SND - International Skype Game Invitation - Bust those Balloons!

Next Game for the International Crowd!

Balloon Busting, with Anti-Aircraft Artillery and rocket-equipped planes. More details to follow, but 12 March is the tentative plan.

Location	Local time	Time zone	UTC offset
Comox (BC)	Saturday, Mar 12 at 10:00 AM	PST	UTC-8 hours
Calgary (AB)	Saturday, Mar 12 at 11:00 AM	MST	UTC-7 hours
Chicago (USA)	Saturday, Mar 12 at 12:00 PM	CST	UTC-6 hours
New York (USA)	Saturday, Mar 12 at 1:00 PM	EST	UTC-5 hours
Morpeth (UK)	Saturday, Mar 12 at 6:00 PM	GMT	GMT
Talvern (France)	Saturday, Mar 12 at 7:00 PM	CET	UTC+1 hour
Opole (Poland)	Saturday, Mar 12 at 7:00 PM	CET	UTC+1 hours
Tokyo (Japan)	Sunday, Mar 13 at 3:00 AM	JST	UTC+9 hours
Toowoomba (Australia)	Sunday, Mar 13 at 4:00 AM	AEST	UTC+10 hours
Corresponding UTC (GMT)	Saturday, March 12 2016 at 18:00		0:00

Glossary - UTC Coordinated Universal Time - the international basis for other time zones.
Same time as for GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) and Zulu time.

Please post below, if you would like to attend. If you aren't already on my Skype contact list, please PM me for an Contact Request.

Reporting for duty Sir :salute:

I will try and make this one. Apologies for tonight.

Count me in

Ich werde zum Dienst melden wie bestellt, Mein Herr!

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Originally Posted by zenlizard

Ich werde zum Dienst melden wie bestellt, Mein Herr!

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I suppose I need to get a German English dictionary. My English one is from 1926, so maybe a newer one would be better

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Originally Posted by zenlizard

Ich werde zum Dienst melden wie bestellt, Mein Herr!

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I will report for duty as ordered, Sir! :)

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Originally Posted by zenlizard

Ich werde zum Dienst melden wie bestellt, Mein Herr!

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^^^
What he said.
I think ...
:D

For all those interested, I have finally posted the Climging/Diving Turn Maneuver Cards I had on file. They can be found here: WWI Maneuver Deck Climb/Dive Cards

Not all I had, nor all the current decks, but all the speed bands. Also, substitute card suggestions for missing turns or decks.

Thanks, Mike.
Bookmarked for future use ...
:thumbsup:

Cheers Mike on the printer as we speak

And to think, I recently purchased a full-color printer/copier/fax. Timing is everything...

For the record not to be pushy would like to fly Central powers . Possibly a Dr1

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For the record not to be pushy would like to fly Central powers . Possibly a Dr1

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Of course not, the Dr 1 is a tractor style aircraft.

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Originally Posted by grumpybear

For the record not to be pushy would like to fly Central powers . Possibly a Dr1

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Of course not, the Dr 1 is a tractor style aircraft.

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:smack:

Rocket-equipped Nieuport 16s were transitioned to training aircraft in July 1917, with Dr.1s appearing in front line service in August 1917...

There was probably some overlap? But other planes used the rockets, I don't have any customized, ATM.

Choices of planes can be (planes I have - Historical, Fall 1917):
Central: Albatros D.IIIs &D.Vas, Aviatik D.1s, and Fokker Dr.1s.

Entente: Hanriot HD1, Nieuport 17s & 23s, Sopwith Camels & Triplanes, SPAD VIIs & XIIIs, and SE5as

Initially, the scenario was two CP balloons, defended by scouts and AAA, being attacked by Nieuport 16s with escorts. Alternatively, if we want rockets, but later planes, just designate a plane or two as having rockets? Otherwise, the CP targets are subjected to Incendiary Bullets throughout the game, perhaps limited to designated balloon-buster planes?

I have all of those aircraft so will fly whatever you want me to.
Probably best for me to not be the "Rocketeer" as I have yet to try them out.

What ever I am assigned I will fly no problem .

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Originally Posted by tikkifriend

Cheers Mike on the printer as we speak

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Paul - what settings did you use to get them printed close to the actual WoG/WoW deck size ?

Pete,
I imported the images into an MS Word doc, with lines at 20mm and 88mm down from the top of the page. That should give the right size when printing. When I overlay the card images, they are at 100% on my machine. Hmmm...

Sorry, I used my originals. I downloaded a copy from the Forum, and when I imported it, it came in at 78%. I resized it using the above lines, and I had to make it 45% to fit on the lines. I haven't printed a draft copy to see how that would turn out, but it should be close.

