Dropzone Commander [new 10mm game]

[killercroc]

So I just found this site and they have a lot of cool looking models for this game www.hawkwargames.com/ Seems like it actually just came out today and everything is available for preorder. And the prices are pretty fair (Compaired to GW) if you ask me, May look into it a bit more.

So anyone else heard of this game?

Just wanted to make a quick change and add some photos of the starter sets. They are around $80 if I am not mistaken, and are playable as is. Models are made from durable resin so no more breaking models (nice for a change).

United Colonies of Mankind:


Scourge:


Post-Human Republic:


Shaltari:


Personally I have got to say the PHR look like what I'm going with!

[Overread]

Good prices and a new game - it got a lot of big reviews on the quality of the models early on, but I can't help feel that they are harming their own progress by having no official forums on the site. At the moment I think its in a bit of a lull - but I do like the Shiralti walkers!


Ps - value for money I think Spartan Games have them beaten - and on the space ground side even have a starting of a new game of their own here:
www.studiosparta.co.uk/

That said Spartan have mostly everyone beaten for quality and price - except the Reaper Bones series of minis.

[killercroc]

Ah yes Spartan, very good prices there. There is a game store in town that carries as their products and I am quite impressed (On top of that the store itself offers a 20% discount on their products too so even cheaper!) but not to many people play, everyone is all about Warhammer or Warmachine.

Not having a main forum isn't to bad, I mean GW doesn't do that either (probably for good reason) but it would be nice to see one at a later time. I personally am a fan of holy small the models are. That way you can have battle easily at home instead of having to drive all the way to a game/hobby store, since not everyone can do that.

But since they just came out time will tell about how much people like them.

[Overread]

The only reason GW don't have their own forums is because they seriously seriously missmanaged the one they used to have to the point where it became an all out warzone --- I wasn't there but from what I hear they got overly zealous with moderation as well as a large number of the regular "Its too expensive" complainers. So they closed it down. That said GW has shops in nearly every (UK at least) big town and city as well as a massive following and 25 years of marketing. Suffice to say that - UK side- they don't "need" to advertise as hard -- heck just look at the HIVE - a website community dedicate to just one faction of one of their games!

I think for smaller companies they've got to make strong connection to their community directly - that way they can encourage community reps. boost their communication with the community and also generally get their name out there a lot more easily. During the early days having your own forums is better than having to rely upon random threads in other boards - esp since it means many people won't have a point of communication for basic game questions (if you've no where to get general info from chances are you'll move on).