The world record for the largest Wings of Glory game was broken last Sunday, September 22nd, in Florence, Italy: 100 people played together on a long table along the Arno river, beating the 92 player record set on January 2011, in California. The huge battle was organized by the game store Mister Neko at the FirenzeGioca 2013 convention and was attended by the author Andrea Angiolino. …
The Siemens-Schuckert D.III was a German single-seat fighter built by Siemens-Schuckert Werke. The D.III was a development of the earlier Siemens-Schuckert D.IIc prototype. The D.III was an equal-span sesquiplane powered by a 160 hp (119 kW) Siemens-Halske Sh.III bi-rotary engine. Idflieg placed an order for 20 aircraft in December, 1917, followed by a second order of 30 aircraft in February, 1918. The Siemens-Schuckert D.III was designed …
The last article presented the fighter Sopwith Triplane. Now it’s time to learn a bit more about the pilots of the three versions of this aircraft featured in the WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs: the Canadian ace Raymond Collishaw, and the Australians Robert Alexander Little and Roderic Stanley Dallas. Raymond Collishaw The most victorious Sopwith Triplane pilot, Raymond “Collie” Collishaw was the highest scoring Royal …
People attending Colours 2013, one of the the main wargaming events in the UK, had the chance to play Sails of Glory on Sunday, September 15th. The team from the Naval Wargames Society – David Manley, Simon Stokes, Rob Hutton, and Paul Ewins – ran six games through the day. “All of which were hard fought and very enjoyable actions, and in fact, we were just …
In April, 1917, a formation of fourteen German aircrafts was attacked by two light, fast, and nimble British fighters piloted by Flight Commander R. S. Dallas and Flight Sub-Lieutenant T. G. Culling, from No.1 Naval Squadron. After 45 minutes of combat and three airplanes shot down, the remaining German planes were forced to retreat. This was the impressive debut of the Sopwith Triplane, a revolutionary and …
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