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Community => DWCO => Topic started by: Landlubber on August 20, 2015, 11:20:28 pm
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Well, you all knew this would happen sooner or later:
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j375/gregwright2/Dystopian%20Wars%20battles/IMG_3463.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/gregwright2/media/Dystopian%20Wars%20battles/IMG_3463.jpg.html)
Stephan and I met at Gamer's Haven tonight for a 1000-point throw-down between the Chinese Federation and the Prussian Empire. Stephan was not up to his usual dice-witch shenanigans, so I actually didn't do too terribly bad against him. He missed a few key opportunities to vaporize my ships--but then, so did I.
And then, the Dragon boarded the Metzger:
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j375/gregwright2/Dystopian%20Wars%20battles/IMG_3465.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/gregwright2/media/Dystopian%20Wars%20battles/IMG_3465.jpg.html)
But before that could happen, Stephan's frigates boarded the Dragon:
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j375/gregwright2/Dystopian%20Wars%20battles/IMG_3464.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/gregwright2/media/Dystopian%20Wars%20battles/IMG_3464.jpg.html)
"Boarded" actually isn't the right word for it. When a robot "boards" any other vessel, it isn't actually a boarding assault--it's more like a melee attack. Since the Dragon is a robot and the Metzger is a robot, there were several special circumstances involved, so we had to read through that section of the rulebook. When we were ready, I rolled the dice.
And got two hits.
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It was very anticlimactic.
So the Metzger broke contact and waddled off to harass my carriers. In the end, I had to send three flights of dive bombers to kill it.
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j375/gregwright2/Dystopian%20Wars%20battles/IMG_3468.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/gregwright2/media/Dystopian%20Wars%20battles/IMG_3468.jpg.html)
And then, to add insult to injury, the frigates sunk my battleship.
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j375/gregwright2/Dystopian%20Wars%20battles/IMG_3466.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/gregwright2/media/Dystopian%20Wars%20battles/IMG_3466.jpg.html)
We had to call the game at the end of turn three due to time constraints. Neither of us achieved our objectives. We agreed to call it a tactical draw.
Until next time--thanks for reading!
(http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j375/gregwright2/Dystopian%20Wars%20battles/IMG_3467.jpg) (http://s1082.photobucket.com/user/gregwright2/media/Dystopian%20Wars%20battles/IMG_3467.jpg.html)
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Great write up. We need to try that again some time.
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Looked like fun. I still can't get over how great the dragon looks. And Stephan's Metzgers are just as sweet, the water/wave effects are striking.