L'Aéropostale Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• 1. Content
  • Contents check-up
  • 1.1. Airplanes
  • 1.2. Company instrument panel
  • 1.3. Strips
  • 1.4. Weather cards
• 2. Setting up the 1919-1939 scenario for 4 players
• 3. Game turn
  • 3.1. Phases
  • 3.2. First player
  • 3.3. Phase 1 — Weather
  • 3.4. Phase 2 — Registering for the meeting
  • 3.5. Phase 3 — Actions
  • 3.6. Phase 4 — Resolving the meeting
  • 3.7. Phase 5 — Maintenance and recovery
  • 3.8. Phase 6 — Marking continental supremacy
• 4. Actions
  • 4.1. Create stop
    • 4.1.1. Cities
    • 4.1.2. Creating a stop
      • 4.1.2.1. Weather effect
  • 4.2. Making a run
    • 4.2.1. Line
      • 4.2.1.1. Weather effect
    • 4.2.2. Contract
    • 4.2.3. Making the run
    • 4.2.4. Winnings
    • 4.2.5. Bonus for pioneers
    • 4.2.6. Increasing the trade value of a stop
    • 4.2.7. Monopoly
  • 4.3. Breaking a record
    • 4.3.1. You can break 3 different records:
    • 4.3.2. Record track
    • 4.3.3. Breaking a record action
      • 4.3.3.1. If your game piece is the only one at the highest occupied level on that record line, you break the world record and collect the associated tile which you immediately place under one of your airplane tokens.
      • 4.3.3.2. Otherwise, you just break your personal record.
    • 4.3.4. Summary
  • 4.4. Participating in a meeting
  • 4.5. Recruiting a pilot
    • 4.5.1. Rookie pilot
    • 4.5.2. Pilot from another company
    • 4.5.3. Seasoned pilot
    • 4.5.4. Legendary pilot
      • 4.5.4.1. Feat
  • 4.6. Increasing your logistics capacity
  • 4.7. Reorganizing your fleet
• 5. Wings
  • 5.1. Running a line
  • 5.2. Bonus for pioneers
  • 5.3. Breaking a record
  • 5.4. Creating a stop in La Paz
  • 5.5. Placing the wings
  • 5.6. Continental supremacy
  • 5.7. Converting wings
• 6. End of the game
• 7. Detail of weather cards
  • Effects of strips
• 8. Scenarios
  • Introduction scenario (3 turns max.)
  • Short scenario 1919-1929 (4 turns max.)
  • Campaign 1919-1939 (6 turns max.)
  • Scenario "La Paz - the race" (5 turns max.)
  • Scenario "supremacy" (6 turns max.)
• 9. [option] Tokens for the maximum value of a stop

1. Content

Contents check-up

I invite you to use this short check-up list to make sure everything is in the box as it should before you take off.

• One game board
• 30 pilot tokens
  • 15 white rookie pilots
  • 10 grey seasoned pilots
  • 5 legendary pilots
• 1 six-sided die
• 1 special "record" die
• 1 white turn game piece
• 1 black phase game piece
• 1 first player card
• 60 stop strips
• 74 wing markers
• 8 meeting bonus markers
• 55 weather cards
• 5 legendary pilot cards
• 3 record tiles
• 11 maximum value tokens for stops

For each of the 5 companies:

• 33 wood cubes
• 2 monopoly tiles
• 2 meeting cards
• 1 legendary pilot strip
• 12 airplane design tokens
• 5 airplane figures
• 5 transparent bases
• 1 black logistics cylinder
• 1 company instrument panel
• 3 record game pieces

1.1. Airplanes

Corner stone of this odyssey, airplane designs are represented by tokens. Each company has 12 designs: 3 starting designs and 9 additional and increasingly efficient designs that will become available during play.

An airplane token represents an actual fleet of airplanes of that design.

Each airplane design has 3 scores: capacity, fuel consumption and range. Each airplane token used by the player is associated with a figure. The token remains on the instrument panel while the figure is moved on the game board.

Capacity. The number indicates quantity, while icons indicate the type of elements the plane can transport during an action: mail, freight, passengers.

The record icons on the token are: record type — None, Speed, Distance, Altitude (ceiling).

Fuel consumption. The number of logistics points required to use the plane.

Range. The maximum number of geographical lines the plane can cross during an action. The only planes capable of crossing the Andes are those with a red range score.

