The First Small Step- Playing Dropzone Commander

By Meeker | June 12th, 2013 | Categories: Dropzone Commander

For those that don’t know me (which is probably all of you), I don’t actually game that much. It’s kind of a running joke around FTW Games.

Don’t misunderstand. I love games and love to hobby but I don’t find myself playing that often. Maybe I’m just picky about who I play with. Maybe I just don’t have the desire to argue over toy soldiers. Despite all that, I find that I really want to play some Dropzone Commander.

For those not familiar with Dropzone Commander, it’s a 10mm scale tabletop strategy game that emphasizes movement. Typically played on a 4’ x 4’ or 4’ x 6’ table, most missions are objective based. Unlike other games, you aren’t really trying to hold the objective. You are trying to extract them.

Almost a year ago when the Dropzone Commander rulebook came out, I sat in a corner of FTW Games

and read the rules.

It was a Friday night. There were probably 40+ people were playing in FNM. Another dozen or so were playing 40k or board games. Yet with all the noise and distractions I was just sucked into the rulebook.

Why? It’s a game where so many small things in the rules simply make sense. Wait! What? I can shoot and move or move and shoot? Awesome. I don’t have to shoot the machine gun at a tank because the main railgun is? Damn that makes sense. Even some mundane details like army composition make sense.

Unfortunately Hawk Wargames had some stocking issues shortly after release.

We went months before a decent restock. Despite my best effort, people were interested but weren’t playing because there was simply nothing to buy. My interest waned but I can safely say it’s back and stronger than ever.

My UCM are rearing to go and I even picked up a Scourge starter to help run some demos. With the release of the battlefield in a box, there is now affordable terrain to boot.

So what’s the point of this article? There isn’t one. Sorry. However if MBG yells at me enough, I’ll start a series of articles based on Dropzone Commander. Painting guides, product reviews, battle reports, etc…Let us know if you want more Dropzone on Spikey!