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2018/04/27 21:04:44
Subject: The Infinity News and Rumors Thread - The 2018 Edition
"The better description of Tunguska is:
Data Security and Contractual Obligations."
And Finances. E.g. Bankers and Lawyers. Money to start Tunguska came from Russian Mafia... and a few other mafias and crime syndicates, IIRC. It's been a while since I read the background.
It may be retconned of course. We are seeing a faction re-write now. Who knows what is coming next? Apart from Acontecimento explodes.
Okay, pre-orderable/released to coincide with GenCon, so CB has something to sell at the Con.
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2018/04/28 02:13:24
Subject: The Infinity News and Rumors Thread - The 2018 Edition
Red Harvest wrote: "The better description of Tunguska is:
Data Security and Contractual Obligations."
And Finances. E.g. Bankers and Lawyers. Money to start Tunguska came from Russian Mafia... and a few other mafias and crime syndicates, IIRC. It's been a while since I read the background.
It also came from legitimate organizations that wanted a neutral site for data storage and security--something that banks are known for doing right now.
It may be retconned of course. We are seeing a faction re-write now. Who knows what is coming next? Apart from Acontecimento explodes.
It doesn't really have to be retconned. You just need to read the parts about the Grenzers. It makes it a bit more clear that while yes, there is an underworld on Tunguska--it does not control the actual Tunguska ship.
2018/05/01 03:59:36
Subject: The Infinity News and Rumors Thread - The 2018 Edition
There is the LE brawler that comes with the uprising book. Mine arrived today. Looks to be a nice mini. Two pieces. Easy assembly. We may see them mentioned for a July release. Or not. CB seems to have not lined up all of their ducks for this year-- El "Asunto Yuchinero".
If you have muyibs, they are suitably Brawler looking to be proxies.
Repeating June releases:
-Tunguska Jurisdictional Command
-Keisotsu Butai,
-Yu Jing support pack,
-Veteran Kazak APHMG,
-Hassassin Ragik repack
-Aristeia Smoke and Mirrors
2018/05/01 16:37:00
Subject: The Infinity News and Rumors Thread - The 2018 Edition
Fluffwise, Brawlers are a catch all for any generic mercenary. It would certainly have been nice to seen them launched along with the book that uses them so heavily, but the good news is that they're probably the single easiest thing to make work with the new relaxed proxy rules.
2018/05/01 17:51:10
Subject: The Infinity News and Rumors Thread - The 2018 Edition
Yup, our Druze player is using his Emily and Jethro and some headswapped Druze for his Brawlers. I have a Spetznaz sniper on order for the sniper rifle Brawler and will use Grunts for the other profiles. I'm debating whether I want to try and insta-mold cast some Fusilier heads or not (since the Brawlers symbol is a skull with a beret and I like berets). I almost went with straight Fusiliers for Brawlers, but I already have grunts and doubt I'll be getting around to building my USAriadna anytime soon. Ghulams would also work perfectly well since the main Brawler profile is rifle+light shotgun
Still must be actual CB minis, but now they just need to be the same silhouette and base size and you can use any mini as any other mini. Before you could only use stand-ins if CB didn't yet make an official mini.
Realistically, it's what people were doing anyways, they just have the official go-ahead to do it in tournaments, and even then most Warcors will allow non-CB minis if they fit the part well
Brawlers are pricey, starting at 16 points, for what are effectively order monkeys. We'll start hearing about how useful they are soon enough, as people begin experimenting.
2018/05/01 19:29:59
Subject: The Infinity News and Rumors Thread - The 2018 Edition
PsychoticStorm wrote: At AVA 4 they are hardly order monkeys, depending on the sectorial though they are different specialists and LTs.
On Druze for example what you will make them is highly critical.
IDK about order monkeys, but they are definitely the glue that you need to make some of these fireteams that define these lists.
You really need them & will want choices if you are playing these 3 lists.
For now I guess I'll go with Mobile Brigada & Riot Grrls instead.
