Lacquered Coffins
2017Tom Jensen
2 - 16 players
30 - 180 min
From BoardGameGeek
Lacquered Coffins is a simple and fast-play WW2 air combat game aimed at between 4 and 20 aircraft per side. The game focuses on the interaction of fighters, bombers, ground attack and utility aircraft, and can be played on a 4' X 4' or 4' X 6' table. What does Lacquered Coffins offer? • Good balance of historical accuracy and simplicity • Bombing, Torpedo attacks and Reconnaissance all play an important role • Based on the first-hand accounts of pilots • 6 Missions included, land or sea battles can be fought • Stats included for over 200 Aircraft • Luftwaffe, RAF, Soviet, US, Japanese and Italian air forces all covered • 3 Periods - Early Mid and Late, showing the evolution of aircraft during the war • 4 Pilot qualities available - Poor quality pilots are less effective, aces are deadly • Free-form squadron building; aircraft, pilots and ordnance have points values • Simple to play, games take less than 2 hours Lacquered Coffins is aimed at 1/600 or 1/300 scale miniatures, but 1/144 could be used just as easily. The game requires minimal equipment, just dice, a tape measure and a circular protractor - No fancy flying stands necessary!
Which Lacquered Coffins video should I watch?
Lacquered Coffins has 2 videos from 1 creator: 2 playthroughs. They date from December 2024.
If you like it, try Missile Threat, also by Tom Jensen, or Inferno: Guelphs and Ghibellines Vie for Tuscany, 1259-1261, Plantagenet: Cousins' War for England, 1459 - 1485 and Warriors of God: The Wars of England & France, 1135-1453, which share several of its mechanics.
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About Lacquered Coffins
From BoardGameGeek:
Lacquered Coffins is a simple and fast-play WW2 air combat game aimed at between 4 and 20 aircraft per side. The game focuses on the interaction of fighters, bombers, ground attack and utility aircraft, and can be played on a 4' X 4' or 4' X 6' table. What does Lacquered Coffins offer? • Good balance of historical accuracy and simplicity • Bombing, Torpedo attacks and Reconnaissance all play an important role • Based on the first-hand accounts of pilots • 6 Missions included, land or sea battles can be fought • Stats included for over 200 Aircraft • Luftwaffe, RAF, Soviet, US, Japanese and Italian air forces all covered • 3 Periods - Early Mid and Late, showing the evolution of aircraft during the war • 4 Pilot qualities available - Poor quality pilots are less effective, aces are deadly • Free-form squadron building; aircraft, pilots and ordnance have points values • Simple to play, games take less than 2 hours Lacquered Coffins is aimed at 1/600 or 1/300 scale miniatures, but 1/144 could be used just as easily. The game requires minimal equipment, just dice, a tape measure and a circular protractor - No fancy flying stands necessary!
Designer
Tom Jensen
Publisher
Ostfront Publishing
Categories
Mechanics
Dice RollingArea Movement