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Battle in the Skies: Dave Arneson's Fantasy Air Battle Rules - Havard - 03-31-2019 Surely named after Mike Carr's Fight in the Skies, it seems that Battle in the Skies is another thing dug out by the Secrets of Blackmoor documentary crew. According to Secrets of Blackmoor promo, Dave Arneson came up with these rules in 1973 and were designed to similate airborn battles with Dragons, Gargoyles and other flying fantasy creatures. The rules were demonstrated at GaryCon 2019 as reported by Kevin McColl via livestream: Castle Blackmoor Wrote:“... Refereeing a game of "Battle in the Skies" at Gary Con - based on some reference material and rules by Dave Arneson from 1973 we discovered along the way. These are a more complex, earlier version of the aerial combat rules published in "The Underworld and Wilderness Adventures". Personally, I think it is great to see that this game has resurfaced and I love that it has its own name. I have always loved the idea of epic battles across the skies in fantasy settings. Reminds me of some of the Arturian myths as well as the more obvious Dragonlance imagery. Does anyone here know more about these rules and if they were used in any specific Blackmoor game? What sort of situations would you use these rules for in your Blackmoor campaigns? -Havard Re: Battle in the Skies: Dave Arneson's Fantasy Air Battle R - gsvenson - 03-31-2019 I recall a time when some of us had read the "Tarnsman of Gor" series and Dave introduced Tarns (like Tolkin's Rocs) as mounts for us. After awhile we stopped using them. I am sure we did some aerial combat at the time. I don't really remember details about that anymore. I think that it was in 1972. Re: Battle in the Skies: Dave Arneson's Fantasy Air Battle R - finarvyn - 04-13-2019 Count me in as another who would love to see these rules. (And I also remember reading Tarnsman of Gor and thinking that we needed Tarn races, Tarn fighting, and so on.) Re: Battle in the Skies: Dave Arneson's Fantasy Air Battle R - Havard - 07-26-2019 They posted a bit more on this at the SoB blog: Quote:BATTLE IN THE SKIES - RELATIVE MOVEMENT https://www.secretsofblackmoor.com/blog ... e-movement -Havard Re: Battle in the Skies: Dave Arneson's Fantasy Air Battle R - gsvenson - 07-26-2019 The movement rules sound to me like the Trireme game we used to play sometimes. I don't recall when it was introduced, but I recall playing it in 1973 with Bob Meyer and the Sniders and several other players. It was fun. You could even ram friendly ships with the written orders and multiple commanders on each team. Re: Battle in the Skies: Dave Arneson's Fantasy Air Battle R - finarvyn - 07-28-2019 gsvenson Wrote:The movement rules sound to me like the Trireme game we used to play sometimes. I don't recall when it was introduced, but I recall playing it in 1973 with Bob Meyer and the Sniders and several other players. It was fun. You could even ram friendly ships with the written orders and multiple commanders on each team.I remember Trireme. A friend and I played it a little back in the day, but I think we used Wooden Ships & Iron Men more. What is puzzling to me, however, is the timeline. Board Game Geek says that the Avalon Hill version of Trireme is a revision of the Battleline edition, and the internet seems to imply that the Battleline game was printed in 1979. That doesn't jibe with the way I remember things. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleline_Publications Re: Battle in the Skies: Dave Arneson's Fantasy Air Battle R - Yaztromo - 08-12-2019 Interesting! Re: Battle in the Skies: Dave Arneson's Fantasy Air Battle R - gsvenson - 08-13-2019 Somebody else had published a version of Trireme that was available in the early 1970's. I don't recall when. I'll check in my attic and see if I still have my copy, because mine was not the AH version. |