Wings for the Baron

Far and away the BEST WWI aeroplane building game I have ever played.

This seems like a game where the strategy is overwhelmed by a few die rolls or not drawing the right cards. Perhaps there are subtle strategies but it just felt random. Rating it higher than a three b/c I might be willing to try again.

Rating -- Indifferent/Avoid

Enjoyed my one game, maybe one more but no more. Very luck base.

Lots of dice rolls should make each roll less important, but that's not always true. Interesting tech tree and advancement mechanism. Advanced game does mitigate bad card draw somewhat, assuming that tech cards can still be used for recon/bombers.

I've playtested this several times and found it to be easy to learn, quick enough to play to have several games in a session, and fun. Even though this is a Euro and some would therefore think any old theme could be tacked onto the game chassis, the historical flavour is very well done and provides a good backstory for the various game mechanisms. We also found that it's fun both as a two-player and a multi-player game, where the 'gotcha' cards affect the play without dominating it. I really hope a publisher can be found for this.