A rules/fiction question. I’ll be starting a Night Witches game tomorrow, with five players. If I put all the PCs in one three-plane section, every aircraft will have at least one PC in it. Given that some of the moves are to destroy or down other aircraft in the section, the PCs are going to be taking a lot of damage from each other.
Would the game work better if I split the PCs into two sections?
Probably a good idea unless the PCs are OK with going through several characters. You could play up the rivalry between the sections.
Splitting them up will work fine but that wouldn’t be my first impulse. Planes go down, women die (or don’t die). You can also fly the reserve if that seems prudent. Or choose move outcomes that preserve aircraft at the expense of other things.