Ace of Aces
A Reference Guide

11. Handy Rotary Deluxe Edition, Glossy Box

© 1998 Joseph J. Scoleri III



Title Ace of Aces, WWI Air Combat Game, Handy Rotary - Deluxe Edition
Product No. 002
Publisher: Nova Game Designs, Inc.
Date: 1986
Price: $19.95 to $24.95
Box: 9 1/4" x 11 1/2" with painting of a British biplane being attacked by a German triplane. Shrink-wrapped.
Components: Two 4 1/2"x6" gamebooks (one white-on-red German booklet and one red-on-pink Allied booklet.)* One 8 1/2"x 11" sheet with the six steps for basic play. Two 2 3/4"x 4 3/8" Pilot Sheet cards. Four 8 1/2"x11" Pilot Log sheets, folded in half (one each Allied. multiplayer Allied. German and multi- player German.) Six 12"x 8 1/2" sheets of rules folded stapled together with two staples on the left side and then folded in half Thirteen 8 5/8"x 11 1/4" glossy Aircraft Data Cards card stock with pre- creased fold lines. *

*Components marked with an asterisk were printed in England by Emithill Ltd.

Other Distinguishing Features Box: Matte finish like typical game box. Company address printed below Nova logo on box bottom

Except for cosmetic differences as noted below, this is the same as the previous edition. Dennis Greci cautioned that the various types of components in this and the previous variation may have been mixed differently at one time or another as component supplies were depleted. However, other copies of the matte and glossy box Deluxe Editions which I reviewed also contained the respective components outlined for each here.

Title Ace of Aces, WWI Air Combat Game, Handy Rotary - Deluxe Edition
Product No. 002
Publisher: Nova Game Designs, Inc.
Date 1986
Price $19.95 to $24.95
Box 9 1/4" x 11 1/2" with painting of a British biplane being attacked by a German triplane. Shrink-wrapped.
Components: Two buff 4 1/2"x6" gamebooks with brown print on cover (one German and one Allied booklet.) One 8 1/2" x 11" sheet with the six steps for basic play. One 8 3/8" x 11 5/8" two-sided sheet of Pilot Sheet forms. Two 8-3/8"x 11 5/8" two-sided Pilot Log sheets (one Allied and one German.) Six 12" x 8 1/2" sheets of rules stapled together with two staples on the left side. Folded in half. Six 8 1/2"x 11" two-sided Aircraft Data Cards. One 8 1/2"x11" glossy Aircraft Data Card., cardstock with pre-creased folds.
Other Distinguishing Features Box: Slick. glossy finish. "Nova 2495" printed below bar code in lower left corner on bottom of box.

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