Friday Night at the Flights

It has been a while, so we decided to give Wings of War a spin. We have a complete collection of the WoW WW1 airplane miniatures at the club, and recently added the new play mats. Mike W. and Mike D. flew for the Allies in a SPAD and a Sopwith Camel. Chris R. and Tony took to the sky with a Albatross Va and a Folker DIII.

The star of the show were the great new play mats just released by FFG. They look great, lay very flat, are geomorphically designed, and actually cut down on the slip and slide of the airplane miniature bases. As you can see in the picture, they really enhance the game.

To get accustomed to the rules we played a simple 2 on 2 dogfight. The play was spirited, but the inexperienced Chris spent too much time turning the wrong way, leaving Tony in a fatal 2 on 1 duel with the Mikes, and after T went down in flames Chris managed to escape off the board.

In the second dogfight we added the special damage rules, altitude, tailing, etc. This was a tense, interesting, exciting duel. The combatants used every trick, with swooping dives, unexpected loops, clever traps. Tony burst into flames at one point and simply could not sustain the damage.... down in flames again. This time Chris's Folker was too far from the edge to flee, and faced the combined fire of both Allied planes. After a valiant but brief struggle he too was sent plumetting to the ground.

We all agreed that WoW needs to get more table time. We resolved to give some of the more advanced scenarios a try, which include bombing runs, balloon busting, and escort missions.