2022Lee Brimmicombe-Wood, Douglas Bush
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- 3
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1 - 2 players60 - 360 minHeavy weight

2019Lee Brimmicombe-Wood
Mostly reviews and playthroughs. Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942 (Second Edition) is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, and 2 recorded sessions.
From BoardGameGeek
Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942 is the first volume in the Wing Leader game series. It is a game of massed daylight air battles where players command squadron and flight-sized units in formations of wing strength or greater. One side takes the role of raiders, leading a force of bombers through to the target. The other side defends with fighters, trying to claw for altitude and intercept the enemy. The game employs a side-view of the air battle, in which the forces maneuver vertically and end-to-end along the path of the raid. Players must gain height, exploit the Sun and cloud for advantage, and mass or divide their formations to stop the enemy. If you fail, the enemy bombers will rain down bombs on men and ships below. You are the Wing Leader. This 2nd Edition includes significant updates to the original version. The updated components to the 2nd edition (with noted changes) are: • 1 Rulebook (Updated to Living rules v2.2) • 1 Scenario Book (Updated with new scenarios and expanded by 8 pages from the original) • 2 Air combat player aid (Updated - v2.2 edition) • 1 Bombing player aid (Updated - v2.2 edition) • 2 Wing Displays • 1 Map (Updated - v2.0 edition, the same art as the Supremacy map, but non-mounted) • 5 Aircraft data card sheets (Updated) • 2 Countersheets (140 counters, 1" x 0.5") • 1 Countersheets (280 counters, 0.5" x 0.5") • 1 NEW Mixed sheet of aircraft data cards and counters (4 ADCs; 100 counters and markers) • 1 NEW Battle Board (Same battle board as appeared in Wing Leader: Supremacy) • 2 Six-sided dice
Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942 (Second Edition) has 5 videos from 4 creators: 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide and 2 playthroughs. They date from 2019 to July 2023.
To learn the rules, start with "WING LEADER - Playthrough Part 1" by SOLO Boardgaming, which runs 26 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Wing Leader Victories (2nd Edition) Review" by Matt White Wargames. To see it played, watch "Wing Leader Learning Game Scenario V04 Penny Packets Part 1" by Tony's Board Life, one of 2 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Red Storm: Baltic Approaches – The Air War Over the Baltic, 1987, Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942 and Red Storm: The Air War Over Central Germany, 1987, also by Lee Brimmicombe-Wood, or World War I: 1914-1918, which shares several of its mechanics.
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From BoardGameGeek:
Wing Leader: Victories 1940-1942 is the first volume in the Wing Leader game series. It is a game of massed daylight air battles where players command squadron and flight-sized units in formations of wing strength or greater. One side takes the role of raiders, leading a force of bombers through to the target. The other side defends with fighters, trying to claw for altitude and intercept the enemy. The game employs a side-view of the air battle, in which the forces maneuver vertically and end-to-end along the path of the raid. Players must gain height, exploit the Sun and cloud for advantage, and mass or divide their formations to stop the enemy. If you fail, the enemy bombers will rain down bombs on men and ships below. You are the Wing Leader. This 2nd Edition includes significant updates to the original version. The updated components to the 2nd edition (with noted changes) are: • 1 Rulebook (Updated to Living rules v2.2) • 1 Scenario Book (Updated with new scenarios and expanded by 8 pages from the original) • 2 Air combat player aid (Updated - v2.2 edition) • 1 Bombing player aid (Updated - v2.2 edition) • 2 Wing Displays • 1 Map (Updated - v2.0 edition, the same art as the Supremacy map, but non-mounted) • 5 Aircraft data card sheets (Updated) • 2 Countersheets (140 counters, 1" x 0.5") • 1 Countersheets (280 counters, 0.5" x 0.5") • 1 NEW Mixed sheet of aircraft data cards and counters (4 ADCs; 100 counters and markers) • 1 NEW Battle Board (Same battle board as appeared in Wing Leader: Supremacy) • 2 Six-sided dice
Designer
Lee Brimmicombe-Wood
Publisher
GMT Games
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