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Angiolillo · 5 March 2003, 10:11 PM

To Mike: we are trying to put several weapon variants in the game, to have more variety in scenario possibilities. For example we have 3 hanriot HD.1 with one machinegun (Coppens', Olieslagers' and Bogliolo's), but also Scaroni's one with two MGs - a solution that he personally experimented with his weapon assistant "Bigio".

We need only the view from above, to be put on the card. As far as Sopwit Triplanes are concerned, I wanted at least a two MGs machine. We planned to put three Triplanes in the starting box. The artist - a contributor to several Italian modellers' magazines - made 4 of them, on his own choice: a black one from 8 Naval, Little's black with a red cross, Dallas' one (a pale one) and Collishaw's one, brown with a C on the tail. If you want to get the drawings by email - any comment is welcome - just write me at angiolillo@gioco.net.

We would like to put pilot's name, rank (at the time he flew that machine) and unit on the rear of each card matching the color schemes choosed, so we planned to put

Captain

Robert Alexander Little - 8 Naval - Royal Naval Air Service

Major

Roderic Stanley Dallas - 1 Naval - Royal Naval Air Service

Lieutenant Colonel

Raymond Collishaw - 10 Naval - Royal Naval Air Service

(even if maybe we'll have to shorten all that a bit).

Now, if Dallas' machine was actually Maynard's and you think that it is more appropriate to put the latter's name, just tell me and I'll do it! We are in time.

Why do we are is the answer to Lufbery. From my author's point of view, game is ready: design and playtest are complete, the publisher started launching it at Nurnberg Toy and Game Fair (end of january). We authors spent quite a lot of time with our friend Dario who is making the layout of the cards: we are happy of the result and they should have gone to print in early february. But the publisher has some different ideas on the best possible layout, so we are still discussing some detail about fonts, backgrounds and so on. As soon as Dario and the publisher agree (by the end of next week?) we will pack the file with the first 264 cards (two boxes) and send it to Carta Mundi. In the meantime, there are still some adjustment possible: for example we recently eliminated a Belgian camouflaged Nieuport 11 (you can see the profile around on the Net, but our Belgian friends denied its existence) putting a French camouflaged one in its place.

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Angiolillo Forum Ace Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Roma Posts: 791	To Mike: we are trying to put several weapon variants in the game, to have more variety in scenario possibilities. For example we have 3 hanriot HD.1 with one machinegun (Coppens', Olieslagers' and Bogliolo's), but also Scaroni's one with two MGs - a solution that he personally experimented with his weapon assistant "Bigio". We need only the view from above, to be put on the card. As far as Sopwit Triplanes are concerned, I wanted at least a two MGs machine. We planned to put three Triplanes in the starting box. The artist - a contributor to several Italian modellers' magazines - made 4 of them, on his own choice: a black one from 8 Naval, Little's black with a red cross, Dallas' one (a pale one) and Collishaw's one, brown with a C on the tail. If you want to get the drawings by email - any comment is welcome - just write me at angiolillo@gioco.net. We would like to put pilot's name, rank (at the time he flew that machine) and unit on the rear of each card matching the color schemes choosed, so we planned to put Captain Robert Alexander Little - 8 Naval - Royal Naval Air Service Major Roderic Stanley Dallas - 1 Naval - Royal Naval Air Service Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Collishaw - 10 Naval - Royal Naval Air Service (even if maybe we'll have to shorten all that a bit). Now, if Dallas' machine was actually Maynard's and you think that it is more appropriate to put the latter's name, just tell me and I'll do it! We are in time. Why do we are is the answer to Lufbery. From my author's point of view, game is ready: design and playtest are complete, the publisher started launching it at Nurnberg Toy and Game Fair (end of january). We authors spent quite a lot of time with our friend Dario who is making the layout of the cards: we are happy of the result and they should have gone to print in early february. But the publisher has some different ideas on the best possible layout, so we are still discussing some detail about fonts, backgrounds and so on. As soon as Dario and the publisher agree (by the end of next week?) we will pack the file with the first 264 cards (two boxes) and send it to Carta Mundi. In the meantime, there are still some adjustment possible: for example we recently eliminated a Belgian camouflaged Nieuport 11 (you can see the profile around on the Net, but our Belgian friends denied its existence) putting a French camouflaged one in its place.