# Rise of the Luftwaffe

Rise of the Luftwaffe is a board game for 2–8 players. It plays in 20 minutes and is meant for ages 12 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 2.

- **Players:** 2–8 (best with 2)
- **Playing time:** 20 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 12+
- **Complexity:** 2.1 out of 5
- **Year published:** 1993
- **Categories:** Card Game, Wargame, World War II, Aviation / Flight
- **Mechanics:** Simulation, Open Drafting, Hand Management, Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 1
- **Unique players:** 1

**Designers:** Dan Verssen, Rodger B. MacGowan, Gene Billingsley

**Artists:** Rodger B. MacGowan

**Publishers:** GMT Games

## Expansions

- [Eighth Air Force](https://www.ludoya.com/games/eighth-air-force)
- [Down in Flames Squadron Pack 1: Fighters](https://www.ludoya.com/games/down-in-flames-squadron-pack-1-fighters)
- [Down in Flames Squadron Pack 2: Bombers](https://www.ludoya.com/games/down-in-flames-squadron-pack-2-bombers)
- [Down In Flames: Winter War 1939-40](https://www.ludoya.com/games/down-in-flames-winter-war-1939-40)
- [Down in Flames: The Netherlands East Indies](https://www.ludoya.com/games/down-in-flames-the-netherlands-east-indies)
- [Down in Flames: Air Umbrella Over Dunkirk](https://www.ludoya.com/games/down-in-flames-air-umbrella-over-dunkirk)
- [Down In Flames: Poland 1939](https://www.ludoya.com/games/down-in-flames-poland-1939)
- [Malta Under Siege: 1940-1942](https://www.ludoya.com/games/malta-under-siege-1940-1942)
- [The Flying Tigers](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-flying-tigers)
- [Down In Flames: Kuban Bridgehead](https://www.ludoya.com/games/down-in-flames-kuban-bridgehead)
- [Down in Flames: Arab-Israeli War 1948-'49](https://www.ludoya.com/games/down-in-flames-arab-israeli-war-1948-49)
- [Operation Pedestal: Malta Convoy, August 1942](https://www.ludoya.com/games/operation-pedestal-malta-convoy-august-1942)
- [Twilight of the Luftwaffe](https://www.ludoya.com/games/twilight-of-the-luftwaffe)
- [Khalkin-Gol: 1939](https://www.ludoya.com/games/khalkin-gol-1939)
- [Guerra Civil Española: Expansión no oficial para The Rise of the Luftwaffe](https://www.ludoya.com/games/guerra-civil-espanola-expansion-no-oficial-para-the-rise-of-the-luftwaffe)
- [Down in Flames: Operation Leader 1943](https://www.ludoya.com/games/down-in-flames-operation-leader-1943)

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/rise-of-the-luftwaffe)
- [Rise of the Luftwaffe in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/rise-of-the-luftwaffe)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1372)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-22. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._