Is that a natural 21?
Nomads & Yu Jing
2018/05/01 21:39:53
Subject: The Infinity News and Rumors Thread - The 2018 Edition
That's pretty rough for Druze then, Brawlers are pretty bad as either engineers or doctors at WIP 12, AND they're expensive at 20 points for those profiles. Luckily Starco has Irmandinhos and both Daktaris and Avicenna (and special linkable, at that!), I didn't realize Druze were so limited. They do have access to Cordelia at least.
Kalamadea wrote: That's pretty rough for Druze then, Brawlers are pretty bad as either engineers or doctors at WIP 12, AND they're expensive at 20 points for those profiles. Luckily Starco has Irmandinhos and both Daktaris and Avicenna (and special linkable, at that!), I didn't realize Druze were so limited. They do have access to Cordelia at least.
Oh please. PanO would frigging die for AVA4 Engineers.
2018/05/02 00:07:32
Subject: The Infinity News and Rumors Thread - The 2018 Edition
Brawlers are the cheapest LI for the Druze, and thus, the order monkey unit. They remind me a bit of the Acontecimento Regulars, which are the order monkey units for ASA.
That Brawlers have some nice options is just a bonus. The engineer might be a nice option in the 3 Druze, 1 Brawler, 1 Clipper Dronbot fireteam. Otherwise you're taking Scarface to get Cordelia, who is also an Engineer.
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2018/05/02 02:31:39
Subject: The Infinity News and Rumors Thread - The 2018 Edition
I was actually surprised to see that they were releasing a Brawlers model. I was sure that the intent for Brawlers was to just proxy whatever you wanted, especially once we found out they were available in multiple armies.
2018/05/02 23:16:47
Subject: The Infinity News and Rumors Thread - The 2018 Edition
I was expecting some sort of Authorized Bounty Hunter or CSU -- We could use a Boarding shotgun CSU. The brawler as the LE mini was a pleasant surprise. It is a good mini. I'll have no trouble finding a place for it, as a brawler or as a proxy.
I read that the on-line campaign won't start until the end of this month.
2018/05/03 14:41:07
Subject: The Infinity News and Rumors Thread - The 2018 Edition
How viable is it to buy multiple subfaction starter sets? Can you end up using at least one of every fig in every subfaction? For instance, if you get Corregidor and Bakunin starters are you able to use every fig at least at ava 1 with every subfaction?
2018/05/09 03:33:19
Subject: The Infinity News and Rumors Thread - The 2018 Edition
warboss wrote: How viable is it to buy multiple subfaction starter sets? Can you end up using at least one of every fig in every subfaction? For instance, if you get Corregidor and Bakunin starters are you able to use every fig at least at ava 1 with every subfaction?
Yes, each sectorial starter that CB has ever produced can be run in its entirety in vanilla lists and their respective sectorial lists. However, if you buy the Bakunin and Corregidor starters, you would not be able to run all the models from both boxes in a specific sectorial list because Corregidor doesn't have access to Bakunin-specific units and vice versa. You could, however, just run a non-sectorial vanilla Nomads army and run everything from the Bakunin and Corregidor boxes. It'd be a bit unfocused and you'd have to split it into two subgroups (due to eachbeing limited to 10 orders among your 12 troops), but it's very much a legal list with a bunch of points and SWC to spare:
Nomads
6
ALGUACIL Hacker (Hacking Device) Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0.5 | 18)
INTRUDER Combi Rifle + Light Flamethrower, Grenades / Pistol, 
HELLCAT Combi Rifle / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 22)
WILDCAT Combi Rifle + Light Flamethrower, D-Charges / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 19)
MODERATOR Combi Rifle / Pistol, Electric Pulse. (0 | 9)
REVEREND MOIRA MULTI Rifle / Pistol, Shock 
ZERO (Deployable Repeater) Combi Rifle, E/Mauler / Pistol, Knife. (0 | 19)
SIN-EATER Mk12 / Pistol,