Flight Club 10/'23 at Entoyment, Poole

[flash]

After a summer full of wind and rain, the ninth meeting of Flight Club is set to go ahead on Sunday 15th October 2023 at Entoyment Poole for yet more WGF, and possibly WGS, mayhem

The usual crowd have already been notified but if you're a forum member that wants to come and join the fun then get your name down & let me know via PM if you want attend.
This is not an Entoyment event ie you cannot book a place to play via the shop. I will manage the table - Cost to cover the tables will be three quid a head on the day to be paid to flash on arrival please.

This is not a demo/participation like we'd usually put on at an event but a day for us to get into some more involved gaming and play some bigger, longer, WW1 scenario type games than we may usually get at a show.

I will update an idea of content nearer the time but, as they usually go down well, there will be one hour dogfights in the mix and maybe an opportunity to fly something you don't have or don't use too often.

If anyone has a scenario they'd like to put on for this event please PM me.


L-R: Mike (Mikeemagnus), Tim (Flying Helmut), Gary (Hu Rhu), Rich, Iain (chianti Raider), Baz (Baz), Hobz (Yellow Peril), Andy (Sherlochnumber1), Ajay (Ajay), Rob (Rabscallion)

If you'd like to see what you're in for here are the previous events:

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These are the usual table rules:
No kids..
No altitude.
No tailing.
No disruption.
Aim in play (+1 consec hits)
Split-S in play.
Blind spots in play.
EXP = Half start damage rounded up.


Potential Attendees:

Those highlighted are in.

Dave (flash)
Andy L (Ajay)
Tim (Flying Helmut)
Barrie (Baz)
Gary (Hu Rhu)
Andy B (Scherlochnumber1)
Hobz (Yellow Peril)
Iain (Chianti Raider)
Sean (Algonquin) - now available
Pete -
Stuart -


Andy T(Sauerkraut)
Rob(Rabscallion)
Mike (Mikeemagnus)
Tony (tonyc206)
Justin (JuD) - other but may join in later
Richard - working


This is what we have coming up:

1 hour dogfight: Chaos Rising - early war: N.11/16's; MS.N v Fok E.III
WW1 Scenario: Banger's & Crash - Opposed Balloon scenario - Pfalz D.III v Camels
~ Lunch ~
WW2 Scenario: Get Paddling - Pacific carrier strike scenario Zekes v whatever the Yanks throw at them !
1 hour dogfight: Chaos Falling - late, late, war: Snipes v Fok D.VII

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Some prompt responses in already, thanks chaps.

[flash]

Gary has confirmed he will do a WW2 Pacific scenario for us.
Looking for a WW1 scenario now and suggestions for the two 1 hour WW1 dogfight games.

[Sauerkraut]

Managed to get my Callout duties swapped and will be able to make this one. 🙂

[flash]

Well done that man, that makes the bakers dozen, it's better than being on call !

[flash]

We're pretty much going to have a full house this time out.
We have a WW2 scenario & a WGF scenario, just a couple of 1 hour dogfights to add to the mix now, so if there are any suggestions / ideas let me know via PM

[flash]

Clock is running down on this event, just pulling the models & ideas together so hope everyone can still make it, should be another classic.
We practiced WW2 pacific last Wednesday night. It could be brutal methinks, make sure you have your dinghy & paddle close to hand !

[flash]

Now currently 14 signed on if everyone makes it. Sean's hols were cancelled and we only found out last night.

[Flying Helmut]

Been off the Grid for a few days, so I've missed a lot!

Yes, I will be attending Flight Club on Sunday (if all goes well).


If anyone wants any stuff from "The Shop", please PM me BEFORE SATURDAY NIGHT! (Grrrrr - you know who you are!) and I'll do my best to bring stuff along.

[flash]

Glad to hear you can make it Tim, that makes 15 if we all get there. : thumbsup:

[flash]

Received three late 'real life getting in the way' cancellations since Friday so we're down to a round dozen if the rest can make it in.

