Flying Officer Stumpy Pranghard’s eyes streamed in the 280mph wind as he craned his head round trying to locate where Von Strudel's Focke Wulf 190A8 had gone. The spineless Boche had shown his true colours and escaped Stumpy's righteous justice deep within the clouds. 

Suddenly from behind, screaming out of a wingunder maneuver, the FW 190 appeared in Stumpy's  mirror, its cannons sparkling motes of fire. A shell smashed into the Spits wing and tore the aileron. “Blast you, Von Strudel “yelled Stumpy as he realised that he had been sold a duffer and was gone for a Burton.

Only one trick could save him. Feathering his Kite's prop, he pulled back hard in a steep climb and was rewarded with the bright green FW 190 flashing under him. Dropping the nose Stumpy let rip a corking burst which caught the Jerry a proper treat. The FW 190’s engine seized solid and Von Strudel Hit the Silk.

Von Strudel shook his fist as Stumpy flashed past. “Verdammt Englander! Finish me now! The shame is too great!”

Blazing Skies is a fast paced air combat wargame set in the golden age of Aviation, from 1932 to 1952. This is the age of snarling engines and thumping cannon fire at twenty thousand feet!

Blazing Skies is a very different air wargame to others availible. Whilst almost all rules focus on the squadron or flights of aircraft, Blazing Skies takes you the player directly into the cockpit of your own machine.

Aircraft use a Physics and damage model that recreates real world effects!

Games are fast. A Dogfight between two aircraft can be over in minutes or it may last half an hour!

Each machine moves simultaneously and so there is no Igo-Yougo or “activations” present as in all other rules. You plan your strategy as Pilots did! taking in factors such as your energy, their position, your speeds, height, and a thousand other situational factors. This is Flying by the seat of your pants!

Templates provided give instructions for flying the various manoeuvre.. Straight flight, Turns of various degrees, Side slips, Wingunders, Loops and Half-loops, Immellmans and Rolling scissors……What is the best manoeuvre for your Kite? Do you fight in the vertical using your Seafangs powerful engine? Or the light manoeuvres of your Claude? The controls are in your hands!

The “KITE CARD” is your cockpit. Here you make the decisions, controlling the throttle, the ailerons , elevators, rudder and weapons.

All the information you need is in one spot, leaving space on the table for flying!

A Digital Download or hardback of 116 Full Colour Pages,.

Blazing Skies is for two or more players each controlling an individual aircraft or “Kite”. It comes with 6 scenarios, a full campaign system , playthrough and templates .

It has rules for Navigation, Night fighters, Ground attack and bombing, G forces, Taking off and landing, seaplanes…everything you need.

Over 600 individually researched aircraft are listed and supported in the game. Each with its own flaws and strengths. The unreliable engine of the Typhoon, the tendency of the Bf109 to “snatch” its controls, the Spitfire 1’s fuel starvation issues when “bunting”, the tough undercarriage of the P47 and the cannon jamming tendency of the Morane Saulnier 405!

Each machine flies and fights with these characteristics sometimes meaning life or death!