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Shame none of it is Nomad.

Don't those buggers mainly live on spaceships, though? That wouldn't really work with a loose building or two.

 Bolognesus wrote:
Don't those buggers mainly live on spaceships, though? That wouldn't really work with a loose building or two.

Sure, but they also make their living doing things like mining and repair work planetside...

Not to mention that Zero-G terrain is a thing, so ship corridors would be welcome.

To be fair. Nomads aren't alone. It's not like we've seen Tohaa, Combined Army or Aleph terrain yet. Give it time.

Actually, the crash pods were "ALEPH/O-12" terrain if you want to get technical.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Bolognesus wrote:
Don't those buggers mainly live on spaceships, though? That wouldn't really work with a loose building or two.

Sure, but they also make their living doing things like mining and repair work planetside...

Not to mention that Zero-G terrain is a thing, so ship corridors would be welcome.

Wouldn't they use relatively nondescript stuff (like the MAS or sarissa buildings) for the first though? When they'd even build stuff for that themselves, rather than just temporarily leasing space or whatnot...

The ship corridors point - I agree! But it's also why I said a couple of buildings wouldn't work. It's a huge amount of design work for the manufacturer, and a buyer would pretty much have to build an entire table of the stuff.
Now I love the idea - but how many of us are actually, really, in a position to pull off that kind of thing? It's a niche terrain set, not really useful for every day-to-day game, even *within* infinity.
IMO we'd be lucky for the battlesystems stuff to turn out great (and I'm kicking myself for dropping that pledge, believe me!) - at least that's (somewhat) affordable, and stores away compactly, which is the biggest issue with sales potential for mdf ship corridor stuff.

 Bolognesus wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Bolognesus wrote:
Don't those buggers mainly live on spaceships, though? That wouldn't really work with a loose building or two.

Sure, but they also make their living doing things like mining and repair work planetside...

Not to mention that Zero-G terrain is a thing, so ship corridors would be welcome.

Wouldn't they use relatively nondescript stuff (like the MAS or sarissa buildings) for the first though? When they'd even build stuff for that themselves, rather than just temporarily leasing space or whatnot...

The ship corridors point - I agree! But it's also why I said a couple of buildings wouldn't work. It's a huge amount of design work for the manufacturer, and a buyer would pretty much have to build an entire table of the stuff.
Now I love the idea - but how many of us are actually, really, in a position to pull off that kind of thing? It's a niche terrain set, not really useful for every day-to-day game, even *within* infinity.
IMO we'd be lucky for the battlesystems stuff to turn out great (and I'm kicking myself for dropping that pledge, believe me!) - at least that's (somewhat) affordable, and stores away compactly, which is the biggest issue with sales potential for mdf ship corridor stuff.

The only reason it's "not really useful" is because people refuse to play against 0G terrain.

Nonsense. I'd be fine with it (if notified before list building etc).

The reason it's useless is that you need a table full of that gak to represent ship/space scenarios, and that's just a gaktonne of stuff both to buy and to store for an oddly specific scenario. Who the hell does that? Barring a few rare exceptions, that would be noone, really.
I'd much rather fill out what space I have for terrain with more versatile stuff.

All a set of dedicated ship terrain will do is look good in a webshop, where noone will then buy it because owning/storing sth like that is madness.

I'd imagine Nomad terrain would use a lot of prefabricated and utilitarian type buildings. Plus, aren't the interiors of the Nomad ships kind of like the SDF-1 from Macross (or other Macross class ships)? Bakunin sounds like it has a lot of slums, so just release some scuzzy shanty or prefab buildings and pack 'em all in close together. Boom! Nomad board.

Totally justifies me using my somewhat run-down looking deadzone buildings as a backdrop for my budding Nomad force

Of course you can!

Pay no attention to Kanluwen the Never Wrong!

 Bolognesus wrote:
Nonsense. I'd be fine with it (if notified before list building etc).

The reason it's useless is that you need a table full of that gak to represent ship/space scenarios, and that's just a gaktonne of stuff both to buy and to store for an oddly specific scenario. Who the hell does that? Barring a few rare exceptions, that would be noone, really.
I'd much rather fill out what space I have for terrain with more versatile stuff.

And that's where the big issue comes from. Everyone seems to be under the impression that in order to have a 0G game, it has to be the entire table.
0G zones can be worked into a table using standard terrain and some clever placement of 'voids' or things of that nature. You can even have it set up on a trigger mechanic for the table, with an objective that will vent the atmosphere/disable gravity on the table.

