| Abwehrschlacht | 02 Jan 2013 10:41 a.m. PST |
A Gotha, three Camels and a Pfalz go into a bar. This is the punchline: link |
| sneakgun | 02 Jan 2013 11:02 a.m. PST |
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Frederick  | 02 Jan 2013 12:06 p.m. PST |
A Caproni, a Camel and three German fighters walk into a store – - - That was the story of New Year's eve – we have been trying the bombers for a while and I have yet to shoot one of them down! The Little Prince (who is a true air ace!) had the Caproni with a Camel for escort and I had two Fokker D7s and an Albatross – he had to bomb an Austrian cavalry base (some 6mm Napoleonics doing double duty) – he pressed on with the Caproni while the Camel peeled off; the Caproni pasted one of my Fokkers which went down in flames; the Camel and the Albatross squared off and shot each other down, while the Caproni sailed off and bombed the Austrian cavalry to powder |
| Abwehrschlacht | 02 Jan 2013 12:25 p.m. PST |
Frederick, mine only went down with the explosion card. I was thinking of using a house rule of two explosion cards to take down a bomber, but I only thought of it AFTER mine had drawn the card… |
| ajbartman | 02 Jan 2013 12:32 p.m. PST |
Good stuff. Should be getting my bombers today!!! |
| Doug em4miniatures | 02 Jan 2013 1:13 p.m. PST |
Frst game I had with the bombers, the Caproni got the explosion card on first round of shooting…I wasn't pleased – I mean, it's so pretty….! Enjoeyed the AAR again – still liking the pic-heavy format. Doug |
| Abwehrschlacht | 02 Jan 2013 2:25 p.m. PST |
Thanks Ajbartman and Doug! Glad you liked it! I know what format to keep AARs in now! It's always tough when you pull the explosion early on, but that's the nature of the game, I guess!! |
| Combat Colours | 03 Jan 2013 12:20 a.m. PST |
Hi,
great report! Is that a custom mat the planes are flying on? |
| Abwehrschlacht | 03 Jan 2013 3:59 a.m. PST |
Hi Combat Colours, thanks and yes it's a custom mat made by terrainmat.com one of their WW1 range. Quite pricey, but well worth it! |
| Frederick | 03 Jan 2013 6:50 a.m. PST |
So far (and it has been only a couple of games) we have yet to pull the Explosion card! |
| Lions Den | 03 Jan 2013 9:29 a.m. PST |
Neat scenario. I enjoyed the read. |
| Abwehrschlacht | 03 Jan 2013 11:48 a.m. PST |
Frederick, you'll be begging for two when it does happen… Thanks Lions Den! Glad you enjoyed it! |
| hunter4a | 03 Jan 2013 1:19 p.m. PST |
I made a comment that was answered here on TMP regarding the mat. Disregard. But again, very nice looking battle. Dan |
| Abwehrschlacht | 03 Jan 2013 2:35 p.m. PST |
Dan, no problem, I'm always doing that myself… Glad you enjoyed the post! |
adds a machinegun platoon to his WWI Brits.
