Author Topic: Check your 6! WWII air combat (Read 8728 times)

MadMö · « **on:** February 11, 2011, 06:47:01 PM »

As the Tactica is nearly upon us we painted the last planes and had some test games.
We now play a Battle of Britain campaign for nearly a year and will go on into the pacific this year.
I would like to share some photos in different theaters of operation.

Battle of Britain. Hard time for german bombers:

Russians attack german emplacements:

Japanese attack an US carrier:

If you like to see some more photos i´m happy to provide them.

SBMiniaturesGuy · « **Reply #1 on:** February 11, 2011, 09:09:44 PM »

Wow! Very nice, those are great figures and game set-ups! I haven't played Check Your 6!, how does it compare on a scale from Mustangs & Messerchmits down through Wings of War: Dawn of War??

MadMö · « **Reply #2 on:** February 14, 2011, 10:29:15 AM »

How does it compare on a scale from Mustangs & Messerchmits down through Wings of War: Dawn of War?
I don´t know.
Never played one of the above mentioned.
Blue Max / Canvas Eagles (http://www.eaglesmax.com/eagles_downloads.html) shares some of the game mechanics with CY6!.
Write down orders and execute them in a certain order (bombers first and finally aces last)
Fireing happens simultaneously by rolling two D6.
If you hit you roll dice (D4, D6 or/and up to D20) to damage your target.
The unlucky target has the chance to escape or suffer only superficial damage by rolling two D6 above a certain threshhold. B-17 are very robust wich means a low number and japanese planes are notoriously prone to be destroyed in the first go wich means a high number...
What i like most about CY6! is that you get historical correct results with game rules you can learn in two games.

This is not a scenario it is us putting some planes on the table and see what will happen.
Goal for the japanese is to hit or maybe sink the carrier:

The japanese will attack with B5N2 „Kate“ torpedo bombers (green) and D3A1 „Val“ dive bombers (white).

These will be escorted by A6M2 „Zero“ fighters:

The US-Navy is protected by Wildcats:

And by land based P-400s:

The japanese set-up:

In this game you can not change course, altitude or speed without seeing the enemy first.
Range for enemy spotting is 15 hexes with a crew check and 10 hexes automatically.
The japanese know the carrier is somewhere there and the US planes know that the japanese are coming from that direction...

As can be seen here the japanese fighter cover is too far away from the bombers. The Wildcats had a clear path towards the bombers.
But the P-400 have a hard time beeing bounced by Zeros.

And japanese planes are one shot lighters...

The battle is raging and the japanese bombers are frantically trying to avoid the US fighters and reach their target:

If you don´t watch your six...

The last Val tries to attack the carrier:

Nearly there:

That &%$%§&%&%%! AA-fire!

The japanese lost all bombers:

It looks like we were over-generous with the number of US fighters (nine) against six fighters and six bombers on the attacking side.

MadMö · « **Reply #3 on:** February 23, 2011, 11:41:01 AM »

Tactica is over.
Looking forward to the next!
February, 25th & 26th 2012
More than one year into the future.
To keep the spirits high some photos.

Khr, Rob and me did five CY6! Games.
1.   Imperial japanese navy vs. US-Navy
2.   Battle of Britain
3.   Hunt the Sunderland
4.   Eastern front
5.   Pacific again

Sadly we have only three photos of the first game.
But some more of the other games.
I start with „Hunt the Sunderland“.
Historically a Sunderland returned from a rescue mission and was attacked by six Ju88 fighters. The australians fend of the germans and damaged all of them in the fight.
They crash – landed their damaged plane at the beach and waded ashore. The pilot was awarded a Victoria-Cross for this action.

A nearly true story:

The Sunderland flies like a lead duck. The N stands for „Nuts“ according to Rob

Returning home after a successful rescue mission is too good to be true. Here are the enemies

Hey this is a flying boat. Down to sea level

But the Ju88s are faster

The germans are surprised at the amount of defensive fire the Sunderland can bring to bear. The australians even cut holes into the fuselage to install more HMGs

Every gun is used

That´s a lot of fire coming from that bird

Don´t let it get away!

