Death of the Red Baron Wargame
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- In this season finale, 10 players engage in a multi-table wargame to recreate the events of April 21, 1918--the last flight of the Red Baron. Before the game, Tom and Tony unpack some enduring myths about Manfred von Richthofen's legendary career and visit the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Washington DC.
Then we head to the tabletop and allow two teams of players to plan missions across four sectors of the Somme River valley for a series of eight engagements. We'll be using "Wings of Glory" from Ares Games to play the scenario. Will Richthofen and his Flying Circus survive to fight another day, or will Captain Roy Brown and the RAF repeat history?
Next week we will review "Wings of Glory" in detail and explore the rules thoroughly. As a part of this episode, we're giving away a free starter rule box for the game! On April 10th we'll pick a random comment on this video. All you have to do is tell us your favorite WW1 aircraft in the comments below to be eligible! (Guys at our club will pay out of pocket to ship this anywhere in the USA. If our random winner is outside the USA, we may ask you to help cover some of the shipping cost. Just FYI.)
A huge THANK YOU to Nick Podehl, an award winning audio book narrator, for his shared love of military history and his narration in this episode. If you're in the market for a talented voice actor, please visit Nick's website at nickpodehl.com
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Oh how nice!
A “help me” sign! Written backwards it’s “empleh” and that nearly sounds like “empire” because she is so immersed into the game that she holds a sign proclaiming her loyalty to the German Empire!!
A true war hero !
"I Didn't Die"
She's savage lol
Not bloody _yet,_ Desertress...
@seand.g423 she didn't desert, she got lost on the way to the battle.
WINNER: On April 10th we have a winner--"Jordan Crump." Please email us at littlewarstv@gmail.com so we can send you this Wings of Glory boxed set!
PRODUCTION NEWS: Filming on our second season--including this episode--concluded months ago. Our club has been closed since the COVID-19 pandemic and we encourage all fellow gamers to stay safe. We hope to provide an update in April with how the current shutdown may impact the future of this channel.
Thank you for all of your great vids during Season 2. Stay safe, guys, and best wishes for Season 3 when we come out the other side of the current situation!
Thank you so much y'all. This chanel coupled with WWII in Real Time are helping make history interesting to my children.
@@Sgt.Kilrain WW2 In Real Time is an AWESOME channel. Love watching that.
I think some videos dealing with solo play, or remote campaign play/PBEM is appropos.
Thankyou from the UK. Hopefully Season 3 will be fine as your channel is a genuine pleasure. Take care!
Love seeing women fighting the wargame. Hilarious when the young girl holds up the sign "HELP ME"!
I guess she does not speak German?
I thought becoming a pilot in the "Imperial German Air Service" was voluntary. Helena would seem to belie that...
Oh you know, the occasional conscript here or there....
Dave Franklin as someone who is the dad of a similarly aged teenage daughter, I salute her and the persuasive powers of her dad!
This was the funniest battle I've ever seen from Little Wars TV. Keep up the good work and humor.
you all prolly dont care at all but does someone know a method to log back into an Instagram account?
I stupidly lost my login password. I love any tricks you can give me.
@Zachariah Marcellus Instablaster ;)
@Griffin Cody thanks so much for your reply. I found the site thru google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Griffin Cody It did the trick and I now got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D
Thanks so much you saved my account !
@Zachariah Marcellus no problem :D
This was great, what a way to end the season. You guys are awesome. My favorite WW1 plane is def your cardboard mockup that had me rolling on the floor EVERY TIME you used it! Truly an enjoyable video, especially now when youtube content is keeping many of us from going mad. Thank you so much for all your hard work on the channel. Peace and stay safe.
Thanks, John. We had a lot of fun squeezing club members into that cardboard death-trap. There are photos showing how we built it on our website under the "Free Stuff" section.
I asked my friends (btw I’m a freshman in Highschool) and none of them know about this channel I was able to get 3 out of the five friends to get into it and I now finally have someone to play my war strategy games with!
