Played at Raiders VI, loved it. Looks like its the next new game for me to get addicated too
To help with working out the sets and some of the mini's I'm pasting in (from the BGG) links and text
In order of release
1) Wings of War - Famous Aces
2) Wings of War - Watch your back!
3) Wings of War - Burning Drachens
4) Wings of War - The Dawn of World War II
Wings of War - Famous Aces Wings of War is a game series which merges card and board game mechanics to recreate aerial combat. The first series of Wings of War games focus on the "knights of the air" age, World War I, portraying the abilities of the fighting planes of this period.
Airplanes are represented by a single card which is used as a playing piece on any open surface; the players choose and play simultaneously movement cards to decide the actions of the airplane they control. Different planes use different decks of movement cards to represent their different maneuver capabilities, and different deck of "Fire" card are used to take into account their fighting effectiveness and to keep track of damage.
Each Wings of War set is a complete game for 2 to 4 players which may be combined with additional sets, or with other copies of the same set, to play larger games. For that purpose, 23 planes with different colors are included in each box. Each one is depicted after accurate historical documentation.
Wings of War - Famous aces is the first set of the WWI collection. It includes 5 models of planes: the Spad XIII, Albatros D Va, Sopwith Camel, Fokker Dr1, Sopwith Triplane. Each one was flown by an ace: between them Baracca, von Richtofen, Rickenbacker, Fonk, Olieslagers, Bakers. There are also 4 decks of movement cards, 1 deck of combat cards, rulers, counters and a promo card of the second set, Wings of War - Watch your back!, depicting an Austrian two-seater Ufag C.I.
Wings of War - Watch your back! Wings of War - Watch your back! is the second title in the WoW line and is again set in World War I.
The game can be played by itself or mixed with WoW Famous Aces for larger scenarios. It includes 5 models of planes: the Nieuport 11, Hanriot HD.1 and Halberstadt D.III fighters, together with the British/American DH4 and the Austrian Ufag C.I two-seaters. There are also 4 decks of movement cards, 1 deck of combat cards, rulers, counters and a promo card for the first set depicting an American SPAD XIII.
The rulebook is the same as "Famous aces" and it lists scenarios for each of the two boxes, plus a couple for players who own both of them.
18 airplane cards are for immediate use. A curious plane, useful for more variated scenarios, is the Nieuport 11 of the German Jasta 1, flown in action by Leutnant Gustav Leffers. In the box there are also a few weapon variants for owners of "Famous aces": Scaroni's and Fucini's HD.1 with twin machineguns instead of the single one that was the standard from the factory; a British DH4 with a twin machinegun in the rear arc; a DH4 of the American Expeditionary Force with twin machineguns both on the forward and on the rear arc.
Wings of War - Burning DrachensThird set in the Wings of War collection. It includes some of the most used airplanes of the WWI as the Nieuport 17-23, the Albatros D.III, the Pfalz D.III/D.IIIa. It also includes optional altitude rules, anti-aircraft guns and machineguns. Other additional rules are proposed for a more intriguing and varied simulation of WWI air combat, even if the basic system is the same, simple one of the first two sets.
Huge cardboard observation balloons are the targets in solitaire and 2 players scenarios in which to use incendiary bullets or the famous Le Prieur air-to-air rockets. Other scenarios will include 1 and 2 players trench strafing missions.
The set is totally independent, but it can be mixed in the others in the collection for larger scenarios.
Wings of War - The Dawn of World War II 1939. The German war machine starts steamrolling over Europe. Earth and sky are aflame with battles. It’s the dawn of the largest war fought by mankind, and supremacy in the air can mean victory or defeat.
The WW2 series of Wings of War is an easy, fun to play, fast and furious system which previous fans of the game will be able to start playing minutes after opening the box! New game mechanics support a simulation which must encompass planes with very different flight capabilities and firepower, while still keeping the flow of the combat simple as it is in the WW1 series. The innovations to maneuver cards and to the fire deck system provide all the needed historical accuracy with no headaches to the players!
