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So happy that this game got funded, and that the backers were able to knock down some great, nay, awesome stretch goals at the end, including this one:
I was one of a bunch of folks who requested this particular stretch goal.
The last stretch goal (for $105K) gave us P-40 Warhawks to use in the game. Which of course remind me of John Belushi in the movie 1941.
Looking forward to receiving this game in July.
“Sayonara, sucker!”
Corsair Leader got funded in less than 4 hours. Woohoo!
And then I ended up backing a game that was supposed to have been on Kickstarter last November. It got funded yesterday as well.
I’d read about this game for years, and it’s finally being reprinted, decades after it was last published.
I’ve always loved space combat games, and this appears to be the grandaddy of them all. it was first published in 1973 by Marc Miller, creator of Traveller.
Two very different wargames, both should be fun to play.
The Kickstarter for Corsair Leader launches tomorrow afternoon. I’ve already decided to back it.
One of the more pricier add-ons is naming a pilot in the game. You pick the type of plane, and the name you choose will be the pilot for that plane, in all copies of the game.
As I pondered whether or not to use my own name, I did a quick Google search for Filipino World War Two pilots, and came up with a couple:
So there’s precedence for a Filipino WWII pilot. Those these two flew P26 Peashooters for the Philippine Air Force’s 6th Pursuit Squadron.
And I’m gonna have him fly one of the first WWII models that I ever built, a $2 kit from Woolworth’s, circa late 1970’s.
F4F Wildcat