ENTER THE DROPVERSE THROUGH THE VICTORY GAMERS CLUB CAMPAIGN
Welcome Commanders!
This is the place to participate in the Victory Gamers Dropverse Campaign 2024! Campaign 2024 is intended to be the first of several year-long club campaigns, although it is not necessary to commit to a full year to participate.
Each year-long Campaign is divided into two Seasons: a winter/spring Season from January through April, and a summer/fall Season from June through November. Each Season is divided into two Phases of two months each for the winter/spring season and three months each for the summer/fall season. Each Season and Phase will feature different time periods and battle zones in the attempt of humanity to reconquer Earth from the occupying Scourge forces. There is a one-month period in May and December to sign up for the next Season and to prepare fleets/armies.
Players in the Campaign are called “Participants.” Participants can elect to play Dropfleet Commander (ships in space) or Dropzone Commander (troops on the ground) or both. The commitment for Participants is to play two games per Season, or roughly two games every 4-6 months, per fleet or army that a Participant signs up to play. Dropfleet battles in space will affect the Dropzone battles on the ground, and vice versa.
The Campaign is meant to be narrative in nature, but with minimal record keeping requirements. Players need not commit to a single fleet or army per season of the Campaign, and there may be rules that allow deviations from the default army/fleet building rules. Individual matches will influence the overall narrative for the following Season, but they are also self-contained games. In addition to individual matches, it is intended to have events and tournaments at gaming stores (Huzzah and Your Hobby Place) and conventions (Richmond Open and NOVA Open) that tie into the Campaign. There will also be efforts to make it easy for new players to participate and get into the games.
Campaign 2024 starts in the year 2673 C.E. in the Dropverse setting. It has been three months since the launch of the reconquest of Earth on 01 October 2672. The Triumvirate powers of the United Colonies of Man (UCM), the Resistance (the Kalium Kabal and the loyal Resistance), and the Post-Human Republic (PHR) have established bridgeheads on most continents of Earth, but these fingerholds are barely held against the innumerable Scourge occupiers. In addition to the Triumvirate and the Scourge, the inscrutable forces of the alien Shaltari and the pugilistic tribes of human feral Resistance serve their own ends, helping or hindering the Triumvirate or the Scourge as their own interests dictate (together, the Shaltari and feral Resistance are known as the “Spoilers”).
Above, in Earth’s orbit, remnants of the initial Triumvirate invasion fleet frantically attempt to drop reinforcements to ground troops below, their efforts often hindered by fierce Scourge counterattacks, Shaltari interference, and feral Resistance opposition. In addition, the Triumvirate is at best a fragile alliance of convenience, which is often broken when interests diverge and opportunity for individual gain presents itself. Fortunately for the Triumvirate, the animosity between the Scourge and the Spoilers prevents any sort of coordinated action on their part, other than the briefest aligning of interests.
It is in this setting that Campaign 2024 will tell the stories of the first full year of the Battle for Earth.
This is the place to participate in the Victory Gamers Dropverse Campaign 2024! Campaign 2024 is intended to be the first of several year-long club campaigns, although it is not necessary to commit to a full year to participate.
Each year-long Campaign is divided into two Seasons: a winter/spring Season from January through April, and a summer/fall Season from June through November. Each Season is divided into two Phases of two months each for the winter/spring season and three months each for the summer/fall season. Each Season and Phase will feature different time periods and battle zones in the attempt of humanity to reconquer Earth from the occupying Scourge forces. There is a one-month period in May and December to sign up for the next Season and to prepare fleets/armies.
Players in the Campaign are called “Participants.” Participants can elect to play Dropfleet Commander (ships in space) or Dropzone Commander (troops on the ground) or both. The commitment for Participants is to play two games per Season, or roughly two games every 4-6 months, per fleet or army that a Participant signs up to play. Dropfleet battles in space will affect the Dropzone battles on the ground, and vice versa.
The Campaign is meant to be narrative in nature, but with minimal record keeping requirements. Players need not commit to a single fleet or army per season of the Campaign, and there may be rules that allow deviations from the default army/fleet building rules. Individual matches will influence the overall narrative for the following Season, but they are also self-contained games. In addition to individual matches, it is intended to have events and tournaments at gaming stores (Huzzah and Your Hobby Place) and conventions (Richmond Open and NOVA Open) that tie into the Campaign. There will also be efforts to make it easy for new players to participate and get into the games.
Campaign 2024 starts in the year 2673 C.E. in the Dropverse setting. It has been three months since the launch of the reconquest of Earth on 01 October 2672. The Triumvirate powers of the United Colonies of Man (UCM), the Resistance (the Kalium Kabal and the loyal Resistance), and the Post-Human Republic (PHR) have established bridgeheads on most continents of Earth, but these fingerholds are barely held against the innumerable Scourge occupiers. In addition to the Triumvirate and the Scourge, the inscrutable forces of the alien Shaltari and the pugilistic tribes of human feral Resistance serve their own ends, helping or hindering the Triumvirate or the Scourge as their own interests dictate (together, the Shaltari and feral Resistance are known as the “Spoilers”).
Above, in Earth’s orbit, remnants of the initial Triumvirate invasion fleet frantically attempt to drop reinforcements to ground troops below, their efforts often hindered by fierce Scourge counterattacks, Shaltari interference, and feral Resistance opposition. In addition, the Triumvirate is at best a fragile alliance of convenience, which is often broken when interests diverge and opportunity for individual gain presents itself. Fortunately for the Triumvirate, the animosity between the Scourge and the Spoilers prevents any sort of coordinated action on their part, other than the briefest aligning of interests.
It is in this setting that Campaign 2024 will tell the stories of the first full year of the Battle for Earth.
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