Resources: Victorian Battleships

Link to site with information and images of british warships from 1860's onwards.

BigBadBattleships

Collection: First Look

My Kingdom of Britannia fleet all ready to start painting. My next planned purchases will be some air support and a carrier

Resources: Beasts of War

Beasts of War is a massive online resource for war gamers and supports the lines of may complains including those from Spartan Games. As well as news, forums etc they also have an active Youtube channel covering unboxing, battle reports and other guides. I have added the link to their Introduction  to Dystopian Wars;

Introduction to DW by The Beasts of War

Collection: First Pieces

The first pieces of my collection have now arrived.

The Dystopian Wars Rule book purchased from Spartan Games own store, which is presently available at a reduced price from £22 down to £9!

Spartan Games online store

I have chosen to start off with a force from the Kingdom of Britannia and picked up this Battle Group boxed set from Wayland Games

Wayland Games

Why Dystopian Wars?

I grew up with Games Workshop and only put it aside when I went to University and other interests and then the demands of work and life took over. Recently I have had a hankering to get back, both to the gaming but also the wider creative side, painting and building. My time is still quite limited, split with work and other larger hobbies so i wanted something I could quite small but still get a nice battle out of. My initial thoughts were for Warhammer 40K Epic but that has now been retired (though rumours seem to be floating round for a return!) and the restart costs for their other lines seem a little steep for what I wanted. Wandering round the net for an alternative I came across Dystopian Wars which seemed to offer what I wanted in Epic but with a lovely Steam Punk sheen and plenty of Airships!

A beginning…

Steamfleet will follow my wargaming in the world of Dystopian Wars and will cover not only building my collection but also useful links, other media that might be of interest and link in with the Steam punk theme. I also intend to add some 'Fluff', fiction and snippets from my Dystopian Wars!