Crimson Skies: How best to start?

[abhorsen950]

Hey guys, just had a look the crimson skies battle report again and i really want to play! Are these the rules?  http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=1286
Im really interested in playing also can you use any model planes?
Heres some ideas : 
http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=28122
http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=33806
Im also thinking of buying a few plane kits and going wild.

Love to hear from you all

Steve

[Operator5]

The rules you linked to are for the clix version of the game. I'm not sure which battle report you are looking at, but if it is the non-clix version, you will want to look for the rules from FASA and not WizKids.

[abhorsen950]

Okayyyyy cause i really dont wanna use clix :| might just try and grab some free aerial combat rules
thanks for that though ill keep looking


Steve

[Modhail]

The rules are very much out of print, so you'll have to depend on a lucky Ebay find to get the rules...

As an alternative, might I suggest Crimson Eagles? It's a fanmade hybrid of the old Crimson Skies rules and setting with the Crimson Eagles rules.
Yahoogroup with downloads here
Developer's blog here

Good hunting!

[abhorsen950]

Funny you should mention crimson eagles i stumbled across it last night

Cheers guys

Steve

[Puuka]

I didn't mind the WK rules. I still think WK would have had a more successful game if they had made it using dragons and other mythical flying beasts and used Mage Knight heroes as the aces.

[flooglestreet]

You can get the planes from Iron Winds metals.http://ironwindmetals.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=14&osCsid=c876cced3a656f18a6e7b81b8b94d3d9

[YPU]

Funny, I was looking in to this as well. The rules used to be available online somewhere I believe, but I cant remember where...

[Crudeboy]

Current eBay auction if you're interested in paying 50 bucks for it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/FASA-CRIMSON-SKIES-8000-UNPLAYED-VINTAGE-BOARD-GAME_W0QQitemZ280453543662QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item414c5576ee#ht_500wt_1182

New at Noble Knight Games:

http://www.nobleknight.com/ProductDetailSearch.asp_Q_ProductID_E_10608_A_InventoryID_E_2147627336_A_ProductLineID_E__A_ManufacturerID_E__A_CategoryID_E__A_GenreID_E_

It took me some searchin', but I managed to grab everything they printed over the span of last month. I don't think Ral Partha Europe has the core rules, but they still have a few sourcebooks for fairly cheap.

[dexter]

. I don't think Ral Partha Europe has the core rules

no they haven't had it  for sale since Ral partha  europe  reformed


Also if you have the box set it comes with 3d card aircraft so you can use those at 1st ,u dont need to spend more on metal aircraft yet.
dex

[Crudeboy]

Also if you have the box set it comes with 3d card aircraft so you can use those at 1st ,u dont need to spend more on metal aircraft yet.

Yup. I found a site the other day that had hexagonal tokens of all the main aircraft from the boxed set, but I can't seem to find it at the moment. I'll look again once I'm at home and toss up a link.

[YPU]

That would be awesome.

[Modhail]

Crudeboy, did you mean this one?

[Operator5]

Those are nice hexes. I like the flipped damaged version. Perfect for a game if you don't have the metal planes.

[abhorsen950]

Cheers for the help guys.
Tho tbh i think im just gonna turn to some Aircraft modelling.

Cheers for all your help

Steve