Wings of War: Famous Aces

In this board game based on World War I, colourful biplanes fight each other in the foggy skies over the Front.

Can you manage to shoot down your enemies and become an ace, following in the steps of men such as Manfred von Richtofen, Eddie Rickenbacker, Georges Guynemer and Francesco Baracca?

Wings of War is a game series which merges card and board game mechanics to recreate aerial combat.

Aeroplanes 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 fighter plane they control. Different planes use different decks of movement cards to represent their different manoeuvre 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 types 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, Rickenbecker, 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.

Box contains:

• 132 cards
• 5 game boards
• 36 counters
• 2 rulers
• 1 rulebook

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