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 Prussians versus his East India Merchant Company. We were playing a strait “shoot-em up” scenario, which I really wanted as I needed a refresher on the rules after not having played in so long.

Forces

Here was my PE list:

Dreadnought Squadron (2#, 350 pts)
1 Blücher Class Dreadnought, 330 pts = (base cost 290) + Shield Generator 20 + Tesla Generator 20
1 ATTACHMENT: Wächter Class Escort, 20 pts

Fleet Submarine Squadron (2#, 165 pts)
1 Sturmbringer Class Submarine, 165 pts

Battlecruiser Squadron (1#, 110 pts)
1 Königsberg Class Battlecruiser, 110 pts

Support Cruiser Squadron (3#, 255 pts)
3 Donnerfaust Class Support Cruisers, 255 pts = 3 * 85

Frigate Squadron (4#, 120 pts)
4 Arminius Class Frigates, 120 pts = 4 * 30

Corvette Squadron (5#, 100 pts)
5 Saxony Class Corvettes, 100 pts = 5 * 20

Sky Fortress Squadron (7#, 150 pts)
1 Imperium Class Sky Fortress, 150 pts

Validation Report:
Core Force Type: Naval
Force satisfies all enforced validation rules

And this was Creon’s EIMC list:

1 Athea Class Battleship, 180 pts (Guardian Generator (2, 8″, P=1); Sharp Turn; Sub Killer (Torpedo Turrets); Sustained Fire (Heavy Turrets, 3); Sustained Fire (Torpedo Turrets, 3))
2 Torpedo Turrets
2 Heavy Turrets
2 P/S Broadsides

1 Forbes Class Support Blimp, 175 pts (Guardian Generator (2, 8″, P=1); Naval, 8″, Terror Tactics (1); Spotter (Expert); Sustained Fire (Heavy Turrets, 3))
2 Fore/Aft Heavy Turrets
1 Lower Heavy Turret
5 EIMC Fighter Squadron (Big Fuel Tanks; Hunter (Aerial, +1))

1 Forbes Class Support Blimp, 135 pts (Tesla Generator (8″); Spotter (Expert); Sub Killer (Torpedo Turrets); Sustained Fire (Torpedo Turrets, 3))
2 Fore/Aft Torpedo Turrets
1 Lower Torpedo Turret
5 EIMC Fighter Squadron (Big Fuel Tanks; Hunter (Aerial, +1))

3 Griffon Class Cruisers, 240 pts (Shield Generator (2); Sharp Turn; Sub Killer (Torpedo Turrets); Sustained Fire (Torpedo Turrets, 2))
2 Torpedo Turrets

3 Griffon Class Cruisers, 270 pts (Shield Generator (2); Sharp Turn; Sustained Fire (Heavy Turrets, 2))
2 Heavy Turrets

3 Syera Class Frigates, 90 pts (Sharp Turn; Small Target)
1 Main Turret

2 Syera Class Frigates, 60 pts (Sharp Turn; Small Target)
1 Main Turret

2 Drake Class Corvettes, 40 pts (Advanced Engines (+2″); Sharp Turn; Small Target)

1 Apollo Class Carrier, 60 pts

Deployment

Here was our deployment:

Turn 1

The highlight of Turn 1 was the Magazine Explosion that the EIMC was able to inflict on one of my Support Cruisers. This rapidly led to the death of the Blucher’s remaining escort, while severely damaging one of the other ships in the squadron. First blood to EIMC!

Turn 2

During turn 2, the EIMC completed the destruction of the Prussian support cruisers and frigates, while the Prussians were able to destroy a frigate in return and damage several other ships. The Prussian dreadnought took a severe beating in the process, though, losing 6 HP! Things were not looking good for the PE…

Turn 3

The game ended on turn 3; once Creon finished off my corvettes, battlecruiser, and the dreadnought, he easily had enough points to win! I managed to do about 200 points of damage in return.

Conclusion

That was a rough game for me! I definitely made some mistakes with my deployment, and I also did not capitalize well on the PE’s Tesla abilities; that is to be expected though. Creon was nice enough to help me through several rules that I had forgotten or had been misinterpreting. Now that I’ve knocked some of the rust off my DW skills, I’m sure I’ll do better next game!

Until next time…