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Dystopian Wars: A Brief History (Part 1)

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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Hurricane Season Scenario 4

Hurricane Season Scenario 4

Prologue Miami Harbor, Federated State of Florida Jenkins Approached Commander Wales. “Sir, systems nominal, the Portsmouth is running as smooth as the day she completed sea trials.” Danny nodded. “MacCannon took good care of her, and it seems the shipyard … Continue reading

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Hurricane Season Scenario 3

Hurricane Season Scenario 3

Prologue Port Stanely, Falkland Islands The days dragged, it had been a month since the Falklands incident.  The pain had dulled, but the memory of his failure was still sharp. “I’m not a prisoner here, but this isn’t exactly the … Continue reading

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Hurricane Season Scenario 2

Hurricane Season Scenario 2

Prologue Stanley Harbor, Falkland Islands FSS Hampton, Flagship of the FSN Falkland Islands Squadron As he approached the bridge, Captain Wales drew his coat tightly about his person.  His breath formed smoky clouds not unlike the sturginium fueled exhaust of … Continue reading

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Hurricane Season Scenario 1

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

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Revisiting Hurricane Season

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

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DW Fleet Action Musings

DW Fleet Action Musings

Greetings! Last weekend I had the chance to play a full game of Dystopian Wars Fleet Action (DWFA) against CDR-G. For those that may not be familiar, Fleet Action is the DW cousin of Firestorm Taskforce, both by Spartan Games. … Continue reading

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Bombs Away! – DW Heavy Bombers

Introduction April was an exciting month for Dystopian Wars, as the game received its first new unit type in quite some time. I’m referring, of course, to the Heavy Bombers that were included in the Bombardment Groups that were released … Continue reading

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DW Battlecruisers Part 3

Greetings! So, it’s been over two years since I’ve discussed this topic, and since then Spartan has released battlecruisers for all 7 core factions. I thought it might be interesting to take a brief look at this ship type and … Continue reading

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A Dystopian Wars TANKS-Giving

A Dystopian Wars TANKS-Giving

As is customary, war gamers the world over are playing tank-related games this weekend in honor of the Thanksgiving holiday. My father-in-law, Jim, was nice enough to sit down and play a Dystopian Wars scenario of my own devising: The … Continue reading

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