Sturginium Skies: 2-Player DW Starter Set

[Ruckdog]

Warcradle has put up a new 2-player starter set for DW:

https://www.waylandgames.co.uk/dystopian-wars/92755-sturginium-skies-two-player-starter-set

It's an Imperium vs. Crown set, featuring lots of new airship models:

Sturginium Skies - Two Player Starter Set Information
The great powers of the Dystopian Age are constantly testing each other's boundaries, fighting for territory and resources. The Imperium, while comfortably controlling miles of the Greenland coastline, had decided to make a push into the Labrador Sea, to claim some of the Crown's Dominions in Canada. It was believed that in the face of an overwhelming military presence in the region, the Crown would yield and allow the fishing and gas fields to be ceded to the Imperium. With the knowledge that an ill-timed exercise by the Union to the southwest of Canada would draw much of the Canadian airforce and focus to counter this buildup, Kommodore Wilhelmina von Hoeppner was given the Kaiser's blessing to begin the special operation.

The initial forays by the Prussian airships were met by the anticipated patrols from the Canadian Aerial Defence Force. Vast Imperium forces efficiently and ruthlessly silenced these valiant aircraft. leaving the east coast unawares and poorly defended in the face of this Prussian onslaught. It was only in the opening stages of the naval battles that followed that the Crown became aware of the Imperium's intentions, but by then the Atlantic Fleet had been left very much alone in the fight.

Military campaigns take time and logistics to implement, and in the lull following this initial battle, urgent requests for reinforcements to both the High Commission in Ottawa and Canadian Naval Command. Fortunately, the British 14th Rotor Expeditionary Division was on manoeuvres off the coast of Ireland under Air Marshal Clive Spottswoode. The 14th had already followed up on intercepted Luftstreitkrafte communication chatter and triangulated a Prussian refuelling convoy in the mid-Atlantic. Spottswoode immediately saw the threat and, after making use of the captured Imperium supplies, was proceeding at full speed to the Labrador coast.

The Prussian aerial battlefleets began their offensive, led by a mighty Stark Imperium class skyfortress, and supported by aerial and naval assets. The scattered Canadian defences soon rallied and began making strikes at the Prussian forces causing Kommodore von Hoeppner to split off squadrons of her Kreigsturm Assault Airships to hunt down the Canadian patrols in the hope they could take them unawares. What von Hoeppner did not know, but the Kaiser later said she should have anticipated, was that the Canadians had redeployed three squadrons of their new Toronto Class Control Cruisers to the region just the week before the invasion. These advanced vessels proved crucial in tracking Imperium attacks and coordinating Canadian defences at sea, slowing the Prussian advance and buying the Crown reinforcements precious time.

Sturginium Skies showcases the beleaguered Canadian forces as they hold off against a powerful Imperium attack. Will Air Marshal Spottswoode and the 14th Rotor Expedition arrive in time to make a difference for the Crown? Or will Kommodore von Hoeppner and her Prussian battlefleets reach their target for the glory of the Imperium?

Contents:

1x Stark Imperium Skyfortress
2x Kriegsturm Assault Airship
4x Jaeger Aerial Fast Destroyer
4x Aerial Escort
2x Reiter Cruiser
4x Sigimer Destroyer
3x Prydain War Rotor
3x Tintagel Battle Rotor
6x Saxon Scout Rotor
3x Newfoundland Attack Cruiser
6x Orca Hunter Submarine
SRS Tokens
1x Rule Book
1x Campaign Book
2x Victory & Valour card decks (60 cards each)
1x Template set
40x Action dice
12x Critical dice
2x Condition token sets

[Kelly]

It seems like the new starter is squarely in the current zeitgeist, a good third of the box is on flying stands.  But then again, I have not been following Dystopian Wars since the transition and did not realize there are hardly any boxes with aerial units.

There are more models than the Prometheus starter, but even though these are smaller, I think this starter would stand out more on the table with its focus on vertical elements.

[Easy E]

I am seriously considering this set.....


 

[Covertwalrus]

 There is an upgrade to the box set called, imaginatively, "Beyond The Sturginium Skies" -

 https://www.manbattlestations.com/forum/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;pic=78

 ( The rig is very nice: It's also available in the Covenant/Commonwealth upgrade to the "Hunt for The Prometheus" 2 player set; Guess what *that's* called? )

[Easy E]

Well, "Beyond the....." is still way better than "The Rise of..." which is a warning sign whenever you see it in a naming convention.

[Covertwalrus]

Well, "Beyond the....." is still way better than "The Rise of..." which is a warning sign whenever you see it in a naming convention.

 You aren't wrong

 The sets are also nice "joint buys" for two players to split up after purchase.

Me? I'm saving my money for the Scandinavian and Canadian sets