Air Battles in Miniature: A Wargamers' Guide to Aerial Combat 1939-1945

What is Air Battles in Miniature: A Wargamers' Guide to Aerial Combat 1939-1945

Most youngsters play at 'dogfights' with model aircraft clenched in their hands, but this form of play does not even attempt to simulate reality. The adult wargamer requires something rather more sophisticated but, until now, the major problem has been recreating the third dimension. Happily, thanks to Mike Spick's unique system, the problem is now resolved for all time.

In these pages you will find data and proven playing rules enabling you to fight an individual combat between, say, a Spitfire and a Bf 109; a multi-fighter melee;the interception of a wave of bombers; a dive-bomber attack with a Stuka; a valiant 'Stringbag' attack on a battleship; a bombing raid; or even a kamikaze attack if you feel so inclined!

The book includes playing suggestions, in fact, for all forms of aerial combat during World War 2, including night fighting with radar; scenario suggestions for aerial campaigns using a miniature 'ops room'; and ideas for solo games.

Included in the text are extensive data tables giving necessary facts on dozens of representative aircraft types of all main nationalities, and you can control your own aircraft from take-off to touch-down, climbing, diving, looping, firing your machine-guns or cannon and, hopefully, sending your opponent down in flames.

Game details

Players

2–99

Age

+14

Duration

60 min

Difficulty

Medium

Type

Board game

Year

1978

Mechanics

Dice Rolling · Hidden Movement · Measurement Movement

Categories

Aviation / Flight · Book · Miniatures

Designer

Mike Spick

Publisher

Patrick Stephens Limited · Ugo Mursia Editore (Mursia)