DRAGON FLIGHT!
A game of Flying DRAGONS!
Rules for a table-top game for 2-6 players featuring combat between Dragons (and other fliers).
HERE BE DRAGONS!
Once upon a time, in a land called ‘Ull …
A group of wargamers came up with a set of game rules for World War One aeroplane dogfights. We built a load of Revell and Airfix kits, painted up a few sheets of hardboard and took it all out on the road as a public participation game. It looked good, was easy to learn and played pretty well. We developed the game within our club and played a long running campaign. Each player had their own pilots. Some of us custom built our own aircraft models and came up with rules to include them in the game. The rules called Fokker Fodder were released into the wilds of t’internet and soon forgotten. Plastic aircraft spun into the hardboard, or gathered cobwebs in dusty boxes…
Years later Jay Carlisle contacted me about using Fokker Fodder rules for broomstick duels between flying wizards. This sparked up a few ideas and a bit of interest in the old game. Lately, I have been making model Dragons and enjoying Naomi Novik’s Temeraire novels. At some point, I thought; “There’s a game in this stuff…”
The first edition of Dragon Fight was published on the net in 2013. It was derived from Fokker Fodder and used squares for movement. I think it worked as a game, but it didn't do all I wanted. The Second Edition came out in 2016 it was a bit more experimental and included the Dragon Kite templates. This third edition is a refinement and expansion of the 2nd Edition.
Hello, Dragon Fight looks really cool, but I'm confused about how the kite templates are supposed to work? Do they show your turning arc? Or do you need to make a special template for that?
ReplyDeleteHello, Dragon Fight seems really cool. But the Kite templates confuse me. How do they show your turning arc? or do I need to make a different template for that?
ReplyDeleteHi Ser1ph, thanks for trying this game.
ReplyDeleteYou need the pdf download for Dragonfight: http://www.loran.karoo.net/dragon_fight.pdf
This has illustrations that should help explain.
Until I saw your comments, I had not realised the pdf was not on the blog! The html page is rather incomplete.
Also some of the play test blog pages may help explain how the game works.
Thanks for posting,
Best regards,
Chris Nicole
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DeleteI have now taken off the out of date info and posted links to the latest version.
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That's the diagram on page 16 right? I have the rulebook and I'll admit to feeling very stupid but I'm not seeing how use the templates to determine how far you can turn even with the diagram. I can sort of see where the templates have the correct angles in them. But the distances are wrong when I do that.
ReplyDeleteHi Ser1ph,
DeleteThe diagram on page 16 is the one I meant. Just move the Kite template around to determine which angle you need, then move it again to get the correct side for your movement distance.
Regards,
Chris
Ah ok, I'm going to try making a turning template as well to see if that works, I guess I have two more kind of silly questions. A Dragon can do a melee attack on anyone within one body template of the point you measure from right? And second for movement do you move the measuring point up to the distance, or do you "hop" the template like in X-wing? Thank you for explaining the templates to me.
DeleteHi Ser1ph,
DeleteWhen I can find time, I will have to put some better illustrations of turns and manoeuvres on the site. :)
1- All measurements should be taken from the same point. Typically that is the dragon's nose or a mark on the front of their base.
2- Move the measuring point up to the distance. As there is no set size for Dragons or flying stands/bases, hopping could give an unfair advantage to bigger models.
There are still some vague areas of rules in Dragon Fight, so any questions that help clarify things are useful.
Have fun and let me know how you get on.
Regards,
Chris
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