Looking to cement their position on the seas, the Celestian Empire prepare for their debut in the new edition of Dystopian Wars.
The introduction of the new Empire Starter Set marks the launch of the second faction for the new edition of Dystopian Wars, following closely behind the Crown. This incredibly versatile set offers plenty of build options to ensure it is equally valuable for any admiral looking to start playing the game or bring their current fleet into the new edition.
Sultanate portals can be seen deploying more reserves to the frontlines this month as the Ferik Battlegroup, Sultanate Infantry Regiment, and Sultanate Armoured Regiment also release this February for Armoured Clash. Expand your Sultanate army with these supplementary boxes to take control of the battlefield in larger point clashes.
All products are due to be released early February 2026
Dystopian Wars
Following the recent launch of the Crown in the new edition of Dystopian Wars, the Empire are ready to prove their prowess as the second faction receiving new miniatures with the Empire Starter Set.
Empire Starter Set
For centuries, the Immortal Celestian Emperors have been content to keep the Seven Realms isolated from the rest of the world. But in this new Dystopian Age, and with enemies on every side, they have come to realise that isolation will not keep their realms safe. They must adapt. With terrifying colossi, impregnable skyfortresses, and torrents of alchemical fire, the Empire demonstrates their naval power to all who would threaten their sovereignty.
When Crowns topple, Unions break and Sultanates shatter, it is the Empire who will endure.
This faction Starter Set provides the perfect complement of miniatures to either begin or expand your Dystopian Wars Empire fleet. The Empire is infamous for its mastery of alchemical weaponry, deadly gases and unquenchable flames designed to sow terror and devastation amongst their foes. Boasting awesome gun batteries, alchemical rockets, and Huoqiang flamethrowers, the mighty Hokkaido was built to sail in a line of battle and respond to injury in kind.
Further back behind these brawlers is the versatile Miyagi Advanced Monitor; renowned as an adaptable chassis capable of launching Rin-Exo Submersibles to target enemy vessels from below, or of seeding the area with deadly mines before the battle even begins.
Newest to the combined fleets of the Jade Pact, is the Oni Command Cruiser - named after the legendary “Oni” prototype battlecruiser, it continues its namesake’s legacy by deploying some of the Empire’s advanced generator technology to the frontlines.
Ranging ahead, meanwhile, are the Kyoto Fast Frigates, which excel at darting around an enemy flank and opening fire from wherever it is least expected. Whatever an Admiral’s strategy, the contents of this box will provide the perfect backbone of any fleet.
Contents:
3x Hokkaido Heavy Cruisers (may also be built as Honshu Light Cruisers, Kanagawa Heavy Monitors, Miyagi Advanced Monitors, Osaka Cruisers, Oni Command Cruisers, or Yamaguchi Advanced Cruisers)
3x Kyoto Fast Frigates (may also be built as Sakata Heavy Destroyers)
6x Chita Automata Escort Tokens
3x Rin Exo-Sub SRS Tokens
Doksuri Fighter SRS Tokens
1x Rule Book
1x Victory & Valour Card Deck
20x Action Dice
6x Critical Damage Dice
1x Dystopian Age Token Sheet
1x Dystopian Wars Token Sheet
1x Measuring Tools and Objectives
Armoured Clash
Following the recent release of the Sultanate Faction Battlegroup, you will soon be able to pre-order the Ferik Battlegroup, Sultanate Armoured Regiment, and Sultanate Infantry Regiment to bolster your army.
Ferik Battlegroup Set
With an awesome vantage over friend and foe alike, the Ferik Command Skiff looms over the battlefield, its aetheric beam arrays carving incandescent trails of destruction through enemy ranks and armour columns.
From its gilded command decks, the Sultanate commander issues orders to their forces, coordinating the advance of Pillar of Light Hover Tanks as they surge forward in formation.
Every manoeuvre is orchestrated with machine precision, guided by the Ferik’s far-reaching sensorium and the incisive, pre-emptive strikes of the Khepri Rotor Automata that dart in cunningly disguised patterns around its bulk. But the Ferik does not merely command and destroy; it shapes the flow of war itself, a radiant fulcrum around which the Sultanate’s armies pivot, their fury magnified by its unerring gaze and terrible power.
Sacrificing the ornate command suite of the Ferik for even greater destructive potential, the Mushir Escort Skiff hovers amidst the smoke and thunder of war, its tri-mounted artillery cannons thundering in concert to level enemy emplacements and shatter advancing formations.
Contents:
1x Ferik Command Skiff (may also be built as a Mushir Escort Skiff)
4x Cor Caroli Luminant
4x Cor Caroli Nyx
5x Sipahi Monowheels
2x Pillar of Light Hover Tanks (may also be built as Hayalet Tanks)
2x Khepri Rotor Automata (may also be built as Senehem Rotor Automata, Apophis Rotor Automata)
2x Portal Markers
Sultanate Armoured Regiment
The Sultanate Armoured Regiment box allows you to add more heavy units to your Sultanate force.
Pillar of Light and Hayalet tanks hover implacably across the field, unleashing searing arcs of long-range fire.
Careening ahead of these vehicles are the Sipahi Monowheels, speeding over obstacles and infantry alike, leaving havoc and disorder in their wake. Meanwhile, Khepri Rotor Automata flit through the skies, their Aetheric Lances scorching flesh and warping metal.
All the while, utterly relentless, the enigmatic warriors of the Cor Caroli stride like immaculate colossi, felling mighty battle tanks with volleys of fire from their shrike rifles and carving through rank after rank of infantry with their khopesh swords.
Contents:
4x Cor Caroli Luminant
4x Cor Caroli Nyx
5x Sipahi Monowheels
2x Pillar of Light Hover Tanks (may also be built as Hayalet Tanks)
2x Khepri Rotor Automata (may also be built as Senehem Rotor Automata)
2x Portal Markers
Sultanate Infantry Regiment
The Sultanate Infantry Regiment box is the perfect way to expand your Sultanate force with fast and light options.
Stalwart Janissaries are the foundation of the Sultanate’s military, expert sharpshooters well-suited to holding key assets and locations. Mergen Transports carry these elite troops to where they are most needed, their breakneck advance across the battlefield covered by highly mobile Ulgen Field Guns.
The Spica Orionis are the silent shadows of Mustafa the Golden’s armies, ambushing the enemy with surgical precision, while the eternal warriors of the Persian Immortals hold the line wherever they appear, their casualties endlessly replenished through the very portals by which they emerge.
Ahead of them all, always the first into the fray, the Macedonian Companions and their blackhoof automata crash into enemy lines, supported by the arcing firepower of fast-moving Kavgaci and Parlama ATVs.
Contents:
6x Jannissaries
4x Persian Immortals
4x Spica Orionis
5x Macedonian Companions
2x Kavgaci ATVs (may also be built as Parlama ATVs)
2x Mergen Transports (may also be built as Ulgen Mobile Guns)
You can pre-order all of these products at your FLGS or online at Wayland Games on the 2nd of January 2026.
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