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Wings of War: Famous Aces (2004)

Average Rating: 6.95/10
Board Game Rank: 358
War Game Rank: 150
Thematic Rank: 87
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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
(33 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
10 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
(9 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(15 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain
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Primary Name
Wings of War: Famous Aces
Alternate Names
Krylia Voiny: Znamenitye Asy
Wings of War: Beroemde Piloten
Крылья войны. Знаменитые асы
戰爭之翼:王牌飛行員
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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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Wings of War: Famous Aces
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English first edition
Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games, Nexus
Artist: Vincenzo Auletta, Dario Calì
Year: 2008
Product Code: WOW101
Size: 8.00 x 8.00 x 2.00 inches
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Runadrake Portuguese edition 2007
Publisher: Nexus, Runadrake
Artist: Vincenzo Auletta, Dario Calì
Year: 2007
Product Code: WOW101
Size: 8.11 x 8.11 x 2.05 inches
1.18 pounds
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Wings of War: Famous Aces
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Polish edition
Publisher: Galakta
Artist: Dario Calì
Year: 2006
Size: 7.80 x 7.80 x 1.95 inches
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Wings of War: Beroemde Piloten
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Dutch edition
Publisher: Nexus, PS-Games
Artist: Vincenzo Auletta, Dario Calì
Year: 2005
Product Code: PSG018
Size: 7.80 x 7.80 x 1.95 inches
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Mad Man's Magic German edition
Publisher: Mad Man's Magic, Nexus
Artist: Dario Calì
Year: 2004
Size: 8.07 x 8.07 x 2.17 inches
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10 Pilot Sheet WW1
This is a Pilot Sheet for campaign and scenarios for a little more depth to your pilots! I've shortened the british ranksystem just to fit! :D Please comment if you want me to make any changes!
2011-03-01
6 Gamemat with short Rules and damage placeholders
Gamemat for planes with rules in german
2010-10-14
4 A Damage tokens - 0.75" for 1" discs
Contains 0.75" counters for all 4 damage decks for Wings of War for those who prefer counters to cards. Use a 0.75" punch to punch them out.
2010-02-24
8 Crimson Skies Stat Cards
These are some stat cards I made for the original Crimson Skies planes from the various FASA/Wizkids games, inteded to be used with the basic WoW sets.
2010-02-10
2 Two Plane Flight Record with D Deck.
This combined Maneuver Deck / Flight Record can be used to record your Maneuver cards, firing results and other info for your Wings of War scenario. One page includes a printout of the "D" Maneuver deck as well as Two flight records to allow you to fly Two aircraft with one deck or to record your play. There is space to record aircraft info and scenario results.
2009-10-30
1 Two Plane Flight Record with C Deck
This combined Maneuver Deck / Flight Record can be used to record your Maneuver cards, firing results and other info for your Wings of War scenario. One page includes a printout of the "C" Maneuver deck as well as Two flight records to allow you to fly Two aircraft with one deck or to record your play. There is space to record aircraft info and scenario results.
2009-10-30
1 Two Plane Flight Record with B Deck
This combined Maneuver Deck / Flight Record can be used to record your Maneuver cards, firing results and other info for your Wings of War scenario. It includes a printout of the "A" Maneuver deck as well as Two flight records to allow you to fly Two aircraft with one deck or to record your play. There is space to record aircraft info and scenario results.
2009-10-30
3 Wings of War: Aide-mémoire pour dégâts (Famous Aces)
Un aide-mémoire en français pour les dégâts spéciaux qui tient sur une simple carte de taille standard (approx 6x9 cm). Cette archive comprend 2 feuilles A4 sur lesquelles sont montées 6 cartes (recto et verso). Le dos des cartes utilise l'illustration de Famous Aces.
2009-10-28
14 Wings of War Special Damage Player Aid (Famous Aces)
Keep the rules for special damages handy with this player aid that fits on a regular-sized card. Mounted on an A4 sheet (6 cards). Card backs included (with Famous Aces art).
2009-10-28
4 Flight Records with Maneuver Decks
This combined Maneuver Deck / Flight Record can be used to record your Maneuver cards, firing results and other info for your Wings of War scenario. One page includes a printout of the "A" Maneuver deck as well as Two flight records to allow you to fly Two aircraft with one deck or to record your play. There is space to record aircraft info and scenario results.
2009-10-13
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 358
War Game Rank: 150
Thematic Rank: 87
Num Ratings: 3620
Average Rating: 6.95
Standard Deviation: 1.31
Num Views: 297400
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Avg. Game Weight: 1.7
Fans: 114
Personal Comments: 1253
Users Owning: 4285
Users Wanting: 154
Users Trading: 165 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade: 3
Want Parts In Trade: 6
Price History: View
Total Plays: 6929
Plays This Month: 31
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