Example: the Latécoère 28-3 has a capacity of 1 for mail (only), its fuel consumption is 2. It can cross a maximum of 3 geographical lines per action and becomes available when the distance record is raised to level 3 or more (see record table on the board).

1.2. Company instrument panel

You use an instrument panel to manage your company. The panel shows a summary of the game phases, the logistics gauge with the meeting bonus spaces, and the plane management area (available, assigned and recovering conditions).

Gauge. Indicates the logistics capacity of the company.

Plane management. A company starts with its 3 starting designs set in the middle. The 3 figures are placed above them in the "available" condition. The area beneath is for the "under maintenance" condition (the planes are unavailable).

Pilot management. The panel has areas for pilots that are available, assigned and recovering (unavailable).

Example: let's look at the instrument panel of the Latécoère company during setup. Latécoère has 4 logistics points and 3 available rookie pilots. Its three starting designs are there, all available: the associated figures are on green circles.

1.3. Strips

This is the name we give to the tiles used at stops. There are 20 strips for each continent. The illustration on the back of the tile and in the background of the front of the tile is specific to each continent.

Note: strips were small paper "progress strips" on which air controllers had all the useful information about flights they were in charge of.

A strip has two halves.

• Creating a stop. Half used when creating a stop.
• Run. Half used when making a run. Holds the contract: the number and type of elements to be delivered at this stop.

Each half shows:

• Trade value. Expressed in wings for the run half; Winnings.
• Special effect.

Example 1: this Europe strip has a created stop trade value of 2, it offers a contract for 1 mail for one bronze wing.

Example 2: this South America strip has a created trade value of 3, it has a special effect (loss of a pilot). The contract requires 3 elements of any type for no winning.

1.4. Weather cards

Each geographical line has its own weather card draw pile. These cards are progressively turned up as companies cross these lines. They may or may not trigger specific effects for the whole turn.

• Run. The effect applies to runs.
• Creating a stop. The effect applies during the creation of a stop.
• Striped lining. Green for a favorable effect. Red for a negative effect.
• Effect applied when the geographical line is crossed.
• When this symbol is present, the effect of the card does not cumulate with the effect of an identical card for crossing another line.
• Card number. Used in scenarios.

The back of the cards for the 5 geographical lines: pyrenees, sahara, atlantic, amazonia, andes.

2. Setting up the 1919-1939 scenario for 4 players

The following setup is for the 1919-1939 scenario for 4 players. Other scenarios differ only in a few aspects. See "Scenarios".

Set the game board on the table. The board features:

• a record track,
• a wings table,
• a pilot reserve area,
• a meeting area,
• a track of turns and actions,
• a map of Europe, Africa and South America.
• 5 locations for the weather card draw piles.

5-player game: put one less strip than there are players on each of the player starting stops in Europe, including Barcelona. Put 1 yellow cube instead of 3 for the CAT company in Barcelona. [option] You can decrease competition in Europe, Africa and South America (see "[option] Tokens for the maximum value of a stop").

2-or-3-player game: put monopoly tiles of the appropriate color face down for each unplayed company on the respective starting stops. These cities cannot be used. [option] Increase competition in Africa and in South America (see "[option] Tokens for the maximum value of a stop").

1. Record track. Put 6 bronze wings, 2 gold wings and the 3 colored game pieces for each player (one on each record type as well as the 3 record tiles).

2. Wings. Put wings of the appropriate color on every dotted location on the game board (see illustration). If there is a number, place that many wings.

Company instrument panel. Each player chooses a company, takes the corresponding instrument panel, and puts on it:

• a logistics game piece (black cylinder) on 4,
• 3 rookie pilots (white tokens) in the available area (green),
• its 3 starting plane tokens and 3 figures in the available area.

Players also take the cubes, the 2 meeting cards, the legendary pilot strip and the 2 monopoly tiles of their color.

The player then puts 3 of his cubes on his starting stop (the starting city of the player's company in Europe).

3. Pilots reserve. Put 2 seasoned pilots per player as well as the 5 legendary pilots here.

4. Meeting. Put the meeting bonus markers: 4 x +3, 4 x +2.

5. Turns and actions. Put the white pawn on circle 1 and the black pawn on the weather circle.

Weather cards. Shuffle 5 draw piles and put them face down on the locations for the geographical lines: Pyrenees Py, Sahara sa, Atlantic at, Amazonia am and Andes an.

