Early Jet Age Air Combat Rule Set Recommendations

[Michi]

Wessex Games did a set called AirWar C21? There is a free version that you can try with SU17s and F14s. Not sure if the rules cover the aircraft you want, but I'm not an air gamer

I think they cover early (Korean War) Jets too. I have painted two Vietnam era Starfighters for it, but not yet tried the rules.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Nice painting.

Trying to remember the GDW rule set we used in the 'eighties.

[madman]

Nice painting.

Trying to remember the GDW rule set we used in the 'eighties.

Air Superiority. Greatest modern air combat game ever. If you understand how energy works in real life it is not as complex as people fear.
Altitude= potential energy
Speed= dynamic energy
thrust=energy
Drag=negative energy

Trade one for another and balance and you get speeds. Turn harder loose more energy but don't turn so hard you stall.

[Andrew_McGuire]

I used to own Air Superiority and played it a fair bit, though not with the full rules, as far as I remember, and not with more than two a/c per side. There is a newer version - dating to 1992, but still in print - called The Speed of Heat, published by Clash of Arms Games, which, unlike the earlier game, is specifically for Korea and Vietnam.

[flatpack]

I have “the speed of heat” board game and I wouldn’t recommend using it with figures.