| NY Irish | 09 May 2014 7:48 p.m. PST |
I'm going to be running a summer program for kids on wargaming and I want to get lots of eras and types of games in with simple rules. For Wings of war does the altitude of the physical aircraft change? I know in some games the planes are on radio aerials to show altitude, but we would be using very simple models that I will make or the kids might make (paper, maybe balsa and popsicle sticks) and changing altitude would be difficult. |
 Nashville  | 09 May 2014 8:38 p.m. PST |
Use three altitudes.. Low medium and high. Low is on the table. Medium on styrofoam coffee cup and high on a large paper drink cup. |
| Son of William Pitt the Eldar | 09 May 2014 8:41 p.m. PST |
Or use transparent " wine glasses " from the. Dollar Tree.
Nothing cheaper for small aeroplanes. |
| Stryderg | 09 May 2014 8:51 p.m. PST |
There's pics of biplanes made with old style clothes pins (I'll see if I can find them). And a teacher made biplane minis out of index cards (fold, one or two cuts, color with markers, done). Don't know about Wings of War, but Canvas Eagles plays the same with or without altitude (new players tend to forget about moving up and down anyway). |
| NY Irish | 09 May 2014 8:56 p.m. PST |
Yeah the clothespins planes are great. I also stole that guys ideas for plastic mesh 6mm armies. Thanks for the ideas. |
| Stryderg | 09 May 2014 9:21 p.m. PST |
It's on a yahoo group, but some clothes pin planes:
link My google-fu is about as strong as my drawing skills, so here's an example of the index card plane…
Fold in half on the green line, cut the black lines (discard the black areas). Leave it folded in half, straigten the red wings, use the white area as the base. Finished product: (not pretty, but took about 30 seconds to build)
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| thosmoss | 10 May 2014 6:04 a.m. PST |
In Wings of War (Glory), the altitude rules are optional. In all honesty, it's a heck of a game once everyone just agrees to sticking to the same altitude and shooting each other. |
| NY Irish | 10 May 2014 6:21 a.m. PST |
Preparing for this program has made me interested in other games that I usually don't do. I knocked out some simple civil war gunboats and found some simple rules for that- which hot me into a real basic Jutland game using Axis and Allies 1914 playing peices. I've always loved WWI aircraft, but have never played, so this might create a good excuse to pick up WoW. |
 ColCampbell | 10 May 2014 11:45 a.m. PST |
We have played WoW/G, both WW1 and WW2, with all aircraft at the same altitude. It is just as fun and probably better for a kids game. Jim |
gets started with WWI British in 15mm.
