Author Topic: Check your 6! WWII air combat (Read 8730 times)

MadMö · « **Reply #15 on:** August 28, 2011, 08:37:00 PM »

Another AAR.
This was the last CY6! Game at the Tactica 2011 on sunday.
It should be big and i wanted to bring my japanese planes onto the table.

Szenario:
A US aircraft carrier and two destroyers are attacked by the japanese navy airforce.
In a last second move the americans are able to launch eight Wildcats.
The attackers come from two sides.
All in all eight Zeros (A6M2), six dive bombers (D3A2 „Val“) and six torpedo bombers (B5N2 „Kate“).
To win the scenario the japanese have to score two torpedo or four bomb hits. (2 bombs = 1 torpedo)
Carrier and destroyers carry AA-armament. The gunners damage one japanese plane and aim the rest of the time at friendlies but damage none...
Interestingly all fighter pilots play their first game of CY6!. The only experienced player is me. And i command all the bombers.
The japanese attackers:

The american set-up

Defenders get airborne:

Two of Rob´s fantastic planes. Everything is hand painted. Even roundels and numbers.

Southern attackers:

Here we go:

Well, the Zeros should attack the Wildcats and the Wildcats should attack the bombers.
That was the plan...

Everything is running smooth. The torpedo bombers (green) skimming the wave tops and the dive-bombers stay up. The fighters of both sides try to make contact.
But what the hell is the flight of Wildcats doing on the right side?
And the japanese commander allows himself a smile.

From another angle:

No one to intercept the bombers:

Only seconds until torpedo release but the smoke indicates a hit. Stay on target:

First torpedo in the water and the Wildcats found their way into combat:

According to unexperience no plane was shot down in the first seven rounds of combat.
You can learn the rules in minutes. Mastering takes a little bit longer.

If you have formations flying in on a target from both sides what will happen?
Right they will meet sooner or later. Beeing in the same hex as another plane forces you to evade ( a dice roll)

Oh, oh, oh,...

And as an extra a fighter at the tail:

At the horizon are japanese fighters having a nice day off:

Finally

Six torpedoes and five bombs fired. And only one hit.
I need new dice...
Luckily for the americans we made all pilots „green“ in game terms. Granting the japanese bomber crews „experienced“ or „veteran“ status would have lowered the to-hit numbers accordingly.

fluffy05 · « **Reply #16 on:** September 15, 2011, 05:19:13 AM »

Another great report

Thanks

abhorsen950 · « **Reply #17 on:** September 15, 2011, 04:58:21 PM »

Stunning work! I always wanted to pick up those rules and never got round to it. Thanks for sharing though I might have to go and buy them. It's a shame I don't see more air and naval wargames around.

Thanks for sharing.
Steve

BrianW · « **Reply #18 on:** September 15, 2011, 05:26:12 PM »

How did you make your flight stands? I have tried using magnetic pick-up tools, but did not like the look of them, as they are too big in relation to the airplane.
BWW
EDIT: Never mind; I found the answer earlier in this thread. However, do you glue a piece of wire inside the tubes so that they will attach to each other?

jdeleonardis · « **Reply #19 on:** September 15, 2011, 05:32:25 PM »

Those planes look great on the table! Nice work!

MadMö · « **Reply #20 on:** September 29, 2011, 08:26:55 PM »

Thanks for the kind replies!
Yes, Rob glues a wire inside the tubes.
As CY6! has basically six height levels. You need 2 tubes of height two and one of height one and the end piece with the magnet.
I´m thinking of glueing an end-piece into the heavier planes. The magnets are not strong enough to hold an H8K2 Emily or Sunderland.

Bf109E and H8K2. Same scale...