My daughter has been enthusing about the air combat scenes in Top Gun: Maverick. Personally I sat through the first 20 minutes before I could take no more and I went off to do something more productive like trimming my toenails.
However, she did prompt me to dig out this:
Somewhat horrifically it turns out to be 37 years since I last did anything with this system!
I've now run a couple of solo sessions using the basic rules and reminded myself why I enjoyed the game all those years ago. In both sessions I ran one of the recommended asymmetric match-ups; MiG17s against F105 Thunderchiefs. The MiGs are highly manoeuvrable while the Thuds are fast but useless in a turning fight.
In both cases the MiGs came out on top thanks to their ability to get on the Thuds' tails.
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2 comments:
I had Flight Leader when I was in high school in the late 80s. It taught me so many gaming lessons that have stuck with me since. What a fine game.
Cheers Ski! I'm sure I'll get in some more play before too long.
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