I've now written the initial draft of the first scenario in the 'Raben's Ravens' series, which focusses on Jasta18 in the five months between May and September 1918. As previously mentioned, the first scenario is based on a dogfight on the 4th May 1918 with five Sopwith Camels of No.4 Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps. The scenario has a total of ten aircraft, which is quite a lot in Algernon Pulls It Off! given that each pilot has it's own fire and move cards, in addition to any character cards and bonus cards. One nice touch was to rename the Tally Ho! card as 'Bung on a Blue' and the 'Flying Circus Card' as 'Raben Raus!', which I thought would give the deck a bit more flavour?
To stop the game running on too long I have limited it to ten turns, but only a couple of play test games will reveal if this keeps turn duration and game length down to a manageable level. I'm estimating about two hours, give or take, assuming the first couple of turns are taken in formation. I've almost finished the 1/600th Sopwith Camel models for this scenario, so hope to play test it solo at some point next week, before possibly taking it to the club. It's a simple 'dogfight' with no blinds or other complications, so it should be easy to play solo for the first games.
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