P.S. My favorite WWI fighter plane is definitely the British Sopwith Camel I even have a whole bunch of legos on the way to make a homemade set with it.
Cool man im a freshmen as well but sadly most my friends are into 40k and d&d not interested in history like me so i only play against my family wich gets old fast
I’ve visited his crash site on the Somme where he was brought down by Australian ground fire. It’s a special site. His flying gloves from that day are on display at the Australian War Memorial.
I haven’t been there but I’ve seen pictures. You’re so lucky you got to go!
"where he was brought down by Australian ground fire"
sure sure
@@uncletimo6059 Well, we've got as much a claim as anyone else has. And we have his gloves and boots.
ANZAC troops are also responsible for the capture of 'Mephisto', which is now the only surviving A7V tank in the world. It's in the Queensland Museum.
@@uncletimo6059- Entry wounds clearly suggest ground fire and extent of injuries indicate flying time after being shot...putting him over Australian lines at the time. So suck it, Festerhead.
Uncle Timo that’s what the memorial at the crash site says.
I can agree with Helena when some of my friends at my LGS say, "Wanna try out this new game?"
The same feels man, the same feels
Great video everyone! I have been waiting fort this one. Thanks for letting me be a part of yet another great video. Favorite plane will have to be the Staaken. Love the big bombers!
Thank YOU for being the “voice” of our bookend episodes! A wonderful change of pace from hearing Greg and Steve prattling on.
Love the pipe cleaner damage markers!!
I have a civil war regimental rule set called Across a Deadly Field where when you lose a figure or an artillery section, you place a piece of pipe cleaner on the base. There has also been situations where an enemy regiment rolled high enough and an entire stand is removed.
I have to go with the "Zeppelin-Staaken R-Serie" the biggest plane of ww1. It had a range of 800 km, a speed of max 130 km/h and a maximum of 2000kg of bombs. And the looks of it is also really cool. By the way, really good video 👍
The Sikorsky Ilya Muromets - The Germans only managed to destroy only one of these bombers throughout the entire war
The Fokker E- series has always been my favorite. Single wing, agile, early war and ahead of its time. Immelman's first warbird, too.
Nice looking miniatures you've got there, too
How did y'all do the cockpit scenes, inquiring minds want to know! Get ole' Irate in the drawing with my favorite the Fokker Albatross.
Just found this channel, and I'm so happy I did! I love history, and watching you guys play out the "What-if's" is great, as well as all the humor. Keep it up!
By the way, gotta go with the Sopwith Camel. It was the first WW1 plane I was introduced to as a kid, thanks to Microsoft Flight Simulator '98.
One thing to add- all pilots were cold-blooded when it came to shooting. Rickenbacker, Bell, etc., all aimed for the pilot when possible.
The Goth G.V is definitely my favorite plane of World War 1. When it was used to raid Britain, it gave the British a reason to create an Air Force for home defense and may have been one of the reasons why the British were so successful during the Battle of Britain during World War II
The earlier Zeppelin scourge from 1915 onwards also played a part in the formation of the home defence squadrons. It had some notable successes. in particular the shooting down of SL 11 by William Leefe Robinson V.C on the 2/3 September 1916.
Had to laugh several times during this episode. Also great to see some female players.
Since the Y-Wing of Gold Squadron isn’t an option (Nice one Steve), my vote is for CPT Eddie Rickenbacker’s Spad XIII of the 94th Aero Squadron.
"I didn't die" quote of the day... :-)
Thank you very much for another season. Such a high standard! This episode was really fun. I love wings of glory, it is indeed a game for every kind of player (even those that do not like wargames) so, great season finale. Happe to see new faces!
Excellent again, a wonderful mixture of history and wargaming - you guys are legends, keep up the good work when you can get back together. I have always had a soft spot for the Albatross DIII I have modelled it a few times in one of the many colourful paint schemes. Your cardboard mock-up made me laugh, and reminded me of two similar ones I made for a play, they were great fun and generated much hilarity!
