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	'''Dropzone Commander''' (abbreviated as '''DzC''') is a [[10mm]]-scale [[science fiction]] [[wargame]] originally created and published by [[Hawk Wargames]] and now owned by [[TTCombat]] and a sister game to their orbital space combat game, [[Dropfleet Commander]]. As the name suggests, the game is mostly themed around highly-mobile units dropping into battle to contest and capture key objectives. Battles are set in the middle of larger cities on the so-called "cradle-worlds", previously human-controlled planets now overtaken by the Scourge, a parasitic race of squids who bumrushed humanity some hundred years ago.		'''Dropzone Commander''' (abbreviated as '''DzC''') is a [[10mm]]-scale [[science fiction]] [[wargame]] originally created and published by [[Hawk Wargames]] and now owned by [[TTCombat]] and a sister game to their orbital space combat game, [[Dropfleet Commander]]. As the name suggests, the game is mostly themed around highly-mobile units dropping into battle to contest and capture key objectives. Battles are set in the middle of larger cities on the so-called "cradle-worlds", previously human-controlled planets now overtaken by the Scourge, a parasitic race of squids who bumrushed humanity some hundred years ago.

2601:C4:C200:6770:4400:BB8F:CE5E:1327: Starter army sets now have over double the models so I wouldn't say the comparison with GW boxes is totally accurate anymore.

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Starter army sets now have over double the models so I wouldn't say the comparison with GW boxes is totally accurate anymore.

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	'''Dropzone Commander''' (abbreviated as '''DzC''') is a [[10mm]]-scale [[science fiction]] [[wargame]] originally created and published by [[Hawk Wargames]] and now owned by [[TTCombat]] and a sister game to their orbital space combat game, [[Dropfleet Commander]]. As the name suggests, the game is mostly themed around highly-mobile units dropping into battle to contest and capture key objectives. Battles are set in the middle of larger cities on the so-called "cradle-worlds", previously human-controlled planets now overtaken by the Scourge, a parasitic race of squids who bumrushed humanity some hundred years ago.		'''Dropzone Commander''' (abbreviated as '''DzC''') is a [[10mm]]-scale [[science fiction]] [[wargame]] originally created and published by [[Hawk Wargames]] and now owned by [[TTCombat]] and a sister game to their orbital space combat game, [[Dropfleet Commander]]. As the name suggests, the game is mostly themed around highly-mobile units dropping into battle to contest and capture key objectives. Battles are set in the middle of larger cities on the so-called "cradle-worlds", previously human-controlled planets now overtaken by the Scourge, a parasitic race of squids who bumrushed humanity some hundred years ago.

	DzC ~~tend~~ to be easy to get into, compared to many other, similar wargames: New units and updated rules are added in rulebooks bundled with lore and a continuation of the current plot, meaning you don't need new books every other week~~, packages with models cost half that of a [[Games Workshop]] unit box (though containing ''way'' less plastic),~~ and ~~a decent small~~ army is easily ~~aquired with~~ the plastic ~~starterboxes~~.		DzC tends to be easy to get into, compared to many other, similar wargames: New units and updated rules are added in rulebooks bundled with lore and a continuation of the current plot, meaning you don't need new books every other week and core units for an army are easily and cheaply acquired from the plastic starter boxes. The more specialized units that you'll expand your army out with are almost exclusively in resin.

	== The Game ==		== The Game ==

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The Game

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	== The Game ==		== The Game ==
	The key element that sets Dropzone Commander from other wargames is the emphasis on mobility. It's a 10mm game played on a 4'-by-4' board which is dense with terrain (mostly human buildings, since it's themed around retaking Earth and other human colony worlds), ~~and each~~ ground ~~unit can~~ only move a few inches per turn. The way they get to where they need to be is through dropships. So far, all of the factions have one "heavy dropship" that can carry nine standard vehicles or six heavy vehicles, a "medium dropship" that can carry three standard vehicles or two heavy vehicles, and a "light dropship" (or "assault" or "strike") with two variants: one that can carry a couple of light vehicles and one that can carry a couple of stands of infantry. The miniatures are all made to scale with each other, so you can magnetize your miniatures and literally place vehicles inside the cargo clamps of their transports. Scenarios are usually heavily focused on objectives, either holding ground around them or searching for them in buildings and extracting them from the board.		The key element that sets Dropzone Commander from other wargames is the emphasis on mobility. It's a 10mm game typically played on a 4'-by-4' board which is dense with terrain (mostly human buildings, since it's themed around retaking Earth and other human colony worlds), with most ground units only able to move a few inches per turn. The way they get to where they need to be is through dropships. The miniatures are all made to scale with each other, so you can magnetize your miniatures and literally place vehicles inside the cargo clamps of their transports. Scenarios are usually heavily focused on objectives, either holding ground around them or searching for them in buildings and extracting them from the board, with kill points serving as a tie breaker. Because of the need for dropships to move around the board, and the prevalence of objectives being hidden in structures that need soldiers on foot to find, a properly built army will feature a mixture of anti-tank, anti-air, and infantry units.

