Dystopian Wars

[YPU]

Indeed, this way we can really field masses of ridiculous leviathans!

[Jaeger]

That Land Ship looks very nice indeed. A Cathedral on tracks loaded with smoke stacks and cannons. Very cool.

[Haarken]

For those of you who would like to see more, I've just noticed that there are more pictures over on Miniature Review, or alternatively at Spartan Games by clicking on the flags.

Haarken

[black hat miniatures]

Looks to be heavily influenced by the Philip Reeve Mortal Engines books to me...

Mike
 

[Mors]

That was my first thought too Mike, I suppose the St Pauls dome was what got me thinking that.
I expect I will buy into it , the news of its release has got me looking at my aeronef stuff again.
I happily mix 'normal' VSF with victorian elements of steampunk..
Mors

[The_Beast]

Isn't it strange, but the ships and land vehicles, and even largest aerocraft, merely seem vaguely wrong  to me, but the flyers still seem RIGHT OUT.

To those decrying the product as Steampunk, obviously I haven't the proper perspective to fully understand your pain.

By the way, that part is probably an excellent discussion to be continued  elsewhere. May I suggest 'General > Announcements and Forum Stuff > About Forum'? If there's interest, I'll start a thread there, as this seems to cut across several other forums.

Doug

[Mr.Marx]

OK, I like the Sidewheel Aerocaft Carrier. I might get one of those.

[Ray Rivers]

Edit:  Left out Japan!

And Egypt too!   

 

[Lupus]

Yeah a lot of what i'd call normal VSF fleets seem to be missing, like most of Europe and normally the US plays a very small aprt in the grand scheme of things..

[YPU]

Spartan has e tendency of including a few fleets after release of the initial four, they have done this for both their previous games. So they might just do that for these.
Somebody told me this is so they make sure the game mechanics work the way they think and what doesn't before they introduce the fleets with the more exotic effects, not sure if this is true for the released fleets in the other games, tough.

[Tas]

Pics of the Japanese Battlewagon and Brit Carrier are now up at my blog here:
http://pauljamesog.blogspot.com/2010/10/dystopian-wars-mini-preview.html
courtesy of Mark from "Conflict in Colour"

[discok3]

If as mentioned on the previous page in this thread the scale is smaller than their other current games(which seems logical if you are to include land,sea and air in the same game)then I have high hopes for this game,genre or whatever other title suits best.
Sounds like it could have GW's Epic Armageddon tendencies although no mention so far of infantry stands or the like.I don't mean to draw direct similarities to this game but merely highlight the potential of the 3 force game...it does of course pose the problem of the game table and it's make up...ie do you have to have a mixed land and sea board?Perhaps it will provide guidance and rules for separate battles which have a direct effect on future ones?
I do love the idea of sea battles leading to land invasions and they have already released coastal fortifications which are particularly beautiful.Throw in the cities and airports(need a better victorian word for this really!) and it could be an amazing game overall.
I have played a few games of Uncharted Seas and have laughed heartily whilst playing..it's a fun set of rules which I think can be played just for laughs or taken a little more seriously depending on your mood...Dystopian wars looks like it might be more involved but that suits me fine.
I'm sure the sculpts will be marvellous so loads to look forward to in my book.

I would say that having a US side might well be a means to please our Stateside friends somewhat but it is a business so sounds like a sound plan...plus they had some pretty good dreadnoughts so it does make sense in many ways

[YPU]

Pics of the Japanese Battlewagon and Brit Carrier are now up at my blog here:
http://pauljamesog.blogspot.com/2010/10/dystopian-wars-mini-preview.html
courtesy of Mark from "Conflict in Colour"

Thanks for the preview, it gives a good idea how the 3d art relates to actual models!

[Dewbakuk]

Not a huge fan of the British fleet's aesthetics, however I love the idea of a huge airstrip positioned over two ships!

[Haarken]

I think the miniatures are absolutely fantastic, the quality looks incredibly high but I'm still not a fan of the design aesthetic unfortunately. Still there may be a few miniatures amongst the line that'll make it into my collection.