Hi everyone.
I bought many years ago some Wings of War WW2 stuff in a second hand sale, but opened it, saw that a flight stand was missing, stored it in a box and never opened it again. Now, I want to give it a try and get my GF and little sister involved, so I don't feel that bad buying extra planes as they aren't just for my personal enjoyment
Today I got around to seeing what I had really bought, and what I would need to start playing. That's what I found:
I have what seems to be an uncomplete Dawn of War box and 4 extra planes, the game seems to have been used just once as the planes cards are still kind of stuck between them. I have no rulebook and the Spitfire is missing the stand (I want to make my own planes and custom stands for the ones I already have in the future, but right now I'd love to know if someone would send me an original one), but I think nothing else is missing.
This means I have a few maneuver decks with 18 cards each (more modern ones, even with the same letter, are lenghtier as far as I know):
- Dawn of War box:
- 1 x A Deck
- 1 x B Deck
- 2 x C Deck
- 2 x D Deck
- Extra planes:
- 1 x A Deck (Spitfire MkII)
- 1 x B Deck (Bf109 E4)
- 1 x C Deck (A6M2)
- 1 x D Deck (F4F-4)
I really hope no counters or damage chips are missing, I'll sort them later. In addition, I have no damage decks, so I guess I can just play with the base Dawn of War rules until I get a few more things. Knowing this I'll just ask a few questions that come to my mind right now:
- Are those decks enough to start playing? I don't really wanna spend much now trying to get every deck, I can't really afford them. Would someone be kind enough to share scans with me? I could also try to use the amazing MATES as I think they are kinda updates, with the Deck Aides to write down the moves before revealing them.
- Which ruleset is better to start playing and avoid wasting time? I really like the damage deck system, but again, I would buy a few spare decks but I don't want to spend money on extra stuff I don't need.
- Would someone send a spare Spitfire Mk2 stand? If someone has gone to custom stands (which I plan to do in the future? maybe they would be willing to help a starter (n00b).
- What would be the best way to get common WW2 maneuver decks? I mean, I want newer decks with all the cards but I don't want to buy planes I don't need to start having fun.
- Should I just forget about what I have bought and start over with a WoG Battle of Britain Starter Pack? I could try to bring the planes I have to the table, making new decks if someone is kind enough to send me scans or looking to scan the decks I get with the new set. This would be a PIA, but I recon it would definetly save me time trying to find everything I need to update my game.
That would be it, any advise, help or offer of stuff I'm missing will be greatly appreciated. I have attached two closeups of the mess I have to sort, so you can see better what I have and have not.
Thanks in advance, I'd love to join this community after scrolling for hours through your posts.
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