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DARK SKIES 1942 is the two-player fantasy miniatures aerial wargame 15mm scale.



This exciting and fast 2 player game allows players to adopt the reimagined forces of the world's remaining powers in a desperate struggle against,
not only each other but, eldrich horrors unleashed upon the earth during a global apocalypse.



Inspired in part by the writings of HP Lovecraft we've combined our own dieselpunk themes with world war two and taken the fight
to the skies using our simple mechanics to simulate action in 3d space.


Bank, climb, dive and spiral as never before in moves to outsmart your opponents and claim victory in the Dark Skies 1942... the war is only just beginning...

This Kickstarter is to fund the 1st Edition DARK SKIES 1942 Rulebook.

This campaign will include:

Rulebook with two different ways of playing. There are two ways to play. Skirmish and Battle. In skirmish you play up to 500 points normally without large Fortress craft,
good for fairly quick single games. In Battle players use over 500 points and of course include the larger Fortress craft. These are bigger games clearly and will last longer but are great fun and more demanding.
A "Destruction Day" that changed life on Earth on October 3, 1942, during the Second World War...
A range of highly detailed miniatures including fighters, bombers and flying fortresses of each army and Creatures based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft
And more !!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1768803006/dark-skies-1942-a-15-mm-aerial-wargame

Just going by the pics here, the vehicles look great. Slick and kind of... Ghibli-ish. I think the not-Cthulhu's pose is a wee tad awkward, tho. As if the wings have a mind of their own and are carrying it off.

I'd be interested to know the reasons for the decision on 15mm. As it's aerial combat I guess there aren't too many infantry figures on the table? How big are the basic planes and their general 'areas of control' (movement rates, weapon ranges, etc.) and how many would be on the table for a skirmish or a battle game?

Vermis wrote:
I'd be interested to know the reasons for the decision on 15mm

The size and price of the models. If we make the models bigger their price will be "really high", and in terms of play, it's easiest to play with the models in this size

Vermis wrote:
As it's aerial combat I guess there aren't too many infantry figures on the table?

At this time we do not will release infantry models ("yet")

Vermis wrote:
How big are the basic planes and their general 'areas of control' (movement rates, weapon ranges, etc.) and how many would be on the table for a skirmish or a battle game?

In the campaign you have some "tables" with the silhouette of some models :




And also, talking about the weapons, The diferent weapons have their "own" angle of vision (see the picture)

Wow, those planes are pretty sizeable. Those should be fun to paint while still making for a manageable game.

As far as adding ground forces, I'd be really hesitant to do so. Getting ground and aerial combat to coexist in a game while keeping it functional is a real challenge. Dropzone Commander and Dystopian Wars both make it work, but they're in much smaller scales than this.

Also, there are already a lot of companies making WW2 ground forces, even in this scale. Anything you put out will have at least some competition from companies like Battlefront and Plastic Soldier Company. Better to stick to your own unique niche.

All of that being said, I'm very interested in this! I'll be keeping an eye on the campaign.

Looks interesting but tbh the coins approach is confusing and has caused issues with other campaigns....

Also you then have add ons that are not coins but normal money for some of the same items which just makes it even more confusing in my opinion.

Is there any background or rules in progress to look at?

Do you have any actual models compelted as yet?

More info please

I'm most interested in those flight stands....

Yes on the coins are terrible approach. Are they ever not terrible? I wonder what possesses KS to do this, it can't be uncomplicated on their end, and packing/shipping a bunch of identical starter boxes has to be so much easier for them.

Had a quick whine in their comments (in for 30 coins! Whatever the hell that is worth!). It's not so much making things simple with a starter, its that I have no idea what I need in this game no one has ever played. If they want to lay out good, fun starter forces for each army that would work too.

I'm getting a Strikers 1945 vibe from this, and that's a very, VERY good thing. Now if you could just throw in some transforming giant robot battleships, it'd be perfect.

They responded to comments on gak coin currency and no starters by confirming they are sticking with coins and there will be no starter. They are releasing full rules beta, at some point, so we can see what we're working with here.

The rules will be soon ready (a few days), for dowload, and of course, we have background

We are working in some changes for the campaign.

You can take a look to the website for some info
http://www.darkskies1942.com/

It seems to me a interesting mix between LLast Exile and Dust Tactics with that always welcome HPL twist...
I like this project...

 Resin_horse_staff wrote:

Vermis wrote:
I'd be interested to know the reasons for the decision on 15mm

The size and price of the models. If we make the models bigger their price will be "really high", and in terms of play, it's easiest to play with the models in this size.

Honestly? IMHO the size of the minis and the prices of the flying fortresses are already "really high". I'd personally much prefer to see everything halved in size (Incidentally, I'd be able to use the stuff for Crimson Skies and Warbirds shenanigans, too, at that size ^_^).

It looks lovely, though.

Updated with some background
We are working to add "starters sets" to the campaign, and also the 2 players perk!

 Barzam wrote:
I'm getting a Strikers 1945 vibe from this, and that's a very, VERY good thing. Now if you could just throw in some transforming giant robot battleships, it'd be perfect.

Good call there - and I'd love any type of Giant Robo(t) at all to show up!

We add new pledges, starters for each faction (1 and 2 players set)
And soon will be available the pdf with the rules ! for free download!







Thanks for the feedback!

One thing I'm curious about and was wondering if there'll be more info released about, is how the various factions play. The US has carriers and the Germans have jets, but how do those play out on the battlefield, and what do the other factions have for their shtick?

Loving the miniatures. It's a tad pricey but it seems to be in the Aeronautica Imperialis price range before it went defunct, so if there is similar quality I'd pay for it

Echoing comments about how the different factions play, possibly hoping for more Cthulhu style factions as there is a good mix of humans off the bat, especially mercenaries.
Though I suspect the polyps and the German forces will be our main source of Eldritch horror. Right now it seems like interdimensional apocalypse arrived and then everyone got a bit of weird tech and WW2 kept trundling along.

Rambling sentence as I'm just up, but is there scope for allies? Can Yanks include Brits, can anyone include Mercs, that sort of thing.

I'll be getting the Mythos starter set whilst friends will be getting the Germans and the American's. Soon as i saw H.P Lovecraft mentioned I was all over this!

Passing this info on from facebook

Wee Gamers

We are sorry to hear that Bentejuí from Resin Horse - Dark Skies 1942 lost his father last night. He had been fighting am illness. Our thoughts are with him and his family at this difficult time.

Francisco and the team will continue to keep an eye on the on going kickstarter but have asked that people be made aware they may be quite for a few days.

so don't be surprised if the responses etc on KS are slower than they could be

Sorry for the delay, we have some personals issues... like wee gamers published..

You can now download the rulebook (beta version) !
(take a look into the updates)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1768803006/dark-skies-1942-a-15-mm-aerial-wargame/posts/1382692

Direct link to the rulebook
https://mega.nz/#!I4sjiLrA!c2HqbnRNZ_04EswOfFZlQMp62cgSZJHf8rR9UaUkL6o

Can you provide a link where I don't have to download an app I don't want please. I have no trouble downloading PDFs from other sources, Thanks!