Volume 26, Number 4

Behind the sharp shooting of Rick, A. J. and Stephen Dale, a trio of British Camels scored a landslide victory in the 25th edition of the Red Baron Fight.

The annual spring classic commemorates Germany's famed "Red Baron," Manfred von Richthofen, by recreating his final dogfight of April 21, 1918.

Dice were rolled to determine sides and the battle stacked up as follows: Rick Lacy, Stephen Dale Skinner and A. J. Meister would fly British Sopwith Camels (150 hp), while Ethan Skinner, Bob Meister and Stephen Skinner would fly German Fokker Dr I's.

The game began as a total disaster for the Germans... and then it got worse. Hostilities began with all three Germans taking shots and all three Germans missing. Meanwhile, the British returned fire with A. J. pummeling Ethan's Tripe, while both Rick and Stephen Dale shot up Bob's German fighter.

Volume 26, Number 3

WhosyerCon 2014 Report
by Rick Lacy

In keeping with my past feelings about supporting FitS at smaller conventions and to kick off the new IndySquadron gaming schedule, we once again attended WhosyerCon and ran several Dawn Patrol games. As a gaming group we feel that continuing to run the game at multiple venues to attract new players is something the Society should encourage. 

The past weekend included 3 scheduled games and 3 pickup games. I scheduled 4 games but the third on Saturday morning had no players unfortunately. Details on the other three scheduled games are below.

Volume 26, Number 2 

Book Review
Pfalz Scout Aces of World War I Pfalz Scout Aces of WWI
Greg VanWyngarden
Osprey Publishing
Soft cover, 96 pages
US $22.95
www.OspreyPublishing.com

Once again, from the delightful pen of author and WWI German Air Service expert Greg VanWyngarden, comes another bookshelf gem on our favorite topic.

Those of you who are familiar with Osprey’s excellent “Aircraft of the Aces” series will instantly recognize the format of this work. The 71st installment of this series is as fresh and unique as ever, bringing us yet another volume of work on an airplane that receives little fanfare and even less credit in history books. 

Volume 26, Number 1 

The fate of the Indy Squadron was decided in November when, by unanimous vote, we chose to move from monthly gaming to quarterly gaming. The options on the table were to continue on a monthly basis, to shut down the squadron permanently, or to come up with an alternate plan. 

Given everyone's personal schedules, Stephen's work schedule, and overall diminished participation recently, gaming monthly was judged to be too much. On the other hand, no one wanted to shut down the squadron. The alternative plan was to commit to a 4-event annual schedule. The anchors on the schedule would be, as always, the Armistice Day Tourney in November and Red Baron Fight in April. 

Volume 25, Number 7

This year's title match will go down in Indy Squadron history as the “Armistice Day Fits Lapse Tournament” due to the unprecedented tidal wave of mistakes that plagued the game from the first turn. 

Rick Lacy designed the scenario for the 25th Indy Squadron championship game, which featured a relatively small field composed of veteran players. The teams are listed below with each player's plane type and number of appearances in the Armistice Day tourney.

GERMAN
Ethan Skinner (3rd), Fokker DVII 160 hp high compression
Rick Lacy (13th), Fokker DVII 185 hp
Stephen Skinner (25th), Fokker DVII 160 hp high compression