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Israeli Air Force Leader
2017
Rules assistance for Israeli Air Force Leader
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 1 player
- 30 min
- Complexity 2.6/5
For 1 player
Rules assistant for Israeli Air Force Leader
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Israeli Air Force Leader is a board game released in 2017 for 1 player and 30 minutes per game. It was designed by Dan Verssen and Kevin Verssen and its main mechanics are Area Movement, Dice Rolling, and Simulation.
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About the game
This is the newest entry in DVG's Air Leader series. Like the other games in this series, IAF Leader is a solitaire game of air-to-air and air-to-ground combat. Each mission takes roughly 30 minutes to set-up, plan, and resolve. Players select a squadron of pilots before each campaign. Each of your pilots has their own skills. Selecting the right pilots and weapons for a mission is vital to its success. As you fly missions, your pilots will gain experience and fatigue. With experience, their skills improve, but as their fatigue increases, their skills decrease and they might not be able to fly for several missions. This installment covers all the historical and some hypothetical wars involving Israel from 1948 through to year 2020. The game features historically accurate aircraft and weapons for each war.
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Designers
Publishers
- Dan Verssen Games (DVG)
Questions and answers
Israeli Air Force Leader 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 listed playing time for Israeli Air Force Leader is 30 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
Israeli Air Force Leader has a complexity rating of 2.6 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Israeli Air Force Leader belongs to these categories: Wargame, Modern Warfare, and Aviation / Flight. Its main mechanics are Area Movement, Dice Rolling, and Simulation. 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 Israeli Air Force Leader are: Dan Verssen and Kevin Verssen. 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 Israeli Air Force Leader as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.