Dropfleet Commander Boot Camp – Saturday

We're diving back into the Boot Camp today and exploring gameplay but before that an introduction to what's going to be happening today!

Big thanks to Deep-Cut Studio, Dark Ops, Army Painter and of course Hawk Wargames!

Join us as we get stuck into plenty of awesome chatter with folks here at the Boot Camp and remember that we have some epic goodies for you to pick up and all you have to do is comment on the Live Blog to be in with a chance.

Dave is joined by Darren to take people through the basics of Dropfleet Commander. He'll be talking movement, shooting, as well as a few of the neat twists which make the game an exciting tabletop prospect.

Standby for a full video in a little while!

As well as running the Boot Camp we also took some time with Dave from Hawk Wargames to have a bit of a contest. We're getting stuck into the building of some great big Space Stations!

With a bit of rules chatter out of the way we're getting stuck into some proper games now as folks learn about the basic mechanics of their fleet with an introductory scenario.

We'll be chatting with some of the folks we caught up with yesterday and then will find out how their first games went!

If you're loving what's happening here with Dropfleet Commander then you might want to check out Orbital Bombardment and their Youtube Channel.

Here we've featured their awesome Battle Report between Scourge and UCM but there's plenty more to go and see to. So, give them a watch and subscribe!

One of the things we've heard from all of the folks here at the Boot Camp is how cinematic the games are feeling right now with ships exploding left, right and centre, and guns blasting through armour as bits of ship float off into space.

The game really does come to life through its mechanics and it seems like everyone is having bouts of both good and bad luck!

Here Dave and Darren from Hawk Wargames take you though the basics of Dropfleet Commander with a few sample turns looking at movement, firing and some of the more technical aspects of battling on the tabletop.

We'll be diving into more detail as the weekend progresses but this gets everyone up to speed for their first game.

Justin sits down with suetoniuspaulinus from the community to paint up his PHR fleet and get some additional colour onto these ships before getting in a game or two.

If you have any tips for Justin or indeed thoughts on how you'd paint your own fleet get them in the comments below.

Food has arrived and Mother Justin is making sure everyone is fed and watered with some rather awesome looking hotdogs and chips.

Yes, we're aware there's still not as much colour here but we do have Lance's fruit stand as well! No scurvy here!

We step in and chat with Richard about how things are going with his first game using UCM.

Interestingly, this features a bit of a training exercise/blue-on-blue battling as his opponent is also using UCM!

Justin has now taken to the tabletop with his PHR fleet against the UCM and things look like they're going to be heating up.

Who do you think is going to win in this exchange?

We're now finding out how Adam is doing in his game using the Shaltari. It seems like the Space Hedgehogs are doing well!

Will they be able to survive the attack from the UCM? We find out as Ben tries to blast Adam's stu