Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942 (second Edition)

Should this hit the table?

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The game has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players need to frequently pay attention to and react to each other's strategies and turns. However, there is limited emphasis on cooperation.

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

The game has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players need to frequently pay attention to and react to each other's strategies and turns. However, there is limited emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

The game Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942 (Second Edition) has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, the presence of expansions, deep strategic possibilities, and good scalability. The easiness to learn score is moderate, but overall, the game offers a fresh and engaging experience each time it is played.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942 (Second Edition) is 7, indicating a moderate influence of luck. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome, and players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

What ABG knows about this game

Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942 is the first volume in the Wing Leader game series. It is a game of massed daylight air battles where players command squadron and flight-sized units in formations of wing strength or greater. One side takes the role of raiders, leading a force of bombers through to the target. The other side defends with fighters, trying to claw for altitude and intercept the enemy. The game employs a side-view of the air battle, in which the forces maneuver vertically and end-to-end along the path of the raid. Players must gain height, exploit the Sun and cloud for advantage, and mass or divide their formations to stop the enemy. If you fail, the enemy bombers will rain down bombs on men and ships below. You are the Wing Leader. This 2nd Edition includes significant updates to the original version. The updated components to the 2nd edition (with noted changes) are: • 1 Rulebook (Updated to Living rules v2.2) • 1 Scenario Book (Updated with new scenarios and expanded by 8 pages from the original) • 2 Air combat player aid (Updated - v2.2 edition) • 1 Bombing player aid (Updated - v2.2 edition) • 2 Wing Displays • 1 Map (Updated - v2.0 edition, the same art as the Supremacy map, but non-mounted) • 5 Aircraft data card sheets (Updated) • 2 Countersheets (140 counters, 1" x 0.5") • 1 Countersheets (280 counters, 0.5" x 0.5") • 1 NEW Mixed sheet of aircraft data cards and counters (4 ADCs; 100 counters and markers) • 1 NEW Battle Board (Same battle board as appeared in Wing Leader: Supremacy) • 2 Six-sided dice

Mechanism

5

Dice Rolling Grid Movement Movement Points Simulation Square Grid

Family

3

Decades: The 1940's Game: Wing Leader (GMT) Players: Two Player Only Games

Type

1

Wargames

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