The third article of Wings of Glory WW2 airplane packs’ preview series (following the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk and the Yakovlev Yak-1), presents the Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (“Hien” = Swallow), a Japanese fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. Over 2.500 Ki-61s were produced, first seeing action around New Guinea in 1943, and continuing to fly combat missions throughout the war. A clean, streamlined …
The long awaited new edition of War of the Ring board game is going to be released in English by the end of the month, and Ares Games has good news also for the non-English speaking players. The game is going to be published in three more languages next year, in cooperation with international partners: Devir, in Spain, Heidelberger Spieleverlag, in Germany, and Red Glove, in …
Following the preview dedicated to the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, it’s time to know something more about the Soviet fighter Yakovlev Yak-1, an agile and fast single-seat monoplane that came into service just in time to meet the German Invasion in 1941. Extremely maneuverable, fast and well armed, the Yak-1 was also easy to maintain and reliable. The primary user was the Soviet Air Force, but also …
The Wings of Glory WW2 game debuts with four aircrafts, each presented in two different versions. In this series of preview articles, we let you know something more about the models and the pilots represented in these airplane packs, starting with the American fighter Curtiss P-40. The P-40 is most known as “Warhawk” – the official name in the United States for all P-40s, but it’s …
