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    Any "dogfight" space game is a fantasy. If using reactionary drives, burning fuel, there is no way to maneuver as shown in Star Wars or other movies/shows.

    The few space battles I've seen in 'The Expanse' are a bit closer to reality.

    Best example I've played: Board Game Geek: Shooting Stars - Tactical Fighter Combat in Space
    Mike
    "Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
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    Quote Originally Posted by OldGuy59 View Post
    Any "dogfight" space game is a fantasy
    Exactly, but the article does a very good job of explaining in straightforward language how engagements between spacecraft are likely to be fought out in reality - as well as pointing out the hazards of doing so (kiss goodbye to everybody's satellites in LEO just from debris effects if two nations decide to start plinking each other's).

    I suspect there is an interesting wargame sitting within the text there........

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    I seem to remember a couple of realistic space combat games out there.
    Not sure how they did on the market.
    Karl
    It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus

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    Quote Originally Posted by David Manley View Post
    Exactly, but the article does a very good job of explaining in straightforward language how engagements between spacecraft are likely to be fought out in reality - as well as pointing out the hazards of doing so (kiss goodbye to everybody's satellites in LEO just from debris effects if two nations decide to start plinking each other's).

    I suspect there is an interesting wargame sitting within the text there........
    That was my thinking exactly, David
    B.



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