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BobbaFett wrote:I have just seen in the Corvus Belli online Store that they have put an "Out of Stock" banner over both english version books. Seems like the Infinity week has nearly sold out every copy.
I guess it is just a matter of time they print more.

I just got a reply back from them about that. Human Sphere is being reprinted and should be back in stock mid-July

Pacific wrote:There is a quite excellent write up on Infinity on this blog:

The background made my eyes bleed, but +1 otherwise.

swiftdraw wrote:

I just got a reply back from them about that. Human Sphere is being reprinted and should be back in stock mid-July

Ah good, I downloaded the unit info I needed, but I'd really like to read any background stuff I've missed and check out the art.

swiftdraw wrote:

BobbaFett wrote:I have just seen in the Corvus Belli online Store that they have put an "Out of Stock" banner over both english version books. Seems like the Infinity week has nearly sold out every copy.
I guess it is just a matter of time they print more.

I just got a reply back from them about that. Human Sphere is being reprinted and should be back in stock mid-July

The 'top ten minis' part on that blog is pretty good also!

I ordered the main rulebook from Dark Sphere, as far as I know it was still in stock there so might be worthwhile checking them out?

You can still get the main rule book from CB's online store, just Human Sphere is a pain to find ATM.

Really goes to show you how beautiful the Human Sphere book is. All of it's rules are available completely free for download yet the company still sells completely out of their entire stock

Yoinked from the main Infinity webpage, this is a video from Beasts of War and an introduction to the game (as well as links to a handy introductory starter set of rules). I found it really useful.

If anyone is unsure about the game, the video is quite long but it sells it really well:

http://www.beastsofwar.com/infinity/quick-start-infinity-infinity-week-discussion/

Sadly I have been contemplating doing a few tutorial videos. There isn't really a whole lot out there for people to view. Would anyone even have interest in something like that?

BlueDagger wrote:Sadly I have been contemplating doing a few tutorial videos. There isn't really a whole lot out there for people to view. Would anyone even have interest in something like that?

Right now there are videos with Irish accent and those spanish accent videos by CB. No one has tried to make a video with an English-American voice over.
Maybe this is the chance to connect with the USA players without an extrange accent. Everything counts.

Although I was always under the impression that a lot of Americans find the Irish accent endearing?

I certainly didn't think it was that strong in that video, their accents are quite mild.

Allthough I can understand how people who speak English as a 2nd language might have struggled a bit with the official videos.

Thanks Pacific for posting the link to my Blog. I was wandering why I'd seen a huge spike in traffic from Dakka Dakka. Just to clarify I don't 'hate' the Games Workshop. I just don't 'get on' with them anymore!!!

I'm just supremely grateful that there are games the quality of Infinity out there to keep me occupied!!! Cheers to all the people who read my Blog and didn't want to kill me


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BobbaFett wrote:

BlueDagger wrote:Sadly I have been contemplating doing a few tutorial videos. There isn't really a whole lot out there for people to view. Would anyone even have interest in something like that?

Right now there are videos with Irish accent and those spanish accent videos by CB. No one has tried to make a video with an English-American voice over.
Maybe this is the chance to connect with the USA players without an extrange accent. Everything counts.

BlueDagger I think that would be an awesome idea. I think it'd be really useful to have a few more vids on the old tinternet kicking around!!!

I bought three armies during Infinity Week -- Nomads, Yu Jing and Aleph.

I've been eyeing up Infinity for several years -- I've got the first edition rulebook -- but the collapse of the £ vs Euro made them seem rather expensive. Now I have the bulk of three factions of course I want to round them out a bit, and I want to get Haqqislam as well.

Fortunately the GW price rises make Infinity models seem very cheap by contrast.

KillKrazy I too have Yu Jing, Alep, Haqq and Nomads... I'm a complete faction whore to be honest with you!!! I can't help but chuffing buy more infinity miniatures as i love them. Not going to rip on the GW... I've done enough of that on my Blog recently and had some death threats form GW fanboi's... I didn't think what I said about Finecast was unfair, but apparently I need to die!!! lol. But what I will say are that the Infinity models are gorgeous and that you just don't need as much dough to get into the game as you do with things like 40k. I know Infinity won't be everyones cup of green tea but it is a damn fine game and any one sitting on the fench I would truly urge to take the plunge!!!

http://thefrontlinegamer.blogspot.com/

SirAngry wrote:Thanks Pacific for posting the link to my Blog. I was wandering why I'd seen a huge spike in traffic from Dakka Dakka. Just to clarify I don't 'hate' the Games Workshop. I just don't 'get on' with them anymore!!!

I'm just supremely grateful that there are games the quality of Infinity out there to keep me occupied!!! Cheers to all the people who read my Blog and didn't want to kill me

No problem mate, thought it was a really well written blog, and amusingly written (a welcome break from the storm of negativity which has been floating around recently!) And, you helped sell the game to me.

I've just ordered the Haqqislam Bahram starter pack, can't wait to get my hands on it and start painting!

How is ordering from the Corvus Belli online store? I'm always a bit jarred going from the well designed Inifinity: the Game pages to the bland, stark store page.

