Let’s Play: Dystopian Wars – Round Breakdown
April 10, 2019 by dignity
Justin is joined by Darran and Chris from Warcradle Studios to see just how the new version of Dystopian Wars plays on the tabletop.
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It's the first time for Justin and Darran for Dystopian Wars so let's learn together, Justin is playing the Russian Commonwealth whereas Darran has joined on the Latin Alliance side. Make sure to check out more Dystopian Wars later where we'll have a full Let's Play and they'll be visiting UKGE this year so you too can get a demo game at their stalls.
What do you think of the new Dystopian Wars?
Warcradle need to name one of the Royal Navy ships The JammyJustin after them dice roles., “but well played sir, well played”.
Excited to see what Warcradle does with this. I got into DW back when Spartan Games first launched it. The beta rules seem much more streamlined than the original ruleset without losing too much. I love the scale and look of the game. I’m a sucker for airships, my favorite has been that double decker FSA air carrier.
I’m pretty vague about the old Dystopian Wars, but one thing I remembered was it was a little complicated. This feels like it’s kept that feeling of *Very Big Ships* being *Not Very Maneuverable* but with slicker rules. Nice job fellas
My biggest concern with DW was it took so long to play. Clearly, this is a learning game with lots of extra commentary. About how long does a typical turn (based on recommend game size) go for?
looks a great action packed game to play.
Looks a lot of fun. Looking forward to this.
It’s shaping up really nice, despite initial misgivings.
Played this under the first and second edition rules. While the rules were a bit of a grind, I felt the game played really well and that decsions you made were meaningful. Worth the time (I will never judge a game by the time it takes but rather by whether it was worth the time it took). I really felt that it ws a strong game but highly recommend lots of obstacles and terrain features (islands) to avoid the whole rather dull head on mash up. More complicated? Yes. Worth it? Yes. The new rules look like they keep the… Read more »
Very much looking forward to the new year and launch