There are so many options that don't necessarily mean that people need to be aware beforehand. With the plethora of Multiterrain troops as well and the tax that gets paid for the "specialized" variants of terrain, it is ridiculous that people think they should be notified "Oh there are going to be 0G zones".






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 Alpharius wrote:
Of course you can!

Pay no attention to Kanluwen the Never Wrong!

PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN!

*disappears in a puff of smoke*

I do feel kinda weird when half my table is loose hab-buildings and the other half is 0G, though.

0G is not something you'd find on a planet's surface, so almost by definition you're either playing in/on a ship, or a (small!) space station.

That still requires corridors and stuff rather than residential buildings and loose containers.

Also, if my local meta started using it on a regular basis I'd be fine without prior notification; since we don't, however (always residential with a spot of forest/ruins around here, atm), suddenly including 0G terrain features without consulting your opponent is breaking an implicit agreement there.

Again, I'm *fine* with it, and I bet so are most players around here (the ariadna players might object a wee bit, I'd have to check ) - so quite the 0G-persecution complex already *anything* that makes a substantial difference and isn't normally used is something to gently notify an opponent of - that's just keeping it fun for everyone.
Nobody (around here at least) will actually refuse to play - but making sure everyone has at least reasonably accurate expectations for a game is just good sportsmanship.

It is really amazing centerpiece, Infinity has pushed terrain manufacturers in a really nice direction.

Yeah, the available terrain for Infinity is absolutely ace. From the official terrain from the likes of MAS, customeeple, plastcraft, etc to the unofficial like Sarissa Precision, the available terrain that thematically fits the game that's also actually super affordable is really amazing.

I'm honestly prepared to drop the $250au on the kits needed to do the Bourak table from Ficzone, because plastcraft were nice enough to list the kits used.

Can't wait to see what else comes out of the terrain scene - I really want to see Tohaa and Combined Army terrain.

I'm not so sure we'll ever see much by way of Tohaa and CA terrain as they're very much the 'invading forces' in Infinity.

Tohaa and CA vehicles? Sure!

Terrain? Not so much...

Maybe forward outposts for those factions, but I agree that home base/planet type stuff does seem a bit unlikely.

Tohaa have been in the Human Sphere systems for a while, just hiding. They've got to have been living somewhere.

Combined might be an invading army, but as said, they would be setting up forward installations. Shasvastii in particular as they set up colonies on every planet they invade.

Forget buildings. I'd rather see something like a Morat tank.

Well, they're different partners who would make that. Antenociti would be the go-to for a Morat tank, but for curvy buildings pastcraft is probably the better fit.

The WARCORS Program has officially launched!

http://www.infinitythegame.com/warcors/

I'm work-bocked, so I won't be able to check in out until tonight, which probably means I won't make it into the First One Hundred, but I'll give it a shot anyway - later!

News update!!

Kazak Spetznazs




Knights of Santiago




Raiden Seibutai




Tunguska Interventors





O-12 High commisioner

...
Go on...

Heh, I really like the Interventors, especially the female one. The Pandas? Eh, not so much

Awesome pandas! Lol

Awww...

I was hoping the O-12 Commissioner would be of the O-12 faction instead of Bootleg.

Sort of like the Tohaa Diplomatic Delegate.

I like how the O12 guy is flanked by the Odalisques.

I really like the new Nomad stuff, Pandas and all.

Anyone doing the WARCORS for their area?

 Alpharius wrote:
The WARCORS Program has officially launched!

http://www.infinitythegame.com/warcors/

I'm work-bocked, so I won't be able to check in out until tonight, which probably means I won't make it into the First One Hundred, but I'll give it a shot anyway - later!

Their accepting a 100 from the first batch of applications not the first 100 applications so you can do it when you get home. Thats what i'll be doing. Need to submit a picture of myself where i don't look like a criminal lol

That combi rifle with fore grip looks bad ass , I'll have to try and add one to my ABH!

Nicho wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
The WARCORS Program has officially launched!

http://www.infinitythegame.com/warcors/

I'm work-bocked, so I won't be able to check in out until tonight, which probably means I won't make it into the First One Hundred, but I'll give it a shot anyway - later!

Their accepting a 100 from the first batch of applications not the first 100 applications so you can do it when you get home. Thats what i'll be doing. Need to submit a picture of myself where i don't look like a criminal lol

So what it seems like is that Warcors seems to be a volunteer program like what Privateer Press has for their Press Gangers and Wyrd with their Henchmen. Personally I think this might be a good idea to help get more people into the game in my opinion if it is successful in trying to have a set person being able to do demo games and such.