CONSIMWORLD EXPO 2011 DOWN IN FLAMES ACE OF ACES COMPETITION

This is a continuous competition played throughout the Expo, from Monday evening (~10 PM) to around 1 or 2 AM Sunday morning.

Players will select which campaign year to begin a pilot's career and for which air force he will fly in: RAF, USAAF, USN, USMC, the Soviet VVS, the Italian Regia Aeronautica, the Japanese Army or German Luftwaffe.  We will be using the GMT Down in Flames version in this competition.

ACE OF ACES COMPETITION

1. Winner will be the player with the most TOTAL ELIGIBLE KILLS DURING THE TOURNEY + BONUS POINTS
2. The maximum number of missions a player can play for the competition is 20. Any missions played beyond 20 will not count in the competition but will count towards a player's personal pilot score.
3. Everyone is eligible to be in the tourney (although the expected winner will probably play in all 20 missions)
4. A player's first eligible 20 missions will be counted towards the competition; a player cannot pick and choose which 20 missions will count
5. All 0-kill pilots (new & old) kill totals will be counted even after that pilot becomes an ace or a multi-ace.
   • Example: Player Jim Doe’s new pilot shoots down 15 planes for the expo. All 15 will count towards Jim’s grand total.
6. Pilots who have enough kills credits are allowed to roll on the Ace table for extra abilities which may help the player shoot down more planes during the competition. (See ACE ABILITY TABLES FOR LEADERS & WINGMEN).
7. A player may use a previous pilot from previous Expos or GMT-West Weekends with these restrictions:
   • If the pilot has 1-to-4 kills & NO Ace ability, then only the total kills up to acquiring an ACE Ability will be counted
     • Example 1: John Doe’s pilot has a one fighter kill from CSW 2007; if John’s pilot gets six more fighter kills during the tourney, only 4 will be counted towards the total.
     • Example 2: Jane Doe’s Luftwaffe Pilot has 1 medium bomber kill (worth 2 kills) from CSW 2007. Jane is allowed to shoot down 1 medium bomber plus 1 fighter or 3 fighters before Jane’s Luftwaffe pilot earns an ace ability and is considered ineligible. Any further kills by this pilot after earning an ace ability will not count.
   • Once a pilot (with previous kills from another Expo or GMT-West Weekend) has earned an ACE ability, kills by that pilot after that point will not be counted towards the total in the competition.
8. Bonus Points (Modified from 2010)
   • Add a half point (0.5) to a player’s total score if the player’s side wins a mission
   • Subtract a half point (0.5) to a player’s total score if the player’s side loses a mission
   • For mission victory determination for awarding of points for the competition has been modified from 2010.
     • For dogfight mission: Revision 16 May 2011
       • In a 2-player game, one side must win by +2 points in order to win.  It is a tie if the point difference is between -1-to-+1 points.
       • In a 4-player game, one side must win by +4 points in order to win.  It is a tie if the point difference is between -3-to-+3 points.
       • In a 6-player game, one side must win by +6 points in order to win.  It is a tie if the point difference is between -5-to-+5 points.
     • For Light bomber escort missions
       • The ESCORTING side must win by +6 points in order to win.  If the escorting side scores between +5 to 0 points it is a DRAW.  If the INTERCEPTING  side wins by +1 or more, it will be considered an INTERCEPTOR win.  Revision 16 May 2011
     • For Medium bomber escort missions:
       • The ESCORTING side must win by +9 points in order to win.   If the escorting side scores between +8 to 0 points it is a DRAW.  If the INTERCEPTING side wins by +1 or more, it will be considered an INTERCEPTOR win.  Revision 16 May 2011
9. TIE-Breaker: If two or more players are tied with the most kills, the following tie-breaking format is used in the following order:
   • Highest Total Quality of Kills – fighters are 1 pt each, light bombers are 1.5 pts each, and medium bombers are 2 pts each
   • If both # of kills and quality kill # are the same, then the least # of missions played will determine the winner since that player did the same amount and quality of kills as the other player BUT he did it playing in fewer missions.
     • A mission counts if a player had an eligible pilot taking part in the mission.
     • Example 1: Player John Q. Public flew a mission with both his leader and wingman ineligible – This would not count as a mission flown for this tie-breaker
     • Example 2: Player John Q. Public flew a mission with an ineligible leader but his wingman was eligible – This would count as a mission flown for this tie-breaker
   • If the first two tie-breakers are still even, then the most new ACES created during the tourney (pilots already with kills from previous cons will not be counted in this tiebreaker).

   • If the first 3 tie-breakers are still even, then the most kills by a new ace in a theater. A new ace is defined as a pilot starting from 0-kills at the start of CSW-2011.

