/tg/ - Traditional Games

>>257530

Try dogfaces fucking insane using smoke grenades and just jumping in some fuckers faces

and yes unknown ranger is fucking sick

>>257531

See, I do have the Devil Dog, but I'm starting to call him the Distraction Dog since all he manages to do is draw fire so my other stuff can move up.

Desperadoes or a 3rd the cost, get basically the same gear, and move almost twice as fast.

The only advantage the Devil Dog has is Super Jump, which I just cannot force myself to justify.

I've noticed that Deploying Second, Going First is the best for me, however.

>>257532

I use a full infantry set up

Maximum special forces of SAS,Spetnaz, and Rangers

Each combat group uses the only 2 medics Adriana has

Kazaks,Volunteers,Tank hunters,immarindos, and minelayers

>>257531

>>257532

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There is my army list code for the Infinity Army Builder on their site, I'd like to hear your thoughts if you have any.

>>257533

You don't play a Sectorial?

How do you counter Fireteams if someone uses one(or several) against you?

>>257538

They are basically the /k/ of the space future, which is why I like them so much.

>>257513

I just completed the set from Icestorm. What would be the best single figure to get for Nomads if I'm looking to go into Corregidor later on? Seeing as how I have ~$10 extra sitting on an Amazon card.

>>257542

I'd have no idea as for what for you to buy.

My best recommendation is to look online in the Infinity forums for some lists to help inspire your own, and then just start building up.

Carlota sounds pretty cool though, she's a named character for that Sectorial.

Anyone got a rulebook?

Is the RPG still in development?

>>257668

As far as we know. Apparently, CB is being really persnickety about the fluff, so they're still trying to make tweaks so everything falls into place properly.

If I got into Spanish Animu Bullshit & Butts: The Skirmish Game and played Combined Army, how much would people not play with me?

>>257746

Not at all? All of the factions are more or less pretty balanced; sometimes the ayys might get some unique skills, but I usually don't hear any complaints. The only ones who might are those rare autists that get triggered by anything non-human, but that's not necessarily an issue exclusive to Infinity.

That OCF box is pretty sweet though, I'll probably pick it up once I have some money saved up. I have no idea what color scheme to do, though; black and red is really lame.

>>257746

>>257846

The super anime faction is Nomads imo

Adriana for 40k fags

PanO has some anime aesthetics but they are like space knights

Haqqislam has waifus and allah

Toha if you like to jack off to math

I want to like Infinity but as a fedora Haqqislam just bugs me. I'm not against the idea of an Islamic faction but the idea of a humanistic and "New" or reform Islam is entirely contrary to basic Islamic values and just makes no sense. IMO it's as in bad taste as calling one of the civilizations the "New Humanist Nazi State."

>>257898

muh orcs

What's the lewdest faction.

>>257876

Allah is my waifu.

>>257876

Who're the ones with the Scottish Werewolves? They're pretty much the only thing that remotely attracts me to this game.

>>257992

This is an important question: are there female werewolves?

>>258114

>that second pic

>porn when?

>>258415

That's her brother.

>>258509

>>258508

God bless Spanish weeaboos

>>258538

Furry porn is one thing but incest crosses the line

>>258542

because I don't have it

>wheredoyouthinkyouare.jpeg

Apparently this shits getting a manga and RPG

Maybe I can finally know more of the lore since I love playing this wargame but know barely any story

Unlike 40k :P

>>259289

What's the lore so far?

>>258556

Literally just google "where do you think you are", you fucking kraut-loving asscunt

So I ordered the operation red veil set and I'm wondering if I'm going to have to learn to pin the models together since their metal

so I bought the operation red veil set and I'm wondering if I'm going to learn how to pin the kits since they are metal

>>260076

>>260077

I tried that with one of my Fusiliers once, and it didn't turn out so well; the joints are just too small and delicate. You will be fine with just a couple of scoring lines for your average sized guys. Larger figures (like the Al Fasid) might need it, though.

>>259985

Hey, I made that, glad to see it posted elsewhere.

Alright, I have a really important question:

How the fuck are you supposed to pronounce Nisse?

>>261273

>neon powered.. ponytail?

The fuck?

>>261273

>Muscle waifu

>>262322

This seems kinda dark for Infinity

>>262391

Dark in what way? Art or fluff?

>>262322

>professional brainwashing overseer just walks around in her panties and thigh highs

I love the future.