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Well, after another late loss we ended up with 11 players on the day - that didn't dampen the enthusiasm; the chaps were on fine form and much fun and banter ensued.
Many thanks to all who could attend; big thanks to Gary for taking us out to the Pacific and his patience teaching us the basics of WW2 (oceans eleven ?) and a thanks for Mike, who didn't make it, for his scenario suggestion which we all enjoyed. Thanks too to Tim for bringing 'the shop' and shooting most of us down, some of us twice !
Thanks all for making Flight Club what it is, it would not be what it is without your continued support and input.

Pics will follow idc

[flash]

Some of the runners and riders:

L-R: Baz (Baz); Ajay(Ajay); Gary (HuRhu); Tim (flying Helmut)


Sean (Algonquin); Iain (Chianti Warrior); Stuart; Andy (Sherlochnumber1); Hobz (Yellow Peril)

[mikeemagnus]

Pics not showing boss

[flash]

Thanks Mike, dunno what happened there.

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Here Are The Pics:

Chaos Rising: 1 hour dogfight - Early war - 6 x N.11 / N.16 - v - 5 x E.III (1 Pfalz & 4 Fokker).
The commentary may or may not resemble what happened on the day !


Random placement start positions (diced for) - hence the name for the game - no head on charges for us this game !


Couple of moves in and my N.16 (J) sets fire to Tim's shiny new Pfalz.. Well it would be rude not to !


The dance continues, Baz's (dirty) red Fokker blows smoke


Tim's Pfalz attempts a merger with Andy's green Fokker as they rush in to shoot me up


Elsewhere smoke abounds as Gary's green Fokker joins Baz's in laying a trail across the sky.
I think that's Hobz's N.11 in the foreground, likely the others two are Pete's N.11 and SeanO's N.16 ?


Ramming speed ! I turn into my attackers clipping Tim's Pfalz and narrowly avoid Andy's Fokker - they shoot up Hobz's N.11 that is just behind me. Gary rips in to Sean's N.16 'F' in the background


Stuart's cdl Fokker light's up N.16 'D' (Sean?) also wounded, not going too well so far !


Baz takes on Ajay's green & Iain's cdl N.11's


Stu claims the first kill of the day !


Baz & Tim find themselves amid a gang of N.11's


Me and Sean slip around Stu who is keen for another victory !


Gary's green Fokker is dropped by Iain's cdl N.11 at close range, just pipping Ajay who added the 3 wound as a send off !


Shortly followed by Andy's green 'un, taken by Sean's N.16, second line are +1


With the sands of time running out Tim has the last word by dropping Hobz's N.11

Frankly we were surprised there were only four downed in an hour, we put it down to the random start placings. It was a fun game to kick off with.



"Banger's & Crash" WW1 Scenario inspired by one of Baz - Gullyraker's - OTT scenarios where opposing sides are both tasked with knocking down an opponents balloon whilst defending their own, some are loaded with incendiaries and can only shoot B at planes. There are also B gun AAMG but they only come into play in the last 15 minutes of the game. Camels v Pfalz D.IIIa


A couple of turns into the game, British sausage in the foreground, German Bratwurst in the background. Due to the disparity in speed the Pfalz started in line with the front of their balloon, the Camels started in line with the rear of theirs. Ajay in the Barker Camel doubles back to protect his balloon, it's hard to see but Baz, in the yellow tailed Pfalz, does the same for his.


Closing reasonably fast first rounds are exchanged, Andy in the Ares Holtzem in the foreground, Tim in the Nexus Holtzem beside him carries incendiaries, Me alongside in Hohn with the same loadout. Pete's Camel #3, leads a charmed life as two of us jammed exchanging fire, luckily I'm overlapped by Sean's Hearts Camel.


Then we break through the British line, with one more to beat. Concern is raised as Andy sweeps toward us !
In the background Stuart, in the green tailed Pfalz having timed his Immel to perfection has latched onto Hobz's tail and is already making life pretty miserable for him.


Iain in the U Camel does his best to throw off Stu's aim but he's like a dog with a bone laying in +1's for all he's worth !


