Gather The New Dystopian Wars Battle Groups With Spartan
May 8, 2014 by brennon
Spartan Games is really pushing the boat out with their updated selection of Armoured and Naval Battle Groups for Dystopian Wars. See what you think of these new sets that will be available soon...
First up we have the Naval Battle Groups above because, lets face it, this is the side of the battlefield we really wanted to see. I do love pretty much all of their ships and the Prussians and Russians still hold the title of best looking, in my opinion at least. They even come with those nifty trays for the smaller fighters!
Once again the Prussians are winning the vote as best looking Battle Group with that awesome walker in their midst. I haven't actually seen the land based game being played but it does look like fun. How much more fun than the naval game I don't know but worth a go I'd say. Mix the two together and see how it goes!
Will you be picking one up?
“pushing the boat out”? Dear O’ Dear @brennon
You’d never catch me making such a dreadful pun. All I can say is, if there was ever a time to jump on board Dystopian Wars, now’s that time. 😉
I do my best haha 😉
I do like the overall package now as its all navel as opposed to before it having bombers that should be in an aerial box set.
I love my FSA and the new ships are on pre order, there is something about this game that males my happy as I set up!
The new flyer templates are a boon too I hope they simply things
I just downloaded the newest edition of the FSA cards and I gotta say, I think I like them the best. Simply the names, if nothing else. Washington, Saratoga, Lee, Yorktown, Alamo? Guildford is a stretch, but it’s a small ship, so I guess it works (I guess they didn’t like the sound of Cowpens).
Gotta say I love the look of the FSA’s Steamboat Willy of Death vibe from their ships. Though I also like the look of the French ships and they seem to have what looks like laser cannons to me. Tough choice…
They are actuly good old fashioned heat rays ala war of the world’s it eben uses the same parralblem mirror technique that the Martians do in the book
You know what? That’s even better then lasers. Might look into getting the French box set.
Wow someone hates heat rays… Or me talking -1 karma for helping…. Lol
Warren should be drawn to the French too one of the ship classes is La Rochelle!!!!
Wait… who hates heat rays? Me? Because that’s one of the reasons I’m planning to get the French now.
Yeah, right, @mistahsly? How come the Americans are the only ones left with those side-mounted paddle wheels? To ensure we never lose the Mississippi River? For combat-ready casinos? I know it’s an artistic choice, and it doesn’t really matter in the game mechanics, but wouldn’t that hurt the broadside arcs of fire? Oh well, at least they’re not trains. 😐
I guess they have the paddle wheels because they’re iconic for America at that time frame. Much like how the infantry for Legions look like Indian Wars cavalry.
Certainly, @mistahsly . And all the fleets look pretty sweet. I’m getting clobbered by the thumbs-down button, though (other people on this blog, too), so no more wise-cracks from me. 🙂
I’m feeling drawn towards the Prussians.
Lightning be good loo they are really fast and use Tesla tech to kill the marines before bording … Really nasty for every one involved
Not feeling the love here at all… Boo hiss I’m just going to have to suck up my pride grin and Baveria it!!
Take that troll
Man, who’s “trollin'” on the Doctor? 🙁
It’s okay most of what I say is crap anyway lol more to live then a negative on my posts.
Though I’m interested in who has such a dull life they are going to my posts (past ones too) and vetting heavy with the negativaty but like I said not that interested lol
Said the duchy to the kingdom.
Obscure history jokes FTW!
Curses! Dave ninja’d in and now my joke makes even less sense lol
Sorry for Prussian you into making quicker posts 😉
That’s all I got
I better tutonic myself at knight school about the duchy of Prussia
OK that was a long shot
It was a real black Bis-marck against your good name
You guys crack me me up with your Prussian jokes. Many thumbs-up. I almost “Hessia-tate” to join in the silliness. Oh wait . . . too late. 😀
Becoming harder to resist the Covenant of antarctica now..allthough it is one of the few games where I genuinely feel every single faction looks great and is designed well.
