What's on your table right now?

[Bison]

No Retreat! The Russian Front late into the night or is it early into the morning after mid-night?  Learning the rules and sequence of play.  Really, really like the game but the rule book needs a revision for clarity in some places.  Also if you include optional pieces developer/publishers please for the love of old tired brain mention it with words and images somewhere, somehow with the game. 

[Bison]

Debating the merits of getting a playmat for Wings of Glory....thoughts?

[mirth]

If you're into the game, I'd say go for it. The mats are very nice.

[Bison]

I just don't understand the logic of the measurements.  Game recommends a 36X36 play area but the official product is 27X39.  Seems odd.

[Staggerwing]

I just don't understand the logic of the measurements.  Game recommends a 36X36 play area but the official product is 27X39.  Seems odd.

Pretend you're watching one of those 70's television broadcasts of Tora Tora Tora or Midway where the TV station decided to squeeze the whole movie onto the screen instead of either letterboxing or chopping off the edges.

[Bison]

Wings of Glory in HD widescreen.

[Bison]

I guess it be better than using painters tape to out line the area that I've done in the past.  Maybe I should just pick up a piece of blue felt.  Seems just as good and significantly cheaper.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

I like that the mats are designed so that you can lay several of them out and at the terrain features match up.  If you're looking for a 36x36 inch mat, you might want to look at tinywargames.

http://www.tinywargames.co.uk

[mirth]

I just don't understand the logic of the measurements.  Game recommends a 36X36 play area but the official product is 27X39.  Seems odd.

I don't know enough about the game to comment.

[mirth]

I guess it be better than using painters tape to out line the area that I've done in the past.  Maybe I should just pick up a piece of blue felt.  Seems just as good and significantly cheaper.

The official mats look very nice, but they are pricey (the game is pricey in general, imo). The felt would be a step up from what you've been doing. There are plenty of other mat options out there too.

How'd you end up playing WoG? I've considered it in the past, but I don't care for it being without altitude ranges.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

What do you mean by altitude ranges?  It does have rules for altitude in the game.  They work well for WWI but don't transfer over to WWII very well.

[mirth]

The time I played the World War 2 game it was all at a single altitude.

[mirth]

Maybe  I was playing Wings of War and not WoG. It was several years ago.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Maybe  I was playing Wings of War and not WoG. It was several years ago.

A lot of guys play without the alt rules.  The rulebook is divided into basic, standard, advanced, and optional rules.  Alt is either in standard or advanced but it gets treated as optional by many.  The chit system provided in the game box to track alt is a bit cumbersome but there are 3rd party stands with alt indicators on the bases that work very well.

http://www.aerodromeaccessories.com/index.php/flight-stands.html

[mirth]

Thanks. I've seen the flight stands being used in other games and I was a little confused about it. I was just reading through some of the WoG alt rules and it sounds very similar to CY6.