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    The Wright Flight took to the skies again in Dayton Ohio. We had a good turnout this meeting. In attendance were Sean, Tom, Marc, Rudy, Bob, Mike, Chris, Bill (Old guy), Eric, Tom (redcoon2), Jay (JAYCRF450), Scott, Matt, Ray (The G Dog), and myself.

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    This meetings theme was the 50th Aero Squadron. We had American DH4s versus Fokker DVII. Had quite the games. This first post I will show the game I was part of. Then I will add some pictures from the others.

    Here is the 50th Looking for the lost troops.

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    Here are the German Fokker DVII looking to stir up some trouble.

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    First Recons did not find much. Some German Troops and supply truck.

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    Looks like the Americans also found an Airfield.

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    A few more German Troops.

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    During all of this Observation, there was a lot of shooting going on as well.
    The first German Plane goes down.

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    One of the DH4 got its rudder hit and flew off the board.

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    Well, the Americans found more German Troops.

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    Here they are! The Americans finally find them!

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    Now, can they get home with the information!

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    Well, if the Germans keep flying like this they will!

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    The second German goes down!

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    Can the Americans make it home!

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    Those Airco DH4 are fast planes. They get home with the information!

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    Great Game! Had lots of fun with this one.

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    Here are some pictures from the second table. Big thanks to Chris for sharing these. They flew an escort mission. Two DH4 escorting a Salmson 2A2 versus Fokker DVII.

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    Typical Escort Mission! LOL!

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    Here is the lone picture of I got of table three.

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    Super pictures!

    Good to see some familiar faces in action
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Nice pics Dan.

    Whats this? A Fokker D.VII shot down with 14 points of damage? Tough crowd!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teaticket View Post
    Whats this? A Fokker D.VII shot down with 14 points of damage? Tough crowd!
    ? might be 3 more points from the 64/34 card above the Regular cards?

    Or a tough crowd!
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Friendly meeting.
    Great recon scenarios.

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    Great scenario & pics Dan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying Helmut View Post
    ? might be 3 more points from the 64/34 card above the Regular cards?

    Or a tough crowd!
    Yes, three points from the boom critical hit deck.

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    Thanks guys! I appreciate the comments. It was a fun day!

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    It looks like you are using a variation of Teaticket's BOOM card alternative deck. I made some cards from his description in the files.

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    So how many books are in your personal library?

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    Robert, you are correct! I took teaticket's and made them a bit more mean.



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