Fire in the Sky, Vol. 1 Battles Over Germany, 1944

Clever fast play system. We’re aircraft react to each other and decisions need to be made to exploit you opponents position. Battles are not fought to the death, they tend to peter out as aircraft run out of fuel and ammo.

A bit swingy due to the 1d10 system but fast enough to allow a quick reset and play again.

Recommended.

Any news about the Battle of Britain version? Thanks.

I know this is very much something for the distant future, but I assume at some point Eastern Front/Russian aircraft might be included? Thank you for your time.

I am wondering if scenario info on "section" means a single stand on the Litko V-thingy? (so, 4 fighters for section?). If I were to go buy 1/600, and I wanted enough for the largest scenario in the book, how many planes (per model type) do I need? Or, absent my crazy question here, is there maybe a place somewhere online that someone has listed out an answer? Thanks!! This will help--I just downloaded rules but haven't done reading, so, of course, if my answer is in the book, I'll find it.

Will Volume 1 be required to play in the Pacific, or will it be a stand-alone title?

Any reason I couldn't use my existing collection of 1/300 scale aircraft?

So rules and charts. Where do I get the planes from?

Mark's Game Room videos mention scenarios. My copy does not have those, just a guide for Big Week. Is this an upadte or coming product?

Hey folks, one more question (you think you've got the rules memorized, but there's always one more).

What is the impact of a bomber section becoming detached from its formation (mentioned p9, and also in scenarios).
Does this relate to "Combat is conducted between the attacker and one enemy squadron or detached enemy section within the zone" (p7).

I played a second game with my son: a BOB dogfight with 12 Spitfires facing 12 Me109s. Three Spitfires went down again a single German loss. We had a great game, but some further questions arose. Thanks in advance for answering.
1. Tailing: A tailing section cannot react, but can a tailed section react and, if successful, then try to ‘attempt to shake a tail’ with its first AP ?
2. After an attack, fighters have to take a scatter test. Can they continue to move/attack if they have any AP left or does a scatter test always end their activation?
3. Fighter A enters a square in order to attack enemy Z. Enemy Y in an adjacent square succeeds in a reaction test and engages in a dogfight with A. Both A and Y fire. A survives and rolls ‘no effect’ on the scatter table. Fighter A can now continue its attack and thus fires a second time. Correct?
4. Tailing (p7) – Tailing: If a fighter rolls ‘Break Off’ on a Scatter test after a Rear Bounce attack...
4a. The fighter MAY ignore...See more Break Off and tail instead. Thus: no obligation but a choice?
4b. What if the result is ‘No Effect’ (8-10)? Obligation to tail? Choice to tail? No tailing possible?

Recently purchased, through not played yet.
The rules are well written, and make sensible decisions regarding detail and abstraction.
I look forward to some fast moving action filled games.

I would appreciate clarification on the "Big Week: Frontal Assault" rule, specifically where to position the fighters after their attack.
The rules say "Adjacent zone that ...." and later "Placed touching the front of the enemy bombers".

Do the attackers step down the length of the bomber box, or can they peel off to adjacent flanks.
If they peel off, how can they be "touching the front".

I hope you can help, it's the only section of the rules I've struggled to understand.

Hi, I have recently purchased the rules with the intent to get them printed to read before playing a game. Unfortunately where I get my rules printed say they are unable to print these due to a password protection. I currently don't have a printer or a tablet, now I'm stuck with an unusable set of rules. Bummer

Loving this!

Carl, some questions for you!
1. Can fighter groups pass through (over/under) enemy fighter groups? Or does that just put them at a high risk of being jumped (especially if they try to fly under)
2. Is there a limit on how many aircraft squadrons can be in a zone? If a fighter group has entered the zone to attack bombers, presumably friendly fighters can then dive in to engage the enemy fighters?

Definitely very keep to look at this for Pacific and Battle of Britain. Any loose timescale on that?

We just played our first game this evening. Two more questions:
1. What if a new activation card is higher nor lower but the same (e.g. a 4 on a 4)?
2. Three attacking sections score 2 hits on three defending sections, one of which is the squadron leader. How do we decide whether one of the hits is on the squadron leader?
Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the update.