Saturday, March 17, 2018

1/600 planes

Bruce popped over Tuesday for another go at some 1/600 planes using a modified set of c21 airway rules. Our first game saw two flights of MiG 19s assigned to down some Skyraiders.


The Skyraiders were on a pre-programmed flight. Bruce flew a pair of Phantoms on CAP.


This started out well for the North Vietnamese as I actually managed to get in behind the ground-attack planes. But then I could not make a maneuver roll worth beans and Bruce managed to splash two MiGs. I got two skyraiders in the end but it was a pretty clear US victory.


We then switched the WW1 biplanes. Germans escorting a bomber formation against a bunch of nasty Brits.


I had more discipline this game (and less tendency to over fly the target). I think Bruce got a bomber but paid pretty heavily against my escorts.


Overall, the modifications are pretty good. Dropping the cards has eliminated a lot of the tedious guess work. We talked about making shooting in close range a touch harder but otherwise I would say these rules are ready for prime time.

2 comments:

Kaptain Kobold said...

What rules are you using please?

Bob Barnetson said...

Bruce has modified C21 Airwar. He kept the initiative system but ditched the maneuver cards (replacing them with a much smaller set of maneuvers that you choose when activated).