MISSION DETERMINATION SECTION

1. The Event Coordinator (i.e., Mike Lam) will determine the mission type and assigned the types of aircraft to be used to the players.
   • The theater campaigns will follow a rotation in the order of: 1941 Western Europe, 1941 North Africa, 1943 Eastern Front & 1944 Pacific
     • Players will draw cards to determine side they will be on.
       • This should reduce the better players from being on the same side too often.
       • GM may rearrange the teams if the random assignment has all of the experienced players are one side vs. the newer players.
       • The GM will then pass out the type and quantity of aircraft to be used.
       • Exception: For the North Africa missions, the Italian Mafia squadron players (M. Scott, J. Beckman, R. Young, M. Yoshikawa & G. Smith) may declare they are on the same side provided they fly as the Italians.
     • Some plane type substitutions may be granted by the EC based on player preference if it does not unbalance the mission.
       • Example: F6F for the F4U-1
     • Player may start a new pilot/wingman team/per air service/fighter type only if he has no remaining 0-kill pilots OF THAT PLANE TYPE at the start of the Expo.
       • Once created, no further new pilots for that TYPE are to be created until the current pilots are KIA, WIA, MIA or POW’ed.
     • For every equivalent of 5 kills achieved, the player rolls a d6 die to determine the ability AFTER the completion of the mission in which the 5th kill was made. See Ace Determination tables.
       • A wingman who downs an enemy plane is credited with the kill & not his leader.
       • No sharing of kills between players’ leaders & wingmen.

                        Ace Determination Tables

D6 ROLL	PILOT	WINGMAN
1	ACE	ACE
2	BURST +1	ACE
3	DAMAGE +1	DAMAGE +1
4	HORSEPOWER +1	DAMAGE +1
5	PERFORMANCE +1	TIGHT TURN/MANEUVER
6	TIGHT TURN/MANEUVER	TIGHT TURN/MANEUVER

If a pilot rolls a previous ability, that pilot is awarded the following ability based on the type of plane flown:

• Barrel Roll – Change any card into a Barrel Roll once per mission: Hurricanes, La-5FN, P-38J, Fw-190A & N1K1
• Defensive Scissors – May change any card into a scissors while on defense once per turn: Agile Planes (MC.202, Ki-84, A6M)
• Full Throttle - Change any card into a Full Throttle once per mission: F6F & F4U
• Tight Turn - Change any card into a Tight Turn once per mission: Spitfires, Bf-109F/G, Yaks & P-51s
• Vertical Roll, Descend – Change any card into Vertical Roll To Descend once per game: P-47 Leader Only

Any further repeated matched ability after the first match, results in no new ability.

Two special abilities are awarded when a certain criteria is met.

• Bomber Killer (BK) – When a pilot personality shoots down 5 bombers, he adds +1 to the damage done per attack.
  • Additional +1s are awarded per every 5th bomber shot down.
• Veteran (V) – When a pilot personality survives a certain number of mission WITHOUT earning an ace ability, he may change one card/per mission either into a Tight Turn or Barrel Roll.
  • The number of missions is dependant on the type of plane flown
    • Bf-109F and Spitfire Mk. V - 10 missions
    • Bf-109G, La-5FN and Ki-84-1a - 9 missions
    • P-38J, F6F and F4U-1 - 8 missions
    • Bf-109E and Hurricane-IIB - 8 missions
    • Bf-110C - 7 missions
    • MC.202 and P-40C - 6 missions

  • This ability (V) is lost when a pilot achieves an ace ability

FIGHTER PLANES TYPES AVAILABLE PER CAMPAIGN FOR CSW-2011
 

MISSION DETERMINATION TABLE FOR CSW-2011

• SPECIAL MISSION RULES:

  • Missions are determined by a D10 roll or from 1 drawn card from the deck (use card #) with the corresponding Campaign Mission Table

  • Each mission is 6 turns in length

  • Players may disengage to “live and fight another day”

    • Note: Disengaging while your teammates are still in play, although not illegal, is considered as bad manners. However, disengaging if your planes are badly damaged and or are the only ones that are left on your side is not only a good tactic but it is encouraged.

  • For bomber missions, the Interceptor side will move first, first player randomly determined by card selection

  • For dogfight missions, the first player is randomly determined by card selection

• MISSION SCORING (tallied at the end of the mission)

  • Each enemy fighter shot down: 5 points; Each enemy fighter damaged (flipped over to damaged side): 2 points

  • Each light bomber shot down: 6 points for interceptor team; Each light bomber damaged (flipped over to damaged side): 3 points for interceptor team

  • Each undamaged light bomber (not flipped over): 3 points for escort team

  • Each medium bomber shot down: 10 points for interceptor team; each medium bomber damaged (flipped over to damaged side): 5 points for interceptor team