Thanks for an awesome finale and providing a generally all-round enjoyable series. I have only started my adventure into historical wargaming over the last 12 or so months, and this has been a series that has regularly inspired me in my push, both in considering rulesets and eras to explore further. Hope to continue seeing them for a while to come and that you will be able to emerge the other side of Covid-19 producing more great content.
As for my favourite WW1 aircraft, I find it hard to go past the Sopwith Camels. One of my first forays into learning about WW1 was some books by Peter Fitzsimons centered around the Australian Involvement in WW1, and in particular, during the book 'Victory at Villers-Brettonoux' the Camels feature heavily, so they are a big part of my early discovery of the war. The Focker Dr.1 would be a close second.
by the way at "Die Tommy die!" I snarfed my coffee I laughed so hard.
I just have to love the Royal Factory Aircraft S.E.5. Something about all the effort that went into the sliding reloading mechanism so they could keep the MG mounted on the top of the plane just gets me.
Great finale. One of the most entertaining episodes you guys have done in a while. When I saw the trailer last week I hypothesized that it'd be using Wings of War/Glory. I've always found the movement cards to be a little too fiddly for me, but after seeing such an awesome campaign idea played out I'm rethinking giving it a shot. Thanks for the content and stay safe!
Crazy how about 7 months before the war’s end, the baron went down. Imagine the autobiography from him if he didn’t go down!
I have always had a special place in my heart for the Sopwith Camel-only partly because of Snoopy
This was an incredible video, the cockpit skits were a great addition to the heated dogfights. My favorite WW1 aircraft would be the Gotha G.IV, just a big bomber with a chicken coop on top for a gunner.
Great game, growing up in Germany I was acutely aware of the "Rote Baron." I still own a copy of TSR's "Dawn Patrol". Also, thank you for including the ladies - way under represented in our hobby! =)
Great to see an air wargame. The sector allocations were really well thought out. I think I'd choose the Sopwith Pup.
A most enjoyable foray into WW1. Great production, lots of fun. Perhaps one day you'll do one with the bigger Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutters or Breget? See what rear gunners can do. In the interim, stay safe.
Oh and how many of those dreaded instant kill cards are there in a pack? And my favorite WWI airplane is the Fokker DVII and I think if the Allies had made it it would have been called it the Invincible with properly built fuel tanks and more powerful engines. The Pilots and Observers are some of the bravest people ever.
This was one of my favorite shows you've done. First time it was a game system that I've actually played too (though when I was playing it, it was still the old version, 'Wings of War'.) Loved the narration too. I can't believe you got Nick Podehl! Not that the regular commentary isn't good, but I certainly hope he'll be back again sometime. And I echo others' sentiments that it was great seeing the ladies in the thick of the fight.
Nick was very gracious in his willingness to help as a fellow tabletop wargamer. He also did the narration for our Gettysburg episode last summer!
Let's pitch in an pay the ransome and get Helena home.... All joking aside, great stuff as usual guys and gals....thanks
Absolutely awesome, and although biased because air combat this was one of your best if not THE BEST. Love the showcase of the Wings of Glory :)
I'm RFC/RAF ww1 fanboy so the S.E.5a is, and without any shadow of doubt, the best machine to take to the air during the conflict, and with pilots to boot because the pilot makes the best machine a legendary machine.
Hmm should have not allowed anyone to talk during the game (hand signals and streamers only) to make it more realistic. Regardless, this is yet another great production with fun and informative information. Love the idea of using telescopic stands. I will have to look at these if I ever get the game.
British at jutland; there seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today.
German team of this game; hold my beer ja
Best part of the whole video - “Help me”. Classic. 🤣
My favorite aircraft of WW1 is the German Zepplin. it is a masterpiece of engineering and still remains one of the most amazing sights in both war and peace.
My favorite plane is the Bristol Type 22. I love the look and the extra seat that allows for a tail gunner. The Bristol was also a good staple plane for the time peroid.
