Fight in the Skies, 5th (1975)

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Title: Fight in the Skies
Publisher: TSR
Item Code: n/a
Type: WWI Aerial Combat Wargame
Copyright: 1968, 1975 Mike Carr
Author: Mike Carr
Artwork: R. Anderson
Place of Publication: Patch Press, Inc. Beloit WI
ISBN: n/a
Cover Price: n/a
Mass: unk
Dimensions: box: height 23cm, width 28cm, depth 3.3cm
Format: Boxed Game, containing:

Rulebook, 36 numbered pages, front:



Rulebook back/Product List:


Large glossy folding map (60cm square)

4 brown single-sided thick paper sheets, each detailing characteristics of six Allied aircraft, one additional similar sheet detailing only two Allied craft and providing an Aircraft Specification Key

5 red single-sided thick paper sheets, each detailing characteristics of six German aircraft

Two "Random Aircraft Charts", one brown (Allied), one red (German), charts matching dates to possible aircrafts one might encounter

4 double-sided "Mission Logs" used to score games

One double sided "Critical Hit Tables" sheet

One thick double-sided yellow sheet, one side containing "Combat Tables", the other "Set Up Tables"

Innumerable red and brown square aircraft pieces fitted to the scale of the map, including balloons and even a few ground-based antiaircraft batteries

Multiple decks of combat maneuver cards, some brown and some green

1d6 and 1d8

inky's inklings:

From: http://www.dawnpatrol.org/CSK/Introduction/default.aspx

"One of the early such releases was the new and expanded 5th Edition of FIGHT IN THE SKIES, featuring a striking sky-blue box with artwork by aviation artist R. "Andy" Anderson, which was released in early 1976. The fledgling company was short on funds for such a major project, so more than half a dozen of the game’s loyal players floated a production loan to TSR, which was repaid on the sale of the first 1000 copies -- once again, a remarkable testimonial to their love of the game and a remarkable show of support for this new publishing effort. "