Massive Dystopian Wars battle

Last night we played a massive -and in retrospect a bit too ambitious for one evening- Dystopian Wars battle. Over 2000 points of Covenant prowess took on a combined Prussian/American fleet. After a three-hour slugfest I yielded the victory to the Allies, having inflicted serious damage on the Prussians but my battleship was severely damaged and my supporting squadrons largely sunk. Here are some impressions:

 My utterly worthless armoured cruisers

 The Covenant carrier, with Galen Escorts

 The CoAN Daedalus overflying a squadron of destroyers.

 The American battleship.

 Arjan´s Prussian battlegroup

 More Americans...

 The CoAN Epicurus Skyfortress.

Prussian flying cigars

The ferocious battle on the right wing where my Air Fleet mauled the Prussians. No pictures seem to have been made of the left wing where my fleet was reputedly mauled by the Americans....

Dystopian Wars terrain

Since a very enjoyable amphibious game some weeks ago I played with the idea to make some custom terrain for just such a scenario. Finally finding some time I came up with this:

 The overall layout of the island inspired by some episode of "Coast" ;o)  The beaches (sand-coloured bits) offer possibilities for an amphibious landing. Fir forests and high ground enable cover and reach for the defenders.

 Some small sub-islands were added to create some more interesting possibilities for using the terrain for cover.

 The harbour and the highlands. Note the fir trees.

The low point and the airfield that makes the island strategically important.

Detail of the heavy bunker with twin heavy gun turrets placed on the highest point of the island. I used the spare energy turrets that came with the Covenant dreadnought moored offshore on the picture below.

Detail of the airstrip.

Detail of the harbour and its subterranean shelters and warehouses with the heavy bunker in the background and a smaller AAA bunker on the rocky point to the right. A moored cruiser for scale.

Covenant of Antarctica Dreadnought

My Covenant dreadnought, the terror of my enemies and the paragon of destructive naval power is finally finished. With thanks to Spartan Games who were kind enough to provide me with a spare bridge when that part turned out to be missing.

Note the Covenant of Antarctica flag on the stern. I equipped all my capital ships with flags because they just didn´t have that Victorian feel without pompous banners!

Finished my Dystopian Wars fleet!

After going on a mad painting spree this weekend I finished my entire DW Covenant of Antarctica fleet. Well, except the Dreadnought since a part was missing and while Spartan games was kind enough to promise to mail me a replacement, it hasn´t arrived yet. Still, without further ado:

The mysterious Callymachus Time Dilation Orb!

Aristotle class battleship with two Galen escorts

Pericles class Carrier with robot drone CAP . I have 3 squadrons of 5 drone stands and a single recon drone.

Plato class cruiser: 3 of these make up a squadron

Plutarch destroyers. Five of these make up a squadron.

One of my two Ptolemy bombers

One of my two Icarus medium flyers.

A Diogenes class frigate.

And the entire fleet!

I can´t wait to try them out in a game.....