Campaign Game

[Andrew Priest]

So the MN group has decided to run a campaign. We are going to try a scenario where we fly 14 missions from 1916-Nov 1918, one mission for every 2 months.
MISSIONS- 3 in 1916 (fighter vs fighter, & offsetting 2 seater missions)
5 in 1917 (2 F vs F, 1 recon vs recon, & offsetting 2 seater missions)
6 in 1918 (3 F vs F, 1 recon vs recon, & offsetting 2 seater missions)

AIRCRAFT-
German 1916 British 1916
1 Halberstadt DII 1 Sopwith Pup
4 Fokker EIIIs 4 D.H.2s
2 Albatros CVIIs 2 Sopwith 1 ½ Strutters

German 1917 British 1917
1 Albatros DV 1 Sopwith Triplane (2 FF Vickers)
4 Pfalz DIIIs 4 Sopwith Triplanes
4 D.F.Ws 4 D.H.4s

German 1918 British 1918
1 S.S.W. D3 1 Sopwith Camel 150
1 Fokker Dr.1 1 S.E.5a (220)
4 Fokker DVII (160) 4 Sopwith Dolphins
1 Hannover ClIIIa 1 Bristol F2b (220)
2 Albatros CXIIs 2 D.H.9s

So each team would have more than enough AC available to complete all the missions, but only one of the best so they would have to use it wisely. Missions are pre-determined, but flexible enough that if we wanted to add new players it could be done.

PILOTS- We are attempting something new – to get one pilot ‘through the war’, so everyone start a rookie in a ‘squadron’ , and he just flies whatever is available per each mission (at the end you would have to plug him into one of the AC types he flew over the course of the campaign if he survives).

REPAIR RULES- It takes one full game to repair all damage, so basically if you flew and AC in game #1, it would have to sit game #2 to be repaired, or fly damaged again.

SPECIAL ‘CAMPAIGN’RULES- We have agreed to reduce the effect of pilot hits to attempt to make the campaign more ‘attainable’. SO- Pilot hits received in 1916 games are automatically -2 & 1917 are -1 (so no instant dead).

SCORING- We are using similair to tourney scoring, but the only negative points are for hits taken and added bonuses for completing missions. This way when someone gets shot down it does not extremely unbalance the points.

I will be posting mission updates in our Squadron area, comments are welcome!

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