Note we made this rules mistake - defenders in an assault add their CITADEL to the number of dice they roll. Whoops!

@stylemer

Ай бұрын

No wonder we kept getting Carnage! I thought we had something wrong there, adding Citadel would make a HUGE difference.

Game system’s easy, the trick is in all the special faction-specific abilities and weapon specialisations, which you’ll soon get used to. This is no more complex than Warhammer 40k, Wrath of Kings or Hell Dorado, and it’s absolutely epic once you get the rhythm going. The EOG rule summaries are crucial though while you’re learning it (as always).

Great timing, I got this set today!.

@EsotericOrderGamers

Ай бұрын

Perfect!

Played this about 10 years ago and really enjoyed it. The rules then weren't overly complicated really, but they did take a while - splitting up all the weapons and assigning shots from the larger ships could be prime analysis-paralysis time

@EsotericOrderGamers

18 күн бұрын

I think the rules are pretty different now, though I must admit I never played the original Spartan version.

I'm just getting into Dystopian Wars and this was one of the first few videos I watched that sold me on the game. Would absolutely love to see more batreps and content on the game

@EsotericOrderGamers

15 күн бұрын

More new releases coming very soon!

@commodoreturtle

15 күн бұрын

@@EsotericOrderGamers I look forwards to it!

Great video! Would love more videos featuring Dystopian Wars!

Brilliant - the crazy gang is here! Let me get a beverage.....

@EsotericOrderGamers

Ай бұрын

Reeellllaaaaxxxxxx ....

Love watching you two lovely gents play battle reports! Great to see Will again! Those mini's look amazing Peter! EPIC video! :)🌊⛴️⛵

@EsotericOrderGamers

Ай бұрын

Excellent! Glad you enjoyed our gaming shennanigans.

BAAAATTTLE REPOOOOOORRRRTT!!!!!

@EsotericOrderGamers

17 күн бұрын

Yeah!

While I absolutely LOVE the models, and am not afraid of a deep wargame (I still play epic, Warmaster, SW Armada etc.) the Dystopian Wars rules are absolutely obtuse. As the "rules guy" of my group, I just can't be bothered to teach this game more than once. And this is the kind of game you basically have to re-learn every time you want to play again.

@EsotericOrderGamers

Ай бұрын

Nahhh, it's not that bad. Do you have my summary? The rules are pretty straightforward, you just need a good reference for all the nitpicky special abilities.

I just had color copys made to double the size of my carrib sea mat...for sails o glory..i could not locate a sea mat online

@EsotericOrderGamers

Ай бұрын

Well try Deep Cut Studio!

I have the same clothes horse!

@EsotericOrderGamers

Ай бұрын

Well that's the weirdest comment I've ever got!

But what do you think about the V&V cards......? 😂😊

@EsotericOrderGamers

Ай бұрын

well, let me tell you … 🤣

When you defend against an assault, you defend with ya citadel and ya best ADV/SDV, then add any escort tokens etc. You were only using ya ADV. This is why most of ya results were 8+

@EsotericOrderGamers

Ай бұрын

Hold on, citadel is added? WHOOPS, that was a big mistake. Well that certainly makes assaults a lot tougher! Thanks.

@ReccePatrols

Ай бұрын

@@EsotericOrderGamers no drama mate. Its just incase you was wondering why they were so OP 😂 i like ya rules cards by the way. I want some!

I love how DW looks! It's a shame they didn't learn from Spartan, the original owners of the game - famous for verbose, complicated, obtuse rules... Even after battling the awful rules from years ago (haven't tried the Warcradle version), we did have fun with the game. But I'm too scared to try it again - it seems like there's just too much going on. And jeez. Who can make it past those verbose cards, am I right?!?!

@EsotericOrderGamers

Ай бұрын

Really, it is just all the special abilities that make it tricky, but every tabletop wargame has those. Armed with my rules summary and reference you'll be absolutely fine if you have experience with slightly more complex wargames.

@gmradio2436

Ай бұрын

Dystopian Wars is in some ways easier than 40k. Most of the abilities are keywords and interchangeable parts. The Orbats have any special rules written out for a unit. The basic loop itself is fairly consistent. Just take it one step at a time.

@EsotericOrderGamers

Ай бұрын

Weeeelll, I wouldn't say it's easier than 40K. The basic rules are more involved than the old roll to hit, roll to wound, roll to save of 40K. And the special rules are not only more numerous, but all in one place in the ORBAT, not on each unit card (where you only get the name of the abilities) so without custom cards like mine there's a lot of cross-referencing. Then you get things like the pretty complex damage and critical damage and levels of disorder systems, and the SRS tokens phases, etc etc ...

If you are a wargamer and you are remotely interesting in naval battles seriously go buy a set or two. The game is very cheap for that quality.

@speeddemonpainting7050

Ай бұрын

Agreed, Warcradle makes some amazing high end polysterene plastics that absolutely give GW plastics a run for their money!

@EsotericOrderGamers

Ай бұрын

Now if only they'd support Wild West Exodus more!

@Aethon988

Ай бұрын

@@EsotericOrderGamers I think that needs a refresh/rebrand. The western theme can only take you so far. They need "seasons" and each season would have a different theme and setting in the Dystopian Age universe so it would keep things fresh. 3-4 warbands each year and they would be set.

@speeddemonpainting7050

Ай бұрын

@@EsotericOrderGamers I would love more WWX... But that would probably be more of a thing if they expanded it through Lost World Exodus (that will have the same 8 faction as DW/AC, but at 35mm skirmish scale). Sadly, the competition in 28-40mm skirmish is brutal right now. I bet that's the main reason why it's largely on the backburner. DW stood apart by doing something not a lot of players in the market were doing... Armoured Clash will be similar.

@EsotericOrderGamers

Ай бұрын

@speeddemonpainting7050 They seem to have a lot of ex-Spartan Games that are just kind sit there on their homepage, but they don't do anything with them.