Category Archives: Dystopian Wars

Dystopian Wars Island Terrain Unboxing

Dystopian Wars Island Terrain Unboxing

Spartan recently ran a promotion to give away free terrain for DW for orders over 50 pounds, and it sounded too good to pass up! Since I have a lot of ships already, I’ve been turning my attention to the area … Continue reading

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DW Historicals: Torpedoes

DW Historicals: Torpedoes

Not long after I proposed this project, I received suggestions on how to handle torpedoes. The thrust of these suggestions was that the fashion in which DW handles torpedoes is somewhat unsatisfactory, due to them being “direct fire” weapons, and … Continue reading

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DW Historicals: Determining Scales

DW Historicals: Determining Scales

Welcome to the second post on my DW Historicals (DWH) project! Last time, I was simply discussing my motives and laying out some first principles. This time around, I’m going to start delving into some “nuts and bolts” discussion on … Continue reading

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Dystopian Wars Historicals: A Proposal

Dystopian Wars Historicals: A Proposal

Greetings! This post is intended to be the first shot across the bow for a project I’ve had simmering for some time now in the back of my head. As you may have guessed from the title, the basic idea … Continue reading

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Dystopian Wars: How Far is Far?

In my last Dystopian Wars article, I developed a conversion factor to turn game movement ratings into speeds (as it turns out, I reckoned it is rougly 2.67 knots per inch of movement). I speculated at the time that this … Continue reading

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Dystopian Wars: Speed Thrills

Dystopian Wars: Speed Thrills

Have you ever been playing a game of Dystopian Wars, and asked yourself just how fast your ships are “actually” moving? This is something that I’ve pondered for a while. There is no immediate answer at hand; Spartan has deliberately … Continue reading

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Dystopian Wars Batrep: Prussians vs. Britannians Campaign Battle

Introduction Time for another DW Battle Report! This time around, it is a rematch of the game I had played a week before between myself and Last Rites. This time around, however, we were going to be playing within CDR-G’s … Continue reading

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Dystopian Wars Batrep: Prussians vs. Britannians

Dystopian Wars Batrep: Prussians vs. Britannians

Story Kapitan zur See Ruckdog surveyed the hostile, icy North Sea from his perch in the flag bridge of his flagship, the mighty Blucher-class Dreadnought SMS Mecklenburg. Surrounding the hulking shape of the Mecklenburg was the rest of his force, … Continue reading

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Dystopian Wars: 1250 Point Game, PE vs. EIMC

Dystopian Wars: 1250 Point Game, PE vs. EIMC

Ahoy! I managed to get my first Dystopian Wars game in over a month last Sunday, at my old stomping grounds (Eagle & Empire). Forum member Creon was nice enough to meet me for a 1250 point game of my … 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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