Tag Archives: Spartan Games

Dystopian Wars: A Brief History (Part 3)

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Ruckdog
Dystopian Wars: A Brief History (Part 3)

Greetings! As the relaunch of Dystopian Wars approaches, I felt it would be a good opportunity to take a look back at the history of the game, and reminisce a bit about its origins and past life. This winter will … Continue reading →

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Dystopian Wars: A Brief History (Part 2)

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Ruckdog
Dystopian Wars: A Brief History (Part 2)

Greetings! As the relaunch of Dystopian Wars approaches, I felt it would be a good opportunity to take a look back at the history of the game, and reminisce a bit about its origins and past life. This winter will … Continue reading →

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Dystopian Wars: A Brief History (Part 1)

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Ruckdog
Dystopian Wars: A Brief History (Part 1)

Greetings! As the relaunch of Dystopian Wars approaches, I felt it would be a good opportunity to take a look back at the history of the game, and reminisce a bit about its origins and past life. This winter will … Continue reading →

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Speeding up the Spartan Engine, Pt. 1

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Ruckdog
Speeding up the Spartan Engine, Pt. 1

For all of its many virtues, a commonly heard complaint is that games based on the Spartan Engine take too long to play, especially Firestorm Armada (FSA) and Dystopian Wars (DW). This is not a universally heard complaint, to be … Continue reading →

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The Spartan Game Engine

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Ruckdog
The Spartan Game Engine

Introduction Hello once again! In this post, I’m going to attempt to provide a description of the game engine that Spartan Games initially created in 2008 and then iterated on for various versions of Uncharted Seas (US), Firestorm Armada (FSA), … Continue reading →

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The Sinking of Spartan Games

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Ruckdog
The Sinking of Spartan Games

As most of you reading this are probably aware of by now, Spartan Games announced last Friday (25 August 2017) that the company would be immediately ceasing operations. If you haven’t yet, it’s worthwhile taking a look at the company’s … Continue reading →

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Halo Fleet Battles Ships Done

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Ruckdog
Halo Fleet Battles Ships Done

It has taken me a few months, but I’ve finally gotten all of the UNSC and Covenant ships from my starter box all painted up! This was the “Gencon” version of the box, which included an extra Covenant Heavy Cruiser … Continue reading →

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