The Spartan Games Blog is the portal through which we will communicate major events (be they company or game related), where our model makers will chat to you about their latest creations, artists will share concept art and if we need to tell you about new rules, fixes to rules or replacements …this is the place we’ll do it.
We’re also going to be featuring a lot more short story items on our website, and we actively encourage you to share your fan related materials with us, so we can add them to the Blog. Materials should be submitted to Steve Rhodes on steve@spartangames.co.uk. Please ensure all written pieces are between 600 – 4,500 words (the latter will be split into 2 parts) No submission will be used without prior contact with the writer.
Inspiring A New Generation
Since launching in October 2010, Dystopian Wars has gone from strength to strength as more and more gamers jump on board and discover the technological marvels of a Victorian Sci-Fi Age. As Dystopian Wars evolved, we continued to make improvements to our popular game. That natural progression has led us to the new Dystopian Wars Edition 1.1 Master Rulebook. This edition, which will be shipping from Monday 27th February, brings together a number of key changes to the rules system, a refinement of the rules text and tweaks to the Stat Cards of...
read moreDay of Reckoning
The resolute Republique of France and its people have undergone many tribulations since their experiences in the early 19th Century. Once it was an imperial power that looked set to challenge the Prussians as masters of Western Europe, and the Britannians as rulers of the oceans. But these dreams were shattered by a series of catastrophic events at the dawn of the century. Such was the speed of its fall from grace that France, which in 1804 had dictated the fate of other nations, had by 1815 been virtually reduced to the role of spectator to...
read moreIntroducing The Oroshan
For a millennia the Oroshan Imperium has lingered in despair. Lost in the vastness of space, this nomadic race is a danger to any space faring vessel they encounter. Survival is the driving force of this proud race, and survive they must. Following the destruction of their own star system by a supernova, the Elders moved the survivors onboard vast colony ships and even into bio-habitats onboard their military vessels. The Oroshan now move from system to system, its military commanded by the Elders to strip any raw materials they need to keep...
read moreLa Resurrection de la Nation
Subscribers to our newsletter have already been made aware that the Republique of France will be hitting stores in early March, and we’re sure that you’re as excited as we are. We cannot wait to share these stunning models with you, but we also know you will be hungry to learn more about the history of this upcoming Nation. That is why, today, we are offering our readers some background about the French. Specifically, we take a look at President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte – nephew of the legendary Napoleon Bonaparte and current...
read moreThe Ground Shakes…
The Mobile Airfields for all Nations officially hit the stores on Wednesday 8th, so we thought we’d take this chance to show you just how they compare, size-wise, to their Land Ship and Heavy Walker cousins, the former iron giants of the battlefield. We’ve also made available the tweaked Stat Cards for each of these models, which they are supplied with. Click here to download the Herodotus Class Mobile Airfield Stat Card Click here to download the Kagoshima Class Mobile Airfield Stat Card Click here to download the Alamo Class...
read moreThe Sun Never Sets (Part 2 of 2)
Francis had to act quickly; he had less then a minute and the Samurai warriors would be jetting aboard. He needed to get to Sergeant Bailey and the Ack Ack gunners quickly and traversing the ladders and gangways to the lower decks was not an option. “Marcus,” Francis called as he turned casually to his PARA troop corporal. “Wait here till I get back will you, we’ve got a fight on our hands I’d wager.” Francis engaged his pack by turning the rotating brass disk on the white leather chest harness. He heard the small hiss of the...
read moreThe Sun Never Sets (Part 1 of 2)
This short story was submitted to us by Featured Author Luke Loseby, a Dystopian Wars gamer who was clearly inspired to create this entertaining story. We hope you enjoy reading his work as much as we did: Francis stepped onto the bridge of the HMS Deliverer and instantly felt like the outsider, his scarlet red coat contrasting starkly against the deep blue of the other officers present. The two officers closest to the door turned briefly as he entered and then quickly returned their attention to the Captain who continued apace explaining the...
read moreThe Generator Game
Our last blog was before the Festive Season was in full swing, so I hope you all had a great time and are enjoying 2012 so far. There’s been a fantastic amount of conversation and feedback on the updates, and I wanted to quickly thank everyone who has been involved in that. The playtesting continued throughout the seasonal break and will continue for as long as possible, so if you have any more thoughts that you want to contribute we always like to hear them. Firstly, the scientists of the Prussian Empire would like to confirm that, as...
read moreMaster Rulebook Updates
Having released the National MARs in our State Of The Nations blog, and the Model changes and Model Assigned Rules update in our Fate Of The Nations blog, it is now time to get everything else to out you in one fell swoop. With this set of downloads, it’s probably worth re-stating that the remit of these improvements was two-fold; to balance out some of the issues in the game, and also to make the core game flow more smoothly. We’re confident that this has been achieved whilst still retaining all the fun that is integral to a game...
read moreFate Of The Nations
On December 16th we posted online our first State Of The Nations blog for Dystopian Wars, and one section, in particular, generated an amount of discussion on our Forum. The subject was that the minimum movement of a vessel in Dystopian Wars must be directly ahead. We’ve referred to this as a ‘clarification’, and not a rule change, because it was the intention of the original design that this rule be in place, and so areas of balance were created with this in mind. However, the rule was not clearly signposted, and some gaming...
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