Beginning the third Combat Round, our Ace in the Hurricane tries to line up a shot on the German bomber:
The final result is a 7 for the Ju-88, and a 10 for our Ace. That means the Hurricane can put up to three bursts into the bomber. And since we have three bursts left, he's going to go ahead and use them all.
Now, I just need to roll d6 twice for each burst. This means rolling 6d6.
And since the Ace Hurricane hits on a roll of 5 or less, that's really good odds. All six dice result in hits!
Now, let's see where the damage is done.
A hit everywhere except for the Rear Gunner, with the exception of the Pilot, whom receives TWO hits, killing him. The aircraft will therefore crash, scoring a victory for our Ace.
Rolling for defensive fire, I get a 4, so the rear gunner missed.
Sayonara, Jerry!
I'm not even sure if it's necessary, but I go ahead and record the kill on the Ace's sheet. As far as I know, there's no 'extra' Ace status benefits if an Ace gets five more kills. Maybe there's some sort of variant on BGG, but this is okay as is as far as I'm concerned. The Ace Hurricane is a beast of an aircraft, as is the Ace Spitfire.
That's two downed Luftwaffe aircraft in the Destroyed Aircraft box.
And thus, the skies over Southeast England are clear. The Raid was dealt with before it could target and damage anything, and both our pilots scored one kill. A fine start to the game.
Both pilots return to their base.
Of course, that was just the FIRST time phase of this turn.
Both Pilots have had their Fatigue level go up by 1 each for intercepting the Raid. If another Raid is incoming and I choose to intercept it as well, the Pilots will get another Fatigue level. At 4 Fatigue, they suffer a -1 penalty to combat, and at 6 Fatigue, they become useless.
Pilots can gain 2 Fatigue at night at their home base, as long as it is not damaged.
So, the game has a lot of press your luck to it, as well as management to ensure your pilots don't get worn out too quickly, though you want to probably push your Rookies as much as you can to score kills and get them up to that godlike Ace status. That makes it even more painful, however, when an Ace gets shot down by a lucky Me-109 or -110. Or, even a lucky bomber hit.
Great game, in my opinion. Give it a look or purchase if you like this sort of thing and run across it!