Note: the last geographical line, the one on the Pacific, has no weather to it. Weather is considered to be neutral there.

The Andes geographical line is drawn in red as a reminder that it can only be crossed by planes that have a red range number (or have the altitude record bonus).

7. Strips. Sort the strips by continent (the back illustrations represent a plain for Europe, a desert for Africa and a forest for South America).

Put as many strips as there are players face down on each of the 4 stops in South America and each of the 4 stops in Africa.

Put one strip less than there are players on each of the player starting stops in Europe and as many as there are players in Barcelona.

Excess strips are returned to the box without looking at them.

3. Game turn

3.1. Phases

The game turn is split into 6 phases:

• Phase 1 — Weather,
• Phase 2 — Registering for the meeting,
• Phase 3 — Actions 1 to 4,
• Phase 4 — Resolving the meeting,
• Phase 5 — Maintenance and recovery
• Phase 6 — Marking continental supremacy.

3.2. First player

On the first turn, the 1st player is the manager of Latécoère. After that, whoever won the meeting on the previous turn becomes the first player (exception: introduction scenario, see "Scenarios").

3.3. Phase 1 — Weather

For each geographical line where a weather card is face up, the 1st player turns up a new card and places it on top of the previous one, effectively replacing it.

The new weather is active until the end of the turn.

3.4. Phase 2 — Registering for the meeting

Every player decides whether he/she registers to participate in the meeting. You have 2 meeting cards, one "yes" (with icons) and one "no" (grey).

Once everyone has chosen a card and put it face down in front of them, reveal the cards simultaneously. Then put your chosen card next to your instrument panel. The meeting is resolved in phase 4.

3.5. Phase 3 — Actions

This phase is split into 4 sub-phases. During each sub-phase, players take turns carrying out 1 action. Begin with the first player. If you do not want to do an action, you pass.

The detailed list of possible actions is in "Actions".

3.6. Phase 4 — Resolving the meeting

Every player who registered for the meeting (see 3.4) and has sent a pilot (see 4.4) rolls a 6-sided die. A seasoned pilot adds 1 to the result and a legendary pilot 2.

The company with the highest score wins, the next highest is second, and so on. Reroll to break ties (pilot modifiers still apply). The meeting rewards the winner with a +3 logistics bonus token and the second ranked participant with a +2. These tokens may be used later during an Increase logistics action (see 4.5).

In addition, the player who won the meeting becomes first player.

Note: meetings was a way for the companies to grow up their development (fame, advertising, money).

3.7. Phase 5 — Maintenance and recovery

Execute the following actions in the indicated order:

A. Recovering pilots and airplanes in maintenance (red areas) become available once more. Put them back in green areas.

B. Airplanes on the board and pilots in the orange area (or on a meeting card) respectively go to maintenance and recovery for the next turn. Move them to the red area.

3.8. Phase 6 — Marking continental supremacy

Wings associated with continental supremacy of Europe, Africa and South America are assigned (see 5.6).

4. Actions

You can do the same action several times during the same turn. Here's the list of actions you can undertake during phase 3 (see 3.5):

CREATE STOP	MAKING A RUN	MEETING
RECRUIT PILOT	LOGISTICS	RECORD
QUICK RECOVERY	QUICK MAINTENANCE	REORGANIZE FLEET

4.1. Create stop

4.1.1. Cities

Each city on the board has several characteristics:

• a maximum trade value for the maximum number of cubes it can hold,
• a half-circle area to put cubes in,
• 5 slots for strips,
• a runway to put airplane figures in.

4.1.2. Creating a stop

You can create a stop in a city where you have none. Choose a city in which you have a stop from which to take off, choose which city you want to land in in order to create a stop, and what design of airplane you use. The design must be capable of completing the flight:

• fuel consumption must not be higher than the available logistics points.
• range must be at least equal to the number of geographical lines crossed, and written in red if one of them is the Andes.

Note: creating a stop represents one or more exploration and reconnaissance flights followed by the construction of an airfield.

4.1.2.1. Weather effect

Weather cards of every geographical line you cross are taken into account (see "Detail of weather cards"). If your plane crosses one or more geographical lines for which the weather card is not turned up yet, turn up the top card of the pile.

Example: Sabena wants to create a stop in DAKAR from BRUSSELS where it already has a stop. The Pyrenees weather card is already turned up (bad weather, +1 logistics cost) but not the Sahara one.

