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1993 · 2-10 players · 120min · weight 3.94 · 189 ratings
v2 —v3 —v4 wide —v4 deep —
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ID
8316
Name
Over the Reich: WWII Air Combat Over Europe 1943-1945
Year
1993
Rank
7938
Min players
2
Max players
10
Playing time
120
Min playtime
120
Max playtime
120
Avg weight
3.9412
Num weights
34
Bayes avg
5.63438
Average
7.79471
Users rated
189
Num owned
457
Wanting
28
Wishing
72
Num comments
65
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (8)
Dice RollingGrid MovementHexagon GridScenario / Mission / Campaign GameSimulationTeam-Based GameThree Dimensional MovementVariable Set-up
Categories (3)
Aviation / FlightWargameWorld War II
Description (498 chars)
The first of J.D. Webster's World War II air combat wargames. This game focuses on combat over Europe from 1943-1945. It's first game of the Fighting Wings series. The second game in the series, Achtung Spitfire, appeared in 1995 with upgraded the game mechanics and Whistling Death, the third entry in the series with further revisions, was published in 2003. The Fighting Wings series is related to the AirPower series (Air Superiority , Air Strike and The Speed of Heat), also by J.D. Webster
LLM v2 (wide)
Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).
LLM v3 (deep)
Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).
LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)
Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).
LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)
Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.