The Sopwith Camel, one of the greatest period fighters of all time. Downed more enemy fighters than any other plane.
You guys are fantastic, love the videos and the enthusiasm that goes into it.
York isn’t terribly far from Baltimore, so if you guys are ever in town or need an extra hand, let me know!
Sorry, need to call you out on your editing trickeration! You can’t stand on the mall saying you’re going to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and then show the WWI exhibit at Udvar Hazey A&S Annex without at least pointing out that the two are not even remotely close to one another. Regardless, great video!
Hah, well they are both part of the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. We visited both locations on the same day but only wound up using footage from inside the Udvar-Hazy center. It's very loud inside the museums and even with lav mics it was tough.
The most spiffing of jolly good aircraft, is without double the Sopwith Camel, its a splendid looker and a top notch ride.
What a fun video. I remember a year, where most of my high school friends and I played an extended campaign using TSRs Dawn Patrol. It became a weekend event of counter pushing and drinking copious amounts of moosehead beer (that was exotic in the day). I have to say, I fell in love with the Albatros D.III. playing that game, and reluctantly took the Camel, if forced playing the other side.
My Favorite WW1 Aircraft would be the Gotha Bomber
Great video. You guys have too much fun. I love that even though your games are competitive, your club is cooperative.
Wow how did you guys afford the Fokker everyone was flying? Budget has really increased!
We recently enabled ads on about 10 of our 135 videos and the nickels are flooding in. We've easily made enough to cover the cost of an entire, full-size cardboard box to make this fantastic biplane!
I found your channel very recently and I’ve been amazed by every single video, your channel has actually inspired me to buy my own set of miniatures of the napoleonic era for Black Powder using the money i received for my 15th Birthday. I am super excited to assemble and paint these miniatures, and once i’m done i’m headed straight for the battlefields!
That is fantastic to hear! Your first miniatures--very exciting! Congrats and welcome to the hobby!
Astonishing that a wargame so simple can simulate so accurately, great video
Looks like a fantastic game to play! My favorite plane from the war was the S.E. 5a.
Note: Von Richthofen was pursuing May, not Brown.
"Wop" May went on to be a bush pilot in the Yukon and was involved in the hunt for the Mad Trapper. He did NOT crash, as his the Lee Marvin/Charles Bronson movie depicted.
Yeah. Roy Brown was flying higher up to hopefully protect Wop May. Incidently both those flyers were Candians serving in the RFC
Yes, Canadians! That's why I was shocked when the myth of ground fire was brought up! Next you'll be claiming that Wittmann wasn't killed in WW2 by Canadians either.
Oh, and my favourite WW1 plane - the Sopwith Tripe, solely for the nickname.
My favourite is the Sopwith camel because Snoopy flew it :D
I'm happy to see one of my favorite games being played on your channel. I contracted the WoG mini bug when the game first hit the shelves at my LGS back when it was WoW. Of all the aircraft minis, I have to say that my favorite would be the Albatross D.Va, followed closely by the Pfalz D.IIIa, the Fokker Dr.I and the SPAD XIIca.
SO Many. Having played many a PC Game of WWI Flight Sims, I loved the Eindecker because it was one of the first to really be used, not to mention the first I believe with the calibrated guns firing through the prop. But I also like the SE5a
09:21 'Loo ten ant'!!!! Left ten ant. I say chaps.
On the other hand, both the ladies pronounced (Ober-)Leutnant almost perfectly.
My dogs would insist that the Sopwith Camel was a most worthy aeroplane. This was such fun to watch. Thanks to all of the Little Wars crew!
Favorite WW1 airplane....Germany's Albatros.
Wow. The Germans had REALLY bad luck here.
My god those plane sets you did XD seeing Steve in that cockpit killed me
The Sopwith Camel has to be one of my favorite ww1 aircrafts, was even the aircraft of choice in the Flight Sim, Red Baron 3D! Awesome video by the way!