There's a sigh of relief as Andy threads the needle between me and Tim. In spite of his protestations of innocence, if you flew with him regularly you'd know why we were nervous !


The Brits close in on the Bratty ! Hobz gets of a long range burst into it (0), even as Stu hits him again with another +1 and Baz roars in guns blazing even though he has the Hearts Camel and Gary's #8 Camel on his case at long range.


Hobz did get in a close range shot too (1GJ&0 +1) but the attention was all too much for him - nicely softened up by Stu, Baz chopped him down from close range in spite of still taking rounds himself. The bottom row are the +1's Kill to Baz


Meanwhile at the other end, I closed on the sausage. Having taken some heavy hits and cleared my jam I made my run in and opened up at long range (4) all set to close and run along the side of the balloon strafing it at close range but Ajay had other ideas whipping round in tight right turns to hack me from the sky with a BOOM card. Tim has jammed shooting up Pete's Camel #3.
Kill to Ajay !


Back at the Bratty, the dance continues, Baz has reversed and Stu has stalled, overlapping them both Iain gets a burst into the balloon as Sean's Hearts Camel finds itself between the guns of Andy & Baz.


At the sausage end Tim works on his gun jam while he keeps a wary eye on the whirling Camels before him and plots his course of attack


Tim slips past the guard and is lucky that Pete's Camel #3 overlaps him.


Back at the Bratty, Stu is wounded by Gary from his left but still gets a close range squirt into Iain even as he continues to shoot up the balloon


Sean's Hearts Camel reverses and gets a shot on Andy


Somewhere along the line Iain had had a collision I hadn't pictured, he also picked up a left rudder jam in the last turn then played a left turn in the next - taking an A damage for this faux pas did for him - Stu is credited with the kill


Tim gets onto the sausage at close range and sets it afire as Ajay rolls around desperately looking for a shot on him


Ajay gets his wish as Pete's Camel #3 closes with the action


Tim breaks the lock and if Pete had a shot Ajay is perfectly positioned to block it !


Back at the Bratty, Andy and Baz double team Gary's #8 Camel as he takes a shot into the gasbag and sets it on fire - the bullies !


It must've been close as seconds later it explodes with a loud whumf spreading some concussive damage onto all within range - Kill to Gary

Andy and Baz reverse immediately - Andy sprays a close range burst into Gary's tail and Baz meets Sean's Hearts Camel head on as Stu slides behind him



Gary's pilot is riddled, well, no-one likes to see that !


.. And down he goes - Kill to Andy


At the other end the Bratty suffers the same fate as the two fires set by Tim result in the draw of the BOOM card
Nearby machines survive the concussive blast - Kill to Tim

Time up, both balloons downed, we called it there, Germans edge the win on kills.


Oceans 11: WW2 Pacific - IJN fleet defend their carrier against multiple attacks by dive bombers, torpedo planes and escorts


After lunch we start to gather for Gary's trip to the Pacific. Torpedo planes in the foreground, dive bombers & escort in the background, enemy CAP in between and reinforcements ready on the deck.
(L-R: Tim, Pete, Sean, Iain, Stu)


Pilot's briefing - Gary explains the game and a little history about the Battle of the Coral Sea & the light carrier Shōhō
(L-R: Baz, Ajay, Gary, Tim, Pete, Sean, Iain)


Hobz and I took a pair of Devastator's each and advance into the maelstrom of flak as a zero piloted by Ajay heads our way


Ajay closes and gets a shot into my lead plane as I dodge the flak, to my left Hobz takes fire from the destroyer to his front


Elsewhere an Avenger piloted by Iain is splashed by Tim's zero.. Kill to Tim


It's busy over on that far side - Tim lines up on another Avenger


My lead Devastator (red) drops lower getting a long range shot on the spotty zero just above him, his wingman (green) fires over the top of him into the other zero
Don't suppose we're doing much but it feels good to be shooting back !
Alongside Hobz launches his first torp under the destroyer.


