Twilight of the Luftwaffe Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Campaign Sequence of Play
• 6 Missions per Phase
  • German Conditions
  • German Aircraft
  • German Target-Bound
  • German Over Target
  • United States Conditions
  • United States Aircraft
  • United States Target-Bound
  • United States Over Target
• Early '45 and Late '45 Resources
  • Fighter Fuel Endurance
• Mission Targets
• Target Map
• Air Group Performance

Campaign Sequence of Play

• Draw Action Card to Determine Target
• Players Secretly Select, then Declare Condition Options
• Players Secretly Select Options for Mission
• Resolve Mission
• Determine Victory Points
• Determine Air Group Performance at End of Campaign

6 Missions per Phase

Each player may expend up to 2 numbered Resource Options from each category for each Mission.

German Conditions

1. Hs 295
2. Enzian
3. V-2 Attack on Allied Airfield
4. X-4

German Aircraft

5. FW-190D
6. He-162
7. Me-262A with Aerial Rockets
8. Me-163B with Jaegerfaust
9. Bf-109K → Me-163C
10. Ba-349A → He-P1077
11. Me-262A → Me-263 & Me-263

German Target-Bound

12. Late Arrival

German Over Target

13. Taifun

United States Conditions

1. Crew Morale
2. Tight Formations
3. Vital Target

United States Aircraft

4. Spitfire XIV
5. P-38L
6. Meteor → Vampire
7. P-51D & P-51D
8. P-51B → Meteor
9. P-47C → P-80A
10. P-47D & P-47D

United States Target-Bound

11. Diversionary Raid

United States Over Target

12. Block Busters
13. ECM

Early '45 and Late '45 Resources

The sheet prints one header line, "Early '45 Resources — Late '45 Resources", over two tables. The Axis table sits on the left and the Allied table on the right. The sheet does not print which period each table applies to beyond this layout; the transcription keeps the sheet's layout as printed. Values in parentheses are printed in parentheses on the sheet.

Fighter Fuel Endurance

Axis Aircraft	Drop Tanks	Internal Fuel
FW-190D	5	10
He-162	-	9
He-P1077	-	(6)
Ba-349A	-	3
Me-163B	-	3
Me-163C	-	(3)
Me-263	-	(9)
Me-262A	5	10

Allied Aircraft	Drop Tanks	Internal Fuel
P-38L	23	20
P-47C	10	20
P-51B	17	30
Meteor	-	16
P-47D	17	20
P-51D	24	30
Vampire	-	20
P-80A	12	20
Spitfire XIV	6

Mission Targets

The Action Card drawn determines the mission target. Each card gives a target number for Early '45 and for Late '45.

Action Card	Early '45	Late '45
Ace Pilot & Half Loop	1	1
Barrel Roll & Full Throttle	4	5
In My Sights (1B)	5	7
In My Sights (2B & 3B)	7	8
Maneuvering & Scissors	6	4
Out of the Sun	2	6
Vertical Roll & Tight Turn	3	3

Target Map

The map shows England, the English Channel, the North Sea, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia and Austria, with eight numbered target circles (#1 to #8). Each circle prints a target name, the aircraft listed beneath it, and (for most targets) a flak strength word with two numbers. The sheet does not explain those two numbers; the explanation would be in the missing magazine pages.

• #1 Martinvelt, V-Weapon Launch Site: 6 B-17G. Printed beneath as "Choose - 7/6" (the lower line is partly obscured on the scan, so this reading is uncertain).
• #2 Belgium, Dogfight: 2 P-47C, 1 Me-163C.
• #3 Augsburg, Rocket Aircraft Factory Complex: 3 B-29. Medium - 15/17.
• #4 Bonn, Industrial Center: 6 B-24J. Medium - 11/10.
• #5 Berlin, Industrial Center: 3 B-29. Medium - 19/16.
• #6 Kiel, Submarine Pens: 6 B-17G. Medium - 14/13.
• #7 Peenemunde, V-Weapon Factory Complex: 3 B-29. Medium - 20/17.
• #8 Remagen, Bridge: 2 Ar-234B. Medium - 9/8.

Air Group Performance

At the end of the campaign, the German VP minus the United States VP gives the Net VP. Look up the Net VP to find each side's performance.

Net VP	German	United States
0 or more	Extraordinary	Dismal
-1 to -100	Outstanding	Miserable
-101 to -150	Good	Poor
-151 to -200	Stalemate	Stalemate
-201 to -350	Poor	Good
-351 to -500	Miserable	Outstanding
-501 or less	Dismal	Extraordinary