Excellent season ender guys, and wonderfully entertaining season overall. Great, great stuff!
One of your best episodes in a while! The biplane mockup got me every time. Favorite plane is the Sopwith Camel for sure!
Oh man! I didn’t expect the “in cockpit” scenes XD
So enjoyable to watch! I love you guys!
Hah, thanks! We had a lot of fun figuring out how to do the cockpit scenes with our...limited VFX abilities.
@@LittleWarsTV Wait that was VFX? You don't own a biplane? I feel deceived.
As Sabaton put it. The legend will never die!
The French Spad V was the first plane I’ve built
I love what you did with the flying stands! As for favorite planes, I'll go with the Nieuport 28.
My favorite ww1 plane is the Bristol type 22 a British 2 seater seaplane
Great looking game guys! Would love to do something like that. Sopwith Snipe for me!
The french bomber/recon airplane Maurice Farman MF.11 Shorthorn is one of the stranger designs that took part in the war, and therefor ranks nr. 1 for me.
Kudos to Helena! Absolutely loved the “Help Me” sign! Thanks for spending time with your pops.
I have to say, while it is not the most glorious, or prestigious, the Fokker Eindecker, the originator of the "Fokker Scourge" is my favorite!
YOU should CHECK-OUT the AIR MUSEUM at Wright-Patterson Airbase ( Dayton Ohio) for many fine airplanes kept well preserved in hangers !! :-)
I must say that the zeppelins are my favourite giants of the sky, but as these are airships and not airplanes I must choose something else I guess. So I’ll pick the next big air beast: the Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI, an absolute unit of an bomber. Still loving the video’s you guys are making, keep up the good work!
Absolutely love the channel! The historical info and serious discussion is great and the campy acting is awesome. Please keep them coming!
Probably recorded a lot earlier, but yall really should self-quarantine. Not just for yourselves being older, but for all people.
Nonetheless I enjoyed the video. Richtofen has often been a very curious character, especially HIS death and other ACES at the same time.
It's really sad that at the last 6 months SOOOO many aces were shot down and killed. Never to touch their knowledge like yall have tried.
Loved 9:40 and the retake. It's great to see the younger generation playing wargaming. Even if it is a call for help! :)
Day before April 20th wonder if those pilots were uhh.... too high in the skies?!
Also Scott Brick is not narrating but giving description? I recognize his voice anywhere.
As noted in the pinned comment, this episode was filmed months ago.
@@LittleWarsTV I'd like to sincerely apologize for my shortsightedness I didn't read the description. I just really appreciate the work all yall do, and since wargaming and related is more social, I just freaked a bit.
Many blessings on more seasons to come!
If only I was as prolific and talented as Scott Brick. Alas, ‘tis just me. Then again, not sure Me Brick would enjoy Wings if Glory as much as I do
Richthofen foresaw his death months prior to being shot down. He presented a sealed letter to be opened upon his death, to name his new successor to lead the Jasta. He was burned out from combat fatigue, and the burden of leadership. He knew his reflexes were not what they once where, but duty bound him to continue.
Another factor to consider why he flew so low, was that the Fokker triplane flew best below 12,000 feet, because it's 110HP rotary engine just did not do well at higher altitudes. The Dr1 was lucky if it could make it over 100 MPH. Explains why Werner Voss eventually was bested by a flight of SE5a's. He could out maneuver them all day, but he could never break contact, as they were 20-30 MPH faster than him. Same thing happen to Lanoe Hawker with his DH2 against Richthofen Albatross.
BTW, Richthofen did fly a nearly all red Albatross prior to the DR1.
