I saw photos of this game posted a few years back, which was held at the Derby convention in 2012, and am still curious about what rules the GMs used for their Nuremburg Raid, using 1/600th scale minis?
The narrative below the pics posted mentions Cranwell Old Dirigibles. Not sure if that is the name of a club or group of gamers, or just where the event was held.
It'd be great if someone could share more info about the rules used for this game, since I'm interested in running a few RAF night bombing raids myself.
Here's the full text below the images I found on-line, that were posted by someone attending the convention:
YOUR TARGET FOR TONIGHT – NUREMBERG March 44 – Cranwell Old Dirigibles
This game was a salute to Bomber Command in this year of commemoration.
This game simulates the night bombing campaigns of Bomber Command in WWII. The scenario demonstrated pays tribute to the crews taking part in the ill fated Nuremberg raid 30/31 Mar 44. Covering the physical and technical challenges faced all aviators in the unforgiving night environment the game tells the story the raid from crossing the Belgian coast to returning to the UK some 8 or so hours later.
The 40 aircraft bomber stream shows the raid at a scale of 1:20 using Tumbling Dice 1/600 models.
The actual raid resulted in the loss of 96 aircraft of the 779 taking part, the largest single loss suffered by Bomber Command in the war. The bombers faced flak, controversial route planning, effective German night fighter defences and above all the weather to not only reach the target but also return safely home to Blighty.
Here's a link to the page, with the photos, if you want to see that:
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The images of the game table and minis are worth a look.
They can be found about 1/3rd of the way down the page, at least on my laptop screen. Yours may vary.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
