The Crimson Skies board game was released by FASA in 1998.
The base game came with card stock, assemble-yourself airplanes included, but later metal miniature planes were offered separately.
According to developer John Howard, development on the Crimson Skies board game was "literally an after hours effort" by a group of FASA employees organized by Jordan Weisman, resulting from the team's interest in the Crimson Skies universe.
[1] The reviewer from the online second volume of Pyramid stated that "I thoroughly enjoy Crimson Skies, FASA's new board game of aerial combat.
The combination of a unique game world and fast play have given me a new perspective about what everyone has been so keen on all this time".