>>262443

What the does Mcneil even get those leggings on her model?

>>258509

Anyone have Nomad stuff?

>>258114

Until the RPG comes out we don't know if all Dog-warriors are male. Once that does and we get some more background info we can make that final determination.

In game Dog-faces come in several forms. Some start the game already transformed as they are better trained or are just able to control it better. Like Devil Dogs or Cameronians.

That unit pictured,Dog-warriors, start out in human form but upon taking wound(unless its viral ammo) transform into full werewolf. This makes them great for their role as shock troops. You actually want to toss them into the line of fire. Just not too heavy of fire.

>>258506

That is not her brother. The woman, Margot met that dogface during a mission and instead of killing him decided to recruit him. They have been confirmed by the Devs to be in a relationship however. Sergeant Duroc(That big blue bastard) is said to be the only Dogface in an actual committed relationship, most Dogfaces just have casual hookups apparently. In human form he is apparently very good looking. Again, the devs own words.

Line Kazaks (Rifle)

Line Kazaks (Rifle)

Line Kazaks (Rifle)

Line Kazak (AP HMG)

Chasseur (Minelayer)

Hardcase (Light Shotgun)

Highlander Cateran (T2 Sniper)

1 SAS (Boarding Shotgun)

Tankhunter (AP HMG)

Veteran Kazak (AP Rifle + Light Flamethrower)

How is this for a starting list as an Ariadna?

>>266857

If you are looking to play mostly Russians, wait until their sectorial drops.

Vanilla lists are a lot weaker than sectorials right now due to the huge buff that Fireteams got.

>>266878

Is there a way to play Ariadna without the werewolves or would I be gimping myself?

I;d love to get into this but no one plays these kinda things here.

Bundaberg

>>266880

Actually your helping yourself

Dogfaces imo ARE the gimmicks

>>266878

I only have 3 non russians or would that still be a problem? I could trade the SAS our for a spetnaz but what about the other 2? Just more spetnaz spam?

>>266666

If you were a Wulfer, would you your brother Dogface?

What's the deal of the Yu Jing? Heavy Infantry spam?

>>267742

Not yet but supposedly that is the goal with one of the upcoming sectorals.

In general Yu Jing is a pretty solid all around faction. A large selection of HI units along with some strong infiltrator units to pick from too. They also have a pretty generous selection of units with Chain of Command. Which is actually a pretty rare skill in other armies. Not too many obvious weaknesses save that maybe that they bank just a little too much on above average CC skills.

Would it be lame to paint the Onyx Contact Force guys purple and green like Eva 01?

>>268421

Whenever we get Svalarheima, Tunguska, and non-Greek ALEPH stuff.

Never ever.

>>268421

Honestly? No idea at all.

CB is notorious for its slow release schedule and for pushing back release dates.

The sectoral in question "The Invincible Army" is supposedly going to based entirely around HI. That may change. CB has often dropped hints and tidbits about things in development that get changed. They used to talk about a Yu Jing TAG called the Blue Wolf that was supposidly the rival unit of the PanO Jotum based off a piece of fluff they had written. It was allegedly going to have a Heavy magnetic cannon and be impetuous. Apparently in testing that was found to be way too strong and that unit idea was scrapped for the time being. It took them years before they got around to telling the community about that.

Given that the basic Yu Jing infantry, the Zhanshi, need a sectoral, I imagine that they will probably go in the Invincible Army as their LI. HI will probably still form the nucleus.

>>270489

If only the actual female chassuer looked like that

what playstyle do particular factions have? is ariadna shooty?

>>270787

From what I remember Ariadna is all about being low-tech.

Surprised I have not seen any complaining from the usual crowds about the skin tight suits, asses, toxic masculinity, and muh representation.

Or is it because this game is not normalfag/well known enough yet, thus they do not know/care

>>270793

That'd be why, yeah. For all intents and purposes they're normies so they only really kick a fit about surface-level stuff, and if they're not listened to at all by the content-creator then they move on to the next thing to try and shit up.

>>270787

Ariadna is behind technologically, so they are based around ambush tactics and quantity rather than quality.

>>269776

This made me think of something, though: Does anyone ever use core link teams made of HIs? It seems like every sectorial has an HI core option (MB, Janissaries, MOs, etc.), but what's the point when fielding a full core link team of 35 - 40 point average troops takes up half your army?

