Thoughts on Blood Red Skies

[SteveBurt]

I picked up my copy for 30 pounds off ebay; new in its shrink wrap.
Consider that the game contains 12 model planes, with stands, pilot disks, cloud/balloon markers, measuring tools, 10 dice, card bombers, a pack of cards for traits, theatre, doctrine and ace abilities, cards for the planes, chits and markers, rules, advanced rules and scenarios.
I don't think the price is out of line at all, even at full price of 40 pounds.
The squadron packs at 20 pounds I think are overpriced. If you want more me109s and spitfire you'd be better off buying another base set.
Of course if you want Hurricanes, Zeroes, Yaks, Thunderbolts etc you need those packs.
The ace packs at 10 pounds seem very over-priced for 1 plane and a couple of special cards, but you really don't need those. The game comes with about 10 ace ability cards.