Chain Home radar
Sector station
Forward airfield
Port
London docks
Fourteen days, 13 to 26 August 1940. Wear Fighter Command down until it can no longer contest the sky over the Channel, before your own bomber arm bleeds out.
Each target is watched by the two nearest Chain Home stations. An undamaged station gives the RAF 2 points of warning, a lightly damaged one 1. With 1 point or less the RAF scrambles late: only half its fighters find you, and they arrive after the bombs have fallen.
Each escort step screens one RAF squadron. Bf 109s run short of fuel on long-range targets and screen only half as well; Bf 110s always screen half. Squadrons the escort cannot hold off go for the bombers. The Ju 87 is too short-legged for long-range targets and very vulnerable to fighters.
| Fire | Needs on d6 |
|---|---|
| Bf 109 at short range | 5+ |
| Bf 109 medium/long, Bf 110 | 6 |
| Bomber return fire | 6, one die per 2 steps |
| RAF vs Bf 109 / Bf 110 | 5+ / 4+ |
| RAF vs Ju 87 / other bombers | 3+ / 4+ |
Each surviving bomber step rolls one die. Radar needs 5+, airfields and ports 4+, London 3+. Ju 87s get +1 everywhere and Ju 88s +1 except on London; cloud costs 1. Each hit adds a damage point (max 3, knocked out). Hits on airfields can also catch squadrons on the ground.
RAF squadron destroyed 1. Damage point on radar or a forward airfield 1; on a sector station, port or London 2. You lose 1 point for every 2 steps of your own aircraft lost.
Bombing London earns points, but it relieves the airfields: that night every damaged airfield is patched up and the RAF gets extra replacements.
If Fighter Command falls to 12 squadrons you win outright. If your bomber force falls to 12 steps, the offensive is called off. Otherwise, after day 14: 130+ points is a Luftwaffe victory, 100 to 129 a stalemate, under 100 a British victory.
Your pilots overclaim and your intelligence staff believe them. The RAF strength shown is the Abwehr estimate, which runs low. Tick Umpire view to see the truth.