Cockpit & Dogfight

You can use ace cards to balance less/more powerful single-seat fighters if they have the same firepower. The system hasa been used in several tournaments in the past, especially in Italy.

For example, among A-firing planes I'd rate more or less:

4 - Nieuport 17/23
3 - Albatros D.III
2 - Pfalz D.III, Sopwith Camel, Fokker Dr.I, SPAD VII, SPAD XIII, Albatros D.Va,
Hanriot Hd.1, Sopwith Triplane, Aviatik D.I
1 - Se5a, SS D.III, SS D.IV
0 - Sopwith Snipe, Fokker D.VII

If you want each plane to be balanced, don't give aces to the most powerful plane you use and give the others as many ace levels as the difference in value.

Example: you use a Se5a and a Camel against a Dr.I and an Albatros D.III. The most powerful is the Se5a, value 1. The Camel gets 2-1= a level 1 ace , the Dr.1 2-1= a level 1 ace, the Albatros D.III 3-1 = a level 2 ace. Instead than an ace you can give the equivalent number of skills (a level 2 ace or two ace skills taken from the rulebook). You can even increase ace levels adding skills (a level 3 ace with two more skills become a level 5 ace).
Of course, since it's the difference to be important, you can also give aces to everybody saving the indicated differences: A level 2 ace to the Se5a, a level 3 to the Camel, a levcel 3 to the Dr.I and a level 4 to the Albatros D.III.

If it was a SPAD XIII and a Camel against a Dr.I and an Albatros D.III only the D.III would get a 3-2 = level 1 ace. Or one ace skill. Or everybody would get aces, but the D.III one level/skill more than any other.

If it was a SPAD XIII and a Camel against a Dr.I and an Albatros D.Va, no aces to anybody.

If you prefer to just balance teams instead than each plane, jusat add the total points and give the difference in ace levels.

Example: you use a Se5a and a Camel against two Fokker D.VII and. Allied: 1 + 2. German: 0 + 0. Give 3-0= 3 ace levels to the Allied planes distributing them as you prefer (one 3 level ace, or three level 1 aces, or one level 2 + one level 1).

If it was a SPAD XIII and a Camel against a Dr.I and an Albatros D.III, the German team would get only 3+2-2-2= 1 ace level.

If it was a SPAD XIII and a Camel against a Dr.I and an Albatros D.Va, no aces to anybody (2+2-2-2=0).

Have fun!

Des pilotes avec chacun des caractéristiques spéciales.

Et des capacités spéciales, hors normes pour des pilotes exceptionnels.

Un kit de cartes AS de la WWI bientôt disponible. Elles permettront de jouer des AS historiques avec des capacités spéciales.
Un exemple avec Von Richtoffen et ses manoeuvres perrilleuses.

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 more special abilities. These abilities "break the rules", and give to his plane additional bonus and special capabilities - for example, ignoring certain jamming results, getting an aim bonus, getting away with risky maneuvers.

This Promo Pack extends the concept even further, introducing special Ace Cards that present real WW1 pilots and assigning to each of them a selection of Ace abilities based on actual historical documents.

Une nouvelle mouture de carte Fokker Dr1, avec l'As Bruno Stachel de Blus Max.
Petits ajouts d'éléments de tableau de bord du Fokker DR1 : "badin" et "gyro".

With a different background (classic Wings of war one), different plane design, new details.

America’s first black aviator did not fly for the country of his birth America, but for his adopted country of France. A country for which he was severely wounded and received many medals for valor.He expressed his feelings about France like this, "it seems to me that the French democracy influenced the minds of both white and black Americans there and helped us all to act like brothers as near as possible".
Nickname "The Black Swallow of Death"

Lieutenant Onokichi Isobe of Escadrille C.1, japanese pilot, Decorated Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur.
brief history record :
Born 14 August 1878, Japan. Naval officer before the war.
Enlisted 1 February 1916, 1er Régiment Étranger.
Promoted Lieutenant 18 February 1916.
Student pilot 3 March 1916, trained at Chartres, Avord, Cazaux and Pau.
Military Pilot Brevet #3656, 10 June 1916, as Lieutenant.
AéCF Pilot Brevet #3933, 22 July 1916.
Flying a Nieuport XXII when severely injured during crash on take off.

Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur 7 March 1917:
A Lieutenant of the 1er Régiment Étranger, pilot of Escadrille N 57: a very good chasse pilot. Engaged in the service of France, he has shown in the escadrille the highest military qualities, serving as an example to all in searching for combat with ardor. He was seriously wounded in combat on 6
March 1917, during the course of a patrol.

Croix de Guerre with 1 palme.

Lieutenant Bruno Stachel, héro du film "le crépuscule des dieux" ou en version originale "The Blue Max", tiré de nom d'une des plus haute distinction militaire (pour le mérite).

" Allemagne, 1918. Bruno Stachel, un pilote de combat froid et ambitieux utilise des méthodes peu orthodoxes qui lui valent la haine de ses camarades et l’admiration de ses supérieurs. Courageux et sans pitié, il parvient au Panthéon des pilotes en décrochant la plus haute décoration militaire allemande : Pour le Mérite."

"Bruno Stachel (George Peppard) is a corporal in the German infantry who leaves the fighting in the trenches to become an officer and a fighter pilot in the German Air Service. Joining a squadron in spring 1918, he sets his sights on winning the highest decoration, the Pour le Mérite, nicknamed the "Blue Max", for which he must shoot down 20 aircraft."

Contribution to Aerodrome Forum : Consolidated B24-J Liberator.
With characteristics proposed by  Col.Hajj : http://www.wingsofwar.org
new version :

 B-24 J Liberator
Maneuver Deck: BB (same as B-17)
Damage: 39
Crew: 9
Nose Turret
75 degree coverage
Short: B
Long: A
Tail Turret
75 degree coverage
Short: B
Long: A
Top Turret
360 degree coverage
Short: B
Long: A
Belly Turret
360 degree coverage
Short: B
Long: A
Waist Guns
Same coverage as B-17 waist guns
Short: A

Thanks for your comments !

Eugene Bullard (9/10/1894 – 12/10/1961) was the first  and the only black pilot in World war I.
Bullard flew as a member of the Lafayette Flying Corps in the French army, assigned to 93 Spad Squadron on 17 August 1917 where he flew some twenty missions and is thought to have shot down two enemy aircraft.

Bullard est le premier pilote de chasse noir de l'histoire et le seul de la WW1, il est initié au pilotage sur Caudron G-3 et Caudron G-4; aux écoles de Châteauroux, de Croton et d’Avord.
Plus tard, il s’engage sur le front avec l’Escadrille Spad 93, puis avec la Spad 85, dans l'armée de l'air française au poste de mitrailleur-observateur. Sa formation lui permet de devenir pilote assigné à l'unité SPA 93 le 27 août1917 qui utilise des Spad V11s et Nieuports. Il effectue une vingtaine de missions aériennes et devient ainsi le premier pilote de chasse noir de l'histoire. Il vole avec sa mascotte, son singe "Jimmie".
Il a 2 victoires à son actif..
La devise inscrite sur le fuselage de son avion était all blood runs red (« tout sang coule rouge »).
Surnommé l’« hirondelle noire de la mort », il est cité à l’ordre du régiment le 3 juillet 1917, avec croix de guerre 1914-1918

This one is dedicated to all american Lafayette team pilots.

La base de ma prochaine carte pour ce porte avion commandé par le capitaine Takatsugu, qui deviendra dès 1942 amiral de la flotte japonaise.
C'est de ec porte avion que Kakuichi Takahashi décolla pour l'attaque de Pearl Harbor.

Pour le plaisir de certains, la figurine "jet de blondasse", cout spécial, ultime dans ses effets.
Et le ptéro pour venir en aide à King Kong, en attaquant les avions menaçants.
Options de règles :
Ptéro peut entrer en jeu sur 1 dé égal à 6 des qu'il reste moins de 10 pv à Kong.
Jet de pétasse, il peut être tenté sur 1 dé 6, dès qu'il reste 5 pv à Kong.Dans ce cas la cible touchée tire 3 cartes de dégats.

figurines Konami.

Preview d'un projet de map pour le scénario King Kong et l'Empire State Building de Manhattan.

Je ne résiste pas à vous proposer cette image du Kong en plein combat...en attendant une mise en scène complète avec carte et décor.

The right fig for King kong scenario and other storyies about lost worlds.
la figurine parfaite pour le scenario king kong et d'autres histoires de monde perdu !