AAR The Wright Flight Saturday November 7 2020

[camelbeagle]

The Wright Flight took to the skies again today. We had two fun missions. In attendance were Old Guy (Bill), The G Dog (Ray), Rhodie80 (Jim), Sean Weber, Matt Lawson, and myself Camelbeagle.

First mission was early war. We had a German Gotha G.1 with an Albatros D.II for escort against some Nieuport 11s.

Here is G-Dog's Gotha G.1



His lone support. An Albatros D.II. A Beautiful repaint by Jim O'Neil.



And on the intercept, 4 Nieuport 11. Stock Ares Miniatures.





The Action started pretty quick as the Nieuports tried to swarm the Gotha.



The Gotha and Albatros teamed up and made quick work of one of the Nieuport 11.



The Nieuports tried a different strategy. Tried to take it from the rear.



Unfortunately a second Nieuport fell to the guns of the Gotha.



We actually had a three plane pile up!



Third Nieuport went down soon after.



Albatros and Gotha vs one lone Nieuport.



But, it didn't stand a chance.



Victory to the Central Powers.

Second game. We had a battle of two seaters. We had an Ufag and two Halberstadt CL.II versus Bill's Spad 7 and a Breguet BR.14.







Let the bullets fly!



Fire came out quickly.



Lots of front gun and rear gun action.





The Ufag was the first to fall!



Breguet was doing good. But a lucky shoot gave it the BOOM!



Another lucky shot gave a BOOM to one of the Halberstadt.



Down to two planes. The DH5 and the other Halberstadt. Bill vs his son Sean.



The DH5 Piloted by Bill was the victim of the third BOOM.



Another victory to the Central powers.

Great two games. We then went out for some food and refreshments.

Thanks to all who came!

[Stumptonian]

Great looking Gotha and D.II in the first matchup.


The Boomers were definitely out in force in game two.


Nice to see you guys back at it.

[Windy Jack]

In your first scenario, I was feeling sorry for the Nieuport pilots. The planes were just not sturdy enough to cope with the opposition.
Thanks for the AARs.

[flash]

Great shots of the action Dan, it's always good to see you guys enjoying some Wogaming ! Glad to see Jim made it too.

[Flying Helmut]

Grand AAR!

Many thanks for posting it.

[camelbeagle]

Thanks! It was nice to get back to the table. Even better to see Jim again.

[RJG173]

I believe your Gotha G.I is improperly manned. The first and second cockpits had the observers with guns, while the third cockpit was the pilot's. Wether that would have made a difference in the outcome of the game is difficult to say.

[Baxter]

Great action AAR's rthank you for posting. We have tended to ignore the boom cards lately to avoid early exits.

[Old guy]

I think Robert might be right

[camelbeagle]

Well now.... You learn something new everyday!

[Sauerkraut]

Great AAR. Feeling very jealous as currently in lockdown with only solo gaming available.
We tend to use boom cards as half starting damage (rounded up) for all aircraft now. Helps to avoid any premature explosions.

[Flying Helmut]

We tend to use boom cards as half starting damage (rounded up) for all aircraft now. Helps to avoid any premature explosions.

I've been doing this for a while now - most of my opponents tend to like it (or did, before this COVID ****e!).

[camelbeagle]

Andy, I will have to bring that up next time. I like that rule better than the complete destruction.

[RJG173]

We at Gritty Goblin Games us 1/2 damage for large bombers, but full damage for anything on an escort base.

[flash]

Andy, I will have to bring that up next time. I like that rule better than the complete destruction.

It can still be as deadly but will keep you in the game early on... and still add the +1 if consecutive fire or from above.

[Dwarflord22]

Great AAR with beautiful pics and comments!