"German Aircraft manufacturing game." Topic
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quidveritas  | 30 Mar 2010 1:42 p.m. PST |
I'm looking for a board game that deals with German Great War airplane production. In essence this game is about getting production contracts from the Kaiser, producing aircraft at a big profit, and undermining the competition. Can anyone tell me the name of this game? Where can I get it? mjc |
Cerdic  | 30 Mar 2010 11:26 p.m. PST |
Sounds like a cross between 'Wings of War' and 'Monopoly'! |
| Ssendam | 31 Mar 2010 1:34 a.m. PST |
Try searching on Board Game Geek. I know of one that is about Zeppelins not bi-planes, link: link |
| Simon Oliver Lockwood | 01 Apr 2010 6:29 a.m. PST |
It's called "Wings For The Baron." It's produced by Dave Townsend. It's reviewed on Boardgamegeek. The direct link is link It is an excellent game. I helped playtest it. |
| quidveritas | 01 Apr 2010 10:46 a.m. PST |
Many thanks -- with a title like that it is impossible to find! mjc |
| Warbeads | 01 Apr 2010 3:05 p.m. PST |
Not a "dis," an "Oh Wow!" That has to be the nerdiest game I have heard in a long time! Quidveritas, Simon Oliver Lockwood, I lift my slip stick in a salute and in your honor. I stand in awe of your esteemed Nerd Power. Gracias, Glenn |
| quidveritas | 01 Apr 2010 3:59 p.m. PST |
I don't know what to say! I wanted to look at this for source material -- if it has any. It appears Hugo Junkers actually had an all metal aircraft design ready to go before the war started. This design never got off the ground (in a literal as well as a figurative sense) until the war was nearly over because competing interests buried his concept and perhaps one of the reasons the Germans failed to develop high powered engines was also a ploy to keep Junkers' designs off the market (an all metal aircraft needed a lot more hp than the canvas and wood box kites being flown). Needless to say, researching this has been more than a little challenging because those that write history had blown off Junker's work as not practical (NIBU). I'm not so sure. If Germany had developed a 440 hp engine (which was produced by the Americans in under 6 months in 1917) to put in an all metal aircraft just think of the possibilities. mjc |
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