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Re: Dropzone Commander

Post by The Other Dave » Fri Aug 01, 2014 2:12 am

So there's a 5th faction coming out in August, the Resistance (humans who got left behind when the Scourge invaded Earth) and they look pretty cool:

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Half-tracks, hovercraft, and Mad Max-style souped up civilian vehicles, oh my!
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Post by job » Fri Aug 01, 2014 6:27 am

That does look very cool. We've got to throw down sometime soon and play a game.
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Post by The Other Dave » Sat Aug 09, 2014 8:52 pm

Folks, looks like Dropzone has got cheap:

http://www.hawkwargames.com/collections/the-core-range

PHR and Shaltari starter armies in plastic - 35GBP for a solid 500 points (in a game where 1000 is a good game and 1500 is the "typical" game size). Two boxes, or one box plus a modest selection of resin stuff, will pretty much set you up for life.

(Man, I shoulda waited for PHR. Resisting them at this price point is going to be tough, and I haven't even ever played a game yet.)
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Post by The Other Dave » Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:57 am

So... yeah. I placed an order for a PHR army. Why? Why do I do this?

(The answer is suddenly-affordable giant stompy robots, but still.)
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Post by Danguinius » Fri Oct 24, 2014 6:06 am

Down in Hiroshima, we`ll run out first game of DzC this Sunday with my (fully painted) UCM taking on Gannon`s PHR. It should be a lot of fun...and we are hoping the other HIroshima wargamers get on board.

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Re: Dropzone Commander

Post by The Other Dave » Fri Oct 24, 2014 6:33 am

Danguinius wrote:Down in Hiroshima, we`ll run out first game of DzC this Sunday with my (fully painted) UCM taking on Gannon`s PHR. It should be a lot of fun...and we are hoping the other HIroshima wargamers get on board.

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Awesome! I'm planning on doing a little demo this Sunday too, using my box set Scourge and PHR forces. Hopefully the purtiness of my minis will draw some people in, heh.
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Post by job » Fri Oct 24, 2014 1:18 pm

Danguinius wrote:Down in Hiroshima, we`ll run out first game of DzC this Sunday with my (fully painted) UCM taking on Gannon`s PHR. It should be a lot of fun...and we are hoping the other HIroshima wargamers get on board.

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That's great to hear that you guys have started Dropzone in your part of Japan. Hopefully it keeps growing.
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Post by The Other Dave » Sun Oct 26, 2014 12:18 pm

Auxryn and I managed to fit in 3 starter box games between the PHR and the Scourge today - good fun, and a real learning experience. I'm ambivalent about just how much of a death trap buildings seem to be, but overall I think the game has a lot of potential. We used a pared-down version of one of the defensive missions for our third go, since it seemed like the smash-and-grab mission in the starter box was a bit punishing for the rather slow PHR, and that worked well too.

Seems like the 500 point-ish starter boxes are a good tool for learning the rules and getting a basic idea of What Not to Do, but maybe not great for really deep tactical experiences. Makes me think I should really push ahead and get 1000 points of each force painted up, heh. Only two or three more battlegroups per force, after all! :D

Dan, did you magnetize your UCM dropships? Job and I were thinking about what the best way to do that might be.
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Post by The Other Dave » Sun Oct 26, 2014 10:43 pm

Speaking of which, job, did you want to shoot for a game of DZC at Joshin in November?
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Re: Dropzone Commander

Post by job » Mon Oct 27, 2014 1:01 am

The Other Dave wrote:Speaking of which, job, did you want to shoot for a game of DZC at Joshin in November?
I have a 3000 point game of Warhammer lined up with KJ_1066, but I am going to finish my Dropzone Commander army this month. I should be able to play around 1k. Maybe we can play in the afternoon next month or at Zengo in December.
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