Best WW2 Air Combat Board Game??

[Hunter368]

This is my first post on this site, so sorry if this is in the wrong area for this kind of post. Now I will get to the point. I have always loved WW2 air combat books and have looked for a good board game that represents WW2 air combat correctly as possible. I have played a few with mixed feelings, I will list them and grade them:

Actung Spitfire: Cool but very complex and alot I mean alot of book keeping invloved. My friends would never play it b/c there was to much book keeping involved. The idea was good but to slow and complex with to much book keeping. Game was played on tactical level which I liked, allowed for pilot growth was extra cool. Grade over all C-



Luftwaffe (Avalon Hill): Very simple, fun but too simple for my liking. This game was played on a strategical level that did not allow you to fly your own plane, that was bad. Grade over all D-

What I want from a game is to fly my own plane from WW2 vs other planes (from WW2 ran by my friends) in combat. I want it to be detailed but not so much so that I need to be math genius to figure it out or to keep the rule book out to ref rules 100% of the time. What game do you like or recommend and why? Please give detailed explanations and game names, based on this I will buy this game and hope it makes me happy. Thanks for your input and help.

ps Cool site.

[Hunter368]

Anyone here able to help me ? Is there a better place on this forum that I could of placed this thread? Help me plzzzzz

[Pisis]

Hi Hunter and welcome to the forum!

I'm doubtful we got a section for WWII A/C Board Games here...
Actually, I never knew there are any such games.
Could you please describe them games more?
I'm familiar with board games like Carcassone, Warhammer, monopoly, damn even Jumanji I have but WWII Air Combatism?

Cheers,
Pisis

[Pisis]

What I want from a game is to fly my own plane from WW2 vs other planes (from WW2 ran by my friends) in combat.

Simple advice: a PC WWII Sim Game...

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yeah i've never heard of a WWII aircraft board game, sounds interesting, any pictures of them hunter??

[Hunter368]

You guys can just look up on yahoo the names I gave in my first post and you will find the two board games I was talking about. Anyone out there that has played a WW2 air combat game please post here and talk about it, good or bad I just want to hear about it. Thanks

[Hunter368]

What I want from a game is to fly my own plane from WW2 vs other planes (from WW2 ran by my friends) in combat.

Simple advice: a PC WWII Sim Game...

I do not want a PC game, I want a board game. I love board games.

[Hunter368]

No one here has played a WW2 air combat board game ?? Plz if you have share it with us. I thought when I started this thread I would get many people giving me information on their fav air combat WW2 board game. Can it be that none of you have played one ?

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i never even knew they existed

[Gnomey]

i never even knew they existed

Neither did I.

[JCS]

I think there might've been one in one of the older Historic Aviation catalogs, cant remember what it was though. I'll have a look around later and see if I can find the one it was in....

[Hunter368]

Please do look I would love to know about it, maybe I could find it on ebay or something.

[JCS]

I couldnt find the catalog, but this is what I was thinking of, its WWI though...

http://www.historicaviation.com/hist...nfo.po?ID=9249

[pbfoot]

i had one made by avalon hill using as single b17 to fly missions dice roll controlled

[Hunter368]

I have found many board games about WW2 aircombat after a few weeks of research on the net. If anyone is interested plz let me know and I would be happy to talk you about them or direct you to where you can look for yourself. Some of them seem very cool indeed. Mark