Larry Welborn
United States
Anderson
South Carolina
Way to go, Bubba.
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I have not played Dogfight in about 35 years or so. The other day, while moving some stuff, my son and I came across some of my older games in storage. He saw the cover for Dogfight and immediately wanted to play. I told him we couldn't play it then but I would look at it over the weekend and if the components were still intact, we would play. We brought the game down Saturday and I took inventory. The board was in good shape, although slightly warped. All the planes were there, including propellers. All the cards were accounted for. The only thing missing was one airplane stand which is not essential for play. I quickly reviewed the rules and we decided that I would play my son (age 9) and daughter (age 8). They picked the Americans, so I got to be the Germans. I explained the rules and we were ready to take to the skies.
The game did not start off well for me, as I lost a plane in the initial dogfight. I was attacked from behind, looped for an advantage, but the enemy was able to loop again and take me out. I did get some revenge as I took out the now card depleted ace. My daughter then chose to face the AA battery. It missed and she swooped in and took out my ace after he landed to refill his hand. Down 2-1 in planes.
I took to the skies again and formed up my two planes together to try and bring more firepower to bear against my kids.
My tactic didn't really work as I lost two more planes while only killing one. I was now down 4-2 and only had two planes left, both in the same squadron, so only one could be in the air at any time.
I take to the sky and am fortunate that my children don't combine up as one was coming to fight while the other returned for more cards. I was able to get a quick kill to make it 4-3. My ace soon got another kill to even the game at 4-4 and giving my a double ace. "That's the Red Baron", said my son. However I was now out of cards and trying to get home to refill my hand. My son was gaining on my due to poor rolls and it was going to be close if I could make it.
I finally make it home and landed. Knowing I would get 8 cards instead of the normal 4 since I was a double ace, my son tried to shoot my down on the ground. He flew over the AA battery. We flipped it and it was a Hit, killing his plane. I was now up 5-4. My double ace took off and headed to meet my daughter's ace.
I had a 5 burst, (the best in the game) so opted for a head-on shot. My daughter also had a 5 so neither plane was shot down. She then tried a side shot, but I had a barrel-roll and avoided the shot. I got on her tail and fired a burst, she had a loop and got behind me and fired a shot. I also had a loop and got behind her again and shot. She had no defense and went down in flames, giving me the victory.
After the game, we talked a bit more about strategy and the kids realized that they needed to work more as a team. My son wanted to play again immediately, but we had things to do so we couldn't play. I look forward to a rematch soon.
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Atomic wedgie
United States
Vancouver
Washington
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I loved this game as a kid. Thanks for bringing back the memories.
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Lance McMillan
United States
Lakebay
Washington
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Nice to see that this old gem is still hitting the occasional table!
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Was George Orwell an Optimist?
United States
Corvallis
Oregon
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I've hung on to this one, Broadside and Skirmish from the MB American Heritage series, and look forward to playing them with the grandkids.
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Dave C.
United States
Maine
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Broadside, Skirmish and Dogfight! What a great trio of games and yes it's nice to see them getting a little love! I have all three and can't wait to play them with my son when he's a bit older. Try to find Hit the Beach (and pimp the rules) or (even cheaper and better IMHO) Carrier Strike! to add WWII to the mix and you've got a great little set of light and very fun American History games to play with interested youngsters.
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Was George Orwell an Optimist?
United States
Corvallis
Oregon
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Cooz wrote: Hit the Beach (and pimp the rules) or (even cheaper and better IMHO) Carrier Strike! to add WWII to the mix and you've got a great little set of light and very fun American History games to play with interested youngsters.
I got rid of Hit the Beach years ago - I didn't think it was of the same quality as the ones I kept. Same with Battle-Cry. (I don't think Carrier Strike! was part of the American Heritage series.)
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Dave C.
United States
Maine
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Yes, Hit the Beach needs house rules to be playable. And yes, Carrier Strike is not American Heritage, but it should have been! I never played the 4th A.H. game (Battle Cry) so I can't comment.
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Larry Welborn
United States
Anderson
South Carolina
Way to go, Bubba.
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I know I still have Battle Cry (meh) and I think I still have Broadsides (good). I'll have to see if I still have Hit the Beach and I'm not sure if I ever had Skirmish. I do have Carrier Strike so I need to dig it out of storage.
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Dave C.
United States
Maine
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I think Skirmish is the best of the A.H. games. If your kids have any interest in the Revolution, DO check it out! Carrier Strike is just plain FUN with kids who know a bit about WWII. Game on.
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Doug Leary
United States
Washington
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I used to play Dogfight with my sister when I was about 10 and she was 8. She always played the Germans and she ALWAYS beat me. I mean every single time. She must have been a natural at it. I don't think I ever won that game once.
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