Bag the Hun RAF v Luftwaffe

Jerry and I returned to Bag the Hun, this time using his models and the introduction scenario from the rule book which sees four Spitfires climbing to intercept four ME109's. The British have an advantage in that one of their pilots is an 'Ace' (Biggles of course!).

The chaps (Biggles, Ginger, Algy and Bertie) climb over the Kent coast while looking out for the Huns

Enemy in sight! Tally Ho chaps!

Both sides are eager to get to grips with each other:

Two of the 109's get behind the British, the other two fail to follow and fly off into the distance:

There follows much jockeying for position with neither side getting a shot off:

At last one Brit manages to open fire!

More firing:

An ME109 manages to get on a Spitfire's tail:

Biggles tails one of the 109's:

First blood to the RAF, Biggles shoots down the 109:

A confused melee continues with planes flashing past in all directions:

Biggles tails a second ME109:

He strikes again and the ME109 is shot down:

The Spitfires close in on another ME109 which is tailing Ginger, fortunately for Ginger Biggles is already on the German's tail himself:

One of the earlier ME109's that was shot down finally splashes into the Channel. The pilot managed to bail out though:

Biggles claims his third victory in the encounter! The final ME109 is also damaged but manages to limp home:

BtH is certainly an interesting and comprehensive rule set which I think you'd have to play a lot to get the best out of. As usual we forgot some of the rules (running out of ammo for instance which certainly helped Biggles as he wouldn't have had enough ammo to shoot down three Germans!).

Having an 'Ace' was a huge advantage, the hardest part of BtH is actually getting to shoot at someone, most of the game consists of zooming around and failing to get a shot. The extra action card for an ace allows you to shoot or move doubling your change of getting off a shot at the right time.

Jerry's planes and the mat with the coast on it looked great, looking forward to playing again perhaps with some bombers next time.