Thursday 8/30

[kirkh]

I plan on being on at around 8PM. Will we have four this week? BTW, when I opened VASSAL yesterday it updated to version 3.0.4 so maybe some of the issues we've seen over the past few weeks have been corrected.

[kevan]

I'll be here, just got to finish painting a bedroom first so I can get permission from the boss of the house.

[kirkh]

A quick and dirty writeup before I head off to bed.
We had four players appear for what was going to be one of the campaign games. Kevan and I were in SE-5's while Dan was in an Albatros and Mark piloted an LVG two-seater. The four planes all started within a couple hundred feet of each other at around 6,500' but the Huns had to dive to get below a cloud layer at 3,900'. Unfortunately there may have been VASSAL issues because when Mark dove his LVG into the clouds, he more than disappeared from the gameboard - he disappeared from the server. We waited for about a half hour but then decided to continue on as a two on one. Dan's Albatros stayed lucky for a couple turns and moved last and got a few hits on me, but then the tables turned and both Kevan and I got hits on the German plane from above and below. At that point it was about 10:30 and I had to depart so I headed for the clouds while Dan and Kevan carried on. Hopefully Kevan or Dan will provide the rest of the AAR.

[mcd]

I lost my internet connection. Still out this AM. If it is not up when I return home from work, I guess I will need troubleshoot which part is broke. It’s a three day weekend, any plans for a game?

Mark

[Orion]

kirkh said:

A quick and dirty writeup before I head off to bed.
We had four players appear for what was going to be one of the campaign games. Kevan and I were in SE-5's while Dan was in an Albatros and Mark piloted an LVG two-seater. The four planes all started within a couple hundred feet of each other at around 6,500' but the Huns had to dive to get below a cloud layer at 3,900'. Unfortunately there may have been VASSAL issues because when Mark dove his LVG into the clouds, he more than disappeared from the gameboard - he disappeared from the server. We waited for about a half hour but then decided to continue on as a two on one. Dan's Albatros stayed lucky for a couple turns and moved last and got a few hits on me, but then the tables turned and both Kevan and I got hits on the German plane from above and below. At that point it was about 10:30 and I had to depart so I headed for the clouds while Dan and Kevan carried on. Hopefully Kevan or Dan will provide the rest of the AAR.

Kevan and I went back and forth for 4 or 5 more turns. Then, with 2 engine hits and a swiss cheesed right wing - I decided to head home after Kevan out-climbed me yet again.