Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26084195-20151201084334

So, a select few of you may know that I am a fan of the tabletop miniature wargame called Dropzone Commander. It is a gripping tale of Humanity's struggle to retake its worlds from a malevolent and parasitic alien force, known as the Scourge, while also contending against their cyborg cousins and some mysterious aliens called the Shaltari.

Now, Dropzone Commander is a land based game focussing on tanks and infantry and so on. However, Hawk Wargames, the people who make Dropzone, recently released a kickstarter campaign to fund their newest game: Dropfleet Commander. This game immediately struck my fancy because it was so different from other spaceship combat games, in that it does a really good job of simulating what starship combat would actually be like. Plus, I'm a sucker. So naturally I backed the game. Now, on to the crux of the matter:

I chose to play the Post Human Republic. This is a faction which was spurred to it's actions by a mysterious and seemingly omniscient White Sphere the size of a baseball. This Sphere transmitted a warning about the Scourge's invasion in one year's time. Enough people took it seriously that it became a real issue. When the one year deadline rolled around, it resulted in a three hour civil war, the end of which saw the White Sphere showing up and helping the Humans who wanted to leave escape. They resurfaced 170 years later, now a civilization of highly advanced cyborgs, relying on quality over quantity. You can see why they appeal to me, no doubt.

Anyways, now that the history is down, I'll continue. The kickstarter campaign includes special exclusive battlecruisers for each faction only available on kickstarter. I naturally bought the PHR one. And guess what it's called?

The Leonidas class battlecruiser.

I can execute so many puns on the tabletop with that name! Seriously, the possibilities are endless! 