 Editor in Chief Bill   | 06 Oct 2016 1:07 p.m. PST |
It's been 5 years since we last asked this question… TMP link |
| Timmo uk | 06 Oct 2016 1:11 p.m. PST |
I still like Bag the Hun. I guess they must be pretty good to stand the test of time. |
| Texas Jack | 06 Oct 2016 1:18 p.m. PST |
Another vote for Bag the Hun, wonderfully fun rules! |
| 22ndFoot | 06 Oct 2016 1:18 p.m. PST |
Another vote for Bag the Hun. |
| Dances with Clydesdales | 06 Oct 2016 1:20 p.m. PST |
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| Highland Guerilla | 06 Oct 2016 1:28 p.m. PST |
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| Microbiggie | 06 Oct 2016 1:36 p.m. PST |
Still Check Your 6 for me and I like the TFL rules otherwise. |
| freerangeegg | 06 Oct 2016 1:42 p.m. PST |
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| Grignotage | 06 Oct 2016 1:54 p.m. PST |
Check your Six, my favorite by a wide margin. Playing the campaigns out of that game's Breaking the Luftwaffe campaign pack have been my most enjoyable wargaming experiences. |
Tgerritsen  | 06 Oct 2016 2:02 p.m. PST |
CY6, though I also like like the Black Cross rules. |
| Buckeye AKA Darryl | 06 Oct 2016 2:02 p.m. PST |
Check Your 6! Done and done! |
| redbanner4145 | 06 Oct 2016 2:07 p.m. PST |
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| Dynaman8789 | 06 Oct 2016 2:15 p.m. PST |
Mustangs by the Yankee Air Pirates for me. |
| Robert666 | 06 Oct 2016 2:15 p.m. PST |
CY6 is good but if you want simpler rules then Tumbling Dice do some great rules for their 1/600 aircraft. |
| MBrewington | 06 Oct 2016 3:26 p.m. PST |
Air Force by Avalon Hill adapted for 1/144th models. |
| Mako11 | 06 Oct 2016 3:28 p.m. PST |
Duel of Eagles for dogfighting. Decent for small bomber raids too, and larger ones, with a little tweaking. Purple Heart Valley looks to be quite good for bomber raids over Europe. |
| Joes Shop | 06 Oct 2016 3:40 p.m. PST |
Another vote for Mustangs (WWII Fighter Rules). Flight Leader (Avalon Hill) adapted for miniatures (Post – WWII). Bombers Over Germany! (posted to TMP recently). |
| Mako11 | 06 Oct 2016 3:44 p.m. PST |
Bombers over Germany does look like it has promise. The old Blue Sky series was pretty decent too, for large battles. |
| (Leftee) | 06 Oct 2016 3:59 p.m. PST |
CY6. Great scenario books (some need proof-reading though). Excellent web support and community. |
| peterx | 06 Oct 2016 4:33 p.m. PST |
CY6 too. I would like a Spanish Civil War supplement from the CY6 boys, if they would and could. |
| scrivs | 06 Oct 2016 4:38 p.m. PST |
Bag The Hun give a great game |
| svsavory | 06 Oct 2016 4:50 p.m. PST |
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| Sundance | 06 Oct 2016 4:51 p.m. PST |
Still love Blue Sky series but all of our games in the last few years have been CY6!, which is an awesome game itself! |
| Allen57 | 06 Oct 2016 5:38 p.m. PST |
I like simple. Wings at War. Blue Skies is OK. CY6 too complicated. YMMV. |
| TNE2300 | 06 Oct 2016 7:20 p.m. PST |
I enjoyed this one
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instead of dice
you watched a random clip of gun camera footage |
| Joep123 | 06 Oct 2016 8:38 p.m. PST |
Hi TNE2300;
I had that game, probably somewhere still around here.
Loved the gun camera footage.
Now days we play CY6 in Central Maryland and CY6 Jet Age.
Joep |
| Winston Smith | 07 Oct 2016 5:18 a.m. PST |
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| Fat Wally | 07 Oct 2016 6:49 a.m. PST |
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| Ceterman | 07 Oct 2016 7:20 a.m. PST |
Does Bag The Hun have a hex-less version? |
| boy wundyr x | 07 Oct 2016 8:09 a.m. PST |
Bag the Hun is my choice, though I've only played CY6 Jet Age, I think it would work well too, though maybe with fewer planes per person. @Ceterman – IIRC the new Algernon Pulls It Off will have a hex-less option and I think that can be ported to BtH. But the new Algy doesn't seem to be on the horizon for the foreseeable future… |
| Ceterman | 07 Oct 2016 8:17 a.m. PST |
boy wundyr x, I know! They were supposed to put Algy2 out quite a while ago…
I did find out there is a hex-less write-up in the 2012 Summer Special from TFL.
From their site: Hi folks, At the risk of thread necromancy, there is a sort of Hexless Bag the Hun already. I wrote an article and produced a set of print and play resources (manoeuvre and formation templates) that specifically allows the game as published to be played on a hexless surface. The article was published in the 2012 Summer Special. Note that the system preceded the more recent discussion and playtesting of the Hexless Algy Version, which uses a completely new (and as yet unpublished) system. Anyway, just in case you're interested – check it out.
Tally ho,
Graham So I will have to get that! |
| Texas Jack | 07 Oct 2016 8:58 a.m. PST |
Ceterman, I play hexless by using hex shaped bases (from EM4) with 1/300 aircraft and found it works great.  |
| Ceterman | 07 Oct 2016 10:39 a.m. PST |
Texas Jack,
I use hex bases too, for WW1 Jump or Burn. 1/144th scale. But it's not a hex based game. I'm gonna use the same bases for BTH. So how do you do that? Do you put hexes(bases) in front of the AC to see where you end up, move the AC, then pick the hexes up or what? I'd kinda like to get away from a bunch of stuff on the table.
Thanks, BTW! |
| Texas Jack | 07 Oct 2016 11:28 a.m. PST |
We have a very sophisticated system: we use our fingers to mark the turning points and then a tape measure for movement based on the length of the bases. Not very scientific but effective, and there´s no clutter.  |
| Sudwind | 07 Oct 2016 11:52 a.m. PST |
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| Wargamer Blue | 08 Oct 2016 3:54 a.m. PST |
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| Ney Ney | 08 Oct 2016 9:11 a.m. PST |
Check Your 6 is way beyond any others I've tried. I found Bag the Hun very hazy on details. |
| Fatman | 13 Oct 2016 7:37 p.m. PST |
Large actions Wings At War if available, they only have two WW II theaters covered at the moment, Blue Skies if not. Smaller actions Air Force/Dauntless. In the case of BS and AF/D we have many home brewed aircraft stats for both sets. It occurs to me that I bought my first copy of Air Force the year it was released, 1976, I have been playing it ever since and still enjoy it. That's a lot of dice rolled. ;-) Fatman |
