Warlord Games: Verschiedene Neuheiten

Der Himmel über dem Pazifik füllt sich mit Assen und Napoleon Bonaparte reißt nochmal die Macht über Frankreich an sich.

Black Powder Epic Battles: The Hundred Days Campaign Supplement – 24,00€

Napoleon Bonaparte, the Corsican Tyrant, plunged Europe back into war once again by leading an emboldened French army against a resolute England and her allies. The Hundred Days campaign raged, witnessing numerous battles both before and after that decisive day at Waterloo.

Authored by Adrian McWalter (Albion Triumphant Volumes 1 & 2; A Clash of Eagles), this supplement for Black Powder Epic Battles presents 18 new scenarios covering the entire breadth of the campaign. Alongside the new units, rules, ‘what if?’ scenarios, and commanders is a system to link all your games in a grand campaign that follows the events of the Hundred Days, one battle at a time. Finally, full orders of battle are presented for all the French, Prussian, English and Allied forces involved in the fighting.

The entire panoply of the Hundred Days awaits within.

Blood Red Skies: Japanese Ace Pilot Kaname Harada – 16,00€

Harada-san was an A6M2 Zero pilot serving on the Carrier Soryu, taking part in the Pearl Harbor, Indian Ocean, Darwin, and Midway operations. He understood how to use the mixed armament of his Zero to herd opponents into a kill position, claiming 19 victories. At Midway he led three Combat Air Patrols (CAP), two from the Soryu and the third from Hiryu after his home ship was crippled. During these sorties he claimed five American Torpedo bombers downed. Badly wounded in late 1942, Harada-san spent the remainder of the war as an instructor.

Contains one Warlord Resin A6M2 ‚Zero‘ plane and game aids.

Blood Red Skies: Japanese Ace Pilot Kaneyoshi Muto – 16,00€

Kaneyoshi Muto scored his first aerial victory in China in December 1937 and became an Ace by the end of the following year. At the opening of the Second World War Muto fought across the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, the Java Sea and New Guinea. He flew alongside Saburo Sakai at Iwo Jima, who called him ‘the toughest fighter pilot in the Imperial Navy’. In December 1944 Muto was sent to the Japanese Home islands to defend them against B29 Superfortress attacks, flying the powerful N1K-J Shiden. He finally fell in combat in July 1945 with between 28 and 35 victories including four B29s.

Contains one Warlord Resin N1K2 Shiden-kai ‚George‘ plane and game aids.

Blood Red Skies: Japanese Ace Pilot Saburo Sakai – 16,00€

Saburo Sakai was the Imperial Japanese Navy’s fourth highest ranking Ace. When war began he flew against the US forces in the Philippines, bringing down a P-40 on his first day of combat, and shooting down the first B-17 to be lost in the Pacific theatre. After increasing his tally to a total of more than 60 planes shot down Sakai took a bullet to the head but still limped his damaged plane 1,000km home and reported to his superior before collapsing. Sakai recovered and returned to combat despite only having partial vision in one eye. Sakai survived the war — no small feat in the face of US air dominance in the later stages – and lived to the age of 84.

Contains one Warlord Resin A6M2 ‚Zero‘ plane and game aids.

Blood Red Skies: Japanese Ace Pilot Yozo Tsuboi – 16,00€

Tsuboi was a graduate of the Naval Reserve Aviation Group’s 9th Class in January 1943. He began his combat flying career with the 934th Kokutai flying A6M2-N floatplane fighters in the Dutch East Indies. Tsuboi also saw limited action flying missions in the N1K1 Kyofu before joining the 302nd Kokutai late in 1944. Between December 1944 and February 1945 Tsuboi rose to become the first and only Ace in the J2M Raiden, credited with five and a half victories including two B29 superfortresses and four F6F Hellcats (one shared). Tsuboi was killed by return fire from a Superfortress in April 1945.

Contains one Warlord Resin Mitsubishi J2M Raiden ‚Jack‘ plane and game aids.

Blood Red Skies: US Ace Pilot Joseph J. Foss – 16,00€

Joe Foss became the first American ‚Aces of Aces‘ in World War 2 during three months of frenzied air combat during the Battle of Guadalcanal, leading a flight of eight Marine Corps Grumman F4F Wildcats known as ‚Foss’s Flying Circus‘. This flight scored a total of 72 victories against Japanese aircraft of which Foss accounted for 26 personally, most of them Zero fighters. Foss was awarded the Medal of honour and later returned to combat flying, although he was unable to further increase his personal score. Foss survived the war and lived to 87.

Contains one Warlord Resin F4F Wildcat plane and game aids.

