Until recently, I had always found tiny fliers in Dystopian Wars to be a pain in the butt to keep up with. However, with the recent rules revisions, using them has become both easier and more effective.
One problem remained for me, however: the model tokens themselves sit on the tabletop at the same level as the surface ships/land forces. All the other flying models in Dystopian Wars have flight stands, but not the tiny fliers.
So, with a little superglue, some magnets, and some spare flight stands, I came up with my own solution (drumroll please):
Basically, I put magnets on one flight stand to hold 5 tokens of tiny fliers, and then connected it to the post of another flight stand using a magnet:
The rules are specific about squadron formations, so I placed the magnets in such a way that I could remove tokens as the fighters were shot down, and still maintain the proper formation:
Now, I will confess that I have not yet tried this out on the tabletop, but I don't foresee any serious problems. This set up will get the tiny flier tokens out of the way of the surface models, and will keep them all easily in the same place. I should probably order some counters from Litko to keep track of fuel; I could glue those straight to the base.
When I get them painted, I'll post more pics, and I'll post some pics of them in action on the tabletop.
Comments/criticisms welcome!
