The Allure of Flight in Board Games
The fascination with aviation has long permeated popular culture, and board games are no exception. Aviation-themed board games encapsulate the spirit of flight, ranging from the early days of air travel to modern air combat.
Historical Context
The history of flight has had a profound influence on game themes, showcasing pioneering adventures, wartime dogfights, and the evolution of commercial air travel. It allows players to experience the thrill of pioneering aviators or strategize as air traffic controllers in a busy airport.
Game Mechanics
In these games, flight mechanics often involve route planning, resource management, and tactical maneuvers. Simulation of aerodynamics, fuel management, and weather conditions can add layers of complexity and realism.
Notable Examples
Games like "Wingspan," where players aim to attract birds to their wildlife reserves, subtly include flight as a theme. More direct representations are found in war games such as "Wings of Glory," which simulates aerial combat. Finally, "Ticket to Ride: Airships" expands the classic train route-building game into the skies, adding a new dimension to family game night.
Conclusion
The aviation theme in board games appeals to those enchanted by the freedom of the skies and the intricacies of air travel. With diverse mechanics and historical contexts, these games continue to soar in popularity.
Aviation / Flight themed Pick-up and Deliver games
As seen on Kickstarter! Connecting Flights is a board game for 1-5 players, where your task is to manage an airline. The game can be played competitively (2-5 players) or in a solo/cooperative mode (1-3 players) in 60-150 mins.The competitive mode features...
Connecting Flights
$28.00
$25.00
Step into the shoes of an aviation tycoon and manage one of these companies competing for the contracts to establish and operate the first air mail service.Grab the incentives offered by the government by plotting the most efficient routes and developing...
Air Mail
$50.00
$28.00
Aviation / Flight themed Dice Rolling games
Aviation / Flight themed Campaign / Battle Card Driven games
Aviation / Flight themed games published by Happy meeple games
First in Flight
$54.99
Race to the record books with First in Flight, a lofty deck-building game that puts you in the earliest pilots' seats. Up to four players choose from historical aviation pioneers vying to conquer the skies by testing their flyers, improving their designs...
mostly positive, 76%
12 y/o +
1 to 4 players
45 minutes
Relaxed
Aviation / Flight
Industry / Manufacturing
Deck, Bag, and Pool Building
Push Your Luck
Race
Rondel
Aviation / Flight themed Strategy Game
Aviation / Flight themed Hand Management games
Alternate History and Aviation / Flight themed games
Aviation / Flight themed Auction/Bidding games
Tin Goose is a game for 3-5 players about building an airline business in the dawn of commercial aviation. Players buy planes, build networks, and manage disruptive events. The game takes 30 minutes per player.
Tin Goose
$59.95
$30.00
Planet Steam is a board game in which two to five players take the roles of entrepreneurs in a steampunk boomtown, racing to assemble equipment, claim plots of land, extract resources, and accumulate riches. After harvesting resources using tanks and...
Planet Steam (2nd Edition)
$19.95
$12.00
