Hello everyone,
I hope all is well on your side of the internets. Hot on the heels of my recent painting and interest in Blood Red Skies, both Blood Red Skies MiG Alley and Beyond, I had the chance to jump in on a game of BRS MiG Alley at Cangames. My buddy Duncan did an excellent job of GM’ing and had a great scenario for everyone to try their hand at. I have to say, I’ve been enjoying the air combat games lately, as well as the painting. Duncan’s game also gave me the chance to help him out with models and I got some of my recent works on the table.
The scenario for our game was inspired by some experiences of United States Air Force (USAF) Korean War bomber operations. In this case, we had a flight of 3 x B29s that had to get across the length of the table and exit on the other side. For this op, the US forces had 6 fighters as escort; the North Koreans had 6 x MiG 15s as the main attack force.
Looking at the far edge you can see the three B29 bombers in-line with escort fighters on their left (two separate 2 ship formations) and right (single 2 ship element). The North Koreans are at the lower portion of the picture…3 separate elements of 2 aircraft each). While the B29s were not completely helpfulness, they had turret and tail gunners, the kicker was that they would shoot at any aircraft that were within a few inches of their stand…without worrying about the friend or foe quandry…everyone was a bandit.
The view from the US end of the table…there are a few clouds over the area, and all aircraft start in the ‘advantaged’ position…i.e. nose up position.
B29s moving forward. The MiGs moving in hard to get shots on the big birds. The US fighters are working hard to get re-established on the tails of the MiGs after flying through their formations. If I remember correctly, there were some head-on shots, but nothing of consequence. Any aircraft that flies through cloud loses advantage and/or disadvantage and is instead neutral.
The bombers are starting to feel the heat…MiGs are on their tails and getting some shots on them.
The MiGs are hot on the ‘29s tails…the US fighters are turned around to push through the bomber line and engage the North Koreans.
Not a great moment for the US crew…bombers shooting everything up, escorts unable to get any hits on the MiGs, and the MiGs taking station behind the bomber line.
By this time, we have 1 dead B29…the other two have damage, and the NK’s are throwing out excellent dice.
The escorts finally take a couple of MiGs…but the NK’s are doing a great job…a second B29 falls out of the sky.
The NK’s spin in another 2 ship element into the fight.They make short work getting within range of the bombers and keep up the pressure. The final shot of the game as the last bomber takes 1 more point of damage…and succumbs to the relentless MiGs.
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