Compass Games is killing me

[bob48]

Oh. I'd never really looked at those games. I had no idea that they included ground support missions. The Hs 129 is one of those aircraft that always captured my imagination - a sort of WW2 'Warthog'.

[Barthheart]

All of the above are excellent points.

We need a ground-attack version of the game so that we can have Hs 129's

I'd posit that Wing Leader fits that niche, no?

I own Wing Leader Supremacy and...yep, you guessed it. 

The Wing Leader series does include ground attack, and sea attack missions, but at the flight, squadron level. Not individual planes.
Lining up on a carrier with torpedo bombers, though is a lot of fun...

[BanzaiCat]

The 2D aspect of that game turned me off for a long time. Then finally I pulled the trigger on it. I'd really hate to go back into Amazon to see when I purchased it 

Those AARs you guys did in the GH forums encouraged me, though. I really liked what I was seeing.

[Barthheart]

It very different, but it's also very fun and easy to play and very easy to solo.
No dedicated solo rules but most formation have set actions they have to follow until the fur starts flying.
Once you get playing you don't really miss the other dimension.
The scenarios are setup to teach the game little by little as well, make the game easier to get into.

[BanzaiCat]

The scenarios are setup to teach the game little by little as well, make the game easier to get into.

I can appreciate that approach. GMT's The Doolittle Raid does much the same, and that's a huge game to undertake if playing it in full.

[Barthheart]

Wing Leader is great to look at as well. All the planes have different paint schemes!

[mirth]

Wing Leader is great to look at as well.

Especially once the counters have been clipped.

[BanzaiCat]

 

I might need a new one. I clipped my Amerika Bomber counters and they don't look great. I've had it for over three years now though and figured it would wear out some day.

[bob48]

Given the number of game-counters you must have acquired recently, you probably exceeded the cutters design capabilities................

[BanzaiCat]

It's possible, though I don't punch and round counters unless I really intend to play. Otherwise I leave the game be until it comes time...and some have had a jolly good wait thus far, lol.

[bob48]

Din't JD's cutter go pear-shaped recently as well?

[BanzaiCat]

Yeah but I think his issue was a spring or somesuch and he was able to fix it.

Not much I can do if the die cutter itself is worn down other than order another one. Which I can't do at the moment. I'm sure Barth is quite happy about that.

[bob48]

I'm honestly astonished that a cutter that only cuts cardboard should wear out so quickly. Seems a bit bit iffy to me. Do you think its worth contacting the manufacturer?

[BanzaiCat]

It might be worth a try, but like I said, it's probably 3-4 years old at this point.

Not all the counters looked bad, some were just more...squared off on the corners instead of rounded. Very odd.

[Staggerwing]

I'd be really interested if IA goes up to include stuff like the Me-210 / 410 though.

There's four player fighters: Bf-109, Fw-190, Me-110, and Me-410