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Modern War: Airstrike

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Above the mud, dust and smoke of the modern battlefield roar the fast jets, inbound to their target, laden with free-fall munitions and precision-guided missiles… From the soldier’s perspective they seem distant, aloof and remote from the dangers and threats of the ugly ground war – but the fast jet pilot has his own war to fight - with its own dangers. At 8,000 feet there are no foxholes to hide inside, and every enemy gunner within five kilometres can see and hear you. And when your jet disintegrates around you, you’ll be parachuting into enemy-held territory, where, just a few minutes ago, you were dropping high explosives and cluster bombs on their troops and tanks. They’re not going to be pleased to see you, and there are no comrades behind you to drag you to safety.

 A supplement for Modern War and Cepheus Engine. 

Airstrike simulates the air campaigns of modern conflicts and is designed to be used in conjunction with Zozer Games’ Modern War roleplaying game. Players are pilots and other combat aircrew flying dangerous combat missions, planning their own attacks and making decisions as the inevitable surprises and complications are thrown at them.

Players and Gamemaster decide on a squadron and a conflict, and can then create their pilots. Options allow players to create ‘back-seaters’ if desired, these are the weapon system operators who operate the radars and drop the ordnance (particularly in the older combat jets). Helicopter pilots are also catered for. 

Mission ideas, complications and explanations of the pilot’s routine are included as are brief descriptions of the air campaigns of the six fictional wars featured in Modern War. There are extensive air-to-air and air-to-ground combat rules and allowances made to enable the  customisation of rules for play within historical air conflicts, such as Rolling Thunder or MiG Alley. Of course, a catalogue of 73 representative fast jet types as well as military helicopters from around the world is included. Finally, a set of guidelines is presented for converting aircraft and choppers that were not able to be featured within Airstrike, allowing the players to bring almost any aircraft type into the game.

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Cn H October 20, 2023 9:06 pm UTC
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I have some questions about WSO's. In the case where there are four players in two two-seater planes, does each PC roll for advantage (all 4 players roll), or does one PC roll for each plane (2 players roll)? If it's the latter, what's the actual benefit of having a WSO or playing as one?
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Alec H October 01, 2023 6:42 am UTC
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Would it be possible to get form fillable character sheets for this?
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Paul E October 01, 2023 10:53 am UTC
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I've added two fillable PDF sheets to the Airstrike download, just go to your Account to download them.
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Alec H October 07, 2023 11:44 pm UTC
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Thank you!
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Anthony W August 01, 2022 8:48 pm UTC
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I don't know if I missed details but first, nice work overall. One thing that I didn't see is a lower limit on aircraft speed. For planes like the Warthog part of it's effectiveness is the ability to roam over a target sight. It has I think a low stall speed and can linger over an area wreaking havoc on ground targets. Harriers, A10s modified C130s use a low minimal speed to effect concentrated fire on ground troops and emplacements. I'm not an aviation expert though.
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Paul E August 04, 2022 9:59 pm UTC
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That’s what pilots call ‘endurance’ based on fuel load and fuel burn. We’ve not included that in the game, but it might be something you could add easily enough if it is important in your campaign.
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Nick R April 22, 2022 3:29 pm UTC
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P40, a Rank 1 Royal Naval officer is a Midshipman, not an Ensign.
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Paul E April 22, 2022 3:38 pm UTC
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Good point, I missed that.
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A D February 28, 2022 2:21 pm UTC
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Paul, where would unmanned combat aircraft fit into modern war / airstrike?
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Paul E April 21, 2022 2:04 pm UTC
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Perhaps I should've added them, but I tend to stay away from drones in Modern War, they steal the limelight, have little character interaction ... replacing humans means replacing player characters.
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Jason K February 17, 2022 6:45 pm UTC
How much dogfighting is there in this book? Would this be suitable for someone who wanted a fighter-squadron focused game?
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Paul E April 21, 2022 2:05 pm UTC
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Yes, there is lots of dogfighting as well as ground attack.
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Lee T January 29, 2021 2:30 am UTC
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I've ordered the print edition of this on Lulu, and tried to contact you for the PDF, but the Contact function on the paulelliottbooks.com site is not working. I've tried multiple times over the past few days, from multiple browsers.
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Paul E April 21, 2022 2:06 pm UTC
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Sorry, I realised I had not registered to be updated by this forum. Did you get your PDF? If not, email me at: paulelliottbooks@yahoo.com
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Paul E November 21, 2020 7:41 am UTC
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A print on demand softback will be released in early December on the Lulu website, it will include a copy of the PDF.
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