Luftwaffe: Aerial Warfare - Germany 1943-45

From Decision Games:

Luftwaffe is an update of the classic Avalon Hill game covering the US strategic bombing campaign over Europe in World War II. As the US commander, your mission is to eliminate key German industrial complexes. You select the targets, direct the bombers, and plan a strategy intended to keep the Luftwaffe off-balance. As the German commander, the entire arsenal of German aircraft is at your disposal against the finest in Allied designs.

The German player can now increase his ability to stack by expending fuel points, representing training pilots in large-unit formation tactics. The US player doesn’t need to do that, since they had a much bigger training base as well as unlimited fuel. Since the Germans now get additional oil, owing to a more historic evaluation of the Ploesti fields, they can maintain an effective fighter defense as long as they can preserve that reserve of fuel.

There are also other new targets on the map, such as the Germans’ power generation grid. In the original game the US player had to bomb all the targets on the map to win. Given the way the victory point system now works, the Americans need bomb about four out of the five major target systems to win, thereby duplicating the historic result.

Contents:

Rules & Scenario booklet
280 Die cut counters
1 34” x 22” Map
Player Aid Cards
Target Planning sheet
1 Die
Storage bags
2 inch box