OMG 7 - 2017 Dystopian Wars Tournament

04/27/17 • -1 min

In this episode of On Minis Games Giles and Quinton talk about the recent Dystopian Wars Tournament they ran locally.

We kick off with a quick hobby update, talking painting for Dystopian Wars, Sword and Spear miniatures and Kings of War.

We then dive into the subject of our 2017 Annual Dystopian War Tournament, held just a few days prior to recording. Over the course of the episode we discuss the hows and whys of the structure of the tournament, the victory conditions (including warscore.net) and how players scored and were ranked, we relate some anecdotes and look forward to 2018.

As always, our RSS feed can be found here: http://www.inversegenius.com/omgfeed/?format=rss

The Russian Coalition

The Chinese Federation

The Covenant of Antarctica (2nd place winners)

The Empire of the Blazing Sun

The Kingdom of Britannia

The Indian Raj

The Covenant of Antarctica (3rd place winners, and Best Sport)

The Black Wolf (Quinton's Fleet, and 1st place winners)

The Republique of France (Best Painted)

The Royal Australians (Giles' Fleet)

In this episode of On Minis Games Giles and Quinton talk about the recent Dystopian Wars Tournament they ran locally.

We kick off with a quick hobby update, talking painting for Dystopian Wars, Sword and Spear miniatures and Kings of War.

As always, our RSS feed can be found here: http://www.inversegenius.com/omgfeed/?format=rss

The Russian Coalition

The Chinese Federation

The Covenant of Antarctica (2nd place winners)

The Empire of the Blazing Sun

The Kingdom of Britannia

The Indian Raj

The Covenant of Antarctica (3rd place winners, and Best Sport)

The Black Wolf (Quinton's Fleet, and 1st place winners)

The Republique of France (Best Painted)

The Royal Australians (Giles' Fleet)

Previous Episode

OMG 6 - Hobby Update and News...

Welcome to episode 6 of the On Minis Game Podcast!

In this episode we talk about playing Sharp Practice and Burrows and Badgers, as well as putting together some terrain from 4Ground and Spartan Scenics. We also discuss the steampunk game Dystopian Wars, the science fiction skirmish game Infinity, ancients mass battle system Sword and Spear, and post-apocalyptic skirmish game This is Not a Test.

In addition to looking at what we have been playing, doing and looking to play, we talk about new and upcoming Kickstarters: Weta Workshop’s Heavy Hitters GKR, Atlantis Miniatures, Dystopian Wars, Compass Games Command and Colours Tricorne, and Star Eagles from Ganesha. In amongst our general rambling, there is also some discussion on the new release of Shadow Wars: Armageddon and ShadowSpire from Games Workshop, Travel Battle from Perry Miniatures and some good old nostalgia about Full Thrust...

Burrows and Badgers...

Doughty British, facing the Prussians in Sharp Practice...

Spartan Scenics sci-fi terrain, on the table...

Next Episode

OMG 8 - It's Ridiculous! A Hobby Update...

In this episode of On Minis Games Giles and Quinton run through a hobby update. We talk about the games we've been playing recently, including Dropfleet Commander, Dropzone Commander and Kings of War. We also discuss X-Wing the miniatures game, Dystopian Wars, and the 8th Edition of Warhammer 40K.

Lastly, we round off the episode by talking about the Kickstarters we have been looking at (and too often backing) of late, including: 878 Vikings: Invasions of England; Heroes and Land, Sea and Air; Blood and Plunder; Heavy Gear Blitz; Lords of Hellas; Blood and Dust; 1066: Tears of Many Mothers; Western: the Role Playing Game; and Game Tek, the book!

As always, we hope you enjoy!