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The models are cool. Nicely detailed with only a few exceptions.

They're just ginormously humongous. Take all 4 of the biggest paper terrain buildings and push them together. They're even bigger than that.

Maneuver and positioning is what makes a great wargame, and They're so big they basically do either.

More DFC ships is always welcome news, their plastics are some of the best in the business.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:

 Overread wrote:
Got to say having seen the Behemoth models in person - those things are freaking massive. WAY bigger than I thought from photos.

How do they compare to DFC Dreadnaughts? Would you say they are worth their price tags for someone who liked the design?

Considerably bigger and I would say yes, once I saw their size in person I did feel that the price does justify the volume of model that you get. The Scourge one in particular was very impressive to see in person.

I lied I did get a photo though honestly it doesn't really do their size justice

It would be cool if...

The Shaltari and Bioficers fought to a standstill long ago.

The Scourge are running away from them, having lost their fight against the Bioficers.

The PHR sphere is a Bioficer entity gone deviant, treating flesh things like pets instead of tools.

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I'd prefer they focus on the two existing games and make them worth playing. I see no point in a 28mm game, that is well covered by lots of other companies.
I'm only interested in the minis to maybe use them in Five Parsecs...

I think focusing on the two existing games is why they are bloated and the rules displease serious gamers. They keep making so many vehicles and ships it’s hard to keep up, even though they ran out of ideas and design space years ago. The new faction and new edition might help, but I’m glad to see Striketeam as a release valve for new content instead of another wave of ridiculous vehicles and overly specialized ships.

There were options instead of bloating the design space, variant patterns of the same units for instance. They could have done campaign books. They could release a new faction. They could have made the things people actually asked for like faction launch assets for Dropfleet.

But TTCombat is not a competently run company, so of course they're going to launch yet another game into the most saturated market on the planet.

It isn't just an unneeded game, it's poorly named. Don't understand why they didn't stick with the DropThing naming since that is pretty clearly part of the brand.

Particularly if you are going to try and jump into the 28mm market as well, then going with a name as generic as "Striketeam" seems an underwhelming approach...

I think the thing is "Drop" isn't just a brand name but a game mechanic/focus in terms of how models appear on the board in Zone and a big part of what you're doing in Fleet in terms of the ground part of the game.

Perhaps Striketeam won't feature that kind of mechanic so they didn't use the term?

Or perhaps they feel the "Drop" Brand hasn't grown well enough on its own so they are branching out with a new bit of separate branding for a half-fresh start with a new scale and all.



I do also agree they might have to learn some more marketing. One thing that has been raised several times is that its surprising how little growth they seem to have had with the game, esp Dropfleet, when you consider it has pretty much zero competition in the market right now. With alternatives being the 3D print supported (for the most part) BFG fan groups and a few smaller games like Billion Stars that are basically in that same bracket of smaller scale supporters.

Dropfleet and Zone should be huge games right now, but they never really grew.

Striketeam is going to be under even more pressure because the 28-32mm market is very saturated with small and big name creators.

Yep. Why the hell isn't it called Droptroop Commander or something?

Dropship commander would have been fine too.

There are people in the Facebook group still insisting on calling it DropSquad Commander.