Fight in the Skies (1966)

This is a simulation game designed to re-create the essence of World War I aerial combat in the last two years of the war. All of the major aircraft types of that time are included. Use of maneuver cards, covering the aerobatic possibilities of the era, as well as dice and charts, for probability resolution, make for realistic dogfight challenges.

The game has an active club, The Fight in Skies Society, which hosts one or two weekends of play in the Midwest each year and publishes The Aerodrome two to four times each year.

Later updated and released by TSR as Dawn Patrol.

Expanded by:

• Zeppelin (Self-published)

Re-implemented by:

• Dawn Patrol

Magazine References:

Panzerfaust Article List:

• Number 59 Jul-Aug '73
  • Richthofen's War / Fight in the Skies / Flying Circus - "Design Analysis: Richthofen's War, Fight in the Skies, Flying Circus" (Review), Harold Totten

Panzerfaust and Campaign Article Index:

• Number 73 May-June 1976
  • Fight in the Skies / 1815: The Waterloo Campaign / The Russo-Japanese War / Gamma Two's New Format / NFL Strategy / Hex Sheets - "Thumbnail Analysis" (Review), Don Lowry