I visited my parents for a few days last weekend and we got in 3 WGF games I didn't get a ton of photos but we had fun. I lobbied for altitude rules but they chickened out.
Mom and Pop, part of my Belgian Camel attack.
My ride.
The enemy, my brother and his wife flying the Siemens-Schuckert D.III and defending their aerodrome.
Similar to one of teaticket's latest games: enemy scouts shot down are worth 2 pts, hangars defended are worth 3 pts, destroyed are worth 4. The Germans also had a machine gun helping out.
The Belgians fly the cluster formation
@shapeways Daryl's Reduced Aircraft Factory German and Bessoneau hangars provide some cool bits and are easily lifted off the card during maneuvers.
German tent hangars 1:800 scale
Bessoneau 6-bay 1:1000 scale
1 destroyed
Shot down in my prime.
Belgians ended up winning, destroying the MG and 3 hangars.
My folks took time out the next day to welcome their latest great-granddaughter Kate Evangeline Smith.
Next up was a Handley-Page 0/400 vs four Alb D.Va's. My first time piloting a giant in person -- I missed both the primary and secondary targets by a mile.
Our doomed hero.
The game began with the HP taking a short-range burst 4/4 + two smokes = FIRE! They set me alight later in the game also before the BOOM card ended my misery.
The last bout featured 3 French SPAD X.III vs 2 Rumplers. The Rumplers must photo recon the 2 targets and have one or both of them return with photos of both locations for the win. One or two Rumplers returning with photos of 1 location is a draw. Two dead Rumplers is a loss. We rolled for teams but it remained my folks and me in the SPADs vs my brother and his wife for the Germans.
Mom mourns the loss of her precious SPAD.
We avenged her.
Crazy game with 3 engines damaged and all 3 French pilots wounded. I immel'd on the very last turn to try to shoot my brother's Rumpler before he crossed the lines and his rear gunner wounded me on the first straight so I couldn't shoot after the Immelmann
Draw. The Germans had one surviving Rumpler and one photo.
Fun times. Was good to see everyone and I'm glad they like to play with the toys
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