Wings of Glory game at Battlefield Hobbies
Only just got back to being able to meet up with mates at Battlefieldhobbies and we realised that last weekend would be the last one for the year 2021 due to how everyone's work shifts and Christmas falls.
So we decided that Andy should get his massive collection of Wings of Glory - World War One BI-planes and Bombers out for a four player game.
Unfortunately we could not rescue the colourful gaming mats that we would normally use, so the terrain was a uniform green expanse
On the German end, two bombing objectives protected by four AA gun emplacements
Also defended by 4 German Bi-planes (Adrian on the left while I commanded the two on the right)
In the far distance, Andy on the left with Bomber escorted by two fighters and Karl on the right with two fighters and strangely at the edge his Bomber!
Turn 1 - we all flew towards each other, think it will take at least another turn before all hell breaks loose...
Turn 2 - The Germans stay on course but the British and Italian Bombers seem to be angling towards each other!
Turn 3 - the fight starts with the German plane missing while the Italian plane does 1 damage and stops me turning right (as if I was going to fly off the table!!!)
NOTE: we decided to show all the damage cards to make it more informative for the blog to know what was happening.
On the other side a couple of planes exchange shots with Adrian's pilot taking a wound
Next phase, things heat up as Karl brings two planes on to my one - with me taking an engine hit which will cause me to 'stall' each turn (take at least one short movement card), meanwhile my shoots end up jamming my front machine gun.
On the other side the Germans fair worse with one plane hit and smoking
Next phase we barely miss each other (plastic base needs to overlap the stem to cause a collision damage)
The British fighters nearly get each others way
In the centre, two German planes look to take on the British Bomber but miss judge their speed and Adriams fighter ploughs into the Bomber causing 10 damage for none back
Turn 5 - the Italian Bomber manages to swerve away from the German fighter who happily keeps going straight forward
The British Bomber keeps going for their target while the German planes try to turn around to engage
With no German fighters in gun sight the Italian fighters loop round to get back in the fight
\Likewise the British fighters have nothing to fire at but are now close enough for the AA guns to attack them
I suddenly find out that the German bi-planes are not very quick at turning around, looks like it might take me a while....
though my other fighter has managed to loop round and has the British bomber squarely in its sights
Not a lot going on here as AA Gun and fighter exchange wide shoots
Half way point - time for a picture of the whole engagement
Currently the Germans have one plane on fire and another smoking, while the Allies are sitting pretty with two bombers lining up to hit one of the objectives
\Turn 6 - back to the fight, Allied \bombers get even closer to the target
Then the British bomber drops it's first payload and does 9 plus Big Bang result (which is an instant kill result) - the target needs to take 10 points of damage to be destroyed
Then it's time to change course (nearly colliding) to find the other objective.
Meanwhile I have two fighters who are a bit blinded due to all the flames and smoke
This leaves it all up to Adrian to save the day or not
Seems my German Pilots are in really bad situations which actually as both planes collide with each other and are destroyed!
The Allies pound one of the remaining AA guns
Clear run for the Italian Bomber
As the take down another AA Gun
Finally I get a reinforcement right behind the British Bomber, causing 2 damage and jamming his MG!
|Bang goes the last AA Gun
Who can stop the Allies now, as my plane gliders slowly behind as I frantically try to clear the MG jam
Then suddenly some good fortune for the Germans as Adrian flies one of his planes into the Italian bomber forcing it delay it's bombing run and I manage to get my last reserve plane on the table
Next phase my just arrived fighter fires on the British bomber pulling out a 'big bang' hit and down goes the Bomber
Time to chase the Italian Bomber as three German fighters get into formation
Next phase my Blue plane fires at the Italian Bomber and pulls a 'Big Bang' card - must have hit the bomb carriage and caused a chain explosion, just before the Italian fighter got his crosshairs on me and sniped me out for 6 damage
And with that one big bang - the game over
German Score = 5pts for each Bomber +5pts for surviving Objective +1pt for destroyed Allied plane = 16pts
Allied Score = 5pts for destroyed target and 5pts for 5 destroyed German planes = 10pts
NOTE: there was only 4 German planes left - so Allies could not beat the german score
Very enjoyable game.
