Good Morning, Everyone!
Following is yet another AAR from my wife's FB page describing a WoG game we hosted last Saturday at a friend's house. Actually, it shares TWO games: a brief indoctrinational "balloon-busting" skirmish on Friday evening, followed-up by an actual, full-fledged game on Saturday afternoon with some members of our wargaming group. I apologize for the size of the photos...it seems I either post images that are either too big for comfort or too small for clarity. I'll figure it all out eventually. In the meantime, ENJOY!
A Martini, A Balloon & Wings Of Glory...2018
,,,starting my "REAL Friday" Friday evening off right!....it was SOOO nice and warm that i had to do the sundress thing
...setting my olives down i fly my Nieuport 11 "Bebe" along with my hubby toward our objective...a pesky German observation balloon...chasing off a Fokker Eindekker on the way
...the balloon sees us coming and begins to descend. closing in quickly, we both fire half of our missiles...(this balloon is so darned CUTE!)
...and we both hit, causing a lot of damage...
...getting even closer, the balloon ignites while we're both firing our machine guns at it!
...flying past, we see the observer is still spotting targets for the German artillery...i love that they actually have a teeny "person" in the basket!
...whirling around for a second pass, the observer bails out...but of course!...that balloon isn't going to last much longer!
...and we find there's no need to attack again as the balloon has torched itself!
...how better to spend a Friday night?...'tinis and biplanes...yes!...i LOVE this game!!
...so now it's Saturday morning and Mike prepares the table at our host Dave's house...his game room is every wargamer's dream!...this is why i "practiced" last nite...want to be able to hold my own...
...i'd be playing with a larger group than just Mike and i and a friend here and there...
...our motley crew! ...from left to right...flying for the French: Mssr. Mark (photobombing our host), Mssr. Dave, Mssr. John and Mssr. Steven
the German defenders: Herr Rich (our fearless leader), Frau Nikki (me!) and Herr Tom
Mike explains the rules and the objectives of the sortie...the French need to photograph at least one of two targets and return to their lines with their film
...and very shortly we're off!
maneuvering our planes...taking occasional pot shots...
... until two swirling dogfights begin to take shape...
...a "pilot's eye" view
there is much maneuvering and firing and reloading of machine guns until, sadly, Herr Tom, who ironically fired the first shot in anger, is also the first to go down!
meanwhile, visible in the background to the north, Mssr. John's Sopwith Strutter has caught fire...
...eventually to flame out himself as Herr Rich flies his victorious Fokker overhead to face Mssr. Steve's oncoming Nieuport.
the French now only have one recon plane left to accomplish their mission
...but just as Mssr. Mark is about to fly over his target, his Strutter also bursts into flames from my Eindekker's gun and goes down, freeing me to try to shake Mssr. Dave's Bebe off my tail!
the Germans claim victory ... YAY!
this was a particularly explosive game...I've never seen so much fire!
afterward we all enjoy a laugh or two as we recount the game and get better acquainted with each other...(rings around Mars?).... ....lolol!!!...ya had to be there! lolol!!!...so much fun!
as we clean up, Mike shares a preview of what our next encounter will entail...Balloon Busting!
i'll be ready for that!
This was the first Wings of Glory experience for many of the players and we used my House Rules (which, happily, neither slowed the game nor burdened anybody).
As usual, my wife has received a number of very positive inquiries about the game from interested FB friends. So many, in fact, that I'm thinking ARES ought to consider taking her on as a Wings of Glory spokesperson (HA)!
Until next time, Happy Flying (and may your guns never jam)!
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