Rise of the Luftwaffe is the first of the DiF series that simulate World War 2 air combat. Each player has a hand of maneuver cards which he uses to improve his position relative to an enemy plane or fire on the enemy. The opponent is allowed to counter the maneuver by playing cards of his own, to which original player can counter back, etc. The last player to play a card determines whether the original action occurs or not.

A dogfight lasts a mere 6 turns and take about 15 minutes to play. There are also campaign games which represent a number of interconnected missions and various operations the players can take. A campaign can take about 2-3 hours.

In this first game, players take on the personages of the early European fighter aces, flying Bf-109s with Molders and Galland, JU-87 Stukas with Rudel, Spitfires and Hurricanes with Douglas Bader or the American "Eagle" squadron, and even French Moranes with L'Armee de l'Air or PF-11cs with the brave but outnumbered Poles. The game extends as late as 1942, allowing players to fly and fight German Fw-190s, Russian MiGs and Yaks, and even American P-38s and B-25s.

Each game in the series includes the Campaigns, wherein you are allowed to re-fight over a period of days or weeks the key air campaigns of the era. In Rise Of The Luftwaffe, you get campaigns for Poland, France, The Battle of Britain, Crete, North Africa, and the opening stages of Operation Barbarossa in Russia.

Eighth Air Force is a fast-action card game that allows players to experience the tension and thrill of aerial combat over Europe during World War II. It provides players with the major fighter and bomber aircraft flown by the German, British, Russian and United States air forces. You'll experience the dawn of the jet age with the introduction of the German Me-262; the pressure of leading British Lancaster heavy bomber formation at night; and the maximum effort needed to sustain the wings of the United States Eighth Air Force.

Included are six new Air Campaigns from the early US Air Force Daylight Bombing missions of 1942 to the Royal Air Force Night Bombing missions of 1944. Also included are four famous air operations: the British Dam Busters Raid of 1943; the German 1942-43 Stalingrad Airlift; the Schweinfurt Raids of 1943; and Operation Blue Monday, the destruction of the V-1 and V-2 rocket launch sites.

Note: To play Eighth Air Force, you need a copy of Rise of the Luftwaffe, Volume One in the Down in Flames Series.