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Infinity November 2011 Update

Imperial Agent Crane Rank – Yu Jing



Zero hacker – Nomads



Dragoons from Acontecimento – PanOceania


Traktor Mul – Ariadna


Patroclus – ALEPH



Hassssin Farzan – Haqqislam



And some official terrain: Micro Art Studio Infinity buildings

The Zero Hacker makes me happy, as it's another Zero model.

However the Traktor Mul tempts me back to Ariadna...

Curses!

I'm actually surprised there are two big boxes this month. I wasn't sure if the Draigos or the Muls would be released, but I guess they went with both.

Everything is on par with being absurdly good quality even with the cliche Infinity trope of guy-standing-on-rock.


That Zero has quite an odd bluge. Now I know why the other Zeroes are posed like that. Abominable Nomands...

Looks great!

Except the stairs on the terrain. I know they have to support models, but DAMN those would be a bitch to get up and down in real life!

Oh, the Traktor Mul are two per box? I don't know why I was expecting one per box, so this makes them sweeter Most of remotes are two per box so, I should have seen this.

Patroclus is not as cool as Achilles, but he couldn't, Achilles is supposed to be a more important character.

I agree with the "He should not be as awesome as Achilles" theory. This miniature is not as impressive. He looks like his pupil, his apprentice. Younger, shorter hair...

Agh, now Ariadna needs a Dozer without Akrylat to be able to field the Traktor Muls, right? Or maybe the mercenary hacker is enough. I'm a bit confused right now :S

Absolutionis wrote:That Zero has quite an odd bulge. Now I know why the other Zeroes are posed like that. Abominable Nomads...

My thoughts exactly. Absolute degenerates

Farzan posing with ADHL (right?) takes it for me this month. Ammo belt on the PanOc TAG however takes the 'huh?' award, beating out the Zero's crotch.

- Salvage

Oh good.

We're focusing on bulges now.

Farzan has the Boarding Shotgun + Contender.
Contender is more lika an ARO weapon. With DA ammo and just a burst of 1.

Boss Salvage wrote:

Absolutionis wrote:That Zero has quite an odd bulge. Now I know why the other Zeroes are posed like that. Abominable Nomads...

My thoughts exactly. Absolute degenerates :(

That's because we Nomads have the balls other factions lack though I have to say that bulge is actually realistic. A suit that skin tight is going to have a budge there for a cup protecting the guy's junk from getting kicked.


Over an amazing month with 6 releases! The Crane wins for best of the month though, what a stunning model.

You people are kidding, right? Patroclus is miles better than Achilles. Better posed, lacking stupid, physics defying hair and generally more badass. Great model.

Flawless minis! These guys are rocking really hard!

Absolutionis wrote:I'm actually surprised there are two big boxes this month. I wasn't sure if the Draigos or the Muls would be released, but I guess they went with both.

Everything is on par with being absurdly good quality even with the cliche Infinity trope of guy-standing-on-rock.


That Zero has quite an odd bluge. Now I know why the other Zeroes are posed like that. Abominable Nomands...

I'm not surprised that there was a big release coming up to xmas!

Some beautiful stuff this month, nice additions for most of the factions!

OMG! The Dragoes/dragao/whatever it's called is shouting: BUY ME, BUY ME, BUY ME!!! Diorama ideas growing up... I think i'll have two... or three

This might not be the best thread for it - but what do I start with if I want to play Infinity? I guess the rulebook would be nice to have, would a starter box for one of the armies be enough to start playing? I'd like to know what the entry cost for Infinity is.

Alkasyn wrote:This might not be the best thread for it - but what do I start with if I want to play Infinity? I guess the rulebook would be nice to have, would a starter box for one of the armies be enough to start playing? I'd like to know what the entry cost for Infinity is.

The entry cost is very low, because a 6 miniature Starter Pack is perfect to make small skirmishes. The rules can be downloaded from their website so... that's it. A Starter Pack and 3 or 4 d20 dices should be enogh.

Two Starter Packs of different armies, if you want to tease your friends

Erasoketa wrote:

Alkasyn wrote:This might not be the best thread for it - but what do I start with if I want to play Infinity? I guess the rulebook would be nice to have, would a starter box for one of the armies be enough to start playing? I'd like to know what the entry cost for Infinity is.

The entry cost is very low, because a 6 miniature Starter Pack is perfect to make small skirmishes. The rules can be downloaded from their website so... that's it. A Starter Pack and 3 or 4 d20 dices should be enogh.

Two Starter Packs of different armies, if you want to tease your friends

I understand, not bad that I can get playable armies for what amounts to 2 rhinos+ a combat squad.

Is the rulebook worth buying at all? It costs nearly as much as the starter set, but if all the rules are available on-line then I might as well skip that.

The rulebook is worth buying for the art, IMO.

I'm not normally a fan of the manga-ish style, but Infinity's stuff is pretty well done.

Alkasyn wrote:Is the rulebook worth buying at all? It costs nearly as much as the starter set, but if all the rules are available on-line then I might as well skip that.

