by Matt Fritz
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Each player would pick a maneuver and this would send them to the correct page that illustrated the new positions of their planes. If you were clever you would find yourself on a page showing you giving the enemy a burst from your guns. Play would continue until one of you was shot down or “driven from the sky.”
The manufacturer, Nova game Designs, also produced a set of books called Jet Eagles, which features jet airplanes and missiles, and a WWII version called Wing Leader. They also used the picture book idea to produce a series of melee combat books called Lost Horizons. I recently got nostalgic for the old games and went looking for them. I found out they are still available in the $10-15 range on eBay or from game stores. A 20th Anniversary edition may soon be released by Greysea LLC. Back to SJCW The Volunteer Spring 2000 Table of Contents Back to SJCW The Volunteer List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by SJCW This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com |