Sabena (continued) reveals the Sahara weather card and applies the effects of both cards. Only one card is taken into account as identical effects do not add up.

Weather effects may prevent you from creating the stop, or bring you to change your mind.

Continued example: Sabena had only 2 logistics points left to create a stop with an airplane design that already consumes 2. As the effect of the weather card is to increase the cost of logistics by 1 for a total of 3, the action is impossible.

Warning! even if you cancel the creation of the stop, you have spent your action.

If you still want to create the stop, you must:

1. use an available pilot (green area) and move it down (orange area) on the instrument panel,
2. spend the required number of logistics points (as indicated in the lower left corner of the plane you used),
3. put the plane's figure on the runway of the chosen city to create the stop,
4. reveal the first face down strip of the city.

Continued example: it is now Latécoère's turn to play. It knows the weather information revealed by Sabena. It has 3 logistics points. It decides to make a TOULOUSE - DAKAR flight to create a stop with a Laté 28-1, uses one pilot, spends its 3 logistics points (cost of the Laté 28-1 + 1 for weather) and places its figure on the DAKAR runway.

You then place as many cubes of your color as indicated on the strip. The total number of cubes for all players cannot exceed the maximum capacity of the city.

Continued example: Latécoère turns the first unrevealed strip up. Its "creating a stop" value is 4. The maximum trade value of DAKAR is 8. KLM is already implanted with a stop trade value of 3 and Luft Hansa with a stop trade value of 2. There are only 3 trade points left (8-3-2). Latécoère creates a stop with a trade value of 3 and puts only 3 cubes.

The number of cubes of your color is the trade value of the stop for you. That number may change during the game (see 4.2.6).

If the strip has a special effect in its "creating a stop" half, apply it (if possible).

Warning! you cannot create a stop in a city that has already reached maximum trade capacity, it is "full". So make sure other players don't beat you to the city.

The strip remains in place. It is not specific to the player who revealed it. Its "run" half can be used by any company that has a stop in the city.

4.2. Making a run

4.2.1. Line

A line runs between 2 cities your company is implanted in (i.e. you have at least one cube there). You declare which line you wish to run.

Example: KLM has a stop in DAKAR worth 3, and a stop in NATAL worth 1. KLM decides to run the DAKAR - NATAL line.

4.2.1.1. Weather effect

Apply the effects of weather cards for all geographical lines crossed (see "Detail of weather cards").

4.2.2. Contract

In order to run a line, take off from one of the two cities and land in the other while executing at least one of its contracts, i.e. use the plane to transport the various elements of cargo (mail, freight and/or passengers) in the quantity requested by the contract(s).

Continued example: KLM can use the Fokker VIII and its capacity of any 3 elements to execute the contract in NATAL which requests 2 mails, or the 2 contracts in DAKAR which request 1 mail / 1 passenger.

4.2.3. Making the run

Use one of the available pilots (green area) and move it down (orange area) on your instrument panel, spend the required number of logistics points, put the plane's figure on the runway of the chosen city, and execute at least one of its contracts.

4.2.4. Winnings

Winnings for running a line depend on the contracts executed. Decide which contracts you wish to execute within the capacity of the plane you used for the run. You earn the associated wings which you take from the reserve, and you put them on your wing column (at the top of the game board).

Continued example: thanks to its Fokker VIII, KLM can choose between running from DAKAR and executing the present contract in NATAL for 1 gold wing, or running from NATAL and executing the two contracts in DAKAR for 3 bronze wings.

Contracts you executed remain and can be used again, on any turn and by any player.

4.2.5. Bonus for pioneers

Making a run provides extra rewards when your company is the first to deliver a product to a continent or by crossing one or more geographical lines during the same run (see 5.2).

4.2.6. Increasing the trade value of a stop

Running a line also increases the trade value of the stop where the contracts are executed.

Increase the trade value by 1 for each contract you execute there. Just add a cube of your color to the city.

If the city is already at maximum capacity, your increase means an equal decrease for other companies in the city: for every cube you add, remove one cube belonging to another company so the maximum trade capacity of the city is never exceeded. You can thus drive a company out of a city!

Some weather cards apply bonuses or penalties when you increase the trade value of a stop (see "Detail of weather cards").