“Dawn of War” is the first set in the new series of Wings of War games, which will allow you to re-create dogfights, bombing missions, escorts, and endless other aerial combat situations set in World War Two. Including fighter planes from the first years (1939-1941) of the war, but also used later in the conflict, “Dawn of War” provides the foundation for a new, exciting evolution of the Wings of War system. Pilot a Spitfire, a Messerschmitt, a Hurricane, a Wildcat, a Zero... Up to 6 planes can fly with the contents of this set, for scenarios with 2 to 6 players.
The planes will be posted again in a seperate thread, if players would like to record which planes they have.
The Series 1 planes are from the Famous Aces set:
| Code | Plane | Pilot | Country |
| WW07A | Spad XIII | Francesco Baracca | Italy |
| WW07B | Spad XIII | René Fonck | France |
| WW07C | Spad XIII | Edward V. Rickenbacker | USA |
| WW07D | Sopwith Camel | William G. Barker | Great Britain |
| WW07E | Sopwith Camel | Aubrey B. Ellwood | Great Britain |
| WW07F | Sopwith Camel | Jan Olieslagers | Belgium |
| WW07G | Albatros D.Va | Ernst Udet | Germany |
| WW07H | Albatros D.Va | Ludwig Weber | Germany |
| WW07I | Albatros D.Va | Kurt Jentsch | Germany |
| WW07J | Fokker DR. I | Manfred von Richthofen | Germany |
| WW07K | Fokker DR. I | Fritz Kempf | Germany |
| WW07L | Fokker DR. I | Arthur Rahn | Germany |
The Series 2 planes are from Watch Your Back!, Recon Patrol, Top Fighters:
| Code | Plane | Pilot | Country |
| WW08A | Fokker D.VII | Hermann Göring | Germany |
| WW08B | Fokker D.VII | Hugo Schäfer | Germany |
| WW08C | Fokker D.VII | Ernst Udet | Germany |
| WW08D | Sopwith Snipe | William George Barker | Great Britain |
| WW08E | Sopwith Snipe | Thomas Charles Richmond Baker | Australia |
| WW08F | Sopwith Snipe | Clement Verner Ryrie | Australia |
| WW08G | LFG Roland C.II | Manfred von Richthofen | Germany |
| WW08H | LFG Roland C.II | Richard Seibert & Arthur Pfleger | Germany |
| WW08I | LFG Roland C.II | none (Luftstreitskräfte) | Germany |
| WW08J | De Havilland D.H. 4 | Egbert Cadbury & Robert Leckie | Great Britain |
| WW08K | AIRCO D.H. 4 | none (American Expeditionary Force) | USA |
| WW08L | De Havilland D.H. 4 | Alfred Clayburn Atkey | Great Britain |
The Series 3 planes are from Watch Your Back!, Burning Drachens, Recon Patrol:
| Code | Plane | Pilot | Country |
| WW13A | Nieuport 17 | Gervais Lufbery & Georges Thenault | France |
| WW13B | Nieuport 17 | Charles Nungesser | France |
| WW13C | Nieuport 23 | Kibanov | Russia |
| WW13D | Albatros D.III | Godwin Brumowski | Austria |
| WW13E | Albatros D.III | Ludwig Hautzmayer | Austria |
| WW13F | Albatros D.III | Werner Voss | Germany |
| WW13G | Ufag C.I | Flick 23/D | Austria |
| WW13H | Ufag C.I | Luftfahrtruppen 1 | Austria |
| WW13i | Ufag C.I | Luftfahrtruppen 2 | Austria |
| WW13J | RAF R.E. 8 | John Longton & Thomas Carson | Great Britain |
| WW13K | RAF R.E. 8 | Gerald Ferguson & 2nd Class Air Mec Fry | Great Britain |
| WW13L | RAF R.E. 8 | Aviation Militaire | Belgium |
