I attended the Cowards Wargames club in Hoveton, Norfolk last night with the intention of running another Tripods & Triplanes game but other players just wanted a simple Wings of Glory game. So, four players with two planes each took part in a 4v4 game. The Germans had an Albatros D.V. a Fokker Dr.1, a Fokker D.VII and an Albatros C.III. The Entente players had a SPAD XIII, an A deck Sopwith Triplane and two Sopwith Camels. The objective was just to win the combat by shooting down more of the enemy.
We played on two mats (No-man's Land and Countryside) aligned along their long edge.
In the first three moves the planes approached the centre of the playing surface, except for the White Fokker D.VII. No doubt the pilot had a cunning plan
The Albatros D.V, striped Camel and SPAD continued forward. The Fokker Triplane turned to port.
Similarly the two Sopwiths over on the right and the Albatros C.III two-seater moved forward and at last the white Fokker turned towards the action.
The Albatros D.V and striped Camel went for each other head on and opened fire at long range. The SPAD moved forward and attacked the Fokker Triplane, which was heading towards the Sopwith Triplane. The white Fokker continued to hang back by turning left.
The two Sopwiths on the right and the Albatros C.III flew on, past each other. The Albatros' observer fired at the blue circles Camel and, to his dismay, his gun jammed!
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