We did a demo game of Age of dogfights WWI by Forsage games, and had a blast. 5 planes per side, with both sides having 2 scouts and a photo recon mission. Only one scout per player managed to reach its target and take the photo, but they were both swiftly shot down after that.
The end result was 3 planes shot down and 1 damaged by the British, and only 2 planes shot down by the Germans. As both sides failed their main objective, this was a minor victory for the Allies.
The game lasted about 90 minutes, with around 20 to teach the whole rules. I didn't want to just have a dogfight so I added a photo recon mission, to show how that mechanic works, and maybe have a chance to use the rear mg on the scouts as well.
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Setup |
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Two German fighters starting high then diving hard to gain more speed (and show-off) |
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The Brits all come on board turn 1 |
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The German number 6 plane rushes the enemy head-on, manages to damage one (No.61) but gets shot down in return |
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German number 5 realizes his initial plan to flank the enemy left his comrade vulnerable |
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Two Brits diving on a sole adversary |
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No.4 was in a good position to rid himself of the damaged scout, but was in a cloud and so unable to get a clear shot |
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No.5 going for the wounded scout gets his wings damaged after this image was taken |
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The sneaky German scouts,who waited 2 turns to come on board,as they waited for their allies to create enough of a distraction for them to reach their target |
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On the right, the lone Brit destroys one scout,while the other takes his photo.He gets him too after 2 turns.On the left the remaining German fighters chase the wounded scout,and destroy him only after he manages to take his photo |
After all that, the 2 remaining German fighters (one with damaged wings) decide to head for home thus ending the game.
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