way to hook them
If you ever played Wizkid's Crimson Skies (which was/is a great game too by the way), you'd know the pain of overlapping planes and how to set them so they didn't mess things about (nevermind they should have had bases to match the maneuver cards).
Having both (mini and a card) that represent the same thing and are interchangable is simply brilliant. I haven't played a WoW game yet where people weren't all running on top of each other sooner or latter. Without the cards that gets to be a mess.
The cards are very inovative and they do well for a portable war game, the art work is great, but the minis is were its at. At first I thought that they were too expensive but upon buying my first one, they are worth every penny! Joe
Its all about the minis now!
Ken Head - "The Cowman"
“You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.” Robin Williams
I really like your Altitude err Attitude Rodger! I think you have added some great ideas to the game. Our "mob" are waiting for the Gimble Stands to become available & ALL our chaps have Models. We made a Playing surface using a green rubberbacked curtain material that has a patten like contours & have added drawn on Trenches, Tents, Hangers, a railway line with German Train Cannon some field guns etc but WOW Games mats are also coming shortly.
I play the miniature but I have all the cards so far. The guys I play with just aren't interested in that aspect so I haven't played with them(cards). I would like to paint some of the card planes as miniatures if I get the chance. I would like to paint some of the Polish Planes and maybe some captured planes to use in miniature form.
I played hex board games could not get my head around movement. Minis give a 3d image that works for me.
With miniatures is more fun. I have some card boxes and packs but I prefer to play with minis.
Due to space and storage issues I play with only cards - although I do have a very small collection of minis, but they are never used in game.
mini's for sure
I would like to play with minis but I don't know enough people who are willing to get them for it to be a worthy investment.
Cards, but I'd prefer minis as they don't change their heading when you let go of them.
I am another mini's only player - like others here I come from a figure wargaming background, and found the lure of the models irresistable
Prefer miniature for looking... but i also like cards...I have many paint for 1 model of plane.
Many games with 50 % mini and 50% cards :-)
Since I scratch build my own minis and haven't gotten nice game bases for them yet, I use both. I use the card as the main game piece and place the mini on table for the visual effect.
Woud like to Play with the Mins but the only ones you get here are the ones from the Deluxe set
My spare cards are up for grabs on the For sale forum.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Minis for me. I had the WYB game for more than a year, unplayed. I found it lacking a dimension. :P Then I got some minis and It became the best game ever!
Minis definatly, basically as it looks right on the board although it is easier to use cards for transportation as I am trying to get other interested in my area both so I am playing both at the moment
For me the minis make the game. A very expensive game
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