Phoenix Con 17 featuring Crimson Skies

[[GSS]Bandit]

Hey guys,

as is tradition, the upcoming Phoenix Con which will also feature Crimson Skies!

Date: Thursday 26th (4 p.m.) till Sunday 29th (around noon) in October 2017
Location: Hohegeiß, Germany (Harz mountains)

What to expect?
- lots of Battletech: chapter fights, construction tournament, FFA4drinks, fun tournaments.
- Crimson Skies: I'll be offering to play tutorials, dogfights and scenarios on demand.
- lots of other card- and boardgames for all ages.
- a friendly, familiar atmosphere that's welcoming to new gamers.


Here's the link for the (German) homepage:
http://con.phoenixguard.de/party/

Check out the facebook-page (also German):
https://www.facebook.com/phoenixcon


Most important infos:
- 35€ Thur-Sun / 30€ Fri-Sun / 20€ Sat-Sun, this includes free tea, coffee & accommodation for the whole weekend! Save 5€ on the Thur-Sun fee when paying in advance!
- accommodation in a separate building in 2- to 3-bed rooms
- several large rooms for playing
- family friendly, lots of games for spouses and kids who are not into Battletech
- parking space across the road
- local train station "Walkenried" 12 car-minutes away
- bus stop "Hohegeiß Hindenburgstraße" across the road
- fair prices for food and drink

Advance reservation recommended as capacity is limited!
(PM me for this and advance payment info, there's no such option on the website atm)
Feel free to ask me anything about the event

[[GSS]Bandit]

Hey everybody,

finally the registration website is online and can be found here:
http://www.con.phoenixguard.de/registration_xvii/

Again, everything in German, so if you need help post here or contact me directly.

The regular homepage and the facebook site got some updates too, so you may want to check those out again!

Spread the word and hoping to see some of you guys there

[[GSS]Bandit]

Hi guys and gals,

we did play Crimson Skies again at the Phoenix Con in 2017 and we're planning on doing so again this year.
This is just a heads-up for the long-due flight report, but as most of you probably experience themselves: RL got in the way.
Nevertheless, I'll dig out the record sheets and photos from October and write up a short resumée of the latest exploits, hopefully within the next few days.

[[GSS]Bandit]

Hey everybody,

here's my flight report I promised. Unfortunately I could only recover a single picture, but at least the record sheets were still there. This was originally posted on Boardgamegeek here https://boardgamegeek.com/article/28452107
Would be mighty nice if you head over there and give it a thumb

The Phoenix Con 2017 again saw some air action, even though there were numerous Battletech tournaments and competitions.

The main flight book is somewhat sketchy but here's the freeze frame from the end of the big fight.



As you can see we played on the river map with a few extra tokens to mark the bridge pillars as additional obstacles (tokens have already been removed). Planes and pilots alike were determined randomly, but as all of the participants had played Crimson Skies before, we did use rockets right from the start.

The skirmish started with just Maik and me, him piloting a Swordfish (Avenger Mini) and a King Cobra (Brigand Mini), me a Cazador (Raven Mini) and a Fury. In round 10 Markus joined the fight commandeering a Buccaneer (Bloodhawk Mini) and a Thunderbird (Firebrand Mini).




Maik's King Cobra was downed in turn 12, while I had to abandon the Cazador in round 14 (see left wing!). Replacements were a Nightingale for Maik, and an Aguila for me.



Round 15 was also the time when our last combatant arrived: Marshall brought a Devastator and a Mako (Vampire mini) to the fight.



Due to time restraints we weren't able to finish the battle, but we all had a good time and are looking forward meeting new challenges in 2018!