The rules found in the .pdf files online are directly ripped from the rulebook itself, and that's maybe 25% of the entire rulebook. The remainder is a plethora of images and fluff that has no necessity for gameplay, but it's a nice extra for storyline reasons. Feel free to skip buying the rulebook for now if you want to simply play.

Also here are rather useful links:

The Infinity Wiki:
http://infinitythegame.wikispot.org/Home
It's a great reference with almost everything being taken verbatim from the rulebooks and the FAQs. It's useful for when you need to search something or anything. It has stats and rules for all the weapons, skills, equipment, etc.

The Infinity Army Creator:
http://infinitythegame.com/dt_army/
It's Army Builder online for the game. Lists all the stats and point costs for all your units. Tells you whether or not your list is valid or not.

One last question -are both of the starters equally viable if I only get the regular rulebook?

I mean, are the rules for Acontecimento Regulars (the new starter, right?) somewhere in the main book, or do I have to buy the regular PanOceania starter pack to get used to the rules? Are the Acontecimento units' rules in that expansion rulebook (Human Sphere) only?

There are two books:

The main Infinity Rulebook, and the "Human Sphere" expansion. The expansion simply has more units, more weapons, more skills, and more equipment.

The Acontecimento Regulars starter pack includes units that are only found in Human Sphere.

This is mostly irrelevant considering both the main rulebook AND Human Sphere are found in online .pdf, in the wiki, and in the Army Builder.

Okay. Thanks for all the links, I'll get around to ordering a starter for Haqqislam, then. Cheers

I'm not sure about that. Human Sphere added a LOT of new units to the game, but the sectorial starters use older and newer units. It's quite possible that some of that minis have their stats in one book, and the other minis in the other book. Anyway, if you choose to buy the rulebook, you won't miss anything, because you can still download the Human Sphere rules and all the army lists from the website.

Looking at the miniatures of that Starter Pack, I see it includes 3 Regulars. This minis can use a rule to make "fireteams", and that rule is included in Human Sphere. The expansion features a new way of making armies, by using the Sectorial Armies lists. For example, instead of using the Yu Jing list, you can use the purely Japanese list. But again, this is also available in .pdf and in the wiki.

My advice is: just choose the starter with the minis you think are cooler. Their stats, equipment, rules, you can read it online, despite of having or not having the printed books.

Edit: ok, now I read Absolutionis, all that minis are in the Human Sphere. That shouldn't be a problem anyway.

If you want to get into Infinity you should watch these videos even before reading the rules. This will help you A LOT.










Also, link to the quickstart rules, the best way to begin progresively learning more and more the game mechanics. Quickstart Rules

Also, I´m going to put a link here to the DEVIL TEAM´S INFINITY ARMY 3.0 wich is a very useful army builder site. Also here is the INFINITY WIKI that is a wikipedia of the rules, very useful.

Now, about the starter packs:

Generic Faction Starter Packs
PanOceania Starter Pack- 113 pts. 0 SWC
Yu Jing Starter Pack- 124 Pts. 0 SWC
Ariadna Starter Pack- 125Pts. 0 SWC
Haqqislam Starter Pack- 119Pts. 0,5 SWC
Nomads Starter Pack- 114Pts. 0 SWC
Combined Army Starter Pack- 189Pts. 0 SWC
ALEPH Starter Pack- 172Pts. 0,5 SWC

Sectorial Starter Packs
Acontecimento Shock Army Starter Pack- 121 Pts. 0 SWC
Military Orders Starter Pack- 147Pts. 1,5 SWC
Japanese Sectorial Army Starter Pack- 115 Pts. 0SWC
Imperial Service Starter Pack- 178 Pts. 0 SWC
Caledonian Highlander Army Starter Pack- 126Pts. 1,5 SWC
Hassassin Bahram Starter Pack- 139 Pts. 2,5 SWC
Bakunin Jurisdictional Command Starter Pack- 118 Pts- 0,5 SWC
Shasvastii Expeditionary Force Starter Pack- 153 Pts. 3,5 SWC
Neoterra - Not Released yet
Merovingia- Not Released yet
Qapu Khalqi- Not released yet
Corregidor- Not released yet
Morats- not released yet

Finally, I'll recommend both rulebooks because fluff is awesome in this game and playing without knowing anything about who are these people and why do they fight is missing 40% of the game flavour here.

Amazing minis, and the terrain is looking really good as well.

Hey, thanks, I eventually went with Haqqislam Assasins, since the Arabic background appeals to me, but both PanOceania and Ariadna have some nice models. Seeing as they're all not that expensive, I might actually have more than 1 army I guess

I also bought the basic rulebook, I'll see how good the fluff is and will decide then on whether to expand the force or not (and drag my friends into it )

Thanks, guys, you helped a lot

Maybe BobbaFett will give us some new rumors(Merovingian starter box? Correigdor starter box? Anyone?).

Kanluwen wrote:Maybe BobbaFett will give us some new rumors(Merovingian starter box? Correigdor starter box? Anyone?).

That would be nice - I'm curious to see what is rumored as the 'next' Sectorial box sets to be released...

Along with any hints on the new book?

The new book will introduce Angry Space Monkeys for the Combined Army.

Or at least that's what my brother is hoping. He wants Angry Space Monkeys for his upcoming Combined Army force.