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Year Published
2004
# of Players:
2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4, more than 4 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4, more than 4 players
(23 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
10 and up
User Suggested Ages
6 and up
(2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(7 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Wings of War - Famous Aces
Alternate Names
戰爭之翼:王牌飛行員
Krylia Voiny - Znamenitye Asy
Wings of War - Beroemde Piloten
Крылья войны. Знаменитые асы
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Wings of War is a game series which merges card and board game mechanics to recreate aerial combat. The first series of Wings of War games focus on the "knights of the air" age, World War I, portraying the abilities of the fighting planes of this period.

Airplanes are represented by a single card which is used as a playing piece on any open surface; the players choose and play simultaneously movement cards to decide the actions of the airplane they control. Different planes use different decks of movement cards to represent their different maneuver capabilities, and different deck of "Fire" card are used to take into account their fighting effectiveness and to keep track of damage.

Each Wings of War set is a complete game for 2 to 4 players which may be combined with additional sets, or with other copies of the same set, to play larger games. For that purpose, 23 planes with different colors are included in each box. Each one is depicted after accurate historical documentation.

Wings of War - Famous aces is the first set of the WWI collection. It includes 5 models of planes: the Spad XIII, Albatros D Va, Sopwith Camel, Fokker Dr1, Sopwith Triplane. Each one was flown by an ace: between them Baracca, von Richtofen, Rickenbacker, Fonk, Olieslagers, Bakers. There are also 4 decks of movement cards, 1 deck of combat cards, rulers, counters and a promo card of the second set, Wings of War - Watch your back!, depicting an Austrian two-seater Ufag C.I.

Part of the Wings of War series

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Awards

  • 2005 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee.
  • 2005 GAMES Magazine Best Historical Simulation Runner up.
  • 2005 International Gamers Awards nominee, Historical Simulation category.

Microbadges:
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10 KING KONG vs. Wing of War - Solo expansion
This is the rules for these variant (in english and portuguese)... If you like it, tell me... =)
2009-06-30
4 Friday Night DogFight Rules v001
Friday Night Dogfight's! These rules use standard basic game rules and add in a pilot record sheets and two charts, Ace abilities and a Death Roll Chart to see if your pilot or gunner can survive to fight again, hope you all enjoy them. If anyone would like to come participate in the action on Friday nights, just email or PM me here for more info. Special thanks to the Newmarket club for creating and posting the original rules. NOTE:these rules have been borrowed and Rewritten, modified and elaborated on, from the Newmarket Games club - Wings of War Campaign, posted previously on this site.
2009-06-15
5 Deck Constructability Table
This is a set of tables that indicates which maneuver decks can be constructed from other maneuver decks, and which cards need to be removed to make those decks.
2009-01-29
3 Damage Cards
Use to record damage to base planes, plus two expansion planes. Output to color printer, mount to 1/4" foamcore, drill 1/16" holes into center of bullet holes, use plastic pegs such as those found in Battleship to insert into holes.
2009-01-23
10 Wings of War: WWI Components/Stat Sheets
Listing of all components, aircraft, maneuver & damage decks included in each set. Also includes detailed listing of each aircraft included, with information on pilot, unit, nation, side, damage/maneuver decks, etc.
2008-09-13
5 Multi-mission Scenario
A set of scenario rules for 6 aircraft or more, with multiple hidden objectives. Some objectives require Burning Drachens, but these can be excluded if desired.
2008-08-31
4 Diagram of All of the Maneuvers
This is a diagram of all of the different maneuver decks, updated for Immelmann and Dogfight, and organized by speed.
2008-08-01
3 Wings of War Race
This is a air race using the Wings of War ruleset. Version 1.0
2008-06-09
7 All Maneuvers with Counts
Graphic illustration of all maneuvers in decks A-M, including individual card counts & deck totals for each. This is a blatant retouching of gleritte's "AllManeuvers.gif" Credit should go to him.
2008-01-25
10 All Flight Paths
Shows all flight paths available in decks A through M
2008-01-09
Statistics
User Rank: 251
Wargame Rank: 429
Num Ratings: 2455
Average Rating: 7.01
Standard Deviation: 1.28
Num Views: 174924
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Personal Comments: 991
Users Owning: 2828
Users Wanting: 166
Users Trading: 87
Has Parts For Trade: 3
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Average Rating 7.80
Average Weight 1.86
Owned 898
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Wanted in Trade 89
Wishlist 211
Comments 321
Year Pub. 2007
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