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Wing Leader: Supremacy 1943-1945 (Second Edition)

2021-11-30T11:50:07-05:00

Vendor: GMT Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 79.95

Designer	Lee Brimmicombe-Wood
Publisher	GMT Games
Players	2
Playtime	60-180 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Reimplements	Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942
Expansions	Wing Leader: Legends 1937-1945 Wing Leader: Eagles 1943-45
Additional Info	183578/wing-leader-supremacy-1943-1945 http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/183578/wing-leader-supremacy-1943-1945/forums/63

The second edition of Wing Leader: Supremacy will include major updates to the original version, including brand new scenarios and data cards. These changes are significant enough that we are offering an update kit separately to original owners. The updated components to the second edition (with noted changes) are:

1 x Rulebook (UPDATED)
1 x Scenario Book (UPDATED with new scenarios and expanded by 12 pages)
1 34x22 Mounted Mapboard
1 Bombing Player Aid (UPDATED)
2 Air Combat Player Aids (UPDATED)
1 Battle Board
2 Wing Displays
4 Countersheets
6 Aircraft Data Card Sheets (UPDATED)
1 NEW Mixed Sheet of Aircraft Data Cards and Counters (4 ADCs and over 40 counters)
2 Six-Sided Dice

WING LEADER: Supremacy 1943-1945 is the second volume of GMT's exciting Wing Leader game series, which started with Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942. WING LEADER allows you to play out large-scale aerial combats in World War II.

Based on a unique side-scrolling view, WING LEADER: Supremacy 1943-1945 lets you recreate the climactic air battles at the end of the war. Scenarios feature fights above the Reich, Normandy, Italy, Romania, the Eastern Front, and the Pacific. Players fly squadrons and flights, attempting to intercept raids or fend off marauding fighters in fast-playing games that take between 90 and 120 minutes. Rules cover late war armaments such as air-to-air rockets and jet aircraft.

WING LEADER: Supremacy 1943-1945 is a stand-alone game and features more aircraft, more squadrons, and more battles. When combined with its sister game, WING LEADER: Victories 1940-1942, this second volume creates an experience that spans the entire war.

Wing Leader: Legends 1937-1945

2021-07-06T11:35:40-04:00

Vendor: GMT Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 37.95

Designer	Lee Brimmicombe-Wood
Publisher	GMT Games
Players	2
Expansion For	Wing Leader: Supremacy 1943-1945 Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942 (Second Edition)
Additional Info	333060/wing-leader-legends-1937-1945 http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/333060/wing-leader-legends-1937-1945/forums/63

Wing Leader: Legends 1937-1945 is the fourth expansion for GMT’s Wing Leader system. In Legends, we seek to cap the Wing Leader game system by bringing together previous games and expansions in a series of crossover scenarios.

Featuring combat from the beginning to the very end of the war, Legends features some of the smaller air forces. The Chinese over Nanking, the Yugoslavs over Belgrade, and the Bulgarian defense of Sofia all appear. The last gasp of the Regia Aeronatica over Sicily and Calabria are captured in a series of exciting scenarios. There are new scenarios for China and France. Old favorites, including the Pacific and Eastern Front, also feature, matching Italians against Soviets or recreating the famous Battle of the Bismarck Sea.
New Aircraft range from the obscure Yugoslav IK-3 interceptor to the American P-26 ‘Peashooter.’ Italian types including the G.55 fighter and the Z.1007 bomber also appear.
Players will need copies of all previous Wing Leader products to fully enjoy this expansion.

In addition to new aircraft and scenarios, Wing Leader: Legends features a whole campaign system, replicating the experience of the desperate air battles over Kursk in the summer of 1943.
Contents:
1 x Campaign rules and scenario book
1 x What ADC Do I Use? booklet
1 x countersheet
1 x sheet of Aircraft Data Cards
1 x combined sheet of Aircraft Data Cards and counters
1 x Campaign map
2 x Campaign order of battle cards

—description from the publisher's website

Wing Leader: Origins 1936-42

2020-04-22T22:30:26-04:00

Vendor: GMT Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 46.95

Designer	Lee Brimmicombe-Wood
Publisher	GMT Games
Players	2
Playing Time	60-180 mins
Expansion For	Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942
Additional Info	288983/wing-leader-origins-1936-42 http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/288983/wing-leader-origins-1936-42/forums/63

Wing Leader: Origins 1936-1942 is the third expansion for GMT’s Wing Leader system. Origins dives into the thrilling battles of the inter-war and early-war period. This expansion matches biplanes against fast monoplanes in combat over Spain, China, and Poland. Nationalist CR.32s face off against ‘Red’ I-15s over Madrid. Soviet volunteers fly ‘Chaikas’ against Japanese ‘Claudes’ above China. Bf 109s dive into streams of British Wellingtons, Halifaxes, and Manchesters while defending battleships in Brest.

