03-10-2007, 01:11 AM
Many of you have asked me what is the difference between Airships At War (basically the classic 1995 "Luftschiff" release with many upgrades), and the Airships At War 12 Anniversary edition. Well, there is no difference in price, I offer the new edition for the same price as the old. In fact, for those of you who certify that you own the old edition, I offer Airships At War for $20, postage included (in the U.S.). Add three dollars if you want the new AAW 12th anniversary expansion. Send a Paypal payment to phileklund@aol.com, along with your request and address.
SCENARIOS There are a lot of new scenarios. My favorite is the Fortress of Przemysl in 1914, where you must rescue the besieged German commander in Poland. I had to leave two crew counters behind in the fortress to do it...
GRAPHICS. The cards, ballast sheets, aeroplane sheets, maps, and scenario sheets have been redone for higher resolution graphics. Also, there are new counters, done as punch-out "tents". The cards are redone in monochrome on punch-out stock. Crew counters have little guys on them. Aeroplane tents include images of all the British and German aircraft. Extra long tents for various airships, airship sheds, and airship tenders (U.S.S. Pakota) have been included. The ballast sheets are now more "user friendly", and have sequence of play and situation card chart on them. Optional equipment is now clearly delineated in black.
RULES INTEGRATION The rules are basically the same, but the rules for the Pacific and European theatres have been integrated into one book.
WEATHER FRONTS The weather rules and cards have been enhanced to include fronts, gusts, and other effects. The concept of fronts is to give some context and continuity to the weather, i.e., the weather does not instantly turn sour, but is heralded first by clouds and winds. This gives a chance for the commander to take corrective action, such as rising above the weather, slowing down to avoid gust damage overstress, or even turning around and backing the weather front card off the map.
AEROPLANE MANEUVERS Have been modified to include slips, wingovers, plummets, immelmanns, hammerhead stalls.
COMBAT Some minor modifications to the critical hit tables, rescue (but see the forum for another resuce rule). Ammunition supply and reloading of flexible guns have been added for all aeroplanes.
NEW AIRCRAFT In the expansion, such aircraft such as the DFW C5, Hansa Brandenburg CC, Fokker D7f, and North American B-25b Mitchell have been included.
UEBERCOMMANDER RULES This rule allows a Mathy-like supercommander to use a phase to "sniff the wind" and anticipate the next card to be drawn.
SCENARIOS There are a lot of new scenarios. My favorite is the Fortress of Przemysl in 1914, where you must rescue the besieged German commander in Poland. I had to leave two crew counters behind in the fortress to do it...
GRAPHICS. The cards, ballast sheets, aeroplane sheets, maps, and scenario sheets have been redone for higher resolution graphics. Also, there are new counters, done as punch-out "tents". The cards are redone in monochrome on punch-out stock. Crew counters have little guys on them. Aeroplane tents include images of all the British and German aircraft. Extra long tents for various airships, airship sheds, and airship tenders (U.S.S. Pakota) have been included. The ballast sheets are now more "user friendly", and have sequence of play and situation card chart on them. Optional equipment is now clearly delineated in black.
RULES INTEGRATION The rules are basically the same, but the rules for the Pacific and European theatres have been integrated into one book.
WEATHER FRONTS The weather rules and cards have been enhanced to include fronts, gusts, and other effects. The concept of fronts is to give some context and continuity to the weather, i.e., the weather does not instantly turn sour, but is heralded first by clouds and winds. This gives a chance for the commander to take corrective action, such as rising above the weather, slowing down to avoid gust damage overstress, or even turning around and backing the weather front card off the map.
AEROPLANE MANEUVERS Have been modified to include slips, wingovers, plummets, immelmanns, hammerhead stalls.
COMBAT Some minor modifications to the critical hit tables, rescue (but see the forum for another resuce rule). Ammunition supply and reloading of flexible guns have been added for all aeroplanes.
NEW AIRCRAFT In the expansion, such aircraft such as the DFW C5, Hansa Brandenburg CC, Fokker D7f, and North American B-25b Mitchell have been included.
UEBERCOMMANDER RULES This rule allows a Mathy-like supercommander to use a phase to "sniff the wind" and anticipate the next card to be drawn.