A LONELY ROOKIE FIGHTER FACING TWO ENEMY FIGHTERS
During the History Games Convention at the Great War Museum in Meaux, here is a game played between two experienced players, Antsaintex on the Albatros D.Va and Dave (from the club Le Dernier Carré games club) on the Fokker Dr.I, against a beginner discovering the game, Jean-Philippe on the RAF SE.5 (now registered on the WOG Aerodrome under the nickname Bialozhor), under the impartial supervision of Monse.
It will be interesting to see how an inexperienced pilot can deal with two aces looking to build up their record of achievement.
Altitude Rules.
The game is played on a single playing mat.
1. The SE.5 avoids a head-on confrontation and shifts to the opposite side of the 90° turns of the Fokker Dr.I.
2. Unimpressed, the Germans turn around and hit the SE.5.
3. Mutual fire between the Fokker Dr.I (1 point of damage) and the SE.5 which is on fire (3 points).
4. Return of the Albatros D.Va which inflicts an engine damage to the SE.5 (3 points), while the English misses its shot.
5. The Fokker Dr.I takes advantage of the obligation to make a stall per turn of the SE.5 (1 point) to aim at it at long range.
6. Consecutive shot of the Fokker Dr.I on the SE.5 (1+1 points) which tried a slide to move away from its adversary without success.
7. Another consecutive shot but without consequence, as the SE.5 runs along the edge of the playing area.
8. The SE.5 turns around and aims at the triplane Fokker (4 points) affected by a Smoke damage.
9. Removal of the third and last Flame counter that did not cause any damage.
The Albatros that covered the center of the playing area cannot target the British plane.
10. Penalized by its Engine damage, the SE.5 tries to move away from its opponents.
11. The Albatros descends to altitude 3 and approaches the SE.5 at altitude 2.
12. The SE.5 descends to altitude 1.
13. New descent of the Albatros but the SE.5 remains out of range.
14. The English plane leaves the play area, but on the German side.
The Germans capture a plane in good condition and its pilot, happy to have escaped a fatal fate.
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