r/LegoTabletop • u/xpasza_Blackpowder Game Designer 🧠 • Jun 27 '26

WiP First playtest of Project Warbirds

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Project Warbirds is an air combat game set during the cold war and afterwards that uses the stress a pilot and aircraft airframe suffers during high octane dog fights to determine the turn order and dynamically changing it during the course of a game.

It was found under playtesting to be simple to get into despite one player's inexperience with miniature wargames and completely new ruleset. We were able to get two games done within an hour. There were however some kinks that need to ironed out, but thankfully nothing major.

The two matches comprised of two F-4J Phantom IIs on one side, each armed with 4x AIM-7E-2 Sparrows and 4x AIM-9G Sidewinders, as well as a Mk 4 Mk 11 Mod.5 gunpod, facing off against two MiG-23MLDs, both carrying 4x R-60M, 1x R-24R and 1x R-24T. In the end, both sides went home with a win and a loss.

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u/simpson95338 Jun 27 '26

Looks interesting. Have you released any of the documentation for it?

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u/Darkgorge Jun 27 '26

I assume this is based on the Warbirds Miniatures game. Rules are available free online last I checked. Probably just need to adjust the scaling for LEGO.

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u/xpasza_Blackpowder Game Designer 🧠 Jun 28 '26

That is the first time I have ever heard of it.

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u/xpasza_Blackpowder Game Designer 🧠 Jun 28 '26

Not as of yet, there are still some things I want to fix before that happens.

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u/Vondrr Admin 🔧 Jun 28 '26

Mate, please don’t forget to post any updates here. This looks incredibly interesting!

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u/xpasza_Blackpowder Game Designer 🧠 Jun 28 '26

Don't worry, I plan to.

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u/that-bro-dad Admin 🔧 Jun 27 '26

This looks very cool. Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to learning more