Downtown: Air War Over Hanoi,1965-72 Wargame

[+MK2 12]

I have to thank Fates for pointing this one out.

 

Go this from GMT this week. It is a real in depth wargame based on the air war over Vietnam. The map is real nice, and so are the counters. So much detailed is modeled in the game that it would be hard to explain. Here are some nice pictures of the contents of the box.

 

If you go to this website, there is also play by e-mail and online versions (download section). it is highly recommned it if you are a wargamer and have interest in the Vietnam Air War.

 

http://www.airbattle.co.uk/downtown.html

 

 

 

 

 

[+Fates 63]

Thanks MK2aw,

 

Even if your not interested in the Vietnam War, this games uses the same mechanics with different tiles and maps as it covers the following:

 

The Burning Blue: Battle of Britain 1940

 

Zulu Alert: The Air War in Central Europe: 1970-1990

 

Elusive Victory: The Air War over the Suez Canal: 1967-1973

 

<C> Fates

[+MK2 12]

The cool thing is the website, especially this section:

 

http://www.airbattle.co.uk/d_downloads.html

 

It has updated rule sets, updated player aid card sets, rules for solitaire play, rules for Play by e-mail, variant rules for what if scenarios (Tomcats over Vietnam in 1975 even !) etc. tons of support for a board wargame on the web (never actually seen that before...very cool).

 

I do plan on getting the others in the series once they are released.