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Easy E

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Castles in the Sky from Osprey
« on: September 13, 2021, 12:11:51 pm »
I am starting to see Castles in the Sky up for Pre-sale at various online book sellers.   It is slated for a June 2022 release date. 



The blurb:
A wargaming ruleset for epic pre-WW1 battles in the sky.

It's the dawn of the 20th Century and the Great Powers turn to war. Since the development of the air screw, leading to the creation of flying warships, the navies of the world have comprised an ever-growing number of these aerial ironclads. So fire up the turbines, ready the aether drives, and take to the air in Castles in the Sky: A Wargame of Flying Battleships.

Featuring all the rules required to fight battles with fleets of flying behemoths. Assemble your fleet from 9 nationalities and fight through a variety of scenarios. With a full campaign system, Castles in the Sky contains everything
adventurous aeronautical admirals need to find victory in the skies.


I really like the front cover as it highlights a few key aspects of the game:

1. Altitude matters
2. Big ships in the sky!
3. Italian and Austro-Hungarian ships on the cover (and other powers in the book)
4. There are aeroplanes

The art on the inside and the photos of the miniature ships is really great too!  The interior is models from Brigade and they look amazing!  The artwork is like the cover, only it looks at various nations, the crews, some smaller craft, etc.  Really great stuff! 

The rules are good too, if I do say so myself!       
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Re: Castles in the Sky from Osprey
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2021, 07:21:43 pm »

 Well . . . STILL waiting on "A Billion Suns" here, but this does look very tempting if I'm honest ( And I am, to a fault :D ).

 Is it scale agnostic, or is there a specific scale in mind?

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Re: Castles in the Sky from Osprey
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2021, 09:59:01 am »
Model and scale agnostic.   However, the interior images are all from Brigades range of ships, especially the new sculpts.   ;)
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