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Dropzone Commander: Core Rulebook box art
2012 Ranked #6,987

Dropzone Commander: Core Rulebook

A science-fiction tabletop wargame in which players command armies through fast mass battles and rapid dropship redeployment. Alternate activation keeps both sides engaged, while infantry and war machines serve different battlefield roles.

Wargames Book Miniatures Variable Player Powers Dice Rolling

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

?+

Complexity

3.42/5

Rating

7.55

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

You join this universe in the earliest days of mankind's ambitious invasion to retake the central planets from the Scourge. Bloody battles and epic conflict awaits as races, generals and individuals take sides.

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You join this universe in the earliest days of mankind's ambitious invasion to retake the central planets from the Scourge. Bloody battles and epic conflict awaits as races, generals and individuals take sides. Whether you're fighting for humanity, the Scourge or for your own ends is up to you! Dropzone Commander is a 10mm scale sci-fi tabletop wargame, devised for mass battles between two or more players. The rules are designed for efficient and dynamic games which can be played on a standard 4'x4' table (although larger tables work well also!) The rules are based on an alternate activation system, which keeps the action constant and involving. They are also scalable, and will cater for tactical skirmishes as well as titanic clashes of metal and firepower. This is accomplished whilst never sacrificing the character of individual units, and indeed all the colour and eventfulness of battle. A vast array of war machines will be at your disposal, but this does not belittle the importance of the humble infantryman. The game is built around the concept of rapid deployment and redeployment of your forces by airborne dropships, exemplifying the pace of combat on the battlefields of the future. This makes for a tactical and fast paced experience, where quick thinking and strokes of genius often bring victory.

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
120 min
Complexity
3.4/5
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Credits

Designers

1
David J. Lewis

Publishers

1
Hawk Wargames

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