>>270793

>>270795

So in short give it time for the game to grown, and expand. Then watch as those harpies, their white knights, and woke peeeeeeee oh ceeeeee to come running on in.

>>271434

>SACREBLEU CUT THE RED WIRE

>WHAT HOW DO YOU USE THESE THINGS

https://www.sendspace.com/file/r8owxs

>>273491

anon its okay I know your from Infinity general on 4chan /tg/

>>257513

>>273491

I love Infinity but the models are too hard to paint with my hamfists. :(

>>273497

Not that anon, but the Infinity gen is literally the only reason I bother going there. I love full/tg/ dearly, but it's too slow for this kind of stuff sometimes.

>>276714

>three Skiavoros

Now that's overkill.

Somebody must have scanned some lore books by now… they are too expensive to buy

>>284005

I'm pretty sure somebody might have. They'd probably be in the halfchan general copypasta, but that would necessitate having to actually go back there.

>>286966

ELOHEL

What's the status on the RPG yet? I know a lot of it has been scanned, but has it been compiled into a book yet?

>>287064

Soon, brother. Happy New Year!

>>287064

Its kinda shitty

>>287975

I kind of figured that when I saw 'cinematic combat'. I'm not looking for a 1:1 translation of the wargame, but something like the IKRPG would have been nice. I wish this cinematic combat meme would die.

>>287979

Not just the mechanics

The writers CB got are terrible and keep delaying it

>>287988

These Mobius people seem like the equivalent of vidya indie devs, like their whole exposure to RPGs before developing this were a few memes they saw on Tumblr. It would have been better to just do everything in-house, but I guess CB couldn't budget it out. I wonder how long it's going to take for CB to smack them over the head and tell them to get their shit together.

>>287997

CB better not try holding back Infinity to "muh table top" the Infinity setting is fucking great and can be translated into so much shit books and video games are the biggest market here. and there are numerous people who mention they like Infinity but say the wargame is not for them since I play it but the entire competitive community around turns people off.

I know this shit is expensive but I seriously hope those spics can get this setting in more areas

>>288004

They aredoing that manga thing, but it'll probably be really cringeworthy. They seem a little reluctant to go all out with the supplement material. I hope they learn from the RPG that they need to start taking a more active role in this sort of thing rather than outsource it to a bunch of random hacks if they want their setting to have any semblance of coherency so bad.

I've been looking to get into Infinity for awhile now and wanted to try it out with a friend. How different is the 3rd edition from 2nd, and how well does the game play on something like TTS (Or VASSAL if it's better)?

>>288012

Got scans yet?

>>288160

I used to have a .zip with some leaked stuff, but it seems I misplaced it.

In other news, halfchan is beyond words its so shit. The Infinity general is littered with shitposting, with a whole other thread dedicated to how terrible the game is with everyone and their grandmother taking the bait. Not to mention all the copypasta and template threads. Don't make me ever go back there for anything.

>>288168

4chans /tg/ makes me hate the table top games I play.

Ill never understand how people STILL argue over whos game is better they act no better than /v/.

I play both infinity and 40k and their communities on 4/tg/ are terrible

>>288171

The infinity general also likes to suck CBs dick and shit on other wargames and 40k is general is a big containment general

>>288173

It's also probably the most active Infinity internet community. Reddit is dead and forums are slow as fuck.

Infinity General is comfy though, it was in the last few days that some shitter started trolling.

>>288611

Also, if you think of what you would want to see, let me know.

Since their rules are free online, I'm including a section for rules, equipment and weapons pertaining specifically to the army. This isn't like 40k where the rules are money so they don't put them in the army books, and since CB are big on digital distribution you aren't exactly concerned about print costs. I think it'd be better for players, if they have the option, to simply use one book each with both having all the relevant info they would need for their games. It doesn't benefit a PanO player to have Morat in their book, but it would benefit them to have Kinematika. That sort of thing.

So yeah, what would you want in Infinity Army Books?

>>288611

This is a good initiative. The official unit profile pdfs are a complete mess visually, as some of them are readable just fine while others are muddy as fuck.

One thing that I quite like from your preview is that you have a base cost of the basic profile and then you've separated the special loadout costs. Probably not something that most will be interested in, but I quite like the ability to see how the weapons and/or additional skills are costed.