Another Avenger (Sean) falls to Tim's zeke.. Kill to Tim


Fish in the water ! My lead Devastator (red) and Hobz's #2 send their torps on their way as my #2 (green) rides shotgun and shoots at the zeke.


As it broke away my badly knocked about lead Devastator (red), already with engine damage and trailing smoke finally succumbs to fire and drops into the sea.
My #2 (green) having dropped it's torp turns after it's leader in time to witness their demise.


On the far side of the battle there's a proper mix up going on.


It looks like my last torp is striking home on the carrier and that hit fractures the avgas lines causing a major conflagration that spells the end for the carrier, already listing heavily from three other strikes. My #2 (green) has silenced the remaining AAMG on the destroyer and makes for home


Timmo-san is finally downed by a Wildcat piloted by Stu - Avenger's avenged !
Tim downed 3 in this battle - Sean, Iain and Iain's respawn - he needed to be shot down


Hobz gets pics of the stricken carrier as it consumed by fire and secondary explosions; Ajay wonders where he can put down safely and starts looking for an island !

We called it at that point.


Chaos Falling: - 45min dogfight - Late war - 5 x Sopwith Snipe - v - 5 x Fokker D.VII.
A slightly shorter game of WGF as the Pacific game had overrun slightly.


Random placement start positions diced for again.
Quick explanation - we use two points 2.5 rulers apart nominated odds and evens. A part of the table is nominated 12 o'clock. Roll a D6 to see which point you're based around. Roll a D12 to see which direction from the point you are to set up. Roll a D4 to determine how many half rulers away from the point you start. Roll another D12 to set the facing of your plane. Once you get the hang of it and by rolling all the dice at once it doesn't take too long to set up. Use a single point when there are fewer players. All machines are assumed to have been flying turns or side slips, so no immediate Immels are permitted. It seems to work quite well and beats the head-on rush.


L-R: Baz; Ajay; Gary; Tim; Pete; Sean; Iain; Andy; Hobz. Stu had to leave us.
(Justin [JuD] is packing his game in the background, after 2 days of gaming he was too tired to join us !)


Battle is joined


With a bit of side shuffle my cdl Snipe throws off Tim in Steffi, Ajay (green trim) and Gary (blue trim) who I've shot & wounded for a gun jam. Tim though may be after Sean in Snipe#8.


Think this demonstrates the chaos nicely ! Top of frame Gary narrowly avoids Tim, over to the right Baz (red trim) sets Iain ablaze, Hobz (yellow trim) jams as Sean & Andy collide, Ajay at bottom left trails smoke, Pete in the striped Snipe flies unmolested through the middle of it all !


Baz retires Iain with 5 on top of a boom on the fire card ! Kill to Baz.


Bottom of frame I'm wounded by Tim before Steffi slips behind me, Gary gets to trade punches with Pete. Ajay or Hobz have set Andy's Snipe (red star) on fire at the top of the page.


Gary puts Andy out of his flaming misery as Ajay & Hobz blow by - Kill to Gary


It's now five on three, we might be in a bit of trouble, in spite of the fact that three of the Fokkers are jammed & two of them wounded !


We can but try as I chase after Gary and Tim rolls round behind me.


Seems Tim is after other prey and reverses his turn, Gary has Immelled but as he's wounded I escape him as he can't shoot.


Unfortunately for Gary he runs into Sean and gets a second, fatal, wound and his second brace of the day ! Now it's four on three - Kill to Sean


Sean's joy is short lived as Tim avenges his wingman - Now it's four on two - Kill to Tim


Tim and Baz double team me as I'm overlapping Ajay - Pete, my remaining wingman is making himself scarce


Hobz just nicks the victory from under Steffi's nose - Four on one with the clock running down - Kill to Hobz


Returning to the fray and with the last shot of the game Pete slaps Ajay's Fokker from the sky ! Three on one - Kill to Pete (aka locally as the assassin).
Short of fuel the protagonists retire from the field and the day ends.

