Hunt for the Ring, the hidden movement, deduction and adventure game coming this Summer in the War of the Ring line, will be showcased this week at “Origins Game Fair” (June 14-18, Columbus, Ohio). Hunt for the Ring recreates the initial chapters of “The Lord of the Rings”. One player must bring Frodo Baggins — the Ringbearer — and his hobbit friends from their home in …
The Albatros D.III, biplane fighter that stood out in the period of German aerial dominance in 1917 and which was flown by many of famous German aces – including Manfred von Richthofen, Ernst Udet, Erich Löwenhardt, Kurt Wolff, and Karl Emil Schäfer – is one of the WW1 aircraft coming soon in the new series of WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs. It would be fair …
A new series of WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs is coming soon, presenting the aircraft Nieuport 17, Albatros D.III, UFAG C.I, and RAF RE.8. While waiting their release, let’s learn more about them and the pilots of the versions featured in the packs, starting with the Nieuport 17. The Nieuport company began with two flying brothers (Edouard and Charles Nieuport) but both died in flying …
The German dive bomber and ground attack aircraft Junkers Ju.87, best known as “Stuka”, was widely used during the first part of the Battle of Britain and is featured in one of the Squadron Packs released together with the new WW2 Wings of Glory Starter Set. While some stories suggest that the Stuka came about because Ernst Udet fell in love with the American Curtis “Goshawk,” …
The Hawker Hurricane Mk.I, one of the fighters featured in the WW2 Wings of Glory Squadron Packs, was very much a “transitional” design between the past and the future. It was Britain’s first low-wing monoplane fighter, but originally made with a boxy construction and doped linen covering that was not that different from early Sopwith biplanes. Metal covered (and much lighter constructed) wings first appeared in …
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