
- BGG rank
- BGG #16,946
- BGG rating
- 8.5
Fulcrum Leader
- 1–2 players
- 45–120 min
- 2025

Rules assistance for Eagle Leader: Expansion #7 – Experimental Aircraft
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Eagle Leader: Expansion #7 – Experimental Aircraft is an expansion for Eagle Leader released in 2025 for 1 player and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Benjamin Chee and Philip S. Bolger-Cortez and its main mechanics are Simulation, Solo / Solitaire Game, and Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game.
As the enemy advances, prototypes are hurriedly rushed into battle, while trainers and aggressor units are drafted for frontline work. The Experimental Aircraft pack offers a speculative, "what if?" designs which never made it past the design stage in real-life, allowing you to take some of these cutting-edge, innovative aircraft into action. This set adds 56 cards and 58 counters to your Eagle Leader game, including: 54 x Aircraft cards (F-15 STOL / F-16XL / F-18 HARV / F-20 Tigershark / AST-21 Tomcat / F-29 / X-31 / F-21 Lion / Mirage G) 2 x Event cards 18 x Aircraft counters 40 x Munition counters -description from publisher
Eagle Leader: Expansion #7 – Experimental Aircraft supports 1 player according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
The catalogue lists Eagle Leader: Expansion #7 – Experimental Aircraft for ages 12 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Eagle Leader: Expansion #7 – Experimental Aircraft belongs to these categories: Card Game, Wargame, and Modern Warfare. Its main mechanics are Simulation, Solo / Solitaire Game, and Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Eagle Leader: Expansion #7 – Experimental Aircraft are: Benjamin Chee and Philip S. Bolger-Cortez. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Eagle Leader: Expansion #7 – Experimental Aircraft as an expansion for Eagle Leader. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Eagle Leader to use it. Check that your edition of Eagle Leader is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.