Scores on the Door for the day:
Dave (flash) - 0
Andy L (Ajay) - 1
Tim (Flying Helmut) - 6 (3 as Timmo-san)
Barrie (Baz) - 2
Gary (Hu Rhu) - 2
Andy B (Scherlochnumber1) - 1
Hobz (Yellow Peril) - 1
Iain (Chianti Raider) - 1
Pete - 1
Stuart - 3
Sean - 1

Well done all, another great day at Flight Club.

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Thanks for the pics and commentary Dave.
Looks as if you had a great day as usual.
Well done chaps.
Rob.

[camel crew]

Looks like a great time was had by all. Good game, good game

[flash]

Thanks chaps, next two installments are up, one more to come tomorrow as I have errands to run and Wings at Entoyment tonight

[Stumptonian]

Great pics, Dave.

Having played with and against Tim at Origins last June I know what you were up against.

Especially interested in that carrier battle.
Amazed the Devastators managed to do anything.

Still waiting for Ares to give us the PTO stuff they promised ages ago.
Might have to bite the bullet and get some of Mike's (mikejr74) or AIM Kates and Avengers ...

The carrier model looks great BTW, Gary.

[Hu Rhu]

Great pics, Dave.

Having played with and against Tim at Origins last June I know what you were up against.

Especially interested in that carrier battle.
Amazed the Devastators managed to do anything.

Still waiting for Ares to give us the PTO stuff they promised ages ago.
Might have to bite the bullet and get some of Mike's (mikejr74) or AIM Kates and Avengers ...

The carrier model looks great BTW, Gary.

The carrier is the Shoho model from Axis and Allies War at Sea, an idea I borrowed from Woof who ran a very similar game at Doncaster this year. Most of the USN planes are Trumpeter models which are cheap, with bases from Litko and home-made manoeuvre decks. They are about £10 including postage for 5 models, which I think is the cheapest plane on the market. Aim are certainly better but the postage from the US is crippling. Link to my thread is here: https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sh...ight=trumpeter

[Stumptonian]

The carrier is the Shoho model from Axis and Allies War at Sea, ]

Thanks for the info, Gary.
I have plenty of Wildcats, Dauntless, Devastators, Zeros and Vals (none have made it to the table, yet I have had many of them for 8+ years )
I bought Fighters of the Pacific (including expansions) on Kickstarter, mainly for the Carriers, Cruisers and Destroyers.
They are not 3D but will work for what I want.

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... Amazed the Devastators managed to do anything.

Thanks Pete but not as amazed as we were, of course, me and Hobz put it down to our superior piloting skill - even though we knew Gary had rinsed out some of the 0 chits in the D bag !

[flash]

Final pics added - rounds complete !

[Hu Rhu]

A brilliant day well organised by Dave (Flash) who deserves all the credit for herding us cats and coming up with some great scenarios to play.

[mikeemagnus]

Thanks for sharing Dave. Sad to have missed it all. The WW2 action in the Pacific looks awesome and I like the random start positioning in the WW1 games. Interesting day. Well played all.

[Baz]

Thanks again for the day, well organised by Dave. Thanks to Gary for the sojourn into WW2, worth the long journey

[Woof]

Nice to see the Shoho scenario, l love the explosions! The Devastators definitely did better than at Doncaster. I will have to get down to Entoyment for a game at some point as I'm really not far away.

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...The Devastators definitely did better than at Doncaster. I will have to get down to Entoyment for a game at some point as I'm really not far away.

We'll still claim it was superior piloting !
We're there Wednesday nights, Mark, from 6pm and normally get three WW1 games in along the lines of the 1 hour dogfight. We regularly field 8-10 players and welcome new blood. Rob (Rabscallion) comes to Flight Club when he can and he's from your neck of the woods.

[camel crew]

Nice to see the Shoho scenario, l love the explosions! The Devastators definitely did better than at Doncaster. I will have to get down to Entoyment for a game at some point as I'm really not far away.

I put it down to the bravery of the defending Japanese pilots. p.s. guess which side I was flying for?