New Aircraft range from pre-war German warplanes (such as the He 46 and He 51) to Polish fighters and bombers (such as the PZL P.11) and American Curtiss fighters (such as the CW-21 Interceptor). Players will need a copy of Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942 to play Wing Leader: Origins.
In addition to new aircraft and scenarios, Wing Leader: Origins features a whole campaign system, recreating two days of the German and Italian maximum effort against Malta in 1942. Titled Malta Spitfires, the campaign simulates the tough attrition battles over the islands.

Wing Leader: Origins brings major air combats right to your gaming table!

—description from the publisher

Wing Leader: Eagles 1943-45

2019-10-16T15:23:01-04:00

Vendor: GMT Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 38.95

Designer	Lee Brimmicombe-Wood
Publisher	GMT Games
Players	2
Playtime	60-180 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Expansion for	Wing Leader: Supremacy 1943-1945
Additional Info	246084/wing-leader-eagles-1943-45 http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/246084/wing-leader-eagles-1943-45/forums/63

(From GMT's website:)

Wing Leader: Eagles is the second expansion for GMT’s Wing Leader system. Eagles adds more aircraft, and more thrilling scenarios from the late war. Fly Hs 129 tank busters against the Soviet armored spearheads. Lead Ki-45 bomber-killers attacking B-29s over mainland Japan. Direct Coastal Command Mosquitos to strafe Luftwaffe airfields in Norway. Launch Me 163 rocket fighters against swarms of B-17s.

New Aircraft will also include the German Me 210 and He 177, the Soviet Yak-3, Yak-9U and La-7, the Japanese Ki-44 and Ki-100 fighters, as well as key late-war Swedish aircraft, including the J 22, B 17 and B 18. Counters for Finnish and Hungarian fighters make their debut in the game.

Players will need a copy of Wing Leader: Supremacy 1943-1945 to play Wing Leader: Eagles.
In addition to new aircraft and scenarios, Wing Leader: Eagles features a new campaign game, which recreates the 5th Air Force campaign against Rabaul in late 1943. The campaign comes with its own 11 x 17” campaign map, and will confront the American and Japanese players with tough decisions on targeting, force planning and raid execution in the lead-up to the invasion of Bougainville.

Wing Leader: Eagles brings the major air combats of the late war right to your gaming table!

Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942 - Second Edition Update Kit

2019-10-16T15:20:03-04:00

Vendor: GMT Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 44.95

1 x Rulebook (UPDATED to Living rules v2.0.2 or later)
1 x Scenario Book (UPDATED with new scenarios and expanded by 4-8 pages from the original)
2 x Air Combat player aids (UPDATED - v2.0 edition, the same as the card that appeared in WL: Supremacy)
1 x Bombing player aid (UPDATED - v2.0 edition, the same as the card that appeared in WL: Supremacy)
1 x Map (UPDATED - v2.0 edition, the same art as the Supremacy map, but non-mounted)
5 x aircraft data card sheets
1 x Mixed sheet of data cards and counters (4 ADCs; 40 counters)
1 x New Battle board (Same battle board as appeared in WL: Supremacy)

Wing Leader: Blitz 1939-1942

2018-01-01T23:09:46-05:00

Vendor: GMT Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 34.95

Designer	Lee Brimmicombe-Wood
Publisher	GMT Games
Players	1-2
Playtime	90-120 mins
Expansion For	Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942
Additional Info	218422/wing-leader-blitz http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/218422/wing-leader-blitz/forums/63

(From GMT's website: )

Wing Leader: Blitz is the first expansion for GMT’s Wing Leader system. Blitz adds more aircraft and scenarios to play while expanding the game into new theaters of war. Fly Dewoitine D.520 fighters into the cauldron of battle against German Heinkels. Lead Japanese Ki-27s against the Soviets in the skies over Nomonhan. Direct Royal Navy Fulmars and Martlets at Italian torpedo bombers in Operation Pedestal. Launch P-39D Airacobras against Japanese invasion forces approaching New Guinea.

New Aircraft will also include the Soviet I-16, I-153 and MiG-3, the Curtiss Hawk 75 fighter, and most of the major French fighters including the M.S.406 and MB.152C.

Players will need a copy of Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942 to play Wing Leader: Blitz.

