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Had a great first game at 750 points, my Free Australia versus a local Vanguard's (I think that is the term) British forces. That he was borrowing from another vanguard I think. Anyway. We played with lists made as per tournament rules (750 points, 40% large, 70% medium and 40% small I think).

I had the Free Australia starter set so he helped me pick 750 (we got to 745) points of it. 2 Bounty Class pocket battleships, 2 Sirius Class submarine tenders, 2 Victoria Class gunships, 5 Protector Class escort frigates and had 8 Crocodile Class assault submarines and 2 squadrons of 4 tiny flyers (since I had none we each took 8 from his stock instead of him having 10 and me having 0).

He had a British Fleet, made up of 1 Ruler Class battleship, 3 Tribal Class cruisers, 2 Doncaster Class Bombers, and here is where my memory starts burning out, I think he had 3 Orion Class destroyers and then 7/8 Attacker Class frigates, but I can't remember the exact breakdown of models there. He had a small swarm of little 'uns.

Anyway the summary of the battle was that he had some awful luck, and I had some great luck. Also, Victoria Class gunships are amazing, 13 dice at range band 2? With the 2 of them I did a double critical on his battleship (22 hits, he saved 2 with his shields). I rolled ridiculously well throughout the game, for example 5 concussion charge dice were routinely beating 4 or 5 hits from torpedos.

So yeah, I guess I just wanted to post about how much fun the game was, and how keen I am to finish painting my aussies/get more games in. Apparently Russians are big at the store, what in the Australian fleet is the sort of thing you'd use to tackle russians more often than not? I'm guessing Victoria Class Gunships? That should be the answer to everything...

Sounds fun, though tell the truth, the Royal Navy won, right? That's what is does.

I must admit, I'm very tempted to try both Dystopian Wars, and Dystopian Legions.

Don't forget aussie air support. Aussie's have some pretty solid airships, much nicer than the KoB's list of "basically a bomber". Russian AA isn't much to write home about, and they have nothing amazing in the sky themselves.