  • Each undamaged medium bomber (not flipped over): 4 points for escort team

  • Each enemy ace shot down: 2 points per ace ability

1. HOW A PILOT IS ELIMINATED:
   • Being shot down by the "Exploding Fuel Tank" = Automatic KIA
   • Rolled a 1 or 2 (D6) in a bail out = either KIA (1), POW or WIA (2). In any case, the pilot is permanently eliminated
     • EXCEPTION TO THE D6 ROLL – Newly created pilots in 2011 who made at least 1 kill are exempt during that player's first 3 rolls in the course of the Expo (not 3 rolls per new pilot). After the 3rd exemption, the D6 rule is used above unless the "Exploding Fuel Tank" took precedence
     • A player cannot save exemptions - they are taken in order as needed.
   • New NORTH AFRICA/WESTERN DESERT RULES
     • Each time a pilot is shot down, a D6 die roll is made (1 = KIA, 2 = POW or 3 = MIA)
     • EACH player has additional 2 exemptions to use in North Africa ONLY for new 2011 pilots at the start of the EXPO or previous pilots without any kills during this Expo, except by exploding fuel tank
2. KILL CREDITS FOR BOMBERS:
   • Bombers are have different kill credits for determining Ace Abilities
     • Medium Bombers (B-25D & Ki-67) are worth 2 kills credits
       • Exception:  Italian BR.20M and RAF Blenheim & Maryland are worth 1 kill credits
     • Light bombers are worth 1 ½ kill credits
3. SPECIAL FIGHTER RULES:
   • Bf-109E Leaders & Wingmen maximum damage is increased to '6'.
   • Bf-109G Leaders & Wingmen have one “Full Throttle” counters for use at the start of each mission
     • It is a one-time use counter each mission
     • Once the Bf-109 is flipped over to its damage side, the counter is removed if it was not used.
   • Bf-110C
     • If a player completes 10 missions or becomes an Bf-110 ace, he and his wingman are assigned the Bf-110F
     • If a player completes 7 missions flying the BF-110C, that pilot becomes a VETERAN.
   • 1943 Luftwaffe pilots on the Western Front may earn “Interception Points” by attacking bombers (Note: These rules are used when a 1943 Western Front, 8th AF Campaign mission is played by request only)
     • Each pilot earns 1 point for attacking a heavy bomber formation at least once
     • Each pilot earns 2 points for forcing a heavy bomber OUT-OF-FORMATION (but not shooting it down
     • Each pilot may earn an addition point during a mission if he attacks a heavy bomber formation 4 times
     • A pilot earns ZERO points if the bomber he just attacked is shot down
     • Current Interception points + current kills = 5, earns the pilot a ‘minor’ ace ability
     • Minor Ace Ability
       • At the start of each new mission, a player is given the choice between two counters
       • To change 1 card into a “Barrel Roll” or into a “Tight Turn” to be used once per mission
       • Once a pilot achieves “ace hood” and earned an ace ability, any interception points earned resets to ZERO
       • New points may be earned to allow pilots to earn another minor ace ability at every 5th multiple
         • If a player has earned +10 points, he receives the ability to change 1 card into a "Vertical Roll" card to be used once per mission
4. ESCORT RULES:
   • Fighters will earn “Escort Points” for successful escort missions and lose “Escort Points” for unsuccessful ones
     • No bombers lost: + 2 points
     • 1 bomber lost: + 1 point
     • 2 bombers lost: 0 points
     • 3 bombers Lost: -1 point
     • 4 bombers or more Lost: - 2 points
   • NEW: By playing card to prevent a targeting of a bomber
     • Ace card = +1 Pt.
     • Playing other cards = +½ Pt (accumulative).
   • Current Kills + escort points = 5 (or multiples of 5) earns a pilot a “minor ace” ability
     • Minor Ace Ability
       • At the start of each new mission, a player is given the choice between two counters
         • To change 1 card into a “Barrel Roll” or into a “Tight Turn” to be used once per mission
         • If a player has earned +10 points, he receives the ability to change 1 card into a "Vertical Roll" card to be used once per mission
       • Once a pilot achieves has earn the first ace ability, or rolls for subsequent new abilities, all points (+ / -) are reset to ZERO
       • New points may be earned to allow pilots to earn another minor ace ability at every 5th multiple
         Penalty for earning NEGATIVE escort points
       • If a leader (or wingman who becomes a leader) receives a new wingman, the wingman will be rated as a GREEN pilot
         • The GREEN wingman remains GREEN until:
           • He shoots down his first enemy plane or
           • Survives 5 missions without a kill
           • A player MAY NOT dismiss a GREEN wingman by starting a new leader pilot.
       • A leader may reduce his NEGATIVE escort points by:
         • Flying in successful escort missions or playing of card or
         • When he reaches his next ace hood roll, his escort points are reset back to ZERO
5. MISCELLANEOUS
   • There will be no trading of pilots between players in any theater/campaigns