#DROPZONE

[hoppynsc]

"Drop Zone" score by Hans Zimmer

Solid action score by Zimmer for a mostly forgettable movie that is most notable to snippets of two tracks, "Too Many Notes" & "After the Dash", that have since been combined for use in countless trailers ever since, such as the "Mark of Zorro". Solid listen though not one of Zimmer's best.

[gamesthatwerent]

The origins of Dropzone by Archer Maclean

Our second Christmas update sees a hugely important discovery from the disks of the late Archer Maclean. Before Dropzone, there were almost conversions of both Defender + Stargate for the #Atari. See them now for yourself! (Thx @Retro_Fusion 4 the disks)

https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2023/12/defender-and-stargate-discoveries/

In addition, we have also produced a video that talks through the discoveries and how it all eventually built up and led to Dropzone in the end. Strange to think that had Stargate been taken on, Dropzone may never have existed! #Atari

[ilwolhongdam]

Beach Style Entry - Mudroom Example of a medium-sized mudroom with white walls, a gray floor, and porcelain tiles in the beach style.

[ueblog]

Mudroom - Beach Style Entry Mid-sized beach style porcelain tile and gray floor mudroom photo with white walls

[iloverobots11]

Mudroom - Mudroom Example of a mid-sized beach style porcelain tile and gray floor mudroom design with white walls

[motherviper]

Mudroom - Mudroom Inspiration for a mid-sized coastal mudroom remodel with white walls and a gray floor

[harpe-et-nitroglycerine]

Mudroom Mudroom Charlotte Mid-sized beach style porcelain tile and gray floor mudroom photo with white walls

[utaesthetics]

DM-DropZone

[teensywars]

Why Tiny-Scale Wargames?

For me, a wargame succeeds or fails based on how it makes me think. When I look down at the pieces on the table, am I thinking about strategy? About the drama of my little guys? Or am thinking about little plastic toys on a table?

The default scale for miniatures games is just close enough that you can see your individual figures doing things. That makes sense. The companies want to sell toys, so you want to make a game where the toys do cool things.

But, once you zoom out far enough that individuals no longer matter, something amazing happens. Your perspective shifts, and you begin thinking of your little tabletop battle in the same way you'd think of a real battle. The game is no longer about individuals, but lines of battle, flanks, and C&C.

Space Marines in Epic Armageddon don't win because Lieutenant Ironpecs is really good at hitting things with a sword, they win because they follow orders when other armies would be struggling with morale.

Battles in Drop Zone Commander aren't won on shooting, they're won by seeing ways to use the terrain to create a place for your transports to land.

Darth Vader may be terrifying, but in Star Wars Armada, he's one guy in one TIE Fighter among hundreds.

That's something you can't get from squad-scale wargames, and that's why you should care about games with tiny miniatures.

[enbypandamonium]

Flinging Some Paint!

Today I found some time to paint up a few of my Shaltari tanks

The detail work was particularly onerous and I painted the turrets and chassis separately but the end product looks pretty good if I was to toot my own horn a bit.

[owlbear33]

I'm also bothered by how much of the official Dropzone commander city terrain looks fundamentally 20th-century

100% does not look like a sci-fi city, even with the monorail

[techemit]

domain drops, drop domains, donuts dropzone service

[simonxriley]

on another note i am a little bit more excited for season (2), mostly bc of the guns we're getting.

[owlbear33]

Malifaux is very much still around, or at least the website and web store are still up, and I can find at least some stuff in UK online retailers

but as with so many games finding other people to play with may be a challenge unless you can get some friends into it at the same time

and ordering online may be the only way to get miniatures if there's no local local community

the big wargame outside of anything GW is Infinity (from Corvus Beli), it's very tournament-focused, crunchie (although they have released a new lighter ruleset - I've not read it), it's less wacky than 40k, more of a near future (though not that near) sci-fi

Frostgrave looks pretty cool, it's a game about wizards (with a band or mercenaries) exploring a frozen ruined city (Published by Osprey it's mini-agnostic ish, Northstar Minis does produce an official range) and Oprey publish a whole bunch of mostly Mini-agnostic games

TT Combat make a pair of wargames in a shared sci-fi setting, one (dropzone commander) is a 10mm scale big army game, the other a space fleet combat type game

what are the best tabletop wargames that are not warhammer/warhammer 40k? i played a bunch of warhammer 40k back in high school, and i'd like to get a feel for alternate approaches to the genre.

[grimvestige]

My piece for Dropzone 2600's annual gift swap! I got to draw Hope for @ninjasylveon, a backstory NPC in @emmettkane's campaign!