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2003 Ranked #5,161

Whistling Death

Maneuver forces across tactical or historical battle maps.

Wargames Aviation / Flight Wargame Simulation Dice Rolling

Players

1-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

14+

Complexity

4.34/5

Rating

8.23

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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Whistling Death is the third game in J D Webster's WWII Fighting Wings series, developing the earlier Over the Reich and Achtung Spitfire games.

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Whistling Death is the third game in J D Webster's WWII Fighting Wings series, developing the earlier Over the Reich and Achtung Spitfire games. Containing 110 scenarios ranging from flight training (3), introductory air combat (5), air-to air combat (58), air-to-ground (4), air-naval (32), and mission level (8). It features 40 distinctive aircraft and numerous ship types. The only facet of the war in the Pacific missing from this game is ground support. Components: 420 aircraft counters (1/2 inch square) 140 ship counters (1/2 x 1 inch) 60 ship counters (3/4 x 2 inch) which must be cut-out by the player 1 map Rule book Scenario book Aircraft/ship data cards Player aids

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Play and group

Players
1–4
Best with
1
Play time
240 min
Age
14+
Complexity
4.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
J. D. Webster

Artists

2
Terry Leeds Steve Pancrazio

Publishers

1
Clash of Arms Games