Continued example: KLM chooses to execute the 2 contracts in DAKAR despite the meager 3 bronze wings they bring (compared to the gold wing for the contract in NATAL), because it can improve the trade value of this stop by 2 cubes (1 per contract). KLM's trade value in DAKAR is 3. Latécoère's and Sabena's are both 2. KLM adds 2 cubes and ends up with 5. It must remove 2 cubes from Latécoère and/or Luft Hansa so as not to exceed DAKAR's capacity of 7. KLM decides to drive Luft Hansa out of DAKAR and removes its 2 cubes.

4.2.7. Monopoly

If you increase the trade value of a stop and end up removing the last opposing cube and being the only company in the city with as many cubes as the city's maximum capacity, you have a monopoly. If you have a monopoly, put one of your monopoly tiles on the city.

Example: a KLM monopoly tile. All strips and cubes are discarded. The only contract available in this city is the one indicated on the monopoly tile. Other companies cannot create stops in this city.

Note: the concept of monopoly is inappropriate for the time, but it represents actual historical competition or exclusivity deals for the use of airfields.

4.3. Breaking a record

The "Breaking a record" action requires a pilot. Move the pilot from the "available" area (green) to the "used" area (orange) of the instrument panel.

4.3.1. You can break 3 different records:

• the Speed record,
• the Distance record,
• the Altitude record.

4.3.2. Record track

The record track on the board has a line for each record type, with squares numbered 1 through 5 for the level of the record. Place a game piece of your color to indicate your personal level in each of the record types.

At the start of the game, no record has been set and the game pieces are put in the leftmost square of each line. Each type of record is held by the player whose game piece is on the square of highest level (the rightmost).

4.3.3. Breaking a record action

Declare which record you intend to break (speed, distance, altitude) and whether it is a world or personal record. You can only break a world record by one level. For example, if a world record is at level 3, you break it if you raise it to level 4.

You break a personal record by raising it to any level up to the world record (you do not break the world record).

In any case, you must have a number of logistics points at least equal to the target record level.

The record is automatically broken, put your game piece on the appropriate square of the record track.

Determine the actual number of logistics points you spend by: rolling a record die (special die), adding +1 for a seasoned pilot or +2 for a legendary pilot, and subtracting the modified roll from the record level.

Note: the record die simulates how well you are prepared, as well as weather conditions and luck.

Example: Latécoère decides to use a seasoned pilot to break KLM's world speed record of level 2. Latécoère succeeds by raising the record to level 3. Latécoère has 3 logistics points, the bare minimum. Its player rolls the record die, gets 1 and adds 1 for a seasoned pilot. So it needs to spend 1 logistics point (level = 3 - the die roll modified for pilot = 2).

4.3.3.1. If your game piece is the only one at the highest occupied level on that record line, you break the world record and collect the associated tile which you immediately place under one of your airplane tokens.

• Speed record: +1 capacity,
• Distance record: cross an additional +1 geographical line for +1 logistics point,
• Altitude record: ability to cross the Andes.

In addition, if you used a rookie pilot, immediately replace it with a seasoned pilot, provided there are any left in stock. Return the rookie pilot token to the rookie pilot recruitment reserve.

4.3.3.2. Otherwise, you just break your personal record.

Whether you break a personal or world record, collect all the airplane designs you didn't have yet, as well as the wings, that are on the line of the record and in squares up to the record level.

Continued example: Latécoère breaks the world speed record at level 3 and collects 2 new airplane designs (a Blériot-Spad 33 and a Farman 121) as well as 2 bronze wings.

Immediately put these tokens on your instrument panel, provided you have space for them, as well as a figure for each token which you place on the green circle above the token.

You may also reorganize your fleet for free (see 4.7). Excess airplanes are kept in reserve.

Warning! when the world record is at 5, you can still break it with 6 logistics points.

Note: a company can decide to break a record it already holds (whether a personal or world record) in order for example to access a new airplane design.

4.3.4. Summary

Breaking your personal record by raising it to a level that is no higher than the world record enables you to:

• access new airplane designs,
• reorganize your fleet.

Breaking the world record enables you to:

• upgrade a pilot from rookie to seasoned,
• access new airplane designs,
• reorganize your fleet,
• get the associated record bonus tile.

4.4. Participating in a meeting

You can only do this action if you registered for the meeting in phase 2 (see 3.4).

The "Participating in a meeting" action requires a pilot.

Note: participation is financed by a sponsor or a patron, hence the zero cost in logistics points.

You use an available pilot by putting him on your meeting card.

Example: KLM uses a seasoned pilot for a +1 to the die roll.

