Dystopian Wars Battle Report 4 - KoB vs PE

January 26th, 2011 at Tower Games. Mike and I play 1k points. Mike is using his 3 Sky Fortress List. Enjoy.

Siege of Augusta - Saturday Afternoon Session

Game 2:
War of the worlds. Ran by

Skirmish game using the Martian Empires rules about the H.G. Wells story. Had fun shooting (and bayonet charging) the Martians.

Photo's of the game:







Another fun game!

Siege of Augusta - Saturday Morning Session

Back in for another day of convention gaming. It's been so long since I have been to a con and not participate in a tournament that I forgot how much fun playing all of the different games can be.

Game 1:
They have tanks of their own. Ran by Chris Pagano

A Division level (each unit was a company) World War I game. This game was a lot of fun. I have been wanting to play a miniature game at this scale for a long time.

In the game there was 1 French Division and 1 British Division vs 1 German Division. Normally each person would play a regiment but we were a few players short so I controlled the British Division. As a result I had a lot to do so I was not able to take any photo's past the start of the game.

Overview of the board.



Some Closeups:





After the game the GM graciously sent me a copy of his rules. I am seriously considering converting them for WWII.

Siege of Augusta - Friday

Well, we made it. All signed in and hanging out waiting for the games to start.

Game 1:
French and Indian River Race. Ran by Dwight Jones
A fun convention game where the Trappers with their stolen furs must race the Indians down river to the safety of the fort.

Overview of the board:



Clay "Crazy Horse" Knuckles capsized in the rapids. :D



Yours truly, the first (and only) only surviving trapper beaching at the fort. (One wounded)


Great Fun!

New Accessories

In an effort to make my battle reports more visually appealing, I am changing the way I record hits,  AP loss, and raging fires on the table. In addition, I picked up some Mine tokens as well.

These are from the Litko Naval Accessories Line.

My only negative comment on these products are the splashes are hard to put together without breaking. I broke 3 out of the first 10 until I decided to trim the bottoms (not easy) and glue them. Other than that I really like them.



Here is a shot from a game we played last night at Tower. My Battleship just hit this Cruiser from range band 3. The small shell splash is AP loss, The large splashes with the blue bases are hull damage, and the raging fire is obvious:



Over all, I am pleased with the results. The only thing I may re-consider is the AP loss. I would like a better way to show some of the other critical results as well, so if any one has any ideas, let me know.

FSA Update: Test Figures

I painted a Frigate and 3 Tiny Fliers as test figures today. I'm not entirely sure what I want the fleet to look like but I know I don't want it to be green.

...and Yes, I did paint D-Day stripes :)

All:


The Frigate:




Fliers:

Dystopian Wars Battle Report 3 - EotBS vs PE

January 8th, 2011 at Treefort Games. Mike and I throw down with the Empire of the Blazing Sun vs Prussian Empire

Enjoy

Demo Day at Treefort Games

We had a good turn-out at Treefort yesterday. Lots of people got to see the game and about 15 different people played. (4 guy's from NATO showed up. w00t!) Dave from Spartan ran the demo table while 3 or 4 tables around him had games going. I was wrapped up in a Battle Report so I didn't get as many photo's as I would have liked. The owner of Treefort had a drawing for a free Battleship that one of the guy's who played a demo game won. (I don't remember his name). All in all a good time was had by all.

What few photo's I did get:

EotBS Update: Battleshop, Carrier, Tiny Fliers

Finally done with the starter box and Carrier. (Well done enough for demo's) I may go back and detail them more later. Just in time for the demo day at Treefort Games. I'm gonna try and get them into a Battle Report.

EotBS Update: Cruisers

Got the cruisers done. Well done enough for demo games. I could put some more detail and highlighting on them, but I really want to get the whole fleet done before Saturday and I still have a lot of work to do on the Battleship and Carrier. Not to mention, I have a lot to do this week at work. I can come back later and do more detail. (although knowing me, I probably wont :))

EotBS Update: Bombers

I made good progress on my EotBS yesterday. Completed the 6 remaining frigates, got the cruisers at about 50%, carrier and battleship at 25%. Managed to get the bombers done as well. I'm not sure if I want to put insignias on them or not. There is not really a good spot for the meatball. If I do, I'm leaning towards the tail plane in the center right behind the propeller.

Fleet Transport

I was torn between a foam carry system and a Magnetized with metal system. I went with magnetized on metal. If I ever have to do any long distance traveling with them I may convert, but I am happy with this for now.

Tiny Flyer Tokens

I wanted to have my flyers to look like some of the WWI aircraft I have seen photo's and drawings of. I also wanted to use the color of the planes to tell the squadrons apart.

Empire of the Blazing Sun Started

In between working on my main fleet (KoB) I have decided to paint one each of the other Nation's Naval Battle Group + Carrier so I will have enough painted ships to run demo's, battle reports, tacticas, rules examples and such. Since there are no Prussians on the shelves in either of my LGS's I will start with the Kingdom of the Blazing Sun.

I did a couple of test frigates and tiny fliers. I hope to have the rest painted for the next Demo day at Treefort Games in Fayetteville, GA on Jan 8th, 2011.

Battle Report #2

On December 27th, Clay and Kevin played a game that we recorded for another Battle Report. We got most of the rules right this time.

Finished Carrier, Bombers

Fired up after our first game it was back to the painting table. A couple of days later I finished my Carrier and 2 Bombers.

Initial Games, First Battle Report

On December 18, 2010. We met at Tower Games in Lawrenceville, GA. to have a Demo Game Day. There was a good turn out with a total of 7 games being played between 8 or 9 people. Dave Boeren from Spartan Games was there as well. We had challenged our group to show up with painted fleets so we could do a Battle Report. My buddy Clay stepped up. As it was only our first day playing,we got some of the rules wrong. In spite of that we had a good time. Here is the result:

Prologue: Intro, fleet selection, and early painting:

In early December, a couple of my co-workers introduced me to a new game from Spartan Games called Dystopian Wars. The group of us were excited by the look and feel of the game, and blown away by the models, so decided on the spot that we wanted to play.

We started deciding who was going to play what nation and I chose the Kingdom of Britannia. One Naval Battle Group and a Carrier Blister later and we were off.

A week later the Naval Battle Group was painted: