Some of you may remember I used to play with my dad (a military aviation enthusiast and MiG 17 armament mechanic and a superb chess player) once in a blue moon. It had been a kind of therapy for him when he had been recovering from illness. It always worked and we all could see a smile on his face. Well, on Sep. 1 my Mum passed away and now he lives alone. Surprisingly, he is doing really well aginst all odds. Being 80 YO he could ride his bicycle 20+ km a day! And we try to arrange a kind of entertainment for him. Last Saturday he paid us a visit, we had a nice afternoon, but right before his visit I set up a game of WGF upstairs in my gaming zone. Took my 16 YO daughter and we played! She, her dad (myself) and her Grandpa. 3 generations.
It was a recon scenario: I sat in Roland C.II (MvR's plane) and they (my Dad and Michelle) were assigned to fly Nieuports - interceptors flying a CAP over the trenches. Roland's mission was to: 1) start at the shorter edge of the two mats, 2) take a photo of a tiny castle icon on the other side of the trenches (you can find it on the official ARES gaming mat "No Man's Land"). 3) bring the pictures back (leave the battle through the same shorter edge).
No altitude rules, no collisions.
We played 2 games.
In the first one my father (the green Nieuport) shot me down with his very first burst! Explosion! Nice!
The Entente team cheered their victory!
So we started over again.
This time MvR did A LOT better!
I managed to fool the Nieuport pilots
...and, although Manfred was wounded in the meantime - this is the moment I took the much needed photo.
Then I turned to the RIGHT (not left, as they expected, ha!), they both immelmanned and tried to catch me, but to no effect.
On my way back, my rear gunner managed to shot down Michelle's Nieuport in flames!
At the end of the day MvR returned safely to his home base bringing the photos thus accomplishing the recon mission!
Look at the butcher's tally!
Oh, we had fun!
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