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Year Published
1980
# of Players:
2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 2 players
(7 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
20 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
10 and up
User Suggested Ages
10
(1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(2 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Ace of Aces - Handy Rotary Series
Alternate Names
Duelo de Águias
Duelo de Águias - 1984
Expanded By
Families
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An innovative 1-on-1 combat game that simulates a dogfight between WWI aircraft. Each player has a book with pictures of what they see out the cockpit of their airplane. Each player selects a maneuver (bank left, barrel roll, etc.) and tells their opponent a page number to turn to. This new page, when cross indexed with the maneuver made, gives the page number that shows the results of the chosen maneuver. The object of the game is to get your opponent in your sights and shoot them down.

There are advanced rules for fuel consumption as well as a campaign game.

Ace of Aces Series:

Book mechanic also featured in:

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Like New €69.00 18-May-2009 flag
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14d 12h 54m
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5 Underlying hex field manuever results
AOA-HRS is based on a hex field. This chart shows the change in facing and/or hex for each maneuver. It makes it easy to have battles with multiple planes per side using a hex map and miniatures. The chart was derived by having one plane do a stall (which does not change a plane's position) and having the other plane do a maneuver.
2009-01-20
4 Wingleader Charts
This is a map of page numbers on to a hex grid; clean and readable. This was taken from the Wingleader books but I believe this applies to most of the other games in this series. The red numbers indicate a "tailing" position the green numbers indicate a "tailed" position. The letters identify the damage level delivered from that position.
2008-07-01
2 US4378118
US patent number US4378118
2008-06-08
1 Die_Roll_Substitution
I never carried around a die for the advanced rules to this game. I used a table like the one attached. The German and Allied players write/call-out a number 1-6 at the same time, and cross reference it on the table to get a 1d6 roll. This rock-paper-scissors approach fits inside the box with the rules.
2008-04-01
2 a_of_a_hr.pdf
Ace of Aces Handy Rotary Chart Booklet (PDF of FAX)
2004-05-13
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 461
Wargame Rank: 154
Num Ratings: 682
Average Rating: 6.97
Standard Deviation: 1.42
Num Views: 43073
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Fans: 10
Personal Comments: 292
Users Owning: 801
Users Wanting: 85
Users Trading: 29
Has Parts For Trade: 0
Want Parts In Trade: 0
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Total Plays: 737
Plays This Month: 3
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