Tropic of Capricorn:
Fancy Airship Cards
By Mike Bennighof, Ph.D.
March 2018

During the early design stages of the game system that became Second World War at Sea, I wanted each aircraft carrier to have a fairly detailed card including a picture of the carrier. On the card, the player would move aircraft pieces between the hangar and the flight deck and then on to their missions. I just thought it would be cool to “process” the aircraft on a deck view of the carrier.

Jim Stear added flying carriers to the Second Great War at Sea story line, and they definitely cry out for their own version of the Fancy Carrier Card. Down below are cards for the flying carriers of SGWAS: Tropic of Capricorn. They’re in color, with the basing boxes (use them just like the plain ones on the generic carrier sheet included in the game - which doesn;t even have airship icons on it!) plus the airship data from the hit records. You can mark off hits with counters or coins, or slip the card into a sleeve and mark on it with a grease pencil just like a real staff officer.

Santos-Dumont Flying Carrier Card

Brasil Flying Carrier Card

Bradley Flying Carrier Card

Zuloago Flying Carrier Card

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Mike Bennighof is president of Avalanche Press and holds a doctorate in history from Emory University. A Fulbright Scholar and NASA Journalist in Space finalist, he has published an uncountable number of books, games and articles on historical subjects; a few of them were actually good. He lives in Birmingham, Alabama with his wife, three children and his dog, Leopold. Leopold enjoys gnawing his deer antler and editing Wikipedia pages.

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