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Tango0128 Apr 2026 1:57 p.m. PST

"This is my Blood Red Skies (BRS) scenario I ran several times this year (Siege of Augusta, Rocky Top Gaming Convention, and Nashcon, as well as a couple of times locally), based on Operation Vengeance, the assassination of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.
I have had many players new to BRS play in this scenario, and they have a good time, so it seems like a good way to learn the game. And BRS is a blast to play and very suitable for convention play. I have run games with as many as nine players, mostly new to the game, just fine.

On April 14, 1943, American code breakers discovered they had the itinerary of Admiral Yamamoto, as he made a morale-raising tour near the front lines. Yamamoto was likely the most hated man in the world by the Americans, who saw him as the "architect" of the Pearl Harbor attack, and was widely (but falsely) quoted as saying he would dictate surrender terms to the Americans in Washington D.C. He would be flying in a Betty bomber converted for passenger use, and escorted by Zeros…"

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