"Jet Combat dogfight rules now available for free" Topic

For many years I have been fascinated by the idea of a three dimensional, up close and personal, jet fighter vs jet fighter dogfight style of game concentrating on out-maneuvering your opponent.

I have dabbled with various ideas and systems in an effort to make the game interesting, not too complicated and sort of realistic.

After some play testing at our club last year, I believe that the present rules are close.

If you are interested in a tabletop jet vs jet, close in dogfight style of game using cannon combat only (although it has optional rules for first generation heat-seeking missiles as well), then you can find them over at runtus.org and they are free.

Please let me know what you think, especially with the maneuvering system.

Regards.

Thanks, I have downloaded them and will have a try when I can find my little planes!

Thanks for sharing.

I will take a look at them too, when time permits.

They're not bad. Certainly well produced and a lot in there.

I'd make one suggestion about varying the turn radius between different aircraft types by (maybe) using different radius turn templates.

Star Trek Attack Wing and Star Wars X-Wing use such templates and they seem to work well.

I did contemplate it, but stuck to the one turn radius for simplicity. At the speed the aircraft are doing (very high sub-sonic is optimum for dogfights), the actual turn radius's of most aircraft don't vary that much.

The basic idea behind the maneuver system is to force the player into the third dimension and maneuver – not just out turn your opponent. This is what happens in our games. You have to try and out-think your opponent.

Thanks for the suggestion though. As we continue to play test them, the varying turn radius may still become a reality.
TJR

Had a game last night with some friends. Curious – has any one else tried them?

No. Doesn't appear so.