Historic Wings

30/09/2024

Meet BigMac and the Limbo Drone Team mascot, OneSock. BigMac and I have been collaborating on designing and writing the upcoming solitaire wargame book, Game of Drones! As a result, the game reflects the realities of the war -- exactly as it is happening in Summer 2024.

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09/09/2024

I was honored to be interviewed by The Players Aid, one of the most popular wargaming community sites online. They do in-depth interviews so I was able to talk about my design philosophy and motivations. Also, I discuss two new projects….

Over the past few years, the interest in solitaire book wargames has skyrocketed and there are a lot of different offerings out there. One that has really caught my eye is form designer Thomas Van …

20/08/2024

STATUS UPDATE: HISTORIC WINGS!

At Historic Wings, three projects are currently underway with some nearing completion.

1. Achtung Jabo!, about P-47 Thunderbolts on D-Day, long-awaited and it is coming together slowly. A final round of play-testing is underway.

2. Game of Drones, a surprise title that covers drone warfare in Ukraine; a game that is less about history and more about current events. This one is moving ahead very quickly to completion.

3. Me 262 Experten, another title that should come as a surprise, which is being co-written with Scott Poulter!

Other wargames from Historic Wings:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BN2932W9

13/08/2024

A brilliant play-through video of one of my game designs, SOE: Lysander! This shows perfectly the ins and outs of how to play this game!

Long(er) mission of SOE:Lysander. Historic Wings games.Flying a Westland Lysander on a covert night mission from England to France in 1943. Still perfecting...

11/08/2024

SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT COMING!

An unexpected game title is about to be published -- expect it VERY SOON. What's this all about? Could it be why things have been so strangely quiet over at Historic Wings for these past many weeks?

06/07/2024

It looks like Hissy Cat, a great wargaming YouTuber, will feature one of my games in his live plays soon! Watch the whole update or, if you wish, for your convenience, I've linked to the very spot in the video where he covers my game, SOE: Lysander!

Thank you, good sir, for such kind comments!

We are finally back with a short channel update and a poll. “What John Butterfield game does a Noob learn?”Here is a link to the pollhttps://www.youtube.com/...

21/06/2024

So thankful and appreciative to see today that two of my wargame designs were featured in the Monthly Debrief from "The Players' Aid". Grant and Alexander run one of the finest (and largest) YouTube channels in the wargaming space!

Here is the link to the exact spot in the video where they discuss my games!

Noble Knight Games: https://nobleknight.comPatreon: https://patreon.com/theplayersaidTee Shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/the-players-aidWebsite: https:/...

21/06/2024

Glad midsommar!

20/06/2024

I am so honored that Zilla Blitz, one of the finest YouTubers in the wargaming space and a first-class gentleman, will be covering my design, MAG-23 Guadalcanal, in the coming weeks! Here is a link to the announcement in his Monthly Update!

The monthly review video where I talk about games played, give an update on the Shelf of Shame Challenge, and talk about how the channel has done and what th...

07/06/2024

An excellent video from Daniel Niemi about our upcoming game, Achtung Jabo!

If you like what I do, subscribe and click the "bell" icon!I had the pleasure to interview game designer Thomas Van Hare who has designed "Achtung Jabo!". A...

17/05/2024

A first-class play-through video of my game design, Overflight!

Chris Schall takes us through a mission in a U-2B over the Berents Sea. This is really a good one to watch if you want to know how the game works and what I am doing in my writing. MiGs and missiles are not the only threats you face.

Subscribe to his channel — really, he does it right!

Overflight by Historic Wings8th mission in my current campaign to show typical gameplayA U-2 mission over Soviet territory during the Cold War. 1957.

06/05/2024

An excellent play-through video of Overflight! If you're wondering how gameplay works, this is a good demonstration of a very long mission -- one of the longest in the game!

Flying mission #17 deep into Soviet controlled areas. Link for game book:https://www.amazon.com/Overflight-Solitaire-Historic-Wings-Games/dp/B0D1QKXK74/ref=m...

06/05/2024

Another "open the book" of my latest book, Overflight! Thanks out to PhoenixKnight for his kind words!

Over the last week, I've gotten both the book and the counter set for Overflight, the newest air war game from Historic Wings! Tune in, and let's both open ...

02/05/2024

Great review and unboxing of the boxed set for Overflight! from Blue Panther! Thanks out to Scott Poulter the video!

This is an unboxing of the box set for the game Overflight by Historic Wings and Thomas Van Hare. Link to game book:https://www.amazon.com/Overflight-Solitai...

02/05/2024

Featured prominently at the Blue Panther display at Buckeye GameFest — all four of the currently available boxed sets for our games!

27/04/2024

Spotted this today -- a very professional and well-done YouTube review from five months ago on my wargame book, MAG-23 Guadalcanal, and the accompanying boxed set from Blue Panther.

My hat is off to Christopher Schall for the excellent job on this! Thank you, good sir!

Unboxing and showing both the book game and newly published boxed companion. The book game is available on Amazon and the boxed version thru Blue Panther Ga...

27/04/2024

My copy of my latest wargame book, Overflight by Historic Wings has arrived! Very pleased with the production quality.

24/04/2024

From Coffee with Kilroy, an "Open the Book" video about Overflight!:

Historic Wings - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmY-JH-M5G3BRXYT8wbFF7wpzWUr9HecnTally-Ho! - https://youtu.be/u3vyzB8pxgU?si=kSjnqCihcaRuhdB2Talley-H...