Crimson Skies of Glory Heroclix aircraft cards are now available!

S` All,


We've finally finished creating the Crimson Skies of Glory aircraft cards for ALL the Heroclix figures available.  Click HERE to get them now!

NEW Gaming System - Crimson Skies of Glory!

Wings of Glory: WW2 version

Wings of War WW2

After play testing the Crimson Skies Heroclix for a couple months, we've come to the conclusion that the HC system is just plain rubbish! The only way to get a good feel for individual planes is for them to have different capabilities and maneuvers, more like real life. Mitsubishi A6M2 Zeroes were agile and light; great in a turn fight, while the Chance-Vought F4U-1A Corsair was a Boom & Zoom attacker who wouldn't be caught dead trying to out turn a Zero.

The game "Wings of War/Wings of Glory" accomplishes this - so we're going to start looking into getting a conversion going for Crimson Skies. A conversion has already been started by a contributor on WingsofWar.Org  Aerodrome Forums, so we're going to expand on it and test it out. We'll keep you informed on future missions soon. Stay Tuned!

UPDATE: Modified Turn Order v2.0 - Crimson Skies Heroclix

The Modified Turn Order for Crimson Skies Heroclix has been updated for the throttle setting of EIGHT (8) which has been found on the Hughes Bloodhawk and for customized aircraft.

• Turn Order Roll for Initiative (winner is "Aggressor").
• Set speeds for ALL planes.
• Reveal speeds and engine check.
• Choose navigation cards for ALL planes.
• Reveal maneuvers for ALL planes.
• Start move segments, counting down from TEN (10).
• Add one (1) move marker for each active plane on that segment and move plane onto new marker.
• Resolve collisions (if any). 
• Declare attacks starting with Aggressor.  Active planes FIRE FIRST, inactive planes fire last. Each plane may fire only once per TURN; but only ONCE per gun position per turn (ie. FORWARD guns 1X, REAR guns 1X for a total of 2 attacks per turn).
• Add/Subtract modifiers and roll for attack. 
• Defender clicks for damage taken & a token is added to attacker; Maximum 2 tokens to show amount of attacks taken (1 for FORWARD guns, 1 for REAR guns).
• After ALL attacks resolved for that segment, continue to next move segment (counting downwards) and continue until next turn.
  
  Click HERE for the Facebook Group's post.

This Month's Pinup Girl...

Miss March

Modified Turn Order for Crimson Skies Heroclix!

New MODIFIED TURN ORDER RULES for Crimson Skies Heroclix!

• Turn Order Roll for Initiative (winner is "Aggressor").
• Set speeds for ALL planes.
• Reveal speeds and engine check.
• Choose navigation cards for ALL planes.
• Reveal maneuvers for ALL planes.
• Start move segments, counting down from TEN (10).
• Add one (1) move marker for each active plane on that segment and move plane onto new marker.
• Resolve collisions (if any).
• Declare attacks starting with Aggressor.  Active planes FIRE FIRST, inactive planes fire last. Each plane may fire only once per segment, but only twice per gun position per turn (ie. Forward guns 2X, Rear guns 2X for a total of 4 attacks per turn).
• Add/Subtract modifiers and roll for attack. 
• Defender clicks for damage taken & a token is added to attacker (Maximum 2 tokens to show amount of attacks taken).
• After ALL attacks resolved for that segment, continue to next move segment (counting downwards) and continue until next turn.
  
  Click HERE for the Facebook Group's post.

This Month's Pinup Girl...

Miss February!

The Sky Crawlers

S` All,

Looking for a Crimson Skies-ish movie to watch?  Check out "The Sky Crawlers", from the creators of "Ghost in the Shell"!  Very cool anime!

They also have a game out for the Nintendo Wii!  I really hope it comes out for the Nintendo Switch!  :D

A new project... Fantasy Flight's X-Wing Miniatures

S` All,

Well it looks like we've got a new project starting up.  Due to popular demand, we've decided to go ahead and push forward with our idea of combining Fantasy Flight's X-Wing Miniatures with Crimson Skies.

We already have a frame-work available from our Mobile Suit Gundam mod, so it shouldn't take as long as MSMecha took to create.  (For more information on MSMecha go to http://www.MSMecha.blogspot.com/ ).

Also, please don't forget to check out our Facebook Group!  http://www.facebook.com/groups/BlackJacksHangar/ 

Please stay tuned...

The rules...

For those of you who'd like to get into Crimson Skies Heroclix, here are the "Quick Start" rules .

 Advanced rules coming soon...

A brief history of the CRIMSON SKIES!

This is your Captain speaking...

Aloha All, I know it's been a loooong time.... to the point where it doesn't feel like it's 1937 anymore. But, in the Crimson Skies - it's ALWAYS 1937! Anyway, the squadron has been busy playing with multitudes of other games and flight simulators; but just like your first love, you're always looking back at once was. I'm very thankful to say that I've gotten back into the cockpit, but in quite a different way. With HEROCLIX!

Crimson Skies actually started out as a miniatures game from FASA, and we were lucky enough that Microsoft had created the PC version of the game; which in turn introduced me to the alternate universe/dog-fighting/piracy era of 1937. Thankfully, Crimson Skies was picked up temporarily by WizKids in 2003, who are the creators of the table-top game "Heroclix".

Heroclix is best known for the "Super Hero" miniatures game with great comic book heroes such as Spider-man, Superman and Batman; just to name a few. However, the "rules" for Crimson Skies Heroclix are entirely different than the normal Heroclix games with Super Heroes.

Wizkids is incredibly smart in trying to bring all kinds of different genres and movies, etc. to their table-top game. They've created many different sculps (sculptures) for their brand of table-top game. Such as ALIENS vs. PREDATOR.

Recognizing that Heroclix would make an excellent alternative to the FASA game (by using their brand of table-top mechanics and rules), Wizkids created Crimson Skies Heroclix. With the same alternate history, pirate gangs/squadrons and characters as the original (such as Nathan Zachary of The Fortune Hunters, Ghengis Khan of the Red Skull Legion to name a couple), Crimson Skies Heroclix was sure to tap into the heart-strings of those who missed flying in the Crimson Skies of 1937.

Stay tuned... more to come soon. S`