The first releases of Wings of Glory WW1 line, the Special Packs with the bombers Caproni Ca.3 and Gotha G.V, arrived at Ares Games’ warehouse in U.S. and are now shipping to North America distributors. The packs will hit US and Canadian stores starting on May 7th. In Europe, they are going to be available few weeks later. The Wings of Glory WW1 Special Packs are …
The British single-seat biplane Airco DH.2 closes this series of preview articles about the first Wings of Glory WW1 Airplane Packs, to be released in June. The first three articles presented the Fokker E.III Eindecker, the Morane Saulnier Type N and the Halberstadt D.III. The Airco DH.2 was the first effectively armed British single-seat fighter and enabled Royal Flying Corps (RFC) pilots to counter the “Fokker …
What about adding historical Ace pilots to your Wings of Glory WW1 games? This will be possible with the Ace Cards Promo Pack with 24 cards which will be available from the BoardGameGeek Store. WW1 Wings of Glory rules now include “Ace skills” and how to use them. A pilot (or other crew member) may now be an Ace, and each Ace may have one or …
The WW1 Wings of Glory section is now updated with information and pictures of the first four Airplane Packs! See them here.
The third preview article of the Wings of Glory WW1 Airplane Packs features the Halberstadt D.III, a fighter biplane used by the Luftstreitkräfte (Imperial German Army Air Service). The Halberstadt D.III was a variant of the D.II, used on the Western Front in late 1916, early 1917, succeeding the Fokker E.III Eindecker, which was already presented in the first article of this preview series (the other …