Model Mondays: Dystopian Wars Tournament

So yesterday my FSA fleet left port to participate in several engagements against Japanese and Antarctican naval fleets.  And by that statement, I mean that I drove to one of my local gaming stores for a Dystopian Wars tournament.

The tournament was three rounds, and the opponents were chosen at random.  There were about 8 of us who played.  The first round was a 400-point engagement, while the last two were 800-point engagements.  The point value is the number of points allowed for each fleet.  Each ship is worth a set number of points; by the rules of the tournament, we had to field at least one squadron of small, medium, and large-class ships (this prevents someone from trying to field 400 points worth of battleships).

In the 400-point round, my opponent was playing an Empire of the Blazing Sun (Japanese) fleet.  The round objective was to obtain photographs of at least one of two islands on the playing board--any ship that got within 8 inches of the island got a picture, and then had to retreat off the table edge without getting sunk.  Victory points were awarded for getting a picture of the island (and getting that ship off the table edge), and half-points were awarded for any enemy ships sunk.

My cruisers heading into battle

My cruisers have taken some damage, and it looks like my battleship is surrounded--but I sunk both of the Japanese cruisers!

Unfortunately, that was the best game I played.  In both 800-point engagements, I drew opponents playing the Covenant of Antarctica fleet, and I got torn up pretty badly.

I just captured one of the Antarctican flyers (white model in the foreground with the "prize" token under it); my dreadnaught and airships can be seen in the background

I did learn a valuable lesson--keep Antarctican vessels at long range, as they are brawlers when they're close.  The FSA has excellent long-range weapons, and I did not use them to my advantage.

But even though I lost--badly--a good time was had by all.  Here are a few other pictures from the event:

One of the tournament tables

Prussian and Antarctican forces in close combat

A Prussian Sky Fortress--who doesn't like an airship with an aircraft carrier on top of it??

Japanese and British ships mixing it up

Enjoy the pictures!