Friday, May 21, 2010

Crimson Skies Thursday

Got chance to pull out an old favorite, Crimson Skies. Every time I play I think, "why don't we play this more?" I love painting the planes, love playing even more. Tight rules, great background, too bad it's out of print.
This scenario pitted an incursion of Missouri airspace, by ISA planes. The valiant 13th Missouri Air Militia rose up to fight them.
Both sides got chewed up in the fight. It ended up being a draw, with two planes barely making it back to their respective airfields.

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7 comments:

  1. Lead AddictMay 21, 2010 at 9:16 AM

    Dammit, I missed CS! Stupid business travel.

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  2. BaronVonJMay 21, 2010 at 10:27 AM

    Ha ha, business. You gotta get your priorities straight.
    -J

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  3. justMikeMay 22, 2010 at 7:59 AM

    Wow! Loved this game on the PC, but never knew it existed for minis. Is it still available. - Mike

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  4. BaronVonJMay 22, 2010 at 8:23 AM

    It was tabletop game long before a PC/xbox game. Planes are still available thru www.ironwindmetals.com
    Finding the rules may be tougher. They've out of print for awhile along with the supplements. Ebay may be your only answer.
    -J

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  5. justMikeMay 23, 2010 at 6:29 AM

    It's certainly worth a look. Thanks for the help. - Mike

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  6. Alfred T. MahanMay 24, 2010 at 7:05 PM

    It's really too bad this game's OOP; as you say, the background's amazing (FASA was always good at that stuff), and the game itself was great fun for those of us with a "different" take on history. :]

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  7. Snickering CorpsesJune 19, 2010 at 2:06 PM

    I also played it on the PC without knowing there was a miniatures game until I stumbled across some on Ebay a year or two ago.

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