- Air wargaming
Air wargaming, like
naval wargaming , is a niche specialism within the widerminiatures wargaming hobby. Due to the relatively short time over which aerial combat has developed air wargaming periods tend to break down into three broad periods:*
World War I - from the earliest air combat to the 1920s
*World War II - 1930s to the early 1950s
* "Modern" - the missile ageTo this can be added
science fiction and "alternate history " such as the various incarnations of "Crimson Skies " or Victorian Science Fiction such as "Aeronefs".Air wargaming is served by a specialist wargames society, AirWarSoc [ [http://www.airwarsoc.org/ AirWarSoc.org ] ] , which was formed by Steve Blease (founder of the
Society of Fantasy and Science Fiction Wargamers ); AirWarSoc currently exists as an online entity. The development of military flight occurred during the period covered by the Society of Twentieth-Century Wargamers [ [http://www.sotcw.net/ Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers ] ] and air wargaming articles appear frequently in its quarterly Journal.Board Games
* "Achtung Spitfire"
* "Air Force" and the "Dauntless" expansion pack (Avalon Hill)
* "Air Superiority" (GDW )
* "Air War" (Simulations Publications Inc.)
*"Blue Max"
* "Down in Flames" (GMT)
* "Downtown" (GMT)
* "Flight Leader" (Avalon Hill )
* "Knights of the Air" (Avalon Hill)
* "Richthofen's War " (Avalon Hill)
* "The Speed of Heat" (Clash of Arms)
* "Wings of War : Famous Aces" (Fantasy Flight Games )
* "Wings of War: Dawn of War" (Fantasy Flight Games)Miniatures Rules
WW1
* "Air War 1918" (Wessex Games)
* "Algernon Pulls It Off" (TooFatLardies)
* "Stringbags" (A&A Game Engineering)
* "Wings of War Miniatures" (Fantasy Flight Games)WW2
* "Bag the Hun" (TooFatLardies)
* "Blue Sky" series (Blue Sky Enterprises) - currently four modules, "Red Sun" (Early Far East), "Red Star" (Eastern Front), "White Star" (US Daylight Raids), "Blue Sea" (Mediterranean), and a fifth, "Black Cross" (Early Western Europe), is in production.
* "Check Your 6!" (Scott Fisher)
* "Duel of Eagles" (QRF)
* "Instant Bandits!" (Nigel Lancaster)
* "Scramble!" and the "Angels 15" supplement (A&A Game Engineering)Modern
* "Air War C21" (Wessex Games)
* "Bandits!" (Sunray42 - Private Rule set contact - dredpath at shaw.ca)
* "Birds of prey" (Ad Astra Games )
* "Clash of Sabres" (QRF)
* "Fox Two" (A&A Game Engineering)
* "Fox Two Reheat" (A & A Game Engineering)
* "Instant Thunder!" (Nigel Lancaster)cience fiction and fantasy
* "Aeronautica Imperialis" (Forge World) Warhammer 40k themed aerial combat
* "Aeronef" (Wessex Games) Victorian Science Fiction
* "Crimson Skies" (Fasa) alternate history air combat in a fragment America
* "Hard Vacuum" (Fat Messiah) WWII rocket combat
* "Levithian" (Fasa) Far Future fighter level combat in the Renegade legion setting
* "Star Wars: Silent Death" (Online rules) "Silent Death" rules for the Star Wars universe.Online Rules
As with most wargaming genres and periods there are a large number of free air wargaming rules available on the internet. Some of these can be found on the Air Wargames Online website. [ [http://www.btinternet.com/~david.manley/wargames/airrulesonline.html Air Wargames Rules Online ] ]
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