Blood Red Skies

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 Blood Red Skies




World War II games have never been my thing, mostly the events of WWII had happened too recently for my liking. After living in a part of the country that frequently has Spitfires flying over I succumbed and decided to give Blood Red Skies by Warlord Games a try. I ordered Spitfire and Messerschmitt squadrons and the latest updated ruleset called Air Strike. A flip through the book showed an easy to read book, the basic rules are easy to pick up and after a quick read through the summary chart is all that is needed to play. I tried the rules out (playing it solo) and found the rules fun to play and fluid. The game really gives the feel of areial combat and all the dodging and diving that happens in a dog fight. The best part is the buy in for the game is fairly cheap and not much is required to get started, it cost me just under £60 to get everything I needed. 

Supermarine Spitfire


The models for Blood Red Skies are 1:200 scale so they are a lot smaller than anything I have painted before. I have so far painted one Spitfire, I enjoyed painting it but the camo pattern was hard to do. Generally I enjoyed painting it, but I'm not sure how much I'll enjoy duplicating the colour scheme over another five Spitfires. I hope at some point to get more painted as I have a gaming opponent who plays it and I would not mind trying it out and getting a good few hours of gaming out of it. 


Photos by Nev

Models by Warlord Games


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