Even though you registered, you may choose not to participate by sending no pilot to the meeting. In that case, you are considered "persona non grata" for next turn's meeting and forbidden to participate.

This is represented by immediately placing your "no" card face up during the next Registering for the meeting phase (see 3.4).

4.5. Recruiting a pilot

4.5.1. Rookie pilot

Recruit a rookie pilot by taking a token from the pilot area and putting it on your instrument panel in the "available" area. You may not undertake this action if there are no more rookie pilots in stock on the board.

Warning! rookies can neither land in nor take off from South America.

4.5.2. Pilot from another company

You can recruit a rookie pilot (but neither a seasoned nor a legendary one) from another company provided you have more logistics points than the target company and the coveted rookie pilot is available (green area).

You align your logistics level with the target company's.

Example: KLM is up with 3 logistics points, while Sabena has 3, Luft Hansa 2 and Latécoère 0. KLM can recruit a rookie pilot from Luft Hansa or Latécoère. It needs to adjust its logistics level to 2 if it recruits from Luft Hansa or to 0 if it recruits from Latécoère.

Note: a company could invest heavily to recruit a pilot on a competitor's roster.

4.5.3. Seasoned pilot

You cannot recruit a seasoned pilot, you need to break a record to get one (see 4.3). A seasoned pilot gets a +1 when rolling for meetings and records. In addition, it can fly in South America.

4.5.4. Legendary pilot

Every player has a "Legendary pilot" strip.

When creating a stop in Africa, you can decide to use this strip instead of the one you are supposed to reveal. Announce you are doing so before revealing the strip. Reveal the strip you replaced then remove it from the game.

Example: Sabena creates a stop in CASABLANCA using a rookie pilot. Rather than revealing the first face down strip, it chooses to discard it and replace it with its Legendary pilot strip. It puts one of its (magenta) cubes in CASABLANCA.

The trade value of a "Legendary pilot" strip is 1 and its special effect consists in turning the pilot used to create the stop into a legendary pilot. Return the former pilot to the pilot reserve area. Choose a legendary pilot token among those still available in the pilot reserve area, take the associated card and put it next to your instrument panel with the "feat" side up.

Continued example: Sabena chooses Maryse Bastié, takes her card and her token which replace the rookie pilot. The rookie pilot is returned to the area for available rookie pilots.

A legendary pilot gets a +2 when rolling for meetings and records. It can fly in South America.

Once per game, a legendary pilot can execute a feat. The pilot's card is then turned over to indicate the feat has been executed and is no longer available.

4.5.4.1. Feat

It enables you to ignore the effect of a weather card or to use the legendary pilot's specific ability described on its card.

Each legendary pilot card carries a "+2" bonus and an achievement line. Maryse Bastié: "Achievement! Gains an additional +2 bonus when going for the record, OR cancels the effect of a weather card."

Example: Guillaumet's specific ability is to ignore a strip's "death of a pilot" effect.

You can decide to use your legendary pilot's feat during any action it is involved in.

Example: Latécoère decides to create a stop in SANTIAGO from BUENOS AIRES with a Potez 25 (an airplane that can cross the red Andes line) piloted by Guillaumet. The weather is known and good. Latécoère reveals the strip "death of a pilot". Guillaumet's feat cancels the effect. The stop is created and the legendary pilot card is turned over.

4.6. Increasing your logistics capacity

Note: logistics represents the material and financial means of the company.

Increase your logistics capacity by the number in white where your logistics black cylinder is, moving that piece up by that number of spaces. You can also spend a bonus token, won during a previous meeting.

Example: Sabena has 2 logistics points and a +2 bonus token. It uses its 2nd action to increase its logistics capacity using its bonus token. Its capacity goes up by 4 points (+2 as indicated on the space and +2 from the bonus) and the logistics game piece goes up to 6.

4.7. Reorganizing your fleet

You can reorganize your fleet by trading one or more of your airplane designs on your instrument panel with those in your reserve. You can also reassign the record bonus tiles. Put the new airplane tokens where the former ones are. The figures remain where they are.

Example: you replace a design whose figure is in maintenance. The new design is also in maintenance.

4.8. Quick maintenance

An airplane under maintenance immediately becomes available. It costs one logistics point. The figure is moved up to the corresponding green circle.

4.9. Quick recovery

A recovering seasoned or legendary pilot immediately becomes available. The pilot's token is moved up to the "available" area (green).

