The final bit of burnthrough analysis

As I mentioned monday, I would look into the final two areas I would like to analyze around BTLs. First off, a simple compare of 2 x Supernova vs. Twin Supernova. Read More

Burnthrough or alternative armaments?

As I hinted in my previous post, I want to delve a little more into three specific BTL questions. In this post, I will touch upon the first; comparing the BTLs to their alternative weapon…

Some thoughts on burnthrough

One of the things I have been wanting to do for quite some time, is to do some proper analysis on Burnthrough Lasers (BTL). They are an interesting set of weapons because they are very…

Three mini-tactics

There are many different tactics that can be utilised in a game like dropfleet. In this post I will describe three simple ones that I guess many experienced players know, but which might not be…

Hull-derived differences

In Dropfleet, quite a few rules have slight variations or dependencies depending on two factors that both tell something about ship-size; hull and tonnage. This is stuff like how serious a catastrophic explosion is, if…

To ram or not to ram

One of the more obscure rules, is the ramming rule. I say obscure, because when I first read it, I quickly disregarded it as not viable and I think a lot of others might have…