>>288942

Thanks, man. Yeah some of the units in the .pdf are a complete joke, it needs updating. No excuse for it to be that way. Got ahold of the physical editions of N3 and Human Sphere so I can flesh out this army book.

Glad you like the point split into unit + loadout. One of the harder things about list building is keeping all those different numbers in your head. I wondered what made it so easy in something like 40k and the answer was that they broke it down into chunks. Instead of thinking in terms of fiddly little numerical differences of complete units, you just populate your list with the basics and then use the remaining points to spend on their gear. Makes much more sense since you're working with wiggle room, not trying to edit a blank canvas.

The thing that started it off was myself and a couple of friends all got into it at the same time and all hit the same stumbling block: "I wanna play, but where the fuck do I even begin?" Hopefully it addresses it by giving context to your dudes with a smaller cost than an entire rulebook and focusing only on the special skills, equipment, BS Weapons and CC Weapons your army uses, nothing else. The design ethos for the redesign is "At a glance". I need all the relevant info where I can see it as quickly as possible. If I 'must' pick a lieutenant while army building, then that info needs to be easily seen. If I need a sniper, I need to see if that weapon's even in the list without having to sift through everything else. I just want to look in a list with no repetition that says "Sniper Rifle". I can worry about the other stuff after, but that initial "He can take one" is what you want when list-making.

Long term goal is once these initial Generic Nomad book + Sectorial minibooks are done, contact Corvus Belli with them as proof of concept and see if they'll pay me to fix their shit.

>>266897

>Bundaberg

There's a fairly strong QLD scene. The fb group is fairly easy to find and everyone's pretty friendly, not sure if there's anyone as far out as you tho

>>290955

Being born into a wolf>Doing it by choice

>>290955

I really, really hate that I find that Chimera attractive.

>>290997

Don't feel bad, she was designed to look attractive.

>>295679

>Infinity's memes are weak.

It doesn't have the history or the spread of the older /tg/ games. It'll need time and a boost in popularity before it's memes grow in strength.

>>295703

Aye. GWs products have been circulating for decades to the point that you have fathers introducing it to their sons. Infinity doesn't have that yet. Also a trade-off to the fluff being paid only with the rules being free is that people can buy the minis and play the game without ever really learning anything about their factions and units, they have no context. I prefer this method, but you do lose something to it, which is that in 40k the fluff comes with the rules and you have to buy the rules to play. Everyone (playing) has the fluff. Most people playing Infinity don't. You can't make in-jokes and context based humour without that, unfortunately. Give it time, Infinity's on the up and up, it's a great game and it'll eventually get corrupted by normalfag incursions like everything else you hold dear.

Collated core PDF previews, Feb 7 version:

http://www31.zippyshare.com/v/rgmeWsng/file.html

A thought occurred to me today. Is there a particularly special reason why CB uses Semitic alphabets to name Aleph and its various basic remotes? I know Greek was derived from it, but if CB wanted to use the Greek alphabet, they would have just used the Greek alphabet, considering Steel Phalanx and all.

>>297358

really I know people will hate me for it but almost every infinity player I meet wants to play ITS rules and I am just not the biggest fan of those rules

>>301460

ALEPH is the jewish overlord that runs the Human Sphere as in charge of all the banks. Never forget your place, goy.

>>301512

No, wait a minute, what if you're right? What if that's the basis of their third sectorial? A traditional cyberpunk conspiracy shadow government/cabal with Jewish mysticism undertones in the style of SEELE and NERV?

Steel Phalanx acts as a bulwark against the CA.

The Vedic sect probably handles all of Aleph's "IT" needs.

This theoretical third sectorial would be the ones really pulling PanO's and YJ's puppetstrings. Theoretically speaking, whatever expansion it releases in would also probably coincide with the Nomads' rumored secret society.

How many models do you usually need or a regular army? I like some of the aesthetics, but I've got to convince my group before going in.

>>257897

Well, the NatSocs were actually humanists though.

As for mudslime reformation, it nearly did happen when they started collecting the old Greek manuscripts and such from their occupied territories. Some of the more intelligent scholars started subtly pushing for science and slight secularisation, but of course, then you got massacres and burning libraries and that's where Islam is still at today. at this point though, the problem is most likely only solved by glassing most of the middle east and gassing any of the kebabs in Europe. DOTR soon, brother, Deus Vult.

…I think I'll have to play some of those knights.

>>261076

Take the Ni from the knights who say NIH, add ss from "miss"and an e.

I can't get over how retarded it sounds to call a military unit a nisse though.

>>302294

>How many models do you usually need or a regular army? I like some of the aesthetics, but I've got to convince my group before going in.

Depends on the faction, but the average 300 pt list sees about 12 - 15 troopers. A low-tech faction like Ariadna and Haqqislam with loads of premium light infantry will see more, and factions like Yu Jing and Aleph that rely on pricy heavies will see less, but this is certainly not always the case. Infinity is one of the more cheaper wargames on the market; you could totally get by for a while with just the seven figures you would get out of the starter sets.

>>257513

This picture really turned me on until I realized she had furry forearms.

RPG soon, fellow anons.

>>304340

Where?

>>304365

Modiphus has just posted a 468 page pre-final version of the Core RPG rulebook in the [backer] previews. They still need to fix some technical issues, but the RPG is pretty much done.

>>305474

Intruders are Corregidor's (and Nomads' as a whole) major workhorse. Good weapons, good statline, good skills and equipment. To get the most out of them, pair them with Jaguars for a cheap MSV + smoke combo. But if you're using a MB pain train, you likely won't have the points or SWC to really make use of them. Speaking of which, you can forget about the Geckos, even one of them is pushing it too much.

The MB has both a Hacker and a Deflector profile, bring the both of them and use the Hacker to set up Fairy Dust to protect your link from enemy hackers, who can and will make your life miserable.

Tomcats are good infiltrating specialists, you can take a Doctor to support the MBs and make them last longer.

Hellcats are some of the best Combat Jumpers in the game, send a Boarding Shotgun to the back of the opponent's line to bully their cheerleaders.

All of the remotes are really good; the Tsyklon and Lunokhod are Nomad proprietary brand and top of the line, but don't overlook the generic ones.

Not sure if you'd need skirmishers (Bandits, Morans) but they're there, too. Bandits are probably more useful, being as toolboxy as they are.

With 100 points to spare, you'll have to be really picky about what goes in, though.

Lupe a qt

>>305517

Thanks, anon. That's really helpful advice. Take care.

Haqq + Nomads + Ariadna = Best Bros

So how about that Danavas, huh?

>>316453

They're very nice. Not a lot of hype, I guess hackers just don't seem all that exciting in Aleph at first glance. But it's nice to get an HD+ option that doesn't cost out the ass for a rambo piece with a shitty gun. A slightly worse Interventor is still really damn good. Plus, she's at least ten times cuter.

It's enough that it's seriously starting to make me doubt ever picking up Nomads. I only ever bothered playing them for Interventors and remotes, and outside those I just don't feel happy with them all too much. I already bought some stuff for them, though; I wonder if it's alright to cut my loses and shift focus to something else.

But the only other thing that interests me is Ariadna, and it wouldn't be cool to use two cheese armies. Quite the conundrum.

>>316515

The most coherent argument I got from my 40k friends is that the models cost too much a piece, because having to buy and paint 30 ugly grunts is somehow better than 3 to 6 cheerleaders.

>>316515

Video games

Infinity needs to shit out lore like what 40k did

>>316518

I can see their point. It's cheaper overall to field an Infinity army, but unit per unit it can get expensive. For the same price you can get a whole squad of 40k dudes with a lot of extra options on the sprue. I do prefer working with smaller numbers though, fuck painting entire armies.

I was wondering about how feasible it is to port 40k armies to Infinity as just a fun little experiment. Might be easier now they're making all the datasheets free (and assigning everything a points value for matched play).

>>316520

But Infinity already has a video game, it's called X-COM

I'm not actually sure what they could do for an Infinity vidya. It's suppose to me more clandestine ops rather than out-and-out warfare like others. Maybe tactical squad based FPS? Cover based third person? Splinter Cell: Spektr edition?

>>316523

Is the point pricing formula for infinity known? If yes, it might be pretty easy.

>>316486

>What Nomad units do you have?

Icestorm set, Tomcats, Interventors (of course), a Lunokhod. Not very much, but to me still a significant enough investment that it makes it a touch decision to drop them.

>I'm playing Vanilla/Corregidor at the minute and I'm pretty happy with them, but I know I'm playing them 'wrong' (I rarely take hackers aside for as a defensive measure, top-heavy lists, etc.).

Corregidor actually isn't all that hacky, which is really odd considering it has one of the best repeater nets in the game what with the Morans and premium remotes. Vanilla, however, can and should be super hacky, since you're now throwing Interventors and Custodiers into the mix.

>>316520

>>316523

EYE Divine Cybermancy and/or Deus Ex (depending on whether they'd go for straight-up murder sim vs. sandboxy RPG) with a dash of Metal Gear Solid.

>>316601

>no one to play with

Same here. I tried getting some of my (former) friends into it, but they can't read anything longer than a tweet and just want to play Oyveywatch and whore themselves out on Twitch all day.

My regular FLGS used to sell it (it's how I found out about it in the first place) but by the time I picked it up, they stopped selling it due to lack of interest. I'll have to see if I can drum up support there again, but it might be a while due to unreliable transportation. If I can get enough interest, I might even think of joining the Warcor program thing.

>>316550

>Is Infinity's point pricing formula known?

I don't know, but it being split into Cost and Special Weapons Cost may make things slightly difficult to translate. I wouldn't mind taking a crack at it here though just to get the ball rolling.

Standard Tactical Marine: Stat him /tg/

>>316596

Fair enough, I'm rolling Icestorm, 2 Geckos and 4 more Mobile Brigada. Was gonna drop some cash on the Wotan bundle since it was the Corregidor starter, Jaguars, Senor Massacre and another Intruder for 50% off, but couldn't justify it at the time. Sucks.

I have a lot of fun with Corregidor though; they're more difficult to shift than people would think given on the face of it they're not a particularly fighty army. Just a shame they can't take Taskmasters.

Suppose now Outrage dropped they could make a game about Knauf's merc work?

>>316601

>>316606

Sucks, anons. I know my FLGS is also dropping Infinity due to low demand, which is an absolute shame considering the game seems to be expanding and doing well. I managed to get four of my friends into it and we're all having fun with it so I guess just keep an eye out, maybe hop into Infinity groups on facebook and see if people want to get together. I know Tabletop Sim has it on there as well.

>>316610

>Standard Tactical Marine: Stat him /tg/

Crunch marines or fluff marines?

>>316614

Crunch. Fluff marines would all be Achilles.

Thinking… Medium Infantry?

MOV 4-4

CC 15

BS 12

PH 14

WIP 13

ARM 4

BTS 0

W 1

S 2

Special rules… Religious?

We'd have to spec their guns and equipment too. Grenades will probably work as a straight 1:1 conversion but bolters will probably be punchier than Combi Rifles, albeit Burst 2. I kind of want to integrate Rapid Fire as a rule for their weapon though; B1 at max range, B2 when within optimal Mod band.

>>316617

Might raise the armor since in 40k their armor is almost as good as it gets, but otherwise this looks pretty good.

For special rules maybe also multi-terrain because I guess they're supposed to be able to deploy under any conditions.

>>316617

Something else to keep in mind would be that there would be virtually no hackers (or to an extent BTS unless units had energy shielding of some type), but they will have psykers that Infinity units wouldn't be able to respond to whatsoever.

Also; no tanks. But (what were) monstrous creatures and walkers would all be TAG tier so that's fine. I've seen people refer to Geckos as akin to Terminators; they're not-quite-TAGs but get armour that suits the role. Termies getting Tactical Dreadnought Armour seems like a fair comparison.

>>316623

I was thinking it was a little low, but I'm wondering just how high the armours can get considering 40k units are built for war. Wondering how much ARM something like a Dreadnought would get, for example.

5-ARM on what will be a Line Unit at the expense of being able to be hacked with no recourse other than Reset might be a fair trade though. It's like facing Ariadna Grunts only there's another way to stop them.

>>316626

Well we don't have to stat everything. To exaggerate, a titan just doesn't fit into this kinda game.

>>316523

XCOM doesn't have the best asses in vidya, anon.

>>316644 (checked, nice two pair)

>Implying art for Infinity exists beyond shreds on the internet

Shit's hard to find, man. It really doesn't have anywhere near the depth of art and lore that 40k has. Yet.

I think a Wraithknight's probably way too big, wraithlord would be the big TAG equivalent, with War Walkers filling out the other TAG spot. Wraithguard/blades could either slot in HI or TAG. Or could be large REMs given their being unmanned, hit them with some of the Ghost rulings.

Autarchs are your obvious Lieutenant choices, with Exarchs of different aspects being optional Lt's.

