A popular rule set. There are 7 different sets of rules for the different periods. Does this require buying them all or starting with one period and expanding out? Any suggestions on how to approach this?

I'm thinking about giving this a try, and there are a number of genres and theaters I'm interested in, so my "priorities" are a bit scattered. I suppose I probably should leverage some of my existing, already painted minis in 1/600th, and gasp, 1/300th scales too - Falklands, Korean War, some Vietnam, and Cold War Europe are available now, in addition to WWII also. Of course, I'll want to paint up some new aircraft as well, for periods and wars/conflicts I don't already have minis available for yet. Thinking about giving the olde AirWar:C21 Campaigns a spin, since those sounded like so much fun when they were being reported on back on Yahoo Groups, a decade or more ago. Anyone have a copy of the Desert Eagles campaign info for that, for the Iran/Iraq War, which kicked off in earnest about 40 years or so ago? If so, I could use a copy of those files again, if you wouldn't mind sharing. I found a great deal on a "hexmat" fabric at Walmart - desert yellow chicken wire pattern, with 7/8" hexes. Other periods of interest include the following: Ultra-Modern Period: USAF/USN vs. China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran; Japan and/or Taiwan vs. China and perhaps an allied Russia; Saudis and allies vs. Iran; Israel vs. Iran; NATO vs. Russia; Greece vs. Turkey; Ukraine vs. Russia, though there doesn't seem to be any/many air-to-air battles occurring, and Baltic States air defense patrols by NATO; etc., etc. Falklands Conflict Greece vs. Turkey India vs. Pakistan Iran vs. Iraq Korean War NATO vs. Warsaw Pact Taiwan vs. China - back in the day USN vs. Iran USN vs. Libya Vietnam WWII Europe - Battle of Britain - 1940 WWII Europe - 1943 - 1945 fighter vs. fighter and the daylight bombing campaign WWII Europe 1940 - 1945 night bombing campaign WWII Europe - Coastal Forces patrols and attacks on German shipping and U-Boats WWII Pacific I suppose I need to prioritize some of the above, but all of them seem interesting. Some perhaps more than others. One of the ones that stands out to me, and that would make for an interesting solo campaign would be Iron Hand sorties during Vietnam vs. the SA-2 sites there. I need to make some more SA-2 site berms, and get them painted up for that, but at least the SAMS and radars are now available, and most of the jets. Can the attackers survive multiple missions, while gaining experience and increased abilities to take them out over time? I would love to see the two-seater F-105Gs produced though, in order to do this properly. Are any of you running games now for the above, and have you come up with any special house rules for any of them to add more flavor to them?

Here’s a little Pico / Oddzial P-51D I just called “finished.”

Some little USN WWII planes are almost ready. Really like these from Pico Armor. Hope the Hellcats come into stock soon!

These stands are made from cheap Lego copies from Webrick.com and some little micro magnets glued onto some Pico minis. Think these are gonna work great!

Howdy all, I’m new. Have a fair number of 1/600 aircraft and looking to see what y’all suggest as far as a good combination of tactical usefulness but keeping a game simple. I have a 7 year old that I’d like to start teaching some gameplay. Ryan

Hello all. I have just joined the group after developing a sudden and unexpected interested in 1/600 air wargaming. This was probably caused by a combination of a recent visit to the Yorkshire Air Museum and seeing the Tumbling Dice offerings at the recent Partizan show in Newark. I am toying with getting one of the Wings At War rule/models sets - probably either the Suez or Korea ones as I do like the early jet era. I am after a simple set that plays quickly (ideally 60 - 90 mins) and these seem to fit the bill. I have downloaded the free Desert Spitfires game and will try them out with some simple card counters. Cheers Simon

Hello all, building some flight stands for Wings of War, not sure how high to go. 15cm seems a bit high for a small 25 - 30mm square base. Anyone having problems with the high stands falling over? Thanks Lloyd

The beginning of the “Big Boom”. This was taken from across the table. Note there are a couple of damaged B-17 flying in the middle box, the top box is undamaged. After the “Big Boom”, now there is a single survivor in the middle box damaged and on fire, a bomber in the upper box is on fire, and a 110 is on fire. I think the other 110 was already damaged in a previous turn. If I recall correctly the lead bomber (silver) of the high group took a rudder hit, but passed the Out of Control check. More formation photos

Mission 250 to Berlin was not good for the Hell's Angels. An entire squadron of the 303rd BG was destroyed in the center box of the lead group. Having a B-17 blow up in the middle of the Formation didn't help. Damaging or destroying 4 B-17s. Took a ME-110 with but the dilatory P-51s failed to close on the ME-110s and ME-410s. Allowing them to do their dirty work. On the way back it was much closer, the Germans won by a single bomber. The lead element was decimated from 16 to 6 bombers. Won a Legion of Merit for the game. Sadly I forgot to take a picture of the bomb explosion. 😿