The single-engine, two-seat reconnaissance biplane Rumpler C.IV is one of the new aircraft featured in the latest series of WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs. The history of this plane is an example of the frequent German practice of starting with one aircraft design and refining it model by model. This practice, probably most familiar in the Albatros fighter series, where the D.Va is clearly an …
Following the first part of the Battlestar Galactica – the 33 Campaign spin-off scenario “They were expendables”, played at at Wintercon 2019, the action continued two weeks later at Gamma Con, in Canberra, Australia. Here follows the after action report by the organizer Zoe Ellen Brain. Prologue An asteroid field. A decoy ship with a dodgy ftl drive that can’t keep up with the fleet. Clapped …
Following the Pfalz D.III preview article, it’s time to learn more about the RAF SE.5, the second fighter just released in the new series of WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs. The SE.5 (Scout Experimental 5) was designed around a new and powerful engine, one which unfortunately was cranky and unreliable. The first pilots to fly the plane were very unimpressed (Albert Ball hated it and …
Battlestar Galactica – the 33 Campaign, a series of Battlestar Galactica Starship Battles massive events inspired by “33”, the first episode of the Reimagined series, continues to “jump” at all major shows Ares is attending in 2019 – but not only there! One contribution comes from Canberra, Australia. There, thanks to the organizer Zoe Ellen Brain, a spin-off scenario was played at Wintercon and Gamma Con. …
A new series of WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs brings to the game four new aircraft – Pfalz D.III, Raf SE.5, Rumpler C.IV, and Breguet BR.14. Let’s learn more about each of them, starting by the German fighter Pfalz D.III. By the time of WW1, although “German unification” was over 40 years old, there was still significant loyalty to the old German states. Thus, you …
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