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 The CF wrote:
I would just lock myself in my room and isolate myself from the rest of the world until I finished reading the book

That's what I'm about to do right now xD

Oh!

Was there any artwork of the Corregidor "Gecko" T.A.G. or the Iguana?

 Kanluwen wrote:
Oh!

Was there any artwork of the Corregidor "Gecko" T.A.G. or the Iguana?

Negative fot both, sorry.

Well that sucks.

At least the Briscard art is good though!

Oh god.... Why did I have to preorder the book from Maelstrom. WHY.
I really, really, REALLY hope they'll be able to ship it.

 The CF wrote:
Oh god.... Why did I have to preorder the book from Maelstrom. WHY.
I really, really, REALLY hope they'll be able to ship it.

Uh oh...

You might want to go about trying to get your money back from that one, and order it from someone else, quick!

 Alpharius wrote:

 The CF wrote:
Oh god.... Why did I have to preorder the book from Maelstrom. WHY.
I really, really, REALLY hope they'll be able to ship it.

Uh oh...

You might want to go about trying to get your money back from that one, and order it from someone else, quick!

I know, I know... But the 45 days for the dispute have passed. I guess I can manage a £30 loss, so I decided to risk that one.
I did not however decide to risk my £70 order That one has been disputed already.

So, someone with the book...
What's the background on the Briscards like?

What even are briscards?

It sounds like a type of biscuit, although I'm guessing that's not the case.

It's the new french thing. Carlos spoke briefly about them in the Infinity week.
Granted, I agree in that it sounds like some sort of French cookie

IRL, Briscards were veteran soldiers in the Napoleonic era, who signed for a second service. In the game it's about the same, soldiers who can't stand a civil life, and return to the military. In the fluff this veterans are sent to the mountains in the north of Merovingia. The weather conditions are among the worst in the whole of Dawn, and some of the Antipode clans hide there. So Briscards have a double mission, get rid of the Antipodes before they get down to the towns, and watch the mountains, where off-world agents have been trying to infiltrate after Comercial Conflicts. They have to work in very small groups, normally preparing ambushes for the groups they locate.

On the table, the basic profile is worth 24p, and has M 4-4, CC 14, BS 12, PHI 11, WIP 13, ARM 2 and W 1. MSV lvl1, Terrain: Mountain (I'm not sure how you write this in English) and V: Courage. Armed with Marksman rifle. Alternate versions are Sniper Rifle, HRL, observer, Medkit, LT.

One of the parts of Ariadna's fluff is a short story, about a Briscard ambush, it's pretty interesting. The fluff in this book impulses the Merovingians, who might seem less powerful in the previous books. I've enjoyed it a lot.

Oh, oh! Erasoketa! Do you know how you earn exp yet?

 The CF wrote:
Oh, oh! Erasoketa! Do you know how you earn exp yet?

well, I've just skimmed that part but it seems pretty easy to understand. Every scenario has objectives wich give points to win the game. As in Prisioner P-09, the extra scenario, where you get 2 points for rescueing the prisioner, but you also get spare points for other things like manipulating terminals. Al this points you earn in the game, at the end of it are also XP. Then you can choose to spend them as you like it on your Spec-Ops, or in the command table, wich allows you to improve your whole army. That's the table we saw semi-censored in the 2nd Infinity Week.

Era:
The "standard" Briscard has no SWC right? Biggest annoyance factor for the Zouaves is that they're expensive both in points and SWC.

What is the score with Cordelia and Scarface? Do they have stats in this book, and if so, are they available for QK? It seems like the TAG has a Druze theme (helmet spike) so maybe he'd be a nice big brother for my Shock team.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Era:
The "standard" Briscard has no SWC right? Biggest annoyance factor for the Zouaves is that they're expensive both in points and SWC.

Right, no SWC for the basic one:

- basic (Marksman rifle, assault pistol): 24p
- Sniper rifle, pistol: 27p 1 SWC
- HRL, assault pistol: 34p 1.5 SWC
- basic + observer: 27p
- basic + medikit: 28p
- basic + LT: 24p

 Charles Rampant wrote:
What is the score with Cordelia and Scarface? Do they have stats in this book, and if so, are they available for QK? It seems like the TAG has a Druze theme (helmet spike) so maybe he'd be a nice big brother for my Shock team.

Yes they have their stats in the Mercs army list, and are also available for QK. The team is worth 69p and 1.5 SWC.

Hot damn, I am loving those Briscard stats and points. Thank you my Spanish informant!

No problem

There are a couple of errors in the Spanish version of the book. The rules say that the new markers are available at the las pages as usual, but they aren't. Maybe the ones included in Prisioner P-09 will do the job, but CB might want to include them as a pdf file in the website. The other error is in a Spec-Ops profile upgrade table, a couple of data seem to be in the wrong row.

I don't know if this errors affect the translated versions of the book. I'm guessing they will, because that books should be already printed or being printed.

I hope you're happy, Era.

It's now decided that until the Hindu Sectorial comes out...

I'm going French.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Hot damn, I am loving those Briscard stats and points. Thank you my Spanish informant!

Agreed! Thanks Erasoketa!

I'm really satisfied with the book. The new rules and units are cool, but the fluff is superb. It's super exciting seeing how they are slowly showing the interests of each faction, and more important, of each sectorial faction.

Out of 5 stars...

How many would you give it?

I'm guessing six.

And I really hope this hits US shores soon!

 Kanluwen wrote:
Out of 5 stars...

How many would you give it?

4.5 out of 5.

The missing 0.5 is because at first I, as many others, thougt that the book would include as much new units and sectorials as Human Sphere did, and it doesn't. It's a campaign book wich includes new rules (skills), weapons and units as an add-on. It's damn good by itself.

Oh, one detail I love about the book, is about the art. On one hand, I'd like more and more art of the new units, but on the other hand, this book includes more drawings depicting lanscapes and bigger scenes. Of course there are illustrations of units and scenes of confrontations between a couple of soldier like in the others. But this "larger" illustrations help to make bigger in the imagination of the player the setting of the game, while the game itself is keeping it's skirmish size. This art added to the new fluff make this universe much more interesting to my taste.

It looks like ALEPH got the most new units, unless my admittedly loose count after scanning some preview threads is off?

 Alpharius wrote:
It looks like ALEPH got the most new units, unless my admittedly loose count after scanning some preview threads is off?

They did, but at the same time...it was kind of expected. We "knew" (I use the quotes because this is what CB had stated before) that ALEPH were the only ones getting a Sectorial in this book, with the others getting some additional units.

The next book is purportedly already underway and supposed to rival Human Sphere.

 Alpharius wrote:
It looks like ALEPH got the most new units, unless my admittedly loose count after scanning some preview threads is off?

ALEPH has 3 new infantry units per se (Thorakitai, Ekodromoi and Agêma). In addition to that, they also have a ton of characters and Achilles, Patroclus and the Mirmidon Officers revisited. The units fill gaps and characters give a lot of flavour to the list.

I'm really looking forward to seeing what CB does with all of the ALEPH characters - they should turn out some amazing miniatures based off of them...

I know that Infinity miniatures are more realistic that other rangers in terms of scale, but I'd love to see a really big scary mini for Ajax, as in the concept. There is a very nice piece of art of Atalanta sniping kneeled that I like a lot too. They have created a lot of chances for making awesome characterful minis.

I really hope that the Briscards are going to be a box set.