2017Steve Dixon, Shawn Rife
- Videos
- 34
- Creators
- 17
Mostly playthroughs and reviews
1 players45 - 90 minHeavy weight
Skyhawk: Rolling Thunder, 1966
2022Steve Dixon
- Videos
- 12
- Creators
- 7
Mostly unboxings and playthroughs. Skyhawk: Rolling Thunder, 1966 is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 4 recorded sessions, and 6 unboxings.
1 players
30 - 180 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
Skyhawk is a solitaire game which puts the player in the cockpit of an A-4E Skyhawk of VA-72 flying missions during the early days of Operation Rolling Thunder. Your base of operations is the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt on duty at Yankee Station. You play as a Navy pilot flying strike missions against targets in North Vietnam. Your goal will be to survive a mission or a campaign. The Skyhawk was a nimble aircraft and was capable of carrying slightly over four tons of ordnance. Depending on your target, the player has the opportunity to load out his aircraft to meet the mission requirements. The missions will not be easy. President Johnson and his civilian advisors may even change your target or ordnance loading depending upon the political situation in the USA. Facing you will be a determined North Vietnamese force. It is possible you will face small arms fire, AAA, SAM launches, and a rare encounter with a MiG. You will have help. Support Forces allow the player to attack NV defense forces before you attack your target. Their success could make your job easier. The player may fly a single mission or play one of the three campaigns included in the game. These campaigns are: First Tour of Duty: Yankee Station: 10 August 1966 – 10 September 1966 Second Tour of Duty: Yankee Station 20 October 1966 – 27 December 1966 The third campaign combines the two campaigns above with additional rules. The game is not meant to be a detailed simulation of the Rolling Thunder campaign. It is a simple yet engaging, quick game for the player. Concepts for the game come from B-29 Superfortress, Target for Today, Target for Tonight, all of which are designed by Steve Dixon. -description from publisher
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Which Skyhawk: Rolling Thunder, 1966 video should I watch?
Skyhawk: Rolling Thunder, 1966 has 12 videos from 7 creators: 2 reviews, 4 playthroughs and 6 unboxings. They date from 2022 to February 2025.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Skyhawk -- Rolling Thunder 1966, Game Review" by The Oaken Knight. To see it played, watch ""Skyhawk: Rolling Thunder 1966" Mission Playthrough" by Hexed And Countered, one of 4 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Target for Today, B-29 Superfortress, Target for Tonight: Britain's Strategic Air Campaign Over Europe, 1942-1945 and Doodlebugs!: The First Week of Operation Eisbär, 1944, also by Steve Dixon.
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About Skyhawk: Rolling Thunder, 1966
From BoardGameGeek:
Skyhawk is a solitaire game which puts the player in the cockpit of an A-4E Skyhawk of VA-72 flying missions during the early days of Operation Rolling Thunder. Your base of operations is the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt on duty at Yankee Station. You play as a Navy pilot flying strike missions against targets in North Vietnam. Your goal will be to survive a mission or a campaign. The Skyhawk was a nimble aircraft and was capable of carrying slightly over four tons of ordnance. Depending on your target, the player has the opportunity to load out his aircraft to meet the mission requirements. The missions will not be easy. President Johnson and his civilian advisors may even change your target or ordnance loading depending upon the political situation in the USA. Facing you will be a determined North Vietnamese force. It is possible you will face small arms fire, AAA, SAM launches, and a rare encounter with a MiG. You will have help. Support Forces allow the player to attack NV defense forces before you attack your target. Their success could make your job easier. The player may fly a single mission or play one of the three campaigns included in the game. These campaigns are: First Tour of Duty: Yankee Station: 10 August 1966 – 10 September 1966 Second Tour of Duty: Yankee Station 20 October 1966 – 27 December 1966 The third campaign combines the two campaigns above with additional rules. The game is not meant to be a detailed simulation of the Rolling Thunder campaign. It is a simple yet engaging, quick game for the player. Concepts for the game come from B-29 Superfortress, Target for Today, Target for Tonight, all of which are designed by Steve Dixon. -description from publisher
Designer
Steve Dixon
Artist
Knut Grünitz
Publisher
Legion Wargames LLC
Categories
Mechanics