Dystopian Wars – Felix's Gaming Pages

Dystopian Wars Kingdom of Britannia Ruler Class Battleship HMS King Richard III

The Dystopian Wars was a miniatures games from Spartan Games. Sadly Spartan Games went out of business, however Warcradle Studios bought out the background and rules from them.

Dystopian Wars Reborn

A new version of the rules should be available in 2020.

Imagine a world similar to our own, but subtly different. Now imagine the year is 1870 and the Industrial Revolution occurred decades earlier than in our own world. Technology is far advanced, and in many cases, unrecognisable, which has led to the development of fantastic naval vessels, hulking land ships and terror from the skies in the form of airships and war balloons.

The Dystopian Wars game is set in a Victorian Steampunk world and we have designed the rules to ensure a fun game with a large selection of high quality models in a couple of hours. The rules support Naval, Aerial and Land models from the outset, so that you can set up battles and scenarios in any combat setting.

Dystopian Wars features highly detailed resin and pewter miniatures with which you can roam the high seas, scour the smog filled skies looking for enemy flying ships, or doggedly defend the cities and countryside of your home nation using giant Land Ships.

Our fast play rules are optimised for large fleet actions, so you can get as many miniatures on the table as you want, and still finish an enjoyable game in an afternoon or evening. Dystopian Wars is also ideal for multiplayer games, because you get to activate individual squadrons of miniatures from one player to the next. The rules allow for the use of a deck of 52 Game Cards that add an exciting Fog of War element to each game.

You command one of the great imperial powers of Dystopian Wars, you can choose to defend your territories from foreign incursion, or you can conquer the world. The choice is yours…

This was one of those impulse purchases that I stopped doing years ago… but the concept and miniatures are very appealing…

I bought the miniatures before I got the rules…. However I did eventually manage to pick up a copy of the rules. Certainly had some fun games with them.

I name this ship…

The Dystopian Chronicle

Dystopian Times

The Dystopian Gazette

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