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Dropzone Commander!

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Long have I obsessed over dropzone commander and now the time has come to take the plunge and buy in. I have always admired the awesome model designs and the lore/story seems interesting. But first, a little history.... Dropzone commander was created by Dave Lewis of Hawk Wargames who made everything.. the lore, rules, cad designs, models.. the lot! The game got off to a great start and was fairly popular, however over the years it declined rapidly. I am not sure why but I think there had been operational/supply issues and a disastrous kickstarter for a spinoff game (dropfleet commander), which seemed to have killed off a lot of goodwill towards the company. The company was in difficulty and was eventually bought by TTCombat. The game continued and was re-released with an updated ruleset (Battle for earth). This new version seemed to have some problems that existing players didn't like and it also didn't appeal to new players such as myself.. the new rulebook was