King Kong reigns supreme

[Biggles downunder]

Last Tuesday night we ie myself, Baxter, Windy Jack & Mark, had decided we would play the King Kong scenario using Matt56's rules and my brand spanking new 3D printed roof top.

You can download Matt's rules here: https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/do...o=file&id=2470

The Back Story

WW1 had ended prematurely as both sides had combined forces to defeat the Martian invasion.



No sooner had the aircraft been wheeled into their respective hangars and pilots and groundcrew relaxed than a new threat emerged - a giant ape, possibly a mutant created by all of that weird Martian gas floating around the earth's atmosphere:



The last of the alcohol was hurriedly consumed, fuel tanks refilled and ammunition checked as the giant ape had been sighted lurking on a roof top. Brown, Sachsenberg & Schafer were the first to sight the monster ape:





Brown & Sachsenberg were the first in range and opened fire:



The ape reacted by moving around his roof top but this brought him within range of Schafer who immediately opened fire:



And so the battle continued with the, by now enraged, ape prowling the roof top and flinging any aircraft that was unfortunate to fly within range of his grasp away from the roof top and out of control. The two D.VIIs continue to snipe at Kong while Brown, who has recovered from being thrown, hurrying in to rejoin the action:



Luckily Brown's shots stun the ape and prevent him from moving, otherwise it could have been very nasty for Brown!



Unfortunately for Sachsenberg, Kong turns the right way at the wrong time and the D.VII is no match for the fury of the beast:



To be quickly followed by Brown's demise:



Schafer valiantly fought on:



But, eventually, he too was defeated by the mighty ape:



The final 'score' and, yes, we did shuffle that damage deck!



And so ended the evening's frivolity!

Just a few thoughts and reflections:

We had to 'house rule on the spot' a few times;

1. It was decided that Kong's 'arc of fire' would be the projection of the segment of roof top that he was currently occupying.
2. We decided that the range ruler should be placed at the front edge of that segment when determining whether or not an aircraft was within reach.
3. Kong would be within range if a range ruler overlapped any part of the roof segment currently occupied by Kong.

And we didn't use Kong's ability to regain strength by chest pounding as we felt it would make for a very long game with Kong being virtually unbeatable - we needn't have bothered as it turned out, but the outcome may well be different with many more aircraft attacking Kong!

At the end of the evening we decided it had been a lot of fun and one scenario that we absolutely must try again!

Now, to get those files up on Thingiverse so that you can all print your own rooftop!