Atlach's Shipyard

 So you’ve decided to join up in the pursuit of science, progress, and turning whales into research assistants. Below I’ll be doing a quick overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the faction, followed by going through the various options available for starting with the Enlightened. I’m going to be suggesting what I think is a strong 1000 point list with the contents of the box. I don’t believe in dumbing down anything for new players, but I’ll list how complex I think it is, from a new player’s perspective and ease of understanding. Enlightened to tend to be on the complicated end overall though. I’ll try to keep things simple, but no promises. This was written for the 3.03 Orbat, and updated for 3.04. Lists have not been updated, though point costs have stayed relatively close, so there shouldn’t be any huge issues. Overview Shooting: Enlightened have some of the strongest ranged weapons in the game. The Particle Beamer has you covered for pretty much everything, and o...

  Below are my thoughts to the current 3.03 Enlightened Orbat. I’m not going to go deep into the options each unit brings to the table, you have the pdf yourself. Rather, this is aimed at exploring what you can build with the options in front of you, and what choices I think are the way to go. Also vibes. Overall, I’d say Enlightened are an elite generalist faction. Your ships tend to have a lot of firepower in multiple range bands, are tough unless your opponent has the right tools to ignore your defensive tricks, but tend to be expensive.  This was edited a bit for Errata 3.05, which had some changes for the heavy weapons.   Cruiser Armor Just to cover this up front: Armor 5 vs Armor 6 is not a huge deal, due to our low citadel value. Against a single volley, A5 gets crippled at 20 hits and dies at 30, but A6 gets crippled at 22 with the catastrophic explosion, and dies at 36. To reliably cripple, your opponent will in most cases need to invest the same amount of...

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So you're interested in Dystopian Wars, or have already decided to give it a shot. Here's a bit of general advice and things to watch out for. Rules Everything you need to play the game is available free online at dystopianwars.com . The tab Resources holds the game rules as well as printable versions of the templates and cards you need. Under the tab Factions, the ORBAT button leads to the rules for that particular faction. The orbats (Order of Battle) tend to get updated when new units are released. Dystopian Wars does use bespoke dice, but they map directly onto a standard D6, so you can play without them if necessary. Listbuilders No dedicated software currently exists. There is a battlescribe dataset maintained by a kind soul on the discord. Since lists in this game are quite simple, I personally use excel for the point calculation and then put together a cheatsheet with all the needed rules. Game Size The standard size the game is balanced for is between 1500 and ...