Gritty Goblin Games Wings of War/Glory, 6 May 2021

[RJG173]

And we are back, baby! It's been a long time since I and the mates have played some games. First, we had a little show and tell. BalticBob was showing off some members of the Lithuanian airforce. We have a Fokker D.VII, a Halberstadt CL.II, and a L.V.G. C.VI. I believe all are Shapeways models that Bob painted and finished with decals. The Fokker D.VII will be seen in the second AAR.



AAR #1 We only had three pilots at the beginning of the session and I really wanted to fly my AEG G.IV bomber, so we had a bombing mission with the AEG versus two Nieuport 28s flown by BalticBob and Todd (Pseudothiest). Here the Nieuports are trying to get behind me, but I did get some shots at Bob's #12. Todd's #14 is also coming in for the attack.



I managed to get past the two Nieuports and they are facing in the wrong direction. Will I be able to make it to the target with further hinderance. (at this point I had received two A damage cards from Todd, No Left Turn and No Right Turn. That really prunes the decision tree of what you will do on the next turn.)



Accumulated damage finally did me in. The bottom row are the last hits I took, but they were at +1 and that was enough to finish me off. BalticBob had seven points of damage while Todd took three hits; all goose eggs.

[RJG173]

AAR #2 CrashCraig arrived in time for our second match, so we went with a dogfight, Fokker D.VIIs versus Sopwith Snipes. I had to use my WIDE angle lens to include BalticBob's Fokker in this photo. For some reason he was flying way off in one corner, but he is heading back to the action after completing an Immelmann turn.



Todd, letter T, and I, letter F, are teaming up against CrashCraig, while BalticBob is charging up Todd's tail.



As he put it, Todd did not take many hits, but he did take a lot of damage. That's one victim for the enemy. My airplane card is underneath Bob's Lithuanian Fokker D.VII.



While Craig and I are performing a carefully choreographed waltz where he hits me and I miss him, Bob is heading back to the far corner of the map. I think there was a sunbathing Fräulein that Bob was checking out from the air.



Craig hits my fuel tank and my Snipe becomes a flaming meteor. As you can see, I took engine game early on. Those constant stalls really impair good flying. Craig had nine points of damage, and Bob was very low, maybe even zero.



Anyway, it is good to be back playing again, and I hope we have a larger turnout next month.

[mikeemagnus]

Well that looked like it was a bit of fun Thanks for sharing.

[Teaticket]

Good to have some action for us to vicariously enjoy.

[Baltic Bob]

Thanks for the write up! Look forward to more mayhem in the skies!

[Hedeby]

Looks like you had a good time, great mats by the way, look very sharp.