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Does anyone have the map and counters to cardboard WiF 1.0?
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 3:34 am
by Greyshaft
It would be kinda interesting to compare those pictures to what we've got now.
RE: Does anyone have the map and counters to cardboard WiF 1.0?
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 6:05 am
by Extraneous
Patrice might depending on the scale you want.
RE: Does anyone have the map and counters to cardboard WiF 1.0?
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:24 am
by Froonp
ORIGINAL: Extraneous
Patrice might depending on the scale you want.
Not me, I don't have that.
But I suspect they looke 99% the same as WiF 4/5
Which looked like that
https://sites.google.com/site/frenchwif ... untersheet
RE: Does anyone have the map and counters to cardboard WiF 1.0?
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:27 am
by warspite1
warspite1
Hey! There's a trip down memory lane - that's what I started with. Fortunately Planes In Flames came out just after I bought the game so only played with those "generic" counters for a very short time.
RE: Does anyone have the map and counters to cardboard WiF 1.0?
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 9:17 am
by Neilster
Wasn't there something to be said for the generic counters though? Not having zillions of counters cluttering up the board later in the game?
Cheers, Neilster
RE: Does anyone have the map and counters to cardboard WiF 1.0?
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 9:24 am
by AxelNL
ORIGINAL: Neilster
Wasn't there something to be said for the generic counters though? Not having zillions of counters cluttering up the board later in the game?
Cheers, Neilster
Playing with the generic air counters was indeed much faster! That German TAC 5 using a D6 cleared many way in those days...
RE: Does anyone have the map and counters to cardboard WiF 1.0?
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 9:59 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: Neilster
Wasn't there something to be said for the generic counters though? Not having zillions of counters cluttering up the board later in the game?
Cheers, Neilster
warspite1
Each to their own I guess. Personally I prefer the chrome, but recognise there is a trade-off in workload.
RE: Does anyone have the map and counters to cardboard WiF 1.0?
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 1:12 pm
by willbowe
Here's a little pic showing some of the Asian map (don't seem to be able to find the European), the rule book and a smattering of CW and (I think) Soviet counters.

RE: Does anyone have the map and counters to cardboard WiF 1.0?
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 1:28 pm
by Klydon
Orange was neutral back in the day.

RE: Does anyone have the map and counters to cardboard WiF 1.0?
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 2:03 pm
by willbowe
Ah yes, that's right. At what point in the game's evolution did rail lines appear? Before that there was "strategic movement", which IIRC meant you could move any distance from one city to another on the same land mass.
RE: Does anyone have the map and counters to cardboard WiF 1.0?
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 3:36 pm
by Mynok
You're gonna make me get out my original maps and take snapshots aren't you....[:D]
RE: Does anyone have the map and counters to cardboard WiF 1.0?
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:36 pm
by Mynok
A little nostalgia

RE: Does anyone have the map and counters to cardboard WiF 1.0?
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:45 pm
by Mynok
Sorry that came out blurry.
RE: Does anyone have the map and counters to cardboard WiF 1.0?
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 9:51 pm
by oleb
ORIGINAL: konevau
At what point in the game's evolution did rail lines appear? Before that there was "strategic movement", which IIRC meant you could move any distance from one city to another on the same land mass.
Rail lines was introduced with Africa/Asia Aflame in 1993. These sets contained maps of Africa and Asia that connected to the European map. As I recall, on these maps strategic movement was only possible along rail lines.
RE: Does anyone have the map and counters to cardboard WiF 1.0?
Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 12:10 am
by Neilster
ORIGINAL: Mynok
Sorry that came out blurry.
Really? I didn't notice [;)]
Cheers, Neilster
RE: Does anyone have the map and counters to cardboard WiF 1.0?
Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 3:23 am
by Zorachus99
ORIGINAL: konevau
Here's a little pic showing some of the Asian map (don't seem to be able to find the European), the rule book and a smattering of CW and (I think) Soviet counters.
I think I see a 1(3)2 HQ there!
I remember the old days when HQ's couldn't move during mud, but you could transport them by ATR, until that rule got nixed, and they finally re-did HQ units. The first unit allowed to be stacked as a 3rd in the hex, I think.
All the planes had the same range...
Memories....
RE: Does anyone have the map and counters to cardboard WiF 1.0?
Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 3:39 am
by willbowe
I bought my copy of WiF 1.0 as a teenage D&D geek in the mid-1980s who was dilettantishly exploring other areas of the gaming world. I'm Australian, and there was obviously a lot of buzz surrounding WiF in local gamerdom at the time. My interest in gaming faded after I finished high school, until around 1997 when I developed a late-blooming obsession with WW2 (activated by watching The World at War). It naturally occurred to me to brush the dust off that old WW2 game I had and, this being the dawn of the internet age, to look online to see if anyone still played it. And what do you know - not only had the game blossomed gloriously over the intervening decade-and-a-bit, but ADG was working on a computer game version! Due out next year!
RE: Does anyone have the map and counters to cardboard WiF 1.0?
Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 6:01 am
by paulderynck
ORIGINAL: Neilster
ORIGINAL: Mynok
Sorry that came out blurry.
Really? I didn't notice [;)]
Cheers, Neilster
Hee hee, you funny.
RE: Does anyone have the map and counters to cardboard WiF 1.0?
Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 6:04 am
by Froonp
I have found this. This must come from some WiF Vassal gamebox.

RE: Does anyone have the map and counters to cardboard WiF 1.0?
Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 6:14 am
by paulderynck
Ah yes. I remember it well... Boy! that's ugly compared to what Steve and ADG have done since the good old days! (Which in fact are neither good nor old.)