A one click shop for the fleets I am missing … and the Land game should become more interesting in 2.0 as well
Undoubtedly great for new players, tho as a KOB player do I want to shell out 40 odd quid for the one or two ships i am missing? Hopefully Spartan will stand by their word (they usually do) and sell them individually from their store.
Prussian Empire for me I think. I have a couple of mates at my FLGC that were looking into KOB and the COA, so the germans are the way to go for me.
Back to the FSA. I will more than likely grab the EotBS as well. 1.1 was a really fun system hopefully the new rules keep it fun. If they did something similar to FA 2.0 all will be well.
I still like the Blazing Sun best. Train-ships are just awesome. The FSA fleet will be close second.
On dry land my mind gets a bit more scattered. I like the peculiarity of the Blazing Sun walkers and (flying?) tentqcle fortress. But the British and French tanks win out on style points. I might think about using the latter two for games of Epic ,even though they might be a bit oversized for that game.
It may be just my opinion, but the naval aspect of this game appeals to me much more than the land game. How many land games are out there, military, sci-fi, or a blend between the two? Too many to count, honestly. On the other hand, naval tactical games seem more rare (plenty of operational and strategic ones, but those are touch to play with miniatures), making DW more a breath of fresh air. Thoughts? Agreements? Or am I spouting “Sax-riledge?” (threw that in for @lafayette and @redben).
Damn, that’s supposed to say “TOUGH to play.”
I like that you can do both air and land alike, but I do agree – it is the naval warfare that really speaks to me and that is partially due to it being something that is far less seen in sci-fi and fantasy wargaming in general. I’ve had a lot of fun making gaming tables for this game too – as you can make individual islands and make little bases on them and such 🙂
Anyone know if you can combine the three? Have naval bombardments or artillery shelling the ships?
I think the EotBS land force is missing a few things. They get only two infantry stands? Granted, they get a flyer…but it really seems off compared to the other sets.
Perhaps their weak (or at least underdeveloped) land force is in compensation for that “Mechanical Ika” squid submarine. From what I read, once that thing grapples even a Dreadnaught, the Dreadnaught has had it. Granted, I don’t know much about the land side of this game.
Oh, never mind, what is that huge flying thing the EotBS gets for its land army? Is that another squid? What is it with these steampunk Japanese and their squids? 😀
Because it would be too cheesy to have Mecha Godzilla? I already have a Jap fleet but no one to play against. This is something i would contemplate for Prussia or UK to get so a friend could join in
Mechagodzilla? Damn, @kilidath , now THAT would be cool. 😀
Might impressive, just the thing to start it with.
Can anyone tell me how many points worth is one of those naval groups?
Well no one knows as the new system maybe have changed the points but the assault carrier is about the 200 mark (in not near a book and they have taken down the old points so any guess would be speculation)
What I want to know is if this box allows me to play in other arrangements than fielding all of the ships for, lets say, 1500 Pts or can I leave some of them out and play a smaller coherent game of 750 Pts?
Again this is going on what we knew from earlier eds you have enough ships of different uses and sizes that you can drop some for smaller games
Now if you need certain leading ships in your forces you may be forced to take some but we won’t know for sure
Tl:dr yes you can… Might not in the 2.0
I really like the look of this game. I really liked the old man o’ war so if it’s anything like that I would love it. Can someone let me know how it plays? is it complex or a bit simple? I want to see damaged ships and weapons getting crippled and boarding parties taking ships over and so forth 🙂
Given that 2.0 edition is not out until later this month I cant comment, but the 1.1 version had all the things you’re looking for – simple mechanics leading to complex tactical situations, damage affecting weapons & engines and raging fires swarming the decks. Most units can board one another (via rocket-pack!!) and its pretty simple resolution. However, the closest to MoW’s legacy is another Spartan game ‘Uncharted Seas’, check it out. 🙂