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Forum Newsletter 15

Forum Newsletter 15

Greetings fellow Naval Gamers! There are many things to catch you up on; the past month has been very active on both the forums and the blog! Let’s start with the forums. First, I would like to announce the creation … Continue reading

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Bombs Away! – DW Heavy Bombers

Introduction April was an exciting month for Dystopian Wars, as the game received its first new unit type in quite some time. I’m referring, of course, to the Heavy Bombers that were included in the Bombardment Groups that were released … Continue reading

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Dystopian Wars Battle Report: Russians vs. Prussians

Dystopian Wars Battle Report: Russians vs. Prussians

Ian, aka MajorMcNicol, has put up a great post about our last gaming session on his blog: https://andygomez.wordpress.com/2015/04/28/dystopian-wars-two-battles-pictures-including-special-scenario/ I was going to do my own write-up, but he did such a good job, I think I’ll just link to his … Continue reading

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DW Battlecruisers Part 4

Hello again! If you remember from last time, I discussed all 7 battlecruisers from the core factions. This time, I’m going to be taking a look at the battlecruisers from the various minor powers and supporting factions. As a slight … Continue reading

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Navy of the Terran Satellite Charter: Main Cruiser Variants

Hello again fellow naval gamers! I have for you here an excellent article by Ian Cross (Major McNicol on the forums) that provides a fictional discussion and history to the development of the NTSC cruiser designs in Firestorm Armada. Ian … Continue reading

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DW Battlecruisers Part 3

Greetings! So, it’s been over two years since I’ve discussed this topic, and since then Spartan has released battlecruisers for all 7 core factions. I thought it might be interesting to take a brief look at this ship type and … Continue reading

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Forum Newsletter 14

Forum Newsletter 14

Greetings! Another great month on MBS, thanks to you guys! First up, make sure you take a look at our winners from the painting contest: http://www.manbattlestations.com/forum/index.php?topic=896.0 There has been a lot of news coming out on the new Halo game … Continue reading

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War At Sea Battle Report: IJN vs USN

I recently played my first War at Sea game in a long time. The game was with my friend Seth (wargamer55), and it was a classic Pacific War matchup: Japan vs United States!

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2015 Painting Contest Winners

The votes are all in, and I am proud to announce the winners of this year’s contest! In first place, it’s Hetairoi’s Imperial Humans Kingfisher Class Heavy Cruiser: In Second Place, it’s Grgbobe’s USS Ranger: And in third place, it’s … Continue reading

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Star Trek Armada III Review

Star Trek Armada III Review

I originally posted this review over on my personal blog, but since the mod mostly deals with ships of various kinds, I figured it would be worthwhile to post here as well! The Basics So, what is STA3? Well, to … Continue reading

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