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2005 Ranked #2,329

Wings Of War: Burning Drachens

WWI aerial combat game where pilots plot maneuvers and fire on enemies across the sky. Each aircraft's performance changes the tactical puzzle, so every movement card must anticipate where the battle will be a moment later.

Wargames Aviation / Flight Card Game Action Queue Player Elimination

Players

1-2

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.96/5

Rating

7.12

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Wings of War: Burning Drachens is the third 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.

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Wings of War: Burning Drachens is the third 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. Card Decks A Damage Deck cards 1-36 C Damage Deck cards 1-17 D Damage Deck cards 1-8 2 Card Maneuver Sets A-J I Maneuver Deck cards 1-18 J Maneuver Deck cards 1-18 Airplane cards 1-16 A and B ground card deck 1-4 C ground card deck 1-3 1 Blank ground card no number

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Play and group

Players
1–2
Best with
2
Play time
20 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Andrea Angiolino Pier Giorgio Paglia

Artists

3
Vincenzo Auletta Dario Calì Fabio Maiorana

Publishers

5
Edge Entertainment Fantasy Flight Games Mad Man's Magic Nexus Editrice Ubik