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Also would be interested in any other air game favorites.

IMHO, Flight Commander 2 is the best turn based air game.  The game follows tactical air combat from Korea to the 1990's.  The modern era is not so fun in this game but if you play Vietnam era or even Korean era, it is amazing.  
 
I think this game was done by the same guys that did Combat Mission.  I would love to see World War II era covered in Flight Commander 2, but as it is, this game is tremondous. 

Oddly enough, I actually had more fun playing SSI's ancient "Fighter Command", than I did with "Europe Ablaze". A winter morning with a cup of hot cocoa and watching the German raids begin to show up on radar is one of my better memories.

Why on the Pc.... Try Wings of War miniatures. Great fun!

My brother and I had this when we were young...loved it.

Battle of Britain by Talonsoft was kind of turn based

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IMHO, Flight Commander 2 is the best turn based air game. The game follows tactical air combat from Korea to the 1990's. The modern era is not so fun in this game but if you play Vietnam era or even Korean era, it is amazing.

Yes, FC2 was done by the same guy as Combat Mission... FC2 is still on my hard drive and gets played every now and again. It really captures that "I'm playing a modern scenario in Avalon Hill's Air Force but with sound effects" feeling.

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I think this game was done by the same guys that did Combat Mission. I would love to see World War II era covered in Flight Commander 2, but as it is, this game is tremondous.

They did do WWII in the guise of "Achtung Spitfire" and "Over The Reich," however the boardgame feel was missing from those titles. (they went to an isometric view that was still a flat playing field with no grids).

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Oddly enough, I actually had more fun playing SSI's ancient "Fighter Command", than I did with "Europe Ablaze". A winter morning with a cup of hot cocoa and watching the German raids begin to show up on radar is one of my better memories.

I still love Fighter Command... it's still on my hard drive as well (for use with an Apple II Emulator). In fact I just got a hold of a second copy with unpunched counters and did a Vassal module for it!

I still play Achtung Spitfire! works in XP. I have it on my older laptop for trips. I don't think this type of game could be redone any better without changing the game play. Really well designed Air strategy game. 

In going through my board game collection I came across a copy of a old rare game covering the German air attack on England called "Eagle Day" It was a great game and was published in the early 70's.
There was a SPI game in one of there S&T's I think it was called Flying Circus" or something like that. We had a bunch of guys who got together to play games and I had a wing man who when He saw the Germans approach he turned around and ran away. I was so mad I did a few quick turns and such and shot him down myself and got one of the Germans before I got shot down.

Madgamer

I remember a turn-based C64 game, I believe called USAAF, that was about world war 2 bombing runs. Is there anything out there like that now?

I wish I knew where to get a new copy of Achtung spitfire. I played that thing to death.

As for a strategic game, it would probably be my ancient C64 copy of SSG's battle of Britain game. I cannot remember the games name at the moment for the life of me. So many hours of fun.

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I wish I knew where to get a new copy of Achtung spitfire. I played that thing to death.

As for a strategic game, it would probably be my ancient C64 copy of SSG's battle of Britain game. I cannot remember the games name at the moment for the life of me. So many hours of fun.

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I wish I knew where to get a new copy of Achtung spitfire. I played that thing to death.

As for a strategic game, it would probably be my ancient C64 copy of SSG's battle of Britain game. I cannot remember the games name at the moment for the life of me. So many hours of fun.

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Judge, you are a legend.

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I remember a turn-based C64 game, I believe called USAAF, that was about world war 2 bombing runs. Is there anything out there like that now?

Matrix has a game in the works, that is a "sort" of great-great grand son of USAAF

Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich (formerly Battle of Britain & Bombing the Reich)

from what I hear, it may be released some day

ORIGINAL: Hard Sarge
...from what I hear, it may be released some day

from what I hear you are beta testing it, so I put some weight behind that statement [;)]

Any day..... or....some day? [:D]

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ORIGINAL: Hard Sarge
...from what I hear, it may be released some day

from what I hear you are beta testing it, so I put some weight behind that statement [;)]

well, I am more then a beta tester for it, but yea, you got a point there

Widell

well, someday, should be good, it is not really at the any day stage, but it is better then, maybe or down the road

we are working on the Manual and what I hope is the last Exe for it

maybe some touched up artwork

or maybe not

Best WW1 air game i ever played was "Richtoven's War" by Avalon Hill!MANY,MANY happy hours spent with that game. We used miniatures on a large Hex paper map instead of the counters,nothing like hammering around the skies in a Spad!
 

HPS's Defending the Reich is great little sleeper game in my opinion

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Widell

well, someday, should be good, it is not really at the any day stage, but it is better then, maybe or down the road

we are working on the Manual and what I hope is the last Exe for it

maybe some touched up artwork

or maybe not

[:)] I'm looking forward to it... regardless of what day it arrives. From what I've seen on the forum it'll be a great game!

Amen to that, it was a very cool game. My earliest recollection for computer based game was B-17 on my old Intellivision with the voice module...." Bombs Awaaayyyy" " Fighter, 3 O'Clock, Fighter, 3 O'Clock" Ahhh, warm memories..

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Best WW1 air game i ever played was "Richtoven's War" by Avalon Hill!MANY,MANY happy hours spent with that game. We used miniatures on a large Hex paper map instead of the counters,nothing like hammering around the skies in a Spad!