Check Your 6! Star and Pyramid – Jet Combat 1966-73: Egypt vs Israel

What is Check Your 6! Star and Pyramid – Jet Combat 1966-73: Egypt vs Israel

Star and Pyramid is a scenario and campaign book for the popular Check Your 6: Jet Age Air-Combat and Campaign Rules. The book provides comprehensive coverage of the air wars between Israel and Egypt between 1966 and 1973 under one cover with five campaigns and 27 scenarios.

* The first campaign covers the Israeli surprise attack on Egypt and the first two days of air battles in the 1967 Six-Day War while the second covers Egyptian attempts to strike back over the final four days of the war.

* The third campaign covers desperate Egyptian attempts to regain the initiative in the War of Attrition, between 1969-1972, by employing new aircraft, surface-to-air missiles, and direct involvement from the Soviet Union.

* The final two campaigns cover the aerial struggle between Israel and Egypt during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The fourth campaign spotlights the desperate struggle of the Israeli Air Force against the massive air defense systems of Egypt. The fifth campaign covers the second half of the war, when Israel renewed deep-strike operations and faced a surviving and fighting Egyptian Air Force.

Game details

Players

2–20

Age

+12

Duration

120 min

Difficulty

Heavy

Type

Expansion

Year

2011

Mechanics

Dice Rolling · Simulation · Simultaneous Action Selection

Categories

Aviation / Flight · Book · Expansion for Base-game

Designer

Scott Fisher

Publisher

SkirmishCampaigns