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Whistling Death

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2003 · 1-4 players · 240min · weight 4.34 · 284 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
8521
Name
Whistling Death
Year
2003
Rank
6213
Min players
1
Max players
4
Playing time
240
Min playtime
240
Max playtime
240
Avg weight
4.3433
Num weights
67
Bayes avg
5.7029
Average
8.24433
Users rated
284
Num owned
672
Wanting
53
Wishing
189
Num comments
136
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (2)
Dice RollingSimulation
Categories (3)
Aviation / FlightWargameWorld War II
Description (1077 chars)

Whistling Death is the third game in J D Webster's WWII Fighting Wings series, developing the earlier Over the Reich and Achtung Spitfire games. Containing 110 scenarios ranging from flight training (3), introductory air combat (5), air-to air combat (58), air-to-ground (4), air-naval (32), and mission level (8). It features 40 distinctive aircraft and numerous ship types. The only facet of the war in the Pacific missing from this game is ground support. Components: 420 aircraft counters (1/2 inch square) 140 ship counters (1/2 x 1 inch) 60 ship counters (3/4 x 2 inch) which must be cut-out by the player 1 map Rule book Scenario book Aircraft/ship data cards Player aids "Whistling Death" is long OOP, but you can get a taste of early Pacific air battles with "Tiger Wings." The Kickstarter Ended with a FABULOUS load of extra Stretch Goals-- far more than a retail/store edition can hold. You can still get lots of extra content with a Late Pledge (for a limited time). https://www.atomagazine.com/Details.cfm?ProdID=198

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.