"RAF night bombing rules simulation rules?" Topic

Does anyone know of rules for this period in ww2?

There are several board games which cover this subject. At the operational level are Duel in the Dark and Bomber Command. At a more tactical level is Night Fighter although IIRC you may need a referee for this game. Any of these could be adapted to use miniatures.

I have around 6 sets of miniature rules for air combat but none cover night missions.

Some years ago I wrote a game called "On a Wing and a Prayer" simulating a night attack on Essen. The bombing was done using a Velcro dart board with a sticky ball.

The rules appear in the History of Wargaming Project's revised reprint of Donald Featherstone's "Air War Games" link

This TMP post from Devon Wargames Group – Target for Tonight really did interest me. I could see it being used for all sorts of games.

Very inspirational. Not sure how availiable the rules are though. Perhaps they can help you.

TMP link

Yes I've been following the progress of the Dorset group. Also the article in the Donald Featherstone book you wrote was excellent.

Following the numerous enquires here and on other forums about the availability of these rules following the game reports posted here in September and October, I have some good news.

My investigations finally paid off and thanks to various parties I have managed to contact Mr Thomas ,the author, who has kindly got back to me to let me know that a free PDF of the rules will be shortly available from John Curry's, 'History of Wargaming' site.

wargaming.co

Thank you for your patience and I hope you enjoy Target for Tonight.

JJ

Hurrah and huzzah! Well done for your enquiries and thanks to the esteemed author for his generosity.

I gather that some tweeks might be helpful to make the rules more user friendly: can these be made available?

What types of aircraft are covered by these rules?

Lancasters, Bf110, Ju88 would be what I would buy in just starting out. I purchased 6 Lancasters and 4 Halifaxs in 1/300. Along with a 4 bf110, 1 me109, and 2 Ju88.

That's what I did in anticipation of getting these rules, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

John Armatys, your game looks like great fun. In the rules you mention you found great pictures for each zone. Do you have any picture recommendations for tiles?

All I know about the British night bombing campaign is from reading the histories. My understanding is that they did not fly in close formations as depicted in the above photo, but instead flew more or less individually in very lengthy streams along a particular course vector, sometimes with several miles between a/c.

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Blutarski, the photo represents a bomber stream with no formation other then join the horde. Strength in numbers. The formation you speak of is simply a bunch of bombers on a grid. It's abstract.

Carojon any idea on the timeline for off release?