Air Superiority

Data Card Revision

by J.D. Webster

Introduction

If you've never met "Psycho", consider yourself lucky. He's a small but tenacious gainer with a rather deceptive appearance. His heroic exploits at the Origins 89 Air Superiority tournament are detailed in AIR POWER V.

I first met Psycho in the open gaming area when I saw him showing Air Sup to another player. I walked up to introduce myself and while I had grown accustomed to having gamers step back in awe upon meeting a great designer like myself (what ego?) [Geez, do I have to leave this in here? - TV], Psycho was not impressed. In fact, I believe his first words were, "Hey, I found a bunch of mistakes in your data cards!" This is not a good way to make friends with a designer.

Before I could say another word, he had whipped them out and was proving it to me! I retreated, but this guy was all over me demanding immediate answers to his charges. I was trapped!

I clumsily fended him off, stating that he should write the questions down so I wouldn't forget them. Then to recover some of my shredded ego, I invited him to play Air Superiority with me. He refused on the grounds that he was meeting others to role-play (ARRGH, insert knife, twist, withdraw). I sulked for a few seconds then found some Canadians to pick on.

Psycho's real name is Tsuyoshi Kawahito, and when it comes to gaming, he's pure ninja. In fact, though I make light of our meeting, he was really polite and overflowing with enthusiasm about the game. He also came through with an eight page letter detailing suggested changes to the data cards. Those changes that I could verify are listed below and will be fixed in the 2nd Edition print run of Air Superiority. Thank you, Psycho!

Air Superiority Data Card Revision

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