Last night we decided, as one of our regulars was AWOL, to take a break from learning BSG and return to WW1.
The scenario was a late war photo recon mission played on 3 mats with the combatants being an Re.8 (Fergusson/Fry flown by me) escorted by a Snipe (Barker flown by Mark) versus a Fokker D.VII (Sachenberg flown by Baxter) and an Albatross D.VA (Baumer flown by the app on my iPhone).
The British secretly chose one of the possible ammunition dumps (marked by my numbered clear plastic overlays) and the fun began! Of course the early turns were spent with the British heading for their target whilst keeping the Germans guessing and the German aircraft trying to position themselves so as to cover all eventualities.
Of course with all of this maneuvering it was inevitable that an 'ouch' incident would occur! But it did allow Barker to get in a shot at Baumer who was distracted by his close encounter!
The Re.8 continued to act as a 'Hun magnet' and soon 'found' Sachenberg and again Barker made the most of this collision and got in a shot at the second attacker.
Undaunted, the Re.8 sailed on, crossed the target and had it's 'Kodak' moment unmolested.
From here on it was the 'Get out of Dodge' option for the Re.8 with the Snipe (and the occasional burst from the rear gunner of the Re.8) ultimately taking their toll on the D.VA and the D.VII!
The butcher's bill at game end:
My custom printed target marker:
Bookmarks