Blood Red Skies: US Ace Pilot Marion E Carl – 16,00€

Marion Eugene Carl was a member of the first US Marine Corps fighting squadron, VMF-1, in 1939. He later became an instructor before joining VMF-221. In 1942 VMF-221, flying Wildcats and Buffaloes, participated in the Battle of Midway and suffered heavy losses, Carl survived and brought down an A6M2 Zero. Reassigned to VMF-223, Carl flew as part of the ‘Cactus Air Force’ on Guadalcanal where he became the US Marine Corps’ first ace, gaining 16 aerial victories in the constant fighting. He later gained two more victories while leading VMF-223 over the Solomon Islands. Post-war, Carl flew as a test pilot and in 1965 returned to combat for operations over Vietnam.

Contains one Warlord Resin F4F Wildcat plane and game aids.

Blood Red Skies: US Ace Pilot Pappy Boyington – 16,00€

Gregory Boyington first flew in combat as part of the American Volunteer Group, the ‘Flying Tigers’, in China before America’s entry into WW2. In 1943 Boyington rejoined the US Marine Corps and began flying combat missions, taking command of Marine fighter squadron VMF-214 (Black Sheep) in September of that year. As the oldest pilot in the squadron 31 year old Boyington was dubbed ‘Pappy’ by his men. Pappy prosecuted a ferocious air war against Japan in the South Pacific, challenging his opponents on an almost daily basis. Boyington was shot down and captured in January of 1944, but he survived the war with 26 confirmed victories and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour and the Navy cross.

Contains one Warlord Resin F4U Corsair plane and game aids.

Blood Red Skies: US Ace Pilot Philip Kirkwood – 16,00€

Jersey-born Philip Leroy Kirkwood won fame when he became an ‘Ace in a day’ during furious aerial combat around Okinawa in April 1945. As an aerial armada of Kamikaze aircraft attempted to overwhelm the US fleet Kirkwood personally accounted for six enemy aircraft, often diving into the flak from the Navy vessels under attack in order to prevent the Kamikazes making their final dive. Kirkwood was awarded the Navy cross for his heroism on that day and survived the war with a total of twelve victories.

Contains one Warlord Resin F4U Corsair plane and game aids.

Blood Red Skies: The Ops Room Card Deck – 24,00€

The Ops Room card deck is an expansion for the WW2 air combat game Blood Red Skies. It comprises 29 Theatre and 31 Doctrine Cards; that is every Theatre and Doctrine card published to date plus twelve entirely new ones (5 new Theatre cards and 7 new Doctrines). The Ops Room is an essential tool for tactically-minded squadron leaders and makes an ideal companion to the Blood Red Skies: Air Strike! standalone rulebook.

Cards included:

Doctrine Cards: Bait and Switch, Intruders, Sustained Dive, Aggressive Tactics, Slashing Attack, Big Game Hunters, Seasoned Pilots, Interlocking Fire, Compression Issues, Opening Shot, Top Cover, Mobile Front, Dive Away, Wall of Lead, Head-on Attack, Loose Echelon, High Altitude Performance, Ram Attack, Defensive Tactics, Low Altitude Performance, Swarm Flying, Hug the Deck, Maximum Effort, Vertical Separation, Coordinated Attack, Air Controller, Blood Brothers, Dive Attack, The Big Wing, Snap Roll.

Theatre Cards: Outnumbered, Supply Shortages, Low Level Haze, Obsolete Formations, Poorly Trained Opponents, Down Drafts, Restricted Airfields, Battle Fatigue, Storm Clouds, Heavy Flak Presence, Bad Weather, Clear Skies, High Clouds, Poor Visibility, Jamming, Radar Support, Strong Winds, Superior Armament, Numbers, Home Advantage, Tropical Conditions, Met Office, Overcast, Telegram from Stalin, Arctic Conditions, Scramble!, Stretched Thin, Interdicted, Control Room, Defending the Homeland.

Blood Red Skies Tactical Superiority: Air Strike! Tokens & Ops Room Cards – 48,00€

This bundle arms you with the full Blood Red Skies expanded rules, game tokens and brand-new Ops Room Card Deck, giving you every tool available to plan your aerial strategies. Perfect for both new players seeking an alternative entry route and aces of the tabletop.

This bundle contains the following:

Air Strike: A rules compendium that presents all of the rules from the original Blood Red Skies launch and adds many new ones suitable for expanded air operations: ground and sea targets, bombing, strafing and torpedo attacks, defensive flak and terrain. Jet aircraft are introduced with the MiG Alley expansion and there is additional guidance for historic and competitive play. The book includes twelve scenarios in total, some of which have been refined from previous incarnations following community feedback.

Game Tokens: A bespoke punchboard featuring everything you need to track and enact your dogfights.

Ops Room Card Deck: This comprises 29 Theatre and 31 Doctrine Cards; that is every Theatre and Doctrine card published to date plus twelve entirely new ones (5 new Theatre cards and 7 new Doctrines). The Ops Room is an essential tool for tactically-minded squadron leaders.

Quelle: Warlord Games