White smoke means a fuselage hit on on of the Ju88s

View from the navigators cuppola. Well, one Ju88 got an engine hit. See all that black smoke.

Oh d*mn! We are near the table edge and safety and going down... The second black smoke on the sunderland is just for show. The second hit ended the sunderlands flight just before the table edge.

End of the first part.
Next time: Battle of Britain

Engel · « **Reply #4 on:** February 23, 2011, 12:53:54 PM »

This looks so fun.
Very impressive.

Parriah · « **Reply #5 on:** February 23, 2011, 08:15:44 PM »

AWESOME!!!

Colonel Tubby · « **Reply #6 on:** February 23, 2011, 08:35:15 PM »

Great reports and pictures.

Love that plane collection - has got me thinking of trying something different later in the year!

fluffy05 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 25, 2011, 01:56:44 AM »

I love Wings of War but I might just have to get the CY6 rules

MadMö · « **Reply #8 on:** February 26, 2011, 06:25:32 PM »

Thanks for the kind responses.
Coming from Wings of War i got stuck with my second game of CY6! at early 2010.

Part 2:
The Battle of Britain

The mission:
The german Ju88 have to fly across the table.

The germans:
4 Me 109E
2 Me 110C
5 Ju88

The britains:
3 Hurricanes
3 Spitfires

Two german Me 109 in the early morning mist. Will be a sunny day soon enough

The defenders manouver

First turns

The german fighters go directly at the britains who in turn try to reach the bombers

What should never happen?
Right! Get some enemy at your tail. Guess why the game is called „Check Your 6!“?

O.k. now the bombers

One britain down, one going down and in the background one without ammo.
There´s something wrong with our machines today...
One german bomber with a fuselage hit (white smoke)

The german bombers trade hight for speed

A black day for the R.A.F.
Only one bomber and no german fighters shot down. One bomber damaged.
The R.A.F. lost five out of six fighters.
Lesson learned:
If you don´t care for enemy fighters they will take care of you.

Upcoming:
Part 3
The eastern front

fluffy05 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 13, 2011, 01:05:13 PM »

Where do you buy your aircraft from?

I am keen to give it a go with a mate

Thanks in advance.

Happy Gaming,

Allan

Colonel Tubby · « **Reply #10 on:** March 13, 2011, 07:16:42 PM »

Quote from: fluffy05 on March 13, 2011, 01:05:13 PM

Where do you buy your aircraft from?

I am keen to give it a go with a mate

Me too - what do you use to mount your planes on?

Oh, and does your CY6 include rules for ground flak?

MadMö · « **Reply #11 on:** March 16, 2011, 01:21:01 PM »

I buy my aircraft at http://www.raidenminiatures.co.uk/
The other miniatures are from different companies.
GHQ, Heroics & Ros, Navwar, Scotia, Skytrex, Irregular Miniatures.

Yes, CY6! has rules for ground AA.

The planes have a little piece of metal underneath.
The top-stick has a rare earth magnet on top. Glued on with epoxy-glue.
We use small pipes with an inside diameter of 1mm.
See the sh*tty attached photos:

Self cast flight stands:

Height sticks:

Top-stick with magnet on top:

Planes with small nail head glued at the underside:

Colonel Tubby · « **Reply #12 on:** March 16, 2011, 08:02:19 PM »

that's clever!

Thanks for the reply

MadMö · « **Reply #13 on:** June 08, 2011, 10:28:43 AM »

Eastern Front
Sowjet planes in an air-to-ground mission against german tanks and anti tank guns

Top right sowjet Shturmovik and land-lease P-400
Left: German Fw 190, tanks and artillery

Trees, tanks and some fog...

Shturmovik and P-400

Fw-190

Light sowjet bombers: Pe-2

Bottom: Sowjets and german on a head-to-head aproach.
Gamers are warned that due to the heavy armament of the planes this is a bad idea.
This is ignored by the gamers.