Maybe a WWII air warfare game thats good ?
https://www.diecastdigital.com/brs
I have played the tabletop minis game a few times. It didn't really resonate with me. The rules felt a little too simple, abstracted, and gamey for me. There is a LOT of dice chucking and the weird way you would tilt the mini's stand forward or back to indicate advantage or disadvantage just seemed odd and out of place to me.
I was hopeful that the digital version of Check Your Six would be fun as I like the tabletop rules but, to me, the digital version felt like it missed the mark. I hope I'm wrong about BRS but I'm not expecting much.
Reminds me of Sid Meier's Ace Patrol games.
I've yet to see a WW II dogfighting game that mimics one of the most nuanced aspects of WW II: The fact that, whenever a German fighter pilot shot at an enemy plane, so long as another pilot supported the claim that he hit it, he'd get credit for a kill!
OK, snarkiness at the dysfunction of German High Command aside, the game looks interesting. I enjoyed the Sid Meier's games that Gus mentioned, although I found the boards to be too small to really give even a vaguely satisfying replay of The Air War. Ah well, it was much more of a game than a simulation...
I realise I'm being a bit arsey here, but this is the sort of game I would have played before computers had developed enough to allow me to actually do the "flying" myself. To my mind if you want to simulate air combat these days, you jump into WoFF, RoF, BoX or DCS, or even Warthunder.
Quote from: FarAway Sooner on January 25, 2021, 04:59:25 PM
I've yet to see a WW II dogfighting game that mimics one of the most nuanced aspects of WW II: The fact that, whenever a German fighter pilot shot at an enemy plane, so long as another pilot supported the claim that he hit it, he'd get credit for a kill!
OK, snarkiness at the dysfunction of German High Command aside, the game looks interesting. I enjoyed the Sid Meier's games that Gus mentioned, although I found the boards to be too small to really give even a vaguely satisfying replay of The Air War. Ah well, it was much more of a game than a simulation...
I know they are old games and the graphics awful, but Achtung Spitfire! and Over the Reich are still outstanding turn based games with a lot more depth than the Sid Meier games or Slitherines "On your 6".
I remember a while back the game Bloody April was being developed as an air combat campaign. Did it ever see the light of day?
Quote from: Father Ted on January 25, 2021, 05:38:37 PM
I realise I'm being a bit arsey here, but this is the sort of game I would have played before computers had developed enough to allow me to actually do the "flying" myself. To my mind if you want to simulate air combat these days, you jump into WoFF, RoF, BoX or DCS, or even Warthunder.
For flight sims, the IL 6 Sturmovik series is also quite good. I got IL 6 Sturmovik 1946 quite cheaply on Steam, but their other iterations seem bloody expensive, even if they are nicely detailed.
Quote from: Boggit on February 01, 2021, 11:38:31 PM
Quote from: Father Ted on January 25, 2021, 05:38:37 PM
I realise I'm being a bit arsey here, but this is the sort of game I would have played before computers had developed enough to allow me to actually do the "flying" myself. To my mind if you want to simulate air combat these days, you jump into WoFF, RoF, BoX or DCS, or even Warthunder.
For flight sims, the IL 6 Sturmovik series is also quite good. I got IL 6 Sturmovik 1946 quite cheaply on Steam, but their other iterations seem bloody expensive, even if they are nicely detailed.
IL2 46 is still definitely worth the money - especially if you mod it to include a huge number of theatres and planes. Il2: Battle of Stalingrad often goes on sale for £6, so it's possible to take a look at that for a reasonable price, too.
Quote from: Boggit on February 01, 2021, 11:36:11 PM
I know they are old games and the graphics awful, but Achtung Spitfire! and Over the Reich are still outstanding turn based games with a lot more depth than the Sid Meier games or Slitherines "On your 6"
I loved those games. And still don't mind the graphics. Can you get them to work on Windows 10? Getting them working in Windows 7 was a bit of a hassle, as i recall, and I haven't tried to reinstall them since I finally "upgraded" to Win 10.
--Philistine