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Goshawk Squadron

Started by Balbinus, July 01, 2008, 11:03:29 AM

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Balbinus

July 01, 2008, 11:03:29 AM
For the curious, I just wrote up a WW1 novel about fighter pilots for my blog.  I mention it as I know some of you are into Aces and Spades, Clash's game, and the novel might therefore be interesting to you.

Not my best writeup sadly, sick as a dog today, but there you go.

flyingmice

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July 02, 2008, 12:48:26 PM
Quote from: Balbinus;221095For the curious, I just wrote up a WW1 novel about fighter pilots for my blog.  I mention it as I know some of you are into Aces and Spades, Clash's game, and the novel might therefore be interesting to you.

Not my best writeup sadly, sick as a dog today, but there you go.

Goshawk Squadron was one of my most important research reads for Aces In Spades. Lovely book, if you like bleak. :D

-clash
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flyingmice

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July 02, 2008, 01:01:55 PM
Check out War Story and also Hornet's Sting if you can find it. Together, these cover the whole Great War. I think that they are actually a trilogy, with some common characters, though I haven't been able to get my hands on Hornets Sting as of yet to confirm this.

My first NPC Squadron commander for my Aces In Spades campaign was based on Wooley. The PCs largely hated him, and one PC accidentally killed him in combat, but they also understood how hard he had worked to make them prepared for war. The Honor-Practicality mechanism tracks the Gentleman-Player dichotomy perfectly.

-clash
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Currently Designing: StarCluster 4 - Wavefront Empire
Last Releases: SC4 - Dark Orbital, SC4 - Out of the Ruins,  SC4 - Sabre & World
Blog: I FLY BY NIGHT

Balbinus

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July 02, 2008, 01:02:32 PM
Have you read The Hunters?  Also worth a look IMO, though a very different time and place of course.

flyingmice

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July 02, 2008, 01:20:19 PM
Quote from: Balbinus;221484Have you read The Hunters?  Also worth a look IMO, though a very different time and place of course.

No, I haven't. I have it on my "get" list. :D

-clash
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Last Releases: SC4 - Dark Orbital, SC4 - Out of the Ruins,  SC4 - Sabre & World
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