>>316638

It's like the anti-haqq, love it.

>>316650

Warhammer Infinity could end up a bit shallow unless we give some units smokes and MSV (and other equipment) who probably don't really have anything like that in the original.

>>316650

Tanks. Hrm, it's a young game, innit. Who did they get to sculpt those asses so well?

Would a Fire Prism be too big for a tenk?

>>316523

>>316520

Infinitys rules already feel like a video games

>>316840

If they made an Infinity vidya the chances are incredibly strong it wouldn't be anything to do with the gameplay of the tabletop game. Mostly because it would split your own market to have a digital version.

>AD Lieutenants

For what reason

>>317222

>>317247

>>317240

I should also note; we do battle royale style games too where we pool units together and draw them randomly. The "random walkways to nowhere" does actually work in an arena setting since it's explicitly made for people to fight in. Bloodsports like Aristeia are established in the Infinity universe so it does actually slot in pretty well.

>>317394

Breddi gud.

If you have to choose between Ariadna, Aleph & Nomads and the latter two are very similar in playstyle, it might be worth dropping Nomads for practical reasons. If the models are all inconsistently painted from when you first started it might be better to just drop them/sell them and focus on Aleph now you're better at it rather than investing time into stuff you've already done.

>>317399

But then I'm running the two cheesiest armies in the game. Pretty sure that could make me That Guy.

>>317404

I never really get to play Infinity so I don't know much about cheese, but is it really a big problem in Infinity?

>>317406

It can be with Ariadna and Aleph. Ariadna has camouflage spam and /k/razy weapons, Aleph has the Posthumans (which I just posted pictures of), Achilles, and Steel Phallus which can run multiple Fireteams and has ODDs fucking everywhere.

>>317404

If they really are that cheesy I'd suggest maybe running fluffy lists rather than something optimised?

Are they actually cheesy in that they're broken and you won't lose even if you play badly with poor units, or are you just good with their styles of play? I've played against my friend's USAriadna a few times and I've yet to lose, though he's barely touched his USARF starter and refuses to use his Devil Dog Team.

>>317407

Is it cheesy in combination or is any of those on their own already cheesy enough? I really like ALEPH and the post-humans, but I can't stand Achilles and his phallus.

>>317409

>Are they actually cheesy in that they're broken and you won't lose even if you play badly with poor units

Infinity doesn't really work like that, there are no real auto-win lists. Even the worst lists can beat the best if the guy using it has skill. The worst of Ariadna comes from vanilla, where you have access to their entire arsenal of ghillie suits; I'm not sure how bad their Sectorial are in comparison, with the exception of MRRF, which is waiting for an update in Acheron Falls. Maybe cheesy isn't so much the right word for camo spam as obnoxious.

Steel Phalanx has a few common counters, but Posthumans and Achilles are true cheese.

>>317411

They have their own reasons for cheesiness.

Achilles is Achilles, and I don't really like him either. Posthumans do a crazy amount of work for an absurdly cheap price, and even if you manage to kill all of the proxies, it'll still generate an order as long as you have Netrods on the table.

Consider this, the standard barebones Posthuman build is a Mk1/Mk2/Mk5. That is a WIP 15 Doctor/Engineer, a WIP 15 Assault Hacker with TO Camo (and since all of the proxies count as a single trooper, it still technically generates an order while in hidden deployment as long as you have other proxies/Netrods) and an FO with Forward Deployment and two SMGs, all with NWI and all for 41pts/0.5 SWC. Throw in the obligatory Netrods, and that's 4 orders for 53pts, and one of those orders will never go away until every single one of those six models have been removed from the table.

Any news regarding the RPG?

>>317418

Last I remember, there were only one or two sections that had to be finished before it could be considered done and ready for print. I don't know it's progress at this exact moment.

Pitch me infinity

It looks like anime metal gear

>>317485

Only the asses are feminine.

>>317485

>skirmish-based, lists use about 12 - 15 models on average (with some leaning towards more and some towards less) which makes the game rather cheap and easy to get into

>very well balanced, no real auto-win lists but there are auto-lose lists

>newer CAD models look very sharp, but some profiles are awaiting sculpt updates and still stuck with the older lumpen, potato-faced models and some just straight up don't have anything at all

>because of this, the game is very proxy-friendly

>Warhammer is being Warhammer and Warmahordes is fucking dying, so this is competing with Malifaux to