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Originally Posted by Stumptonian

Paul - what settings did you use to get them printed close to the actual WoG/WoW deck size ?

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Good question will have to check.

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What ever I am assigned I will fly no problem .

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How about a balloon !! :lol:

I'm happy with an Aviatik or a Camel depending which side need the players.
Lets just stick to incendiary bullets Mike for the first run through, stops those time line problems

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Originally Posted by OldGuy59

Pete,
I imported the images into an MS Word doc, with lines at 20mm and 88mm down from the top of the page. That should give the right size when printing. When I overlay the card images, they are at 100% on my machine. Hmmm...

Sorry, I used my originals. I downloaded a copy from the Forum, and when I imported it, it came in at 78%. I resized it using the above lines, and I had to make it 45% to fit on the lines. I haven't printed a draft copy to see how that would turn out, but it should be close.

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Thanks, Mike, I'll give it a shot.
Picked up some heavier paper to print them off once I get it sorted out.
:thumbsup:

Played around in Word and got them to something close in draft.
(There were some slight differences in the file sizes)

Going to try the full quality versions next.
:D

KK,
So, there was some thought to running this as an open game at the FLGS, but I can't get into the store until 10 AM, and that leaves no time to set up. I will run this out of the garage, again.

Just a heads-up, though. One of our cats, Macchiatto, has been very sick recently, and we fear his liver has shut down, or close enough to shut down that he is suffering. Treatment so far has been ineffective, and he is getting worse. We now have to make some pretty hard choices, and emotionally this is difficult.

I may need to cancel at short notice, sorry.

Life goes on, regardless. Or as they say, "Life is what happens while you are making other plans." If there isn't a treatment reason to cancel the game, I am up for hosting. It will take my mind off other things I'd rather not think about.

Game on as per the above schedule, unless I say different. Hope to see you all Saturday.

With you on this Mike . Who says cats and dogs are just pets.

Do what you have to do: if that means you need to game, I'm in. If you have to cancel, then yeah, go with that. Death issues always suck, and no less for family pets.

I know the feeling we have lost both our pets .

Memories of Macchiato

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The game will not be cancelled, as there will not be any protracted nor complicated treatment plan. Donna and I made the hard decision to morn the loss of Macchi, rather than all suffer a treatment plan that could have been worse than the illness. Also, there was no optimism of a good outcome, only delaying the inevitable, with more traumatic treatments in the foreseeable future.

We are on for 18:00 Zulu (UTC), as planned.

PS: This will not be a memorial game, just another gathering of eagles and a loon.

Sorry to hear you had to make the difficult ,but right decision for Macchiato.
See you in the air tonight.
Paul

Set up for the game:
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Great game Mike. Sorry I was late. But 2 balloons (With help from the kindly Hun) and nearly an aircraft plus an AA gun, my sole survivor fly's home a happy chappy.

Nice meeting Sam and Peter, nice to fly against Darryl again pity Paul had tech problems.

Good fun as always.

Nice to meet you, Neil. The 10 point head start I gave you on the balloon saved your day. :p

And, Paul, I saved you the need to come back with that BOOM card Mike so nicely pulled for you in you absence.
:drinks:

Thanks for hosting, Mike. It was a good time - especially seeing it was my first against 'real' opponents.
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What was the final outcome? Sorry I had to cut out early, but yeah, regular gaming night responsibilities. I honestly didn't think the WoG game would bump up against my gaming night.

Sorry about that chaps but Skype didnt want to work so i couldnt get back in the game :( Thats a problem when you only have 2mb of telephone wire internet connection.
Look forward to reading the AAR although it looks like the RFc won the day and i got a boom card !!

Sorry, guys. I will get to this. I have issues that I'm dealing with.

Neil, the late-comer was the sole survivor for the Entente. Technically, he has two half credits for two balloons, as Sam [zenlizard] did half of the first balloon, and Paul [Stumptonian] (yes, flying for the CP) collided with the second, doing nearly half the balloon's damage in one hit.

I took over Sam's N.17 when he left. In my fervor to get the second balloon, I let Darell get on my tail and drill me for three phases at close range. I dodged the first two attacks, but the third, with +1s took me down. Sorry I wrecked your plane, Sam.

I will post soon. Too many other things going on.

No rush Mike :thumbsup:

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Sorry I wrecked your plane, Sam.

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Fortunes of war. Remember, I nearly pulled a Willy Coppens and landed on the first balloon when I tried to rocket it.

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I will post soon. Too many other things going on.

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Yeah, entirely understandable. Go take care of things, we'll manage.