| Chips88 | 03 Oct 2010 7:46 a.m. PST |
Hi Guys - I sorted on WW1 Air Rules here on TMP and came up with a few past rules but would like to know what are some of the CURRENT rules you like and are using – besides Wings of War (WOW). I'm using them. Thanks, Kimball |
| ming31 | 03 Oct 2010 7:58 a.m. PST |
Old stand by was blue max GDW. An Advanced version is Canvas Eagles . |
| gweirda | 03 Oct 2010 8:00 a.m. PST |
Still working with/on my own (odd) creation. When I want to play something that has had the bugs worked out already I play 'Watch Your Six'. |
 John the OFM  | 03 Oct 2010 8:28 a.m. PST |
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| Sundance | 03 Oct 2010 9:18 a.m. PST |
Blue Max, Canvas Eagles and an on-line adaptation of the Blue Sky rules called Blue Skies, Wood and Canvas. Mostly use the latter lately. |
| Derek H | 03 Oct 2010 9:34 a.m. PST |
Algernon Pulls It Off! from toofatlardies. Unfortunately in between editions at the moment and so not available. |
| quidveritas | 03 Oct 2010 9:43 a.m. PST |
Watch Your Six -- flight/squadron level 3D hex based, rather comprehensive rules. The pilot is just as important as the aircraft he flies. The game really lends itself to campaign play as pilots withing the flight/squadron are easily tracked. We use these rules for our campaign. An example of our campaign system can be downloaded free at the Watch Your Six Yahoo Group: PDF link Some non pilots find these rules to be moderately complex. The game itself isn't hard but you do need to understand the physics of flight to fully appreciate/have a great deal of success with this game. What's nice about these rules is the game length tends to run about 15 minutes for each aircraft in the game -- this phenomenon allows you to organize your games to meet your time constraints with some confidence. wy6.us Finally, of all the WWI air games out there, I believe you will find Watch Your Six is probably the best suited for solo play.
Albatros 1.5 is a 'very light' version of Watch Your Six. This is a 2D game that uses the Watch Your Six aircraft status/damage sheets (you must have these to play Albatros). Albatros is also a flight/squadron level game that abstracts all the flying and focuses on dogfights and combats. No pretense is made about being 'historical' -- this is very much just a "simple game" intended to introduce the Watch Your Six combat system to new players and for convention play. Very fast moving, sometimes very bloody. Games can be very fast (we once played a game involving 18 aircraft in 45 minutes) or not so fast (as players gain experience, we found there is a lot more 'game' in this game) -- we played one game involving 12 aircraft that was unresolved after 3.5 hours. Albatros 1.4 can be downloaded free on the Watch Your Six Yahoo group.
PDF link Albatros is NOT well suited for solo play. mjc |
| Allen57 | 03 Oct 2010 11:47 a.m. PST |
I like the less complex rules that allow more planes on the table. Airwar 1918 by Wessex. Between editions right now but a nice little game. Duel of Aces (a Wings at War ruleset). The rules were written for 1/600 miniatures but work equally well with 1/300 and 1/144. Limited aircraft types. The Algernon variant of Too Fat Lardies WWII rules is also fun. |
| Brett Longworth | 03 Oct 2010 2:52 p.m. PST |
Wings of War. Very elegant and accessible rules. |
| Warbeads | 03 Oct 2010 6:52 p.m. PST |
Uh, Brett, OP – "…besides Wings of War (WOW). I'm using them…" Specifically asked for currently used rules other than that set. Gracias, Glenn |
| 21eRegt | 03 Oct 2010 8:16 p.m. PST |
Still playing Red Baron. A small gaming group but never saw a need to find something different. |
| David Manley | 04 Oct 2010 1:38 a.m. PST |
Air War 1918 (working on 2nd edition) and Wings of War :) |
| Old Slow Trot | 04 Oct 2010 6:51 a.m. PST |
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| Terry L | 04 Oct 2010 1:30 p.m. PST |
Canvas Eagles all the way! |
| HobbyGuy | 04 Oct 2010 3:19 p.m. PST |
Looking forward to the Algernon upgarde, it was nice as it was. |
| gweirda | 04 Oct 2010 10:32 p.m. PST |
"…less complex rules that allow more planes on the table" Unless one can regularly gather a multitude around the table, more planes per player means less control of each plane/pilot. The only game that can accomodate that sort of action is 'Watch Your Six' -unless you're willing to "go rogue", in which case you're welcome to peruse my offering. Fighter pilots are heroic figures in many (most?) gamers' eyes, yet -for some reason- they refuse to enter the realm of 'human' that most (all?) other of their heroic compatriots inhabit, ie: sometimes they  up. The Walter Mitty factor seems to play an uncharacteristically dominant role when we little-tin-soldier hero-wannabes don the silk scarf of a WW1 fighter pilot… Fine as far as it goes (it is, after all, just for fun), but I wonder at the rationale… JFL, of course…rationale and toys rarely (if ever) can come to any agreement. ; ) |
| evilmike | 06 Oct 2010 9:51 p.m. PST |
I still use Dawn Patrol/FITS. WoW is tempting me, tho. |
| Pajaro Muerto | 13 Oct 2010 7:27 p.m. PST |
Me too! Although we're now playing WWII air, we used to play a lot of Dawn Patrol. Long lists of pilots… |
| Chips88 | 13 Oct 2010 8:36 p.m. PST |
So, we have: Blue Max/Canvas Eagles
Watch Your Six/Albatros 1.5
Blue Skies, Wood & Canvas
Algernon Pulls it Off
Air War 1918
Duel of Aces
Red Baron
Aerodrome 1.1
Dawn Patrol/FITS FITS? what's this stand for? Any more out there I should be checking out? Kimball |
| gweirda | 14 Oct 2010 9:27 a.m. PST |
"FITS? what's this stand for?" Fight in the Skies -the game's (original?) pre-Dawn Patrol name. |
| Nelclaret | 19 Oct 2010 8:43 a.m. PST |
Well, Kimball. for completeness you could add 'Instant Spandaus' to your list. Whether anyone 'currently uses' them I couldn't say, although I have recently posted some historical scenarios for them. They are probably too unconventional for most. However, in one aspect I would back them against most other sets – speed (plus free!). Nelclaret link |
adds an infantry platoon to his WWI Brits.
