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October, new rules and dealing with the effects of weather

 I have been considering Blood Red Skies as a easy to play WW2 era air game.  Picked up the Airstrike book and a package of Soviet bombers.


Due to some rather heavy rain around here, I had to clean up a part of the basement and toss a bunch of magazines, cardboard terrain, rules books. Nothing that I had not gotten some use from, and a few  resin or plastic pieces need a wash and maybe some new stands. 


Regular painting has been light but some WW2 trucks have been painted and/or repaired.  


  Repairs to the BA 1/56th Lafflys put them back in the game.

  Polish Ursus in 20mm destined for Command Decision glory.


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Jonathan Freitag said…
Really a shame to lose rulebooks, terrain, and mags to a flood. Hope most can be replaced without too much bother.
October 3, 2023 at 10:59 PM
Lawrence H said…
I'll be very interested in your comments on the rules Joe. I have heard a lot about Blood Red Skies, but have never actually seen a game played out.
October 4, 2023 at 2:27 AM
caveadsum1471 said…
Good looking transport, I remember a flood when I had my gaming kit in our pre tanked basement, everything was in plastic boxes but my pipe cleaner trees rusted anyway!
Best Iain
October 4, 2023 at 6:33 AM
El Grego said…
Sorry to see that bit about real-life weather effects; would be nice if that was an optional rule.
October 4, 2023 at 8:27 AM
Ray Rousell said…
Must have been a lot of rain? Hopefully the stuff you lost is replacable?
October 4, 2023 at 8:55 AM
pancerni said…
Bad weather is a problem that occasionally impacts gaming. I have lost smaller amounts of gear, mostly paper based. I don't intend on replacing most of the magazines or rules.

I do plan on keeping all my present rules/games in my study---the second floor. So Blood Red Skies and Command Decision will live next to Burrows and Badgers as well as Blitzkrieg and Red Star- White Eagle.
More later.

Lawrence,I will see what I can do on mechanics of B.R.S.
October 4, 2023 at 9:00 AM
pancerni said…
Ray,
Something like 2 inches per day for three days out of four.

Normal rainfall annually is 40 to 44 inches.
October 4, 2023 at 11:12 PM
Gonsalvo said…
We have had minor water in the basement several times this very rainy summer, especially last week. With mot materials at least an inch off the floor, a few items I had gotten careless with suffered some minor water damage, all paper products, as in your case.
October 5, 2023 at 4:11 PM
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