1st Game of Dystopian Wars

 The ocean battleground. 

The heroic Empire of the Blazing Sun on the right.  The evil Federated States of America on the left.  This was a 400pt recon game.

 

 Two fine squadrons of Empire ships.  A mighty Battleship and two cruisers.

 Two sneaky Federation blimps and one solitary heroic squadron of Empire tiny flyer fighters.

The final shame.  My Empire battleship was boarded by Marines from three Federation cruisers and taken as a prize.  

Last night I travelled to the Outpost North gaming club to participate in my first ever game of Dystopian Wars.  It was a simple 400 point recon game.  My opponent was Jason, a fine outstanding gentleman with excellent modeling and game tutorial skills.  The game lasted three turns.  To put it simply, I got SMASHED.  My whole fleet was sunk, except the battleship which was taken as a prize.  My Tiny Flyers were all shot down.  I did get a couple of campaign points for having a fully painted fleet.  YAY.  The Federals lost three frigates sunk, and one taken as a prize. (That only happened because Jason was gracious enough to tell me how to carry out that maneuver).

My thoughts on Dystopian Wars.  This is not an easy game to play.  You need to be aware of your ships capabilities.  When to link attack and defensive weapons, when not to link them.  Be aware of ranges.  Watch out for blimps.  They are nasty.  Tiny Flyers suck.  They are really complex to use, get shot down easily, and they don't do much damage.  Jason explained that they are better to use as a swarm.  Frigates are nasty little ships.  Fast, and they throw out a heap of firepower.  I really underrated the frigate but I now have a greater appreciation for them.  Boarding ships is nasty.  The number of marines in each ship is very important.  Stay away from ships with a lot of marines.  The battlefield gets ugly with a lot of counters next to damaged ships.  I really don't like that but its part of the game.  In summary, I really enjoyed myself.  I have to study the rulebook more.  Again, many thanks to Jason for his time.  I learnt a lot.  But will I remember it!  

Tiny Flyers

I have not been very painting pro-active lately and in a mad rush today I had to paint up six bases of tiny flyers for my Dystopian Wars campaign game tonight.  White are my fighters, and the silvers are my torpedo bombers.  These things are tiny.  The bases are 20mm x 20mm and each plane is 6mm in length.

Bombers over the Phillippines

I just signed up to a Dystopian Wars escalation campaign with a bunch of local D-Wars players.  Bombers over the Philippines written by Mr D6G Craig Gallant will have us all waring over the above map with sea, air and land forces.  It's a casual paced campaign which really suits me.

First mission is recon.  400 pts.  I am thinking about throwing in a Battleship, two Cruisers, and eight frigates with 6 squadrons of tiny flyer's as air support.  Any suggestions welcome.

South Seas Detachment

I have just finished the ships from the Empire of the Blazing Sun Dystopian Wars starter box.  Introducing the Imperial South Seas Detachment or SSD.  The Empress Shizuna has dispatched the SSD to the Southern Ocean to discourage the ever growing terrorist state of the Covenant of Antarctica.  The so called Lord Sturgeon is of Britannian origin and we can never trust those pale skin fish and chip eaters.  The SSD is lead by a mighty Sokotsu Class Battleship, and supported by three Nakatsu Class Cruisers and nine Uwatsu Class Frigates.  They will be soon joined by an Imperial Carrier.  The SSD is the finest fleet in the Empire of the Blazing Sun.  May they bring honour to our Empire .

 Sokotsu Class Battleship

Sokotsu Class Battleship Top View

These ships were a lot of fun to paint.  Without doubt the best detailed miniatures I have ever owned.  A lot of Dystopian Wars gamers are painting their fleets in bright colours but I decided to go for the traditional naval look.  The base grey colour is WWII Japanese Navy Sasebo.  The decks are traditional ship deck tan.  I painted the Dystopian tech items in bronze.  Missiles in white.  I have ordered the carrier and that will be the next addition to the fleet.   

Australian 2" Mortar Team

I have not been slacking off, honest.  I just finished three support teams for my planned WWII Australian Pacific platoon.  Usually I paint the support options last.  This time I painted them first.  Over the next couple of days I will put up pics of a 3" Mortar Team and a Vickers MMG Team.  Figures are 28mm and they are from Brigade Games Diggers in the Pacific range. 

And a sneak preview of whats next on the painting table.  First coat is on.  Time to bring out the details.  I plan to make this fleet very WWII like.  Thanks for looking.

The Blazing Sun Arrives

I finally got my Empire of the Sun starter fleet for Dystopian Wars. A box full of goodness. I am about to clean and prime. I can't wait to paint these babies. I am thinking a traditional Japanese Navy dark grey. Probably won't do cam. The heavy bombers in green and the fighters in cream like WWII zeros.

Dystopian Wars

At long last my Dystopian Wars rule book from Spartan Games has arrived. The original rules had sold out shortly after release and I had to wait for the reprint. The rule book is full colour eye candy. It's amazing.

I shall be collecting and building the Empire of the Blazing Sun. (Pictured above).