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Dystopian Wars Designer Q&A – Answering Your Community Questions!
November 2, 2025 by crew
James, Parker and Dan from Warcradle Studios sit down and answer some of your burning questions about the newest edition of Dystopian Wars. They take community questions from die-hard Dystopian Wars fans and provide you with the answers you need!
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Community Questions...
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:05 We saw that close range is now up to 30”. Why did you decide on increasing ranges?
- 02:18 Are there any changes to fleet building in this edition?
- 03:43 With the changes to ramming, what impact does this have on units such as Vitruvian Colossi that would make them more suited to brawling than other, more flexible units?
- 04:54 What went into the decision to make the movement more lumbering?
- 06:33 Are the mercenaries going to stay as mercenaries in this edition?
- 07:15 How much admin and in-depth stat tracking will there be in the new edition?
- 08:33 Why did you remove blast templates?
- 10:28 Will portals be returning as one of the Sultanates’ core mechanics?
- 11:40 Will fleets still be divided into Main and Specialist?
- 12:50 Will there be ADV and SDV?
- 14:52 Have dice resolution and specific re-rolls been sped up in the new edition?
- 16:10 How have submersible and aerial units changed in the new edition?
- 19:03 Is the consolidation phase similar to a step of an activation, or more like the end step of a phase of a turn?
- 20:28 How often can we expect ORBATs to be updated in the new edition?
- 23:28 With weapons now built into unit profiles, can we still swap weapons out on units for other weapons?
- 25:39 How can you make good use of Generators?
- 27:19 Has the Round Sequence changed much?
- 28:18 Have you solved the Doomstack problem?
- 32:49 Are games still about the same size?
Make sure to dive in and ask your own questions in the comments down below!
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Nobody asked what their favourite cheese is? Disappointing!
good to knowhow things have changed
Nice one, great week 🙂
I would have added which nautical curses can you best recommend when my ships explode?
And, as a totally unrelated question
When ships unexpectedly explode how do you prevent oneself loudly directing such salty language at your opponant, the seas, Neptune and all his minions……asking for a friend….
Im better on land, there i said it 🫡🧐
I like the point made its like ironing out the dents. Like the fleet organisation aswell.
Im glad to hear that SRS tokens got toned down.
I do hope we get a few more battlefleets before too long. What we have in the launch orbats (or the Crown one at least) does feel a little underwhelming and restrictive.
Good info.
Ahoy, more info hurrah
they’ve done a good job with the game since they’ve had it
Great to see some answers given, even if I don’t know what most of it’s about
A great game video
Nice
Roll on the comp, would love to win but happy whoever gets it as we’ll have two more players of DW no matter what happens
Interesting
A great Dystopian Wars week, I had no interest in the game or setting, but found the presentation of the system to be engaging and just rather fun. I did think a while about whether or not to jump in and pick up the starter. What ultimately stopped me though was getting to the end of the main gameplay video and despite the fun, great looking models (and normally i would not be into the steampunk theme) was the state of the state of the table – just far too many tokens! It’s just like Star Wars Legion in that regard. I get that with ship combat status tracking is necessary, tokens or marking boxes. I’ve done it with BFG, Dropfleet, even with Titanicus, but seeing a whole medium sized game playing out here it was just a bit too much for me. That aside I do wish anyone who picks this up a lot of fun with it and thanks again for the week.