Take a look at this pic and tell me that that does not look awesome. It is six members of The Black Swans flying their Curtiss-Wright J2 Furies, from the old FASA boardgame, Crimson Skies.

Now, some of you may know of Crimson Skies from the computer games, but it originated as an after-hours project at FASA that got released as a board game. Now, I was on a very strict budget when it came out, and by the time I could afford it, it was no longer available. So I would to ask all of you, you people who watch me for reasons that I cannot fathom, if anyone knew where I could get my hands on a PDF copy of the rule set, or even (one could only dream) the box set itself.

The sad part is, the game only "failed" because when FASA closed it's doors in 2001, the license languished a bit and Wizkids, as it did back then, tried to make it yet another collectable miniatures game, like they did with every single license they had. This, of course, failed. Just like all the other lines. But unlike those lines, there wasn't a large body of fans screaming for the "classic" rules to be continued.

Ironically, I do have a copy of the unpublished Zeppelins and Bombers supplement, which finished up the rule set nicely. You can get your own free, and legal, copy here.

What I am missing is, from what I can tell, (EDIT: My friend Weldun e-mailed me these mediafire links. Thanks a lot, sweetie. Your Google-fu is strong!))

Main Set
Book 1 - The Rules of Air Combat - Link
Book 2 - Warriors of the Air - Link
Book 3 - Aircraft of North America - Link

Supplements
Wings Over Manhattan - Link
Behind the Crimson Veil - Link
Aircraft Recognition Manual - Link
Blake Aviation Security supplement - Link

(He also added in these)
Counters - Link
Record Sheets - Link
Quick Reference Sheets - Link
Maneuver Template - Link

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