Dystopian Wars Tactics! Understanding Crippling & Critical Damage
November 2, 2025 by crew
Welcome to the Admiral’s Table! In this series of videos, the designers behind Dystopian Wars from Warcradle Studios give you a quick overview of some of the trickier mechanics in this naval wargame and how to use them on the tabletop. In this video, we’re learning about Crippling & Critical Damage.
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Master and servant *dumm dumm dumm* Great song.
I like the fact that withdrawing a unit us a viable tactic rather than just fighting to the bitter end.
😁🤞🏻
Colour me curious, not really played many naval games since man-o-war.
Nice one
Never found naval wargaming all that interesting but this game might solve that.
I like to think my failures to better manage damage as a strategy……the captain goes down, or up, with the ship, it’s the Nelson touch….💣💦💥💫
good to know how damage works in advanced games
Catastrophic explosion it doesn’t get more cinematic than that!
It’s good to see that withdrawing after a certain point is encouraged.
Interesting layers to the standard damage ideas.