What other Ace of Aces games were released?

This article concludes our review of the series by describing a couple of unusual "spare parts" editions, briefly reviewing the foreign - editions, noting some unreleased editions and introducing you to some related games. I have also included my views as to the desirability and relative scarcity of the various editions described in the Reference Guide.

A caveat on each of the following two editions: since these were assembled from .~spare parts" during the time that Nova Games was being disbanded, the component listings should be taken as merely representative of what might be included in other copies of these editions.

16. Handy Rotary Richthofen edition

I have coined this unusual "spare parts" set the Richthofen edition because it includes the instructions from the British printing of Ace qf Aces which refer to the Fokker Dr. I vs. Sopwith Camel book set as "Richthofen" (see Fig. 29.) According to the person I got this set from, it was purchased from a Nova booth at a gaming convention in the 1980's.

The components appear to be a mixture of the British edition and domesticallv produced components. For the most part the contents of the Richthofen edition are similar to those found in the Handy Rotary Deluxe set using the Emithill Ltd. components. However, the aircraft data cards have a matte finish and are slightly smaller than those found in either boxed deluxe edition.

Dennis Greci of Nova Games explained that around the time Nova closed down there was still quite a bit of inventory left. Although they had run out of Deluxe Edition boxes, there were still plenty of books, slipcases and other components. He assembled "a small quantity" of these spare parts editions using the surplus slipcases and believes they may have been sold at one of the last conventions before Nova's demise.

Title Ace of Aces, WWI Air Combat Game, Handy Rotary Richthofen Edition.
Product No N/a.
Publisher Nova Game Designs, Inc./ Emithill Ltd.
Date Late 1980's.
Price Unknown.
Box Two 6"x 9 1/4" red cardboard slipcases. Painting of a Sop- with Camel pursuing a smoking Fokker Triplane. (These are Early Handy Rotary slipcases as described previously.)
Components: Two 4 1/2"x6" gamebooks (one white-on-red German booklet and one red-on- pink Allied booklet.) One 2 1/4"x 4 1/4" Pilot Sheet card. Four 8 1/2"x 11" Pilot Log sheets, folded in half (one Allied, one German, one multi-player German and one multi-player Allied.) 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 3/8" x 11 1/4" matte finish Aircraft Data Cards, card stock with pre-creased fold lines.

More Ace of Aces Reference Guide

Introduction
1. Gameshop Edition
2. Initial Nova Edition
3. Early Handy Rotary Slipcase Edition
4. Later Handy Rotary Slipcase Edition
5. Powerhouse Slipcase Edition
6. Flying Machines Slipcase Edition
7. Balloon Buster Edition
8. Flying Machines Paper Cover Edition
9. Balloon Buster Paper Cover Edition
10. Handy Rotary Deluxe Edition, Matte Box
11. Handy Rotary Deluxe Edition, Glossy Box
12. WingLeader (WWII)
13. WingLeader with expansion set
14. Jet Eagles (Post WWII)
15. Jet Eagles, Desert Storm Limited Edition
16. Handy Rotary Richthofen edition
17. Handy Rotary Special Basic Edition
18-21. Overseas Editions
Other Titles and Unreleased Titles
Aircraft Listings
Ace Listings