I played the strike mission scenario against my twelve year old daughter today and, as usual, got thrashed. She took the FAE Jaguars on a ground strike mission against a jungle airstrip while I took the FAP Mirage 2000 defenders. It started badly for me when the randomised entry point for the Jaguars ended up on the Peruvian's six, requiring some frantic manoeuvring to get out of missile arc in the first turn. Things went from bad to worse when one of the Jaguar pilots got a partial lock on to a Mirage, fired his R550 Matra Magic and scored three critical hits (!) despite an unsuccessful evasive manoeuvre by the Peruvian.
This caused so much damage to the airframe and pilot that he had to fly in a straight line for the rest of the game, finally getting away by the skin of his teeth and with two partial locks on his tail. In the meantime, the other Jaguar successfully evaded a missile fired by the second Mirage, then pickled his four Mk80 bombs straight onto the airstrip, scoring two direct hits and sufficient D6 damage to knock it out of action. However, the FAP didn't go home empty handed, with a last minute missile shot from long range knocking out the engine of the Jaguar, which promptly stalled and crashed into the jungle, the pilot failing to eject in time. The Peruvian pilot only had one fuel point left too!
A great game and the sprog wants to play it again tomorrow, so I'll set up another scenario perhaps another rumble in the jungle or something in a slightly colder location?
That looks a fantastic game.
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Pete.
Yes it was a lot of fun even for a twelve year old..somehow she always beats me hands down!
ReplyDeleteMy kids always seem to beat me, whether I let them or not! Maybe you've stated this in an earlier post, but have you looked into Missile Threat rules?
ReplyDeleteYes I have got Missile Threat and hope to have a try out sometime, if I can work it out. It's a bit more complex than TLO but that's not a bad thing in some ways.
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