Dystopian Wars is a steampunk

Steampunk

Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, and speculative fiction that came into prominence during the 1980s and early 1990s. Steampunk involves a setting where steam power is still widely used—usually Victorian era Britain or "Wild West"-era United...

 miniature wargame published by Spartan Games. It is set in an alternate timeline in the year 1870 when a number of technological discoveries have taken place that didn't occur in reality.

Background

Imagine a world similar to our own, but subtly different. Now imagine the year is 1870 and the Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the social, economic and cultural conditions of the times...

 occurred decades earlier than in our own world. Technology is far advanced, and in many cases, unrecognisable, which has led to the development of fantastic naval vessels, hulking land ships and terror from the skies in the form of airships and war balloons. -Spartan Games

A scientist named Barnabas Draynes Sturgeon led an expedition to Antartica searching for a rumoured treasure trove of technology. His expedition found it in a location called The Vault. Sturgeon wanted to use this technology to bring about an age of peace and bring about a utopia. Instead he was betrayed by an assistant, Markov. Markov fled to Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 where he sold the technology to other nations, such as Tesla

Teleforce

Teleforce was Nikola Tesla's charged particle beam projector, first mentioned publicly in the New York Sun and New York Times on July 11, 1934.-Introduction:...

 directed energy weapons to the Prussian Empire.
Because of this the nations now go to war with highly advanced vehicles and weapons, such as airships the size of castles, rockets, submarines and robots.

List of nations

• Prussian Empire
• Empire of the Blazing Sun
• Kingdom of Britannia
• Federated States of America
• Russian Coalition
• League of Italian City-States
• Ottoman Empire
• Covenant of Antartica
• Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
• Republic of France
• Chinese Federation
• Arabian Republic of Egypt
• Socialist Union of South America
• Australian Independants

Models

Spartan Games produces a range of models to support Dystopian Wars, metal or resin, or a mix of both. All models are at 1/1200 scale. Currently there are only models available for the Covenant of Antartica, Prussians, Americans, Japanese and British. A French Magenta Class Battleship has also been released, to be joined by more models at a later date.