5. Wings

You can earn wings in the following ways:

5.1. Running a line

Depending on contracts (see 4.2.4).

5.2. Bonus for pioneers

When you are the first to transport mail, freight and/or passengers to a continent and/or by crossing a geographical line.

Warning! these rewards are granted in the following order: mail ► freight ► passengers. A reward is won only if the previous ones have already been won or are won during the same run.

When you are the first to cross x geographical lines while executing at least one contract:

Lines crossed	Reward
2 lines	1 bronze wing
3 lines	2 bronze wings
4 lines	3 bronze wings
5 lines	1 gold wing

When a company receives one of these rewards, it discards all the wings for shorter distances.

Example: Latécoère makes a run from TOULOUSE to DAKAR with its Laté 28-1 and honors the contract that requests mail. It wins the bronze wing for the Pyrenees, two bronze wings for the Sahara, the one for Africa and finally the one for crossing two lines, for a total of 5 bronze wings. Latécoère discards the bronze wing for crossing a distance of one line.

5.3. Breaking a record

Depending on breaking records.

5.4. Creating a stop in La Paz

You win a diamond wing when you create a stop in LA PAZ.

5.5. Placing the wings

All these wing rewards are placed on the game board at the start of the game. Excess wings are put in reserve next to the game board.

5.6. Continental supremacy

At the end of each turn, whoever has supremacy over a continent gets a gold wing, drawn from the reserve.

Supremacy is determined by counting the number of cubes per player on the continent, plus the maximum trade value of every city where a player has monopoly.

In case of a tie, the player who has the most stops on the continent wins (1 point per stop, a monopoly counts for 3 points). If the tie remains, no one gets the wing.

Example: during the first turn in a 4-player game, Sabena created a stop in BARCELONA worth 3 and another in BERLIN worth 2. KLM created a stop in TOULOUSE worth 5. These 2 companies are tied for supremacy over Europe (8 cubes each) but Sabena has 3 stop points (BARCELONA, BERLIN and BRUSSELS) versus 2 for KLM (TOULOUSE and AMSTERDAM). Sabena wins the gold wing, drawn from the reserve and placed in her wing column.

5.7. Converting wings

You may convert wings at any time:

• 4 bronze wings into 1 gold wing,
• 3 gold wings into 1 platinum wing,
• 2 platinum wings into 1 diamond wing.

The reverse operation is never possible.

Note: we advise you always wait until the last minute before converting wings. You might even want to refrain sometimes...

Every company has 10 slots for its wings:

• 4 bronze slots,
• 3 gold slots,
• 2 platinum slots,
• 1 diamond slot.

6. End of the game

Victory conditions depend on the scenario (see "Scenarios").

7. Detail of weather cards

Each card applies when the geographical line is crossed; the effect is applied during the creation of a stop (striped lining) or to runs. Where the non-cumulative symbol is present, the effect of the card does not cumulate with the effect of an identical card for crossing another line.

Card	Effect
Clear weather — Pyrénées #1	One bronze wing for any one element transported during a run.
Clear weather — Pyrénées #2	Two bronze wings for passengers transported during a run.
Favorable winds — Pyrénées #3	Crossing this line costs one less logistics. Fuel consumption cannot be lower than 1.
Ascending air — Pyrénées #4	Add an extra cube when increasing the value of a stop after a run.
Contrary winds — Pyrénées #5	Spend an extra logistics point to cross this line.
Bad weather — Pyrénées #6	Add one less cube when increasing the value of a stop after a run (minimum of 0).
Storm forecast — Pyrénées #7	Passengers refuse to board. You cannot make a run with passengers.
Thunderstorms — Pyrénées #8	The Pyrenees geographical line counts as 2 lines. An airplane needs to have at least range 2 to cross it.
Violent thunderstorms — Pyrénées #11	Mail only. One bronze wing for making a run with mail.
Sandstorms — Sahara #7	Only seasoned and legendary pilots can cross the geographical line.
Clear skies — Sahara #9	Add one more cube than indicated on the strip when creating a stop.
Downpours — Amazonie #7	Stops cannot have their values increased.
Violent thunderstorms — Atlantique #7	The Atlantic geographical line counts as 3. An airplane needs to have at least range 3 to cross it.
Ice storms — Cordillère des Andes #8	Only legendary pilots can cross.
Snowstorms — Cordillère des Andes #7	The Andes geographical line counts as 2 lines. An airplane needs to have at least range 2 to cross it.