In addition to new aircraft and scenarios, Wing Leader: Blitz features a brand-new campaign system, which recreates air actions in the early weeks of the German invasion of the Soviet Union. The campaign comes with its own 11 x 17” campaign map, while special markers for tracking bomb damage are included for the first time. The campaign will confront the German and Soviet players with tough decisions on targeting, attack planning and raid execution in the desperate days of Operation Barbarossa.

Wing Leader: Blitz brings the major air combats of the Blitzkrieg right to your gaming table.

Nightfighter

2016-05-04T21:52:00-04:00

Vendor: GMT Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 47.95

Designer	Lee Brimmicombe-Wood
Publisher	GMT Games
Players	1-2
Playtime	60 mins
Suggested Age	10 and up
Honors	2011 Charles S. Roberts Best World War 2 Era Board Wargame Nominee
Additional Info	33924/nightfighter https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/33924/nightfighter/forums/63

Nightfighter is a board game of air warfare in the night skies of WWII. Using a blind play system, an umpire controls the attacking forces while the defending player must find, fix, and destroy the incoming bombers.

Nightfighter recreates the tactics of night fighting, from the cat's eye intercepts of the London night blitz to the Mosquito intruder operations at the climax of the war.

More than forty scenarios describe the development of nightfighting aircraft and technology. Rules cover radar-guided interception, searchlights, airborne radar and electronic countermeasures. Specials weapons such as Schr„ge Musik are featured. Tactics such as Wild Boar and Tame Boar (Wilde Sau and Zahme Sau) receive their own scenarios.

Nightfighter features more than fifty fighter and bomber variants, from early Blenheim and Ju88 interceptors to advanced fighters such as the Mosquito and He219. Pacific operations see F4U-2s and P-61A Black Widow fighters engaging Japanese bomber threats. Rarities such as the Ta154, Me262B-1a and the Japanese J1N1 Gekko are included.

Fast-playing, with scenarios that can be completed in 30-45 minutes, Nightfighter provides a new view of the night hunters of the sky.

COMPONENTS

One 17" x 22" Player's map
One 11" x 17" Umpire's map
88 5/8" counters
280 1/2" counters
Player Aid Umpire's Screen
Patrol Display
Rule Book
Scenario Book
Rules Supplement Book
Six 6-sided dice

DESIGNER: Lee Brimmicombe-Wood
MAP & COUNTER ART: Lee Brimmicombe-Wood
AIRCRAFT ART: Ian Wedge

Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942 (Second Edition)

2015-08-10T04:28:00-04:00

Vendor: GMT Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 69.95

Designer	Lee Brimmicombe-Wood
Publisher	GMT Games
Players	2
Playtime	60-180 mins
Suggested Age	14 and up
Honors	2015 Golden Geek Best Wargame Nominee
Integrates With	Wing Leader: Supremacy 1943-1945
Expansions	Wing Leader: Blitz 1939-1942 Wing Leader: Origins 1936-42
Additional Info	160418/wing-leader-victories-1940-1942 https://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1536277/wing-leader-victories-1940-1942/reviews

Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942 is the first volume in the Wing Leader game series. It is a game of massed daylight air battles where players command squadron and flight-sized units in formations of wing strength or greater. One side takes the role of raiders, leading a force of bombers through to the target. The other side defends with fighters, trying to claw for altitude and intercept the enemy.

The game employs a side-view of the air battle, in which the forces maneuver vertically and end-to-end along the path of the raid. Players must gain height, exploit the Sun and cloud for advantage, and mass or divide their formations to stop the enemy. If you fail, the enemy bombers will rain down bombs on men and ships below. You are the Wing Leader.

This 2nd Edition includes significant updates to the original version. The updated components to the 2nd edition (with noted changes) are:

• 1 Rulebook (Updated to Living rules v2.2)
• 1 Scenario Book (Updated with new scenarios and expanded by 8 pages from the original)
• 2 Air combat player aid (Updated - v2.2 edition)
• 1 Bombing player aid (Updated - v2.2 edition)
• 2 Wing Displays
• 1 Map (Updated - v2.0 edition, the same art as the Supremacy map, but non-mounted)
• 5 Aircraft data card sheets (Updated)
• 2 Countersheets (140 counters, 1" x 0.5")
• 1 Countersheets (280 counters, 0.5" x 0.5")
• 1 NEW Mixed sheet of aircraft data cards and counters (4 ADCs; 100 counters and markers)
• 1 NEW Battle Board (Same battle board as appeared in Wing Leader: Supremacy)
• 2 Six-sided dice