Funny, I've actually been wondering for a bit what the next thing is for Dystopian Wars. They fleshed out the model range very nicely for land, sea, and air for all the major and minor factions, I think. Advancing the timeline and opening a new theater in the war is an interesting direction for Spartan to take (although that write-up did sound a bit like "in the grim dark past, there is only war"). Advancing the timeline could introduce new, more advanced versions of the current ships (not necessarily even the same hulls, but for example new battleships for the later period). This could mean that games could be played along the timeline--using older or newer ships.
And I'm all for opening a new front, especially if it's Africa. I think Spartan has a real opportunity to shine here with their proven ability to design great models. This could also be an excuse for them to debut new factions and maybe make the land forces side of Dystopian Wars more interesting. Think about it: Africa is a vast continent with many types of terrain, and factions based in the interior would need to have good land and air forces. Given some of the large lakes and rivers in the continent's interior, they could also introduce riverine and freshwater naval forces (there is
historical precedent for this).
What I hope they don't do, however, is "carve up" Africa using the current major and minor powers. That's a little too close to actual history. It would be much more interesting, and more fitting in the Dystopian Wars alternate history timeline, to have actual Africa-based factions. These could be major powers, but it might be more compelling for them to be a collection of minor powers that band together to fight off the invaders. I'm thinking desert raiders from a Sahara-based faction, excelling at speed and quick strikes (like LoIS ships, but on land); towering landships with lots of supporting tanks for factions based on the plains of East Africa; walkers that can stride across the jungles of the continent's center. Maybe some land vehicles based on hippos or elephants, like we've seen already with the Raj.