Effects of strips

Special effects printed on stop strips:

Europe

• Navigation error (2). Lose the pilot if it is a rookie.
• Mechanical failure (3). Lose 1 logistics point, unless your gauge is at 0.

Africa

• Mechanical failure (2). Lose 1 logistics point, unless your gauge is at 0.
• Hostage (3). Choose between losing the pilot (rookie, seasoned or legendary) or 2 logistics points (if you have at least 2 logistics points).
• Army supplies (4). Gain 2 logistics points.

South America

• Repeated crashes (4). Lose the pilot, seasoned or legendary.
• Insufficient logistics (1). Lose 1 logistics point, unless your gauge is at 0.
• Favorable encounter (2). Gain 1 logistics points.
• Trade agreement (2). Gain 2 logistics points.

8. Scenarios

Introduction scenario (3 turns max.)

Victory conditions: the game ends whenever a company has 4 bronze wings and 3 gold wings, and wins; or after 3 game turns in which case the company with the most stop points wins (1 point per stop, a monopoly counts as 3 points). Break ties by number of records then number of monopolies then number of cubes.

Weather cards: weather cards are not used.

Special: do not play phases 1 (weather), 2 (meeting) and 4 (meeting). Do not play with legendary pilots.

First player: on the first turn, the first player is Latécoère; on each following turn the first player is the one with the least wings.

Short scenario 1919-1929 (4 turns max.)

Victory conditions: the game ends whenever a company has 4 bronze wings, 3 gold and 1 platinum, and wins; or after 4 game turns in which case the company that has the most stop points wins (1 point per stop, a monopoly counts as 3 points). Break ties by number of records then number of monopolies then number of cubes.

Weather cards: for each geographical line, shuffle weather cards numbered 1 through 8 into a draw pile. Place the pile on the line.

Campaign 1919-1939 (6 turns max.)

Victory conditions: the game ends whenever a company has 4 bronze wings, 3 gold and 1 platinum, and wins; or after 4 game turns in which case the company that has the most stop points wins (1 point per stop, a monopoly counts as 3 points). Break ties by number of records then number of monopolies then number of cubes.

Weather cards: for each geographical line, shuffle weather cards numbered 1 through 8 into a draw pile. Place the pile on the line.

Scenario "La Paz - the race" (5 turns max.)

Victory conditions: the first player who creates a stop in La Paz with its pilot alive after the creation wins. If no players has done so after 5 game turns, nobody wins.

Weather cards: shuffle the following weather cards into 5 the draw piles. Place the 5 piles on the 5 lines.

Line	Cards
Pyrenees	7 cards numbered 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12.
Sahara	7 cards numbered 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11.
Atlantic	6 cards numbered 2, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 11.
Amazonia	6 cards numbered 3, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11.
Andes	6 cards numbered 1, 4, 7, 8, 9 and 10.

Special: do not play with wings.

Scenario "supremacy" (6 turns max.)

Victory conditions: the game ends whenever a player creates a stop in La Paz or after 6 game turns, in which case the company that has the most stop points wins (1 point per stop, a monopoly counts as 3 points). Break ties by number of records then number of monopolies then number of cubes.

Weather cards: shuffle the following weather cards into 5 the draw piles. Place the 5 piles on the 5 lines.

Line	Cards
Pyrenees	7 cards numbered 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 12.
Sahara	7 cards numbered 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 11.
Atlantic	6 cards numbered 2, 3, 4, 7, 9 and 10.
Amazonia	6 cards numbered 3, 4, 6, 9, 10 and 11.
Andes	6 cards numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 9.

9. [option] Tokens for the maximum value of a stop

You can use these tokens to adjust the competition level depending on the feeling you want to get from the game or the number of players.

If you want to decrease the competition in Europe, put the token with a trade value of 9 in Barcelona and the 4 with a trade value of 10 on the starting stops of the companies.

If you want to increase the competition in Africa, decrease the maximum trade value of the stops by 1: Dakar (7), Nouakchott (6), Casablanca (5) and Tangier (5). If you want to decrease it, increase these same values by 1: Dakar (9), Nouakchott (8), Casablanca (7) and Tangier (7).

If you want to increase the competition in South America, decrease the maximum trade value of the stops by 1: Natal (5) and Buenos Aires (6). If you want to decrease it, increase these same values by 1: Natal (7) and Buenos Aires (8).