Escape Pod Objective - FINALLY!

Been walking around with this idea in my head for 2 years now and I finally got it out in the world.  It's not spectacular modelling, but it makes for a really cool objective.

Dropzone Vampires!

I'm slowly building a Scourge force.  It's not taking me as much time as my PHR because the paint scheme is much easier and mostly air-brush-based.  I've had these little beauties in my paint queu for a looooong time.  Mostly because they were a horrible unit on the table.  Now?  They are pretty damned good!

Dropzone Commander: Rare But Not Scarce

Something I've been considering lately is rare units.  For being rare, there sure seems to be a lot of them on the table sometimes.  Maybe if rare units were actually rare, we'd see the basic units (from the original book, or just plain non-rare units) come back to the game a bit more.

Host to a Xeno-parasite

I actually got to play my new Scourge army a couple of weekends ago.  That was eye-opening!  To have transports that can reach the mid-line on T1 is incredible to me.  I never realized how SLOOOOWwwww PHR are until I started zipping around the table as an alien host.

Resisting the Resistance

by Novus

I've recently had a bad time against the Resistance.  Of all the Dropzone factions, the Resistance are the ones who tend to steamroll me somewhat consistently.  I can play around the Shaltari.  I'm golden vs PHR.  The UCM are not at their most powerful, right now, so dealing with them is not bad.  The Scourge can be dicey, but they aren't crazy powerful at the moment, either.  My problem on the tabletop is definitely the Resistance.

Escalation League - Round One

Dropzone interest has been falling off in my area, lately.  To help combat that trend I decided to organize an escalation league over at Endgame in Oakland to encourage new players.  We had 12 folks signed up, but only 6 showed to play.  Which for a free event, is to be expected.  Unfortunately, 5 of the 6 were our die hard players.

Back From LVO 2017

by Novus

My posting has been few and far between lately.  Mostly because any spare time I had was spent either getting my fleet painted for Dropfleet at LVO or getting product ready for the long drive and subsequent marathon that is the LVO.

Fall Brawl 2016 Has a Champion!

For organizing my first tournament, it seemed to have gone pretty well. Our local Meta/attendance has dropped off dramatically so I'd hoped to try and breath some life back into the area by hosting a tournament at Endgame in Oakland, CA.

Dropzone Bridge Terrain Complete!



 

Finally finished one of the Vers Nijmegen Bridge sets I set aside for myself.  Turned out pretty good so I thought I share how I weather and age my N-scale cars.

Dropzone Commander Bat Rep from Derek - Shout Out To GSI!

Derek and Jordan fight it out in one of the new Reconquest: Phase 2 missions and test some of the newer units to boot!

Derek also shows off the Structure Damage Counters GSI now offers.  Apparently, he likes them!

Dropzone Commander Battle Report #29 - 1000 PHR vs. Resistance - Targets of Opportunity

Cameron Blume and I battled it out at Endgame in Oakland, CA back in late June (early July?).  Now that he's a Bay Area resident he came by one of our DzC Saturday events and we ran through a 1000 point game of Targets.  It was a close (and) bloody game!

Dropzone Commander - Thoughts On The PHR Thor Bombard

by Novus

I've used a 4x Thor battle group in 3 games (2 vs Resistance and 1 vs Shaltari) since their rules have been released and they are everything the Taranis isn't. You thought the Medusa was game changing? Wait 'til they get a load of these! They pair very well with a squad of Mercuries. Mostly because folks don't spend a lot of time shooting at Mercuries. They'll make Valkyries a top priority, instead. But vs Mercs, there's always a better target. The insignificance of the Mercury is its armor.

My PHR Aegaeon Dropship

Someone I barely knew, Adan from my FLGS, posted on the FLGS Facebook page that he was going to be at Salute 2016 in the UK. I naturally had to impose on him by asking if he could pick up one of the Show Only PHR Aegaeon Dropships for a near total stranger, me. Well, this fine dude gave me an "I'll see what I can do," and I put it out of my mind.

Custom PHR Valkyrie Bases (and a Tutorial!)

by Novus

Been quite awhile between posts for me. Mostly due to my new laser cutter and working on getting some new products out there for you guys. More on that at the end of the post.

Fires of Eden - Dropzone Campaign

by Novus

I attended the first round of the Endgame of Oakland 2016 Dropzone Campaign on March, 5th and had a blast! The campaign uses the Wargame Developments Matrix system to generate things like match-ups and overall storyline. Mike (the GM), Stephen (Co-GM), Chris, and Kyle also added things like Commander leveling (Kyle), weather mapping (which we didn't use this time), and the overall map of the region on Eden (Chris).

DzC Scenario Day - Rescue at Dunkirk, Eden Prime

by Novus

Endgame, my FLGS, has a Dropzone Commander day on the first Saturday of every month. Usually there is some event planned, like a tournament or a campaign day. But, this month nothing was scheduled and we were only about 8 days out. Mike, of Endgame, and Steve, a local player and formerly of Endgame, put the call out for ideas. I spoke up with an idea that has been in my mental system tray for a few months: a Dunkirk-style rescue scenario. Mike told me to run with it and here’s what happened.

Keeping Your Small Dropships Alive

 

by Novus

With the abundance of AA in Dropzone Commander of late (especially in the Bay Area meta), it can be very hard to keep your light dropships and their precious cargo alive. Every faction now has fast and capable anti-air in many forms; snipers, skimmers, fast movers, hovering alien plasma shooters, etc. Here are some tricks I’ve learned to keep my Tritons from getting splashed.

Fall Dropzone Tournament at Endgame

by Novus

This time around at Endgame we had 10 players, which is still one of the largest (if not THE largest) Dropzone tournament in the US.  I'll go over the highlights of my games, rather than complete battle reports and talk about the rest of the tournament.

PHR Long Reach Team - Base Conversion

by Novus

I saw a great modification of Resistance Freeriders (over on Orbital Bombardment) the other day and decided that I'd like to try and augment my new PHR Long Reach Sniper Team bases.  Tart them up a bit, as it were.

A Whack At Dropzone Commander Missions

by Novus

I bitch plenty about gaming, I suppose.  Less now that I play Dropzone Commander as my primary tabletop fun.  That's not to say I'm completely satisfied...