Normally I'd just order off Amazon or eBay but no one seems to have the ALEPH Starter

I just picked up the Pan Oceania starter as my first foray into Infinity and I must say... wow... these miniatures are SUPER nice. They required so little cleanup I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Absolutely fantastic stuff.

Can't wait for my next paycheque so I can pick up some more!

Sparks wrote:How is ordering from the Corvus Belli online store? I'm always a bit jarred going from the well designed Inifinity: the Game pages to the bland, stark store page.

Normally I'd just order off Amazon or eBay but no one seems to have the ALEPH Starter

I'm not sure, I've made both my orders from UK independents. I'm sure if you do a search in google you should find tons of internet stores you can order from.

A friend ordered a load of stuff from the Corvus Belli website when the Beasts of war week was on and they were snowed under with demand. It got to him here in the UK within the week. Not too sure what shipping to the states is like though. Ask on the official forums I'm sure one of the helpful members will be able to give you an answer.

BlueDagger wrote:Sadly I have been contemplating doing a few tutorial videos. There isn't really a whole lot out there for people to view. Would anyone even have interest in something like that?

Yes, please!

And double-quick hurry up too!

K guys I make a pledge to you that I will do up a video (god help me) sometime next week when I get my HD camera back. First will be the basics, obviously, then the next will be a full game from start to finish at low point value.

BlueDagger wrote:K guys I make a pledge to you that I will do up a video (god help me) sometime next week when I get my HD camera back. First will be the basics, obviously, then the next will be a full game from start to finish at low point value.

This sounds awesome - I'm looking forward to it!

Eventually, if you could get some of the trickier aspects covered too, that would be great!

Great!!! Look forward to seeing it Blue Dagger

Yeah, we are currently having a intense debate about cover here at the moment. The vast majority of the time it is pretty clear cut if you know what you are doing, but then you have those curve-ball models that just throw logic out the window because they are so hyperdynamic that you can have half the base showing inplain site, but not a single bit of the model showing.

So, does anyone out there actually play? I'd love to see some pics of peoples forces or even a battle report. Those are the same things that get me cranked up about 40k and I imagine they'd do the same thing for Infinity.

I personally get about 2-3 games in a week.








Batreps are rather cumbersome for Infinity since #1 both players are constantly engaged and #2 a lot happens every turn... I mean a lot. So keeping track of what happened when becomes a bit of a daunting task.

40k:
- Rhino moved here, Rhino moved here, Rhino moved here, Rhino moved here, Rhino moved here, Rhino moved here, Rhino moved here, Rhino moved here, Squad move here
- These guys shot, 2 guys died, This missile shot and failed to hit
- One squad assaulted, swept the unit

Infinity
- Moderator moves up to the corner, the model neaby drops a mine as it's ARO and a sniper opens fire, the Moderator fires 1 shot at the model nearby and 3 shots at the sniper, the moderator hits the model nearby killing him,meanwhile the sniper and moderator Face to Face roll and the sniper wins! but the moderator passes his armor and guts check.

That is one order out of probably 11 for that player's turn, then you have the other players turn to complete a game turn. In all actually it takes only a few minutes, but tracking everything that happened is the cumbersome part.

Understood.

I do appreciate the pics though and would encourage anyone trying to promote the game to post similarly... helps give those of us in "investigation mode" something to latch onto and use as inspiration.

After having a look through this thread and the official website, i've been convinced to dip my toe. Yu Jing Imperial Service starter and the rulebook.

Have to make some blade runner influenced terrain now... dammit...



In other news, Micro Art Studio's infinity terrain pieces look fabulous.

Gitsplitta wrote:So, does anyone out there actually play? I'd love to see some pics of peoples forces or even a battle report. Those are the same things that get me cranked up about 40k and I imagine they'd do the same thing for Infinity.

This is the BEST Battle Report I have seen for any wargame ever, and it is INFINITY, from the official forum:

http://www.infinitythegame.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=107

A full battle narrated with images like this one:



Or this one:


Cant wait for a full video battle report. They have to do it.

That Bat rep is frigging awesome, in amongst that and some other bat reps on the site the game was sold to me.

Gitsplitta, I can't recommend enough going to the Infinity forum and having a browse of the boards. The community on there is really friendly, I think a lot of people have been persuaded to join just because of how good natured and helpful people are there.

Here is another one from that site, again really nice pics and designed as an intro to the game:

http://www.infinitythegame.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=4101


A Hassassin Fiday impersonator stayed with his holographic disguise near the enemy’s Zone of Deployment

That guy silently killing someone, stealing their weapon and then moving back into the shadows is so cool.

Have to make some blade runner influenced terrain now... dammit...

Glad to see I'm not the only one who has thought of getting some cheap LED screens and having them run Blade Runner-esque video in the background!

MicroArts do this pretty cool perspex wall section, I'm not sure if anyone else does the same thing? I think this combined with a bunch of those iKubes would make a pretty cool looking table.

http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/concrete-wall-holoboard-p-481.html

That's cool stuff guys, thanks for the links! I'll enjoy looking through those.

Does Adrianna have any hackers? I understand that's pretty important to this game.