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Nobody is playing this yet, right? crying

Nobody around here has either a sense of adventure or rich friends gonk

It cost me nothing sweatdrop

But my benefactor got me the basics, namely the main rulebook (£35.00) and two planes (Thunderbolts £12.00).

Some of my friends in the club were interested by the funky dial bases, maneuver cards and rules so they joined together and got some of their own stuff. They also ordered two spare packs of flying bases (£5.00 for each pack of 5) so we could order the cheaper GW Epic planes. (£12.00 for a blister of four metal 'Bolts / £8.00 for three Marauders / £8.00 for three Ork Fighta-Bommas / £10.00 for a Thunderhawk)

The card usage depends on the manoeuvre type of the plane. There are ten cards with moves ranging from simple power dives to ultra high G turns. My Thunderbolts for example can perform all cards that are classified as low and high. If I had a Lightning I would be able to also perform very high types of moves.

The flying bases are hexagonal and are used with the cards. When you play a card you place the card at the front of the base and use the movement arrows on the card for your move. If you are not using a card you can only fly straight ahead at the same altitude.

Choice, it all depends on how agile your craft is. Thunderhawks are flying barns and have a low agility, so they can only use manoeuvre cards that are classed as low. My Thunderbolts are classed as having a high agility, so they can perform both low and high manoeuvres. My pal's Eldar Nightwings are classed as very high on their agility, so they can perform all manoeuvres, from low to very high.

The cards will tell you all you need to know:
- where you end with your manoeuvre
- your altitude and speed at the end of the manoeuvre (for example if you perform a power dive you lose D3+1 altitude but gain +2 speed. When you climb you can gain 1/2 altitude but also lose 1/2 speed depending on how high you climb)

And then you can perform your manoeuvres as many times as you want. You can for example perform a power dive in turn 1 and 2, perform a high-G turn on turn 3 and a half loop on turn 4. Just don't forget to shoot at the enemy when you cross sights sweatdrop


It's kinda hard to see, but when you play a card you put it at the front of the hexagonal base so that the arrows point away. You then leave the card and move your model to the other side of the card, pointing the way the arrow is pointing, while adjusting the speed and altitude with the dials on the base.


Note the dials and arrows.

All you really need is the book, some bases and some models to get started really. *continues working on crash course guide to AI*

I played my second game of AI last night and i can tell you it was huge fun. I was using a mates 4 nightwings until my 6 come through the post. my opposition was using 4 thunderbolts and a thunderhawk. very close game with the thunderhawk delivering its troops onto the target only to be destroyed next turn.

I have a very small fleet until my nightwings come through, I have two pheonix's and a vampire hunter. I shall be ordering the books next month while i use my friends.

Yes they are expensive but as prieviously stated vast amounts of fluff and the models are covered in detail.