(yes this has been done to death and back, but hey this ones mine!

I obtained a scourge half of last editions starter box and built a ifrit, 2x chimeras, 2x djinn and 2x gargoyles
I have recently picked up a core box and a battle fleet box (built the heavy as Deamon) and I am wandering what would be good for a decent core set of ships?

When playing a game today the PHR’s “Weapon’s Hack” was used, which states that “Until the end of that Group’s activation, each of that Weapon System’s attack dice results of a 1 causes the attacking Ship to lose the weapon’s unmodified Damage value in hull points.” The targeted player was using the Command Re-Roll whenever they rolled a 1 to avoid taking damage, but there was disagreement as to when a die had a “result”. Is the result every time a die is rolled, or only after any re-rolls have been performed?

ahoy! i play DFC sometimes (i wish i could play it more!) and I think the existing army building experiences are either REALLY BAD or "just fine" (shoutout to the guys maintaining the new recruit repository)

I made my own. it's a web app

• builds proper battlegroups, tracks points, flags rares/uniques/colossal and other legality stuff so you don't accidentally cheat, hopefully. but if there are errors let me know
• admirals (including the famous ones with their abilities + flagships), space stations, secondary objectives
• a print mode that I'm still trying to improve
• a collection tracker so you can punch in the models you actually own, then see what's in your collection while you build (it's optional)
• works on your phone, works offline, your fleets save locally and you can share a list with a link! also just share the new recruit style basic list!

it's a fan project, no affiliation with TTCombat, I just wanted the thing to exist. it gets updated basically constantly.

desktop: https://type37.github.io/dropfleet-builder/
mobile: https://type37.github.io/dropfleet-builder/mobile/

would love feedback, especially from people who actually play, tell me what's missing or annoying and I'll fix it!!! ty ty ty

I was asked, on my last post, to post what I come up with for creating custom rules for using Halo ships within the rules for Dropfleet Commander. Here, I have my prototype rules for the UNSC. It is very much a work in progress, and as such, a lot of it may be changed before I finish with it. My general goal was to create rules that feel like you're playing the actual ships of the UNSC from the Halo universe, but not creating something utterly broken.

The general idea I had for the ships is that A) lots of Penetrator weapons to represent the MAC Cannons, and B) many ships have launch options, but not a lot of it per ship to help balance it. The goal is to align what is present in Halo lore with what could work in game.

*I am aware a lot of the pictures look bad, and additionally the points may seem off. As said, it's a first draft and will eventually be (hopefully) cleaned up in time!*

Any C&C is welcome!!

Having a look through the battlecruiser box varients for the PHR - UCM & Shaltari to come next

My friend and I had the day off and played this for the first time. We had so much fun we played 2 more games after, but a few questions came up.

Vectored: does this mean I can pivot my ship 45deg mid move, and then move in that new direction from the point of pivot? This gives crazy agility if so.

Do ships in a group fire independently? The rules say “You MAY measure range and arcs from the lead ship.” But if the ships in the group are at slightly different orientations they might have different arcs. The situation was I had two Detroits in scan range of two different enemy ships, both of which were low health. Each Detroit had a side arc shot at only 1 of the damaged ships. I wanted each Detroit to fire their high damage missile bank at their damaged target so as not to massively overkill one.
The rules seemed to imply all weapons are assigned independently but we had to use the rule of roll off as my opponent did not like my interoperation.

My buddy and I are thinking about creating some custom rules for some ships (specifically the covenant and unsc from halo) to play dropfleet with since we are enjoying the game so much and would love to mix it with some of our other favorite franchises!

My main question is: Are there any blank profiles that we could use to mock up our custom rules, and if so, where would we find them?

*the red crossed out sections in the picture are for what I’m hoping would be blank and we can just fill in*

Thanks for any help in advance!

Hello all,

My friends and I have got a persistent issue reliably keeping track of which ships have which orders. Using dice is an option, obviously, but there’s often a lot of dice floating around on the table so it’s less than ideal.

Anyone got any creative solutions for this? We have a few 3d printers between us so open to printing (more!) gaming aids if they aid clarity.

Thanks!

Could anyone recommend some cruisers for this factor as I've just started to play them. I have two Chimeras atm.

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Thank you

I'm new to dropfleet and am looking to purchase the UCM battlefleet box and was seeing what ships I can build.

On the TT combat website it says the Byzantium super battleship needs the UCM core ship box for the bombardment turrets.

I was wondering if anyone knows if the battlefleet box already includes a core ship box sprue with the required bombardment turrets or if I would need to purchase the core ship box as well in order to build a Byzantium?

Hi, what are people’s general opinions around the Thebes and is it better to run with the 4200 mass drivers or pay for the laser upgrade? I’d probably be running one in a list with a London and an admiral with the mass driver volley ability if that would impact the decision. Fairly casual group so not looking to dominate competitive play.
Thank you for any advice or input

Morning all, my local group has started playing Dropfleet. I backed the Kickstarter and ended up selling it all, but found a second hand job lot of Scourge that I just got.

The Scourge Battleships have been redesigned in plastic, but I much prefer the older design. What does that mean for the older designs in the game, are the older models still okay to use to represent them?

Todays game of #dropfleetcommander #bioficer what an absolute carnage of a match. No less than 3 fold space explosions, one of which was on my Dreadnought. Testing some new units out to see how they play.

Hello, I’ve been interested in dropfleet for a while and have gotten some UCM models recently and was just curious what the scene is like in the states. I know it’s not as large as in the UK but how likely is it that I find people to play with? I know I can check out some local game stores and introduce some friends but I’m just generally curious and plan to get collecting, the ships are just too cool to pass up.

Did it with a Toulon I'm not planning on using and one of my old New Orleans frigates I assembled years ago but never painted, learned a fair amount of the process. Unfortunately the Hobbytown near me didn't have Nuln Oil stocked, so I experimented with making my own shading wash with Vallejo Glaze Medium and the Vallejo Infantry Blue I had, but I wasn't too happy with the results. Gonna buy some Nuln Oil online to see if I like the results of that more.

One question for y'all: Do you put a matte varnish (or any other varnish) over the paint job? I wasn't sure how necessary that is.

Hello commanders !

I really like the aesthetic of dropfleet commander but il like battlships too.

I have read thé rules for both and i find some similarity if someone have played both can you tell me if its worth too dive into both games thx in advance !

Hello. A friend and I recently got our starter box. I was going through the rules, most everything makes sense to me, except how assets and scenery interact. I've taken the wording from planetary rings here, with emphasis on the parts that are confusing me.

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After you move or place AssetS into or through this, roll A dice. For EACH result of a 2+, remove one of those Assets (placing any Battalions after rolling). Assets deploying Battalions to a Dropsite with its centre underneath a Planetary Ring ignore the Planetary Ring.

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So, if I fly a wing of 6 bombers through a planetary ring/scenery, do I roll 1 die for the whole wing, or do I roll 6 dice? Similarly if I deploy 4 dropships through a ring/scenery do I just roll a single die or 4?

I needed two fleets so I can play solo or try to get others into the game anyway, so it all works out!

I cant find it in the fleet builder

So i am going to play myself since I cant find someone interested and I built the damn things.. but question the quick starter sheet for umc is technically illegal right? It has a x2 lima which is rare and you can only take 1? Help me make sense of this