			The game follows an alternating activation turn structure. Your armies are organized into battlegroups, and each player takes turns activating one battlegroup at a time until all of them have performed their actions for the round. A new round then begins, with scenarios typically lasting for six rounds. The player order is determined by a roll off at the start of the round, with bonuses to the roll from having commander units on the board. Additionally, there is a deck of command cards with various effects, and the number of these you can draw per turn is determined by the level of your commander.

	[https://dropzonecommander.com/assets/Desktop_Dropzone_Rulebook.pdf The rules are freely available on the Dropzone Commander site.]		[https://dropzonecommander.com/assets/Desktop_Dropzone_Rulebook.pdf The rules are freely available on the Dropzone Commander site.]

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The Game

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	== The Game ==		== The Game ==
	The key element that sets Dropzone Commander from other wargames is the emphasis on mobility. It's a 10mm game played on a 4'-by-4' board which is dense with terrain (mostly human buildings, since it's themed around retaking Earth and other human colony worlds), and each ground unit can only move a few inches per turn. The way they get to where they need to be is through dropships. So far, all of the factions have one "heavy dropship" that can carry nine standard vehicles or six heavy vehicles, a "medium dropship" that can carry three standard vehicles or two heavy vehicles, and a "light dropship" (or "assault" or "strike") with two variants: one that can carry a couple of light vehicles and one that can carry a couple of stands of infantry. The miniatures are all made to scale with each other, so you can magnetize your miniatures and literally place vehicles inside the cargo clamps of their transports.		The key element that sets Dropzone Commander from other wargames is the emphasis on mobility. It's a 10mm game played on a 4'-by-4' board which is dense with terrain (mostly human buildings, since it's themed around retaking Earth and other human colony worlds), and each ground unit can only move a few inches per turn. The way they get to where they need to be is through dropships. So far, all of the factions have one "heavy dropship" that can carry nine standard vehicles or six heavy vehicles, a "medium dropship" that can carry three standard vehicles or two heavy vehicles, and a "light dropship" (or "assault" or "strike") with two variants: one that can carry a couple of light vehicles and one that can carry a couple of stands of infantry. The miniatures are all made to scale with each other, so you can magnetize your miniatures and literally place vehicles inside the cargo clamps of their transports. Scenarios are usually heavily focused on objectives, either holding ground around them or searching for them in buildings and extracting them from the board.

	[https://dropzonecommander.com/assets/Desktop_Dropzone_Rulebook.pdf The rules are freely available on the Dropzone Commander site.]		[https://dropzonecommander.com/assets/Desktop_Dropzone_Rulebook.pdf The rules are freely available on the Dropzone Commander site.]

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The v2 rewrite is largely Lewis Clarke's doing.

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	\|books = [https://dropzonecommander.com/assets/Desktop_Dropzone_Rulebook.pdf Dropzone Commander Core Rulebook (2.1.1).]		\|books = [https://dropzonecommander.com/assets/Desktop_Dropzone_Rulebook.pdf Dropzone Commander Core Rulebook (2.1.1).]

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	[[File:Dfc_wolfrum1.png \|125px\|thumb\|right\|Wolfrum]]		[[File:Dfc_wolfrum1.png \|125px\|thumb\|right\|Wolfrum]]

	A harsh, highly geologically active planet, Wolfrum is a rich source of metals and rare minerals, and serves as ~~the primary~~ penal colony of the UCM. With only a minimal garrison force,the Scourge landed with hardly any losses and began their campaign of destruction. The world is of a vastly different nature than the rest of the colonies, and so are those who inhabit it, and so the ease of the slaughter the Scourge enjoyed on the civilians of other worlds will not be the same on Wolfrum.		A harsh, highly geologically active planet, Wolfrum is a rich source of metals and rare minerals, and serves as a penal colony of the UCM. With only a minimal garrison force,the Scourge landed with hardly any losses and began their campaign of destruction. The world is of a vastly different nature than the rest of the colonies, and so are those who inhabit it, and so the ease of the slaughter the Scourge enjoyed on the civilians of other worlds will not be the same on Wolfrum.

	== The Factions ==		== The Factions ==

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External Links

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	== External Links ==		== External Links ==
	* [https://dropzonecommander.com/ Dropzone Commander] on [[TTCombat]]'s website.		* [https://dropzonecommander.com/ Dropzone Commander site.]
			* [https://ttcombat.com/collections/dropzone-commander Model range] on [[TTCombat]]'s website.
	* [http://dzcblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Orbital Bombardment] competitive play Dropzone Commander fan blog.		* [http://dzcblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Orbital Bombardment] competitive play Dropzone Commander fan blog.

	[[Category:Wargames]]		[[Category:Wargames]]

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