Designer	Gary C. Morgan
Artist	Joe DeMarco Charles Kibler
Publisher	Avalon Hill Hobby Japan
Year Published	1986
# of Players	2 − 8
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, more than 8 players Recommended with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, more than 8 players (2 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups (2 voters) [poll]
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Category	Aviation / Flight Modern Warfare Wargame
Mechanic	Hex-and-Counter Simulation Variable Phase Order
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Flight Leader is a turn based, hex and counter tactical game of "modern" air combat (Korean War to 1986). Each turn is 30 seconds, each hex is 1 km, and each counter is a single aircraft. It was known as Check Six when first used by the Military for training pilots as part of Project "WARRIOR"

Avalon Hill Complexity Rating: 2 - 6

Re-implements:

Check Six!

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VASSAL, http://www.vassalengine.org (real-time, PBEM)

The GENERAL Index Article List:

The GENERAL Vol.23,No.1
- Flight Leader – “BASIC FLIGHT MANEUVERS” (The Key to Victory in FLIGHT LEADER)Gary C. Morgan
- Flight Leader – “THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS”(More Aircraft for FLIGHT LEADER) S. Craig Taylor
The GENERAL Vol.26,No.3
- Flight Leader – “Full Throttle-Improved Flight Leader ” (Variant Discussion) by George Scheets
- Flight Leader – “Wings over Korea-Additional scenarios for Flight Leader” (Scenarios) by Roger K. Horky

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Publisher: Avalon Hill

Artist: Joe DeMarco, Charles Kibler

Year: 1986

Product Code: 871

Size: Avalon Hill Bookcase

2.81 pounds

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CF-105A Arrow counter for Flight Leader

CF-105A Arrow counter for Flight Leader. More to come.

savatee

2011-10-17

Flight Leader Rules with Charts added

Flight Leader Rules with Charts

Paul Q

2011-01-23

House rules.

I wrote these house rules for new generation fighters and missiles.

maggico

2010-08-07

Spreadsheet Tracker

Another tracking file, this one is excel based. Can be uploaded into googledocs which can be shared more easily.

ctcharger

2009-12-28

FL Plot Sheet in as a text file

FL Plot Sheet in as a text file, makes easy recording settings for PBEM.

Athena60_98

2009-12-27

Sample PBEM Board Output

Turn 3, Scenario 24.1 First Jet-to-Jet Air Combat. North Korean player is rushing the Alpha flight at the USAF F-80's. While Blue attempts to use the sun for a contact advantage. NK Bravo flight is scheduled to enter the map on Turn 4. Looking to umpire (with 2+ players) or play in a PBEM. I build my maps in the Open Source: Open Office software, so you can receive the map as a pdf like this or in the native Open Office format.

Heckmac

2009-12-18

Flight Leader italian manual

Flight Leader rules in italian.

maggico

2008-08-17

Flight Leader expanded logsheet

Expanded logsheet for use with the impulse move variant from the General vol 26 #3 (Full Throttle by George Scheets). Can be used with the normal impulse rules as well

LeZerp

2008-05-21

Impulse slide

A seperate version of the impulse movement table from the back of the rules. Includes a slide, that can be cut out, and slid over the table, giving a clearer view of who moves in the current impulse, and what impulse you have gotten to. Can be laminated to good effect.

LeZerp

2008-05-21

Supersonic gun kill.

Historical scenario.

maggico

2007-10-19

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