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You could play the old BFG, but Dropfleet Commander is designed by the same guy, who said that he saw dropfleet (we should really start calling it DFC) as an opportunity to fix what was wrong with BFG. It is probably going to be epic.
As for the new BFG GW might bring out, we have no idea how it is going to turn out. They might just bring back the old miniatures, they might come up with entirely new rules, we just don't know.
I'd say either go jump on the DFC bandwagon, or wait and see how BFG turns out.

Cheeslord wrote:
The problem with DFC is that it's not out yet...and because it is Kickstarter funded only people already in on the kickstarter will get progress updates. I'm trying to decide between Armada and DFC.

I quite liked the predecessor to BFG, with the more interesting variety of ships and quirky rules, but a couple of years ago when I tried to get into BFG (when you could still get models for it) I struggled with fundamental balance issues at low points levels. Right now, I am Waiting and Seeing...

Mark.

You can still get in, I think, even if you did not back the Kickstarter. Take a look here: http://dfcpm.com/
Product updates are posted to the Kickstarter updates page, you can see those even if you do not have backed or do not have a Kickstarter account: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hawkwargames/dropfleet-commander/updates
You can also subscribe to the Hawk newsletter on their website: http://www.hawkwargames.com/pages/our-newsletter