~10mm SF Miniature Lines Scale Comparison: Completed

2022-05-14

10mm SF is the middle child of the non-28s, neither as prevalent as 6 or 15. But, it's not unheard of outside of the Drop games.

Behemoths Released, We Playtest Them First

2022-04-25

It's been 3 years since the first teasers of Battle for Earth came out. 3 years of hints and glimpses and rumors and 'leaks'. 3 years of time to playtest, refine, tweak, balance, improve, and optimize designs. Let's see what TTCombat can produce with 3 years.

Battle Report, Resistance vs PHR vs Shaltari, 1500pt, 'Orbital Laser'

2022-04-10

Much procrastination but eventually, the write up though mostly pictures of a Demolition centric 3p scenario involving the Aegis Defense Laser model.

Battle Report, Scourge vs PHR vs Shaltari, 1250pt, 'Defend the Bunker'

2022-03-22

We play an asymmetric 3-way assault on a defended position

Dropzone Commander Mat Review - Deep Cut Studios VS Table War

2022-03-12

There's only two options for '10mm urban city' game mats for Dropzone I can find, so lets do a side by side review of them

Battle Report, Resistance vs PHR vs Shaltari, 1250pt, 'Precious Cargo'

2022-02-19

We play an asymmetric 3-way stage coach heist

Battle Report, Scourge vs PHR vs Shaltari, 1500pt Data Extraction

2022-02-01

Trying something oddball with the scenario, just to shake things up, as well as a lot of rarely seen units. Which we proceed to smash into one another.

Holiday 2021 Battle Roundup

2022-01-29

I've gotten very little hobby work done over the extended holiday season, though I've gotten a few games in with my usual gaming friends. One post to catch them all up.

New Dropzone Standard Armor Units, Jan 2022

2022-01-26

A bevy of new Standard Armor units and others for every faction. But a mixed bag of great ideas and poor execution. Details further in.

Airstrikes & Intercepts for Dropzone v2.x

2021-10-27

Rules and Stats compatible with the current edition to make use of the Beta Airstrike mechanic, which is vastly more fun and interesting and strategic than the current 'Fast' Rule.

Battle Report - Resistance vs Shaltari, Targets of Opportunity with Corner Deployment, 1250pts

2021-10-17

An account of a recent game wherein Kukri delete an entire platoon of Resistance Fighters and humanity's day never improves

Dropzone Houserules

2021-10-06

The houserules our group are testing to tweak a few aspects of Dropzone to increase the verisimilitude and correct a few balance deficiencies.

Faction Unit & Strategy Guide - The Scourge

2021-09-02

An overview of unit roles and capabilities of the Scourge occupation forces

New Dropzone Unit Reviews - 2021-08

2021-08-30

An evaluation of the aesthetics and mechanics of TTC's August wave of new model weapon options being re-released.

Battle Report - Resistance vs Scourge, Targets of Opportunity, ~1K pts

2021-07-31

An account of a recent game wherein Cyclones rule the skies and Destroyers live up to their names.

Warlord's Call Answered

2021-07-30

I finished my Resistance to the point I can field a full 1500 legal army, and am eager to do so. Take a look.

Resistance Lifthawks Take Flight

2021-07-26

I may not have entirely finished my Resistance army by my arbitrary deadline, but my Lifthawks and Jacksons are table ready and worth showing off.

Scenarios & Plausibility

2021-07-15

I've been considering how to narratively present any given game of DZC I run and there's a pretty big variance in the amount of explanation necessary for different matchups. These are my notes for explaining the whole point of any given game I'm playing.

Mustering the Wagons

2021-07-12

I finally finished my Resistance Gun Wagons after much procrastination and painter's block, and I'm actually really happy with how they came out.

Scourge v2.2.0 1500pt All-Comers List (2021-07-09)

2021-07-09

My 'All-Comers' Scourge tournament army list for v2.2.0 rev1.1 of Dropzone Commander

State of the Game as of v2.2.0 (April 2021 Update)

2021-07-08

Dropzone Commander is in a better state at the moment than it has been since before TTC released the Battle for Earth book (Summer 2019), which is different but not necessarily improved over the iterative direction it was taking up til the end of the Beta in Spring 2019.

Throwing a Gauntlet at My Own Feet

2021-07-02

My FLGS, Game Kastle Austin, is grandly reopening in two weeks time. I need to get my Resistance painted up to a fieldable level before then so I can start fishing for other Dropzone players or inviting new people to try it. Unpainted models DO NOT make for a good first impression. So lets take inventory and see what needs prioritized.

Intel Report - Scourge Rapid Reaction Forces of Newbraska

2021-07-01

Collected local Resistance cell information combined with fleet intelligence dispatches and recent battlefield after action reports have produced the following intelligence report on the observed Scourge forces counterattacking our operations on Newbraska. (AKA, my Scourge army)