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Category Archives: Dystopian Wars
Hurricane Season Scenario 1
Prologue South Atlantic, off the Cape of Good Hope INBS Kaga, Flagship of the Blazing Sun Carribean Strike Force The waters off the Cape of Good Hope were an expanse of storm-tossed deep blue, domed with an oppressive grey overcast, broken by … Continue reading
Posted in Battle Report, Campaign, Dystopian Age, Dystopian Wars
Tagged Campaign, DW 2.5, Dystopian Wars, EotBS, FSA, Hurricane Season, PE
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Revisiting Hurricane Season
This is the first of what will probably become a series of posts on me and my friend Matt’s play-through of Hurricane Season, the first campaign book for Dystopian Wars that came out way back in 2012. I have to … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign, Dystopian Wars
Tagged Campaign, Dystopian Wars, EotBS, FSA, Hurricane Season, PE
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Speeding up the Spartan Engine, Part 2
Introduction Last week, I took a look at the idea that games based on the Spartan Engine, especially Dystopian Wars (DW) and Firestorm Armada (FSA), take too long to play. I’m not going to repeat myself too much in this … Continue reading
Posted in Dystopian Age, Dystopian Wars, Space Naval Gaming
Tagged Spartan Game Engine, Warcradle
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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
Posted in Dystopian Age, Dystopian Wars, Space Naval Gaming
Tagged DWFA, Spartan Engine, Spartan Games, Warcra
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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
Posted in Dystopian Age, Dystopian Wars, Space Naval Gaming
Tagged Spartan Games, Warcradle
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Dystopian Wars and World War II
Foreward Before I get too far into this, I should point out that I recognize that Warcradle has plans to make significant changes to the background story for Dystopian Wars. However, as yet the details have not been revealed to … Continue reading
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Thoughts on the Revised Ningjing
Yesterday, Warcradle posted up some new renders on their official Facebook page of the Ningjing battleship design they have been working on for Dystopian Wars (DW). The changes to the design are both dramatic and subtle; clearly a lot of … Continue reading
Dystopian Age Model Previews
As I discussed in my previous post, Warcradle made a big announcement last Friday about their plans for the future of the Dystopian Wars setting, which is now being heralded under the banner of the Dystopian Age. Unfortunately, I got … Continue reading
The Dystopian Age
Greetings! Yesterday, Warcradle Studios published a video and a blog post detailing their plans for the Dystopian Wars setting, which they aquired from the fire sale that resulted from the shuttering of Spartan Games. The blog post and video are … Continue reading
Thoughts on DW Flashpoint Campaign Maps
One of the neatest new additions to the DW 2.5 book is the Flashpoint Campaign system. As the book describes it, this system provides a framework for conducting an expansive map-based campaign that will allow players to gain and lose … Continue reading