Our Wetpowder Group in KC played WW1 airplanes a while back using plastic models mounted on clips that were moved up/down on a 5-level stick for height - the ping-pong sized table used the plastic hex-maps from the "Battle-Masters" game and rules from the GDW "Blue Max" game ! Each plane-type could take "so many hits" (wings, engine, fuseloge, etc. and could also catch on fire) ! Depending on "HITS die-roll " you'd draw damage-chits (red/blue) out of a baggie although there was about a 1-in-20 chance of "pilot killed" or "gas tank explodes" with NO saving !! We kept track of how many enemy planes shot down between battles as Aces got better planes etc. ! :-)
"Help Me" .. lolled. Sopwith Camel. Send me my game :)
The Gotha bomber is my favorite world war 1 era aircraft
Amen Amen
Being locked up for COVID, you guys have taken the special effects to the next level.
We have patented a proprietary time-travel device that allowed us to take game footage from several months ago and make it appear TODAY!
Little Wars TV the incredible advances you guys are making in the Little Wars Lab are limitless!
Serious note: thanks for a wonderful season 2. I got a Wings of Glory Battle of Britain boxed set just this Christmas and look forward to fun like this as I expand it!
Love the antenna stands. Having grown up with Peanuts, gotta love the Sopwith Camel.
I’m going with the Sopwith Camel. That was the first WWI plane I heard of.
Hah, easy. My favorite plane is the Cardboard Camel used in the close shots of the Little'Wars Circus squad!
This was just 'plane' fun. I loved this game when it was first released (2004) that long? But like others, it didn't 'take off' at my FLGS. It was great to see ladies joining in. I hope that's not a one time thing.
Although, Helena's "Help Me" moment, kind of stole the show w/out saying a word. It was great she didn't 'bailout' or 'scramble' for the door.
Favorite' aircraft, the Albatros. With its 'pointed' nose, it was like a vison of future aircraft. The Me-109, P-51, Spitfire, P-38 etc.. Granted the 'Jug' and others still had the 'flat" nose.
I hope you guys get to post your rules review. Til then, be well, be smart, be safe. All Things Pass.
This was pretty exciting game play folks! Its always nice to get a lot of people...even family involved with your hobby. I've never played "Wings of Glory". I've grown up playing the old school "Blue Max" using 1:72 scale models and a ol' Battle Masters game mat. By the appearance it would seem both systems have similar concepts; like maneuver selection, combat chits/cards, and tracking damage..I'm sure there are other differences. I would be intersted in taking the jump into a new system. The big different is you're not confined to a hexagon like BM. Multi-player gaming seems to work well...not sure how long in real time it would take to activate multiple aircraft for one player. So you guys also shown your hand for the flight stands...that has to be a "How-to" video. Favorite aircraft of WWI, well there are a lot to choose from like the Albatros D,Va, the S.E.5A, Fokker DVIIf or even the Bristol F.2B; but my favorite due its performance and sleek look has to be the Hannover CL.II. Take care and looking forward to the next video. Oh...hey where's Greg?
I cringed every time someone referred to Roy Brown as a 'British Ace'. He was Canadian. As was 'Wop' May who, by being chased by the Red Baron that day, helped cause his death. Brown and May were only two of the 80+ Canadian aces who scored more than 10 kills in the war (over double that number were aces with 5 or more kills). Canadian pilots served in the RFC, NAS and RAF as a Canadian airforce wasn't created until Sep of 1918. I can't speak to the other pilots mentioned as I'm too lazy to research them at this moment, but certainly many more were Canadians. It would have been nice if it had been mentioned that Brown, the ace officially credited with downing Richtoven (although now disputed), was a Canadian pilot. After all, the pilot from New Jersey received special mention (rightfully so).
Oh, and if Chal is playing a British or Canadian pilot, he should pronounce 'lieutenant' properly.
To us Canadians, it will always be Brown's victory!
yeowsch...As Ares recommends, you were obviously using multiple damage decks, two or three for each scenario. Still, the "A" deck (for twin-gun mounts) has 35 damage cards in it, a lot of them zeros (hey, if you miss, you miss), but only 1 of those 35 the dreaded boom card. And that next-to-last scenario, the balloon strafe? Thirtyfour cards in the C deck, two boom cards. So, 1/17 chances at the very worst to draw it-1/35 when using only air-to-air machineguns. And yet, how many were drawn-6?.
Sometimes, the gods of war just don't like you.
Aircraft: Roland C.II. Quite an attractive 2 seater. After the travel ban is lifted you must visit Peter Jackson's museum in Blenheim New Zealand. Google "Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre". Every 2 years there is a classic warbirds airshow including flying WW1 replica aircraft. There is a special exhibit with a mock up of Richtofen's aircraft after it was brought down, surrounded by soldiers, as well as a ton of personal memorabilia.
8:49: A small nitpick, if I may: as far as I am aware, in WW1 the British air service was called the "Royal Flying Corps" (RFC), not the "Royal Air Force" (RAF); the latter would come into being later. But correct me if I'm wrong ;-)
EDIT: The RAF came into being in April 1918, so was just a couple of weeks old at this point, but it was in existence - so I was wrong ;-)
Favorite WWI aircraft would have to be L 59 (also known as LZ 104). It was a naval Zeppelin that was supposed to resupply Gen. Paul Von Lettow-Vorbeck's army in East Africa, since the British controlled the seas. It was to carry 15 tons of ammo, food, medicine, and medals and would have been disassembled when it arrived to turn it into tents and radio towers. It turned back when the Shutztruppe couldn't hold the landing ground anymore and later exploded in an accident on it's way to attack Malta. It's still the record for the longest non-stop military flight at 95 hours.
I gotta say, I love the swordfish (also known as the stringbag). Even during a time when planes were being revolutionized during WWII they were still instrumental in helping to sink the bismark. How crazy!
Also, I happened to grow up in Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada. It happens to be the birth place of Roy Brown. Sorry, folks, but I'm biased and say that Roy Brown shot him down ;) :p
Guys - REALLY?!? Playing Beethoven when the Red Baron bought the farm? I was hoping for a little “Snoopy vs the Red Baron”!!!
Seriously - you guys have done some amazing work with these videos. I hope there is some way you can continue to do them, even if they have to be shot at home instead of the club. Maybe you could run some kind of double-blind game with each person taking command of a sector and not knowing what the others are doing until your forces come into contact. Or, maybe you could put something together using Tabletop Simulator.
Looking forward to the announcement. Oh - and I’m still partial to the red triplanes (used to watch Blue Max all the time as a youngster).
Once again an awesome Game Day. Also love the NASM. Local secret - Udvar Hazy near Dulles charges $15 for parking but if you go in the last hour (after 4pm) parking is FREE! We live close enough the boys & I will swing thru when working on model aircraft for some 1:1 scale painting guides!
I love the Hanriot HD.1
Being from belgium, it's the airplane Willy "Blue Devil" Coppens (the best belgian ace in ww1) used and funny enough he is the best balloon hunter of WW1 to my knowledge ;)
I painted his plane as one of my first model kits almost 25 years ago.
Nice video guys, see you next season !
Haha, the plane with "Kennscht mi noch?" on the middle wing. You really do your research, do you?
(It's the actual script, Lt. Kempf, a pilot in Richthofen's Jagtstaffel 2, had on his plane. It's in the german dialect from Baden and translates to "Ya still know me?". He reportedly painted it on there, because his father used to say this whenever he'd get visitors at his home, both welcoming them and jokingly shaming them for not coming by more often. I can just imagine his Schadenfreude when he engaged RAF pilots he had seen before...)
I like flying the Albatross D VII in the simulator Rise of Flight. Sturdy aircraft, good firepower, relatively fast. Flying Circus is the successor in development to RoF , for anyone interested. Wings of Glory looks like a game I could get into. Loved the presentation, table looked fantastic. The humour was well appreciated :)
the Zeppelin-Staaken R. VI, the largest plane produced in significant numbers (138' wingspan, only 3' shorter than the B29 Superfortress some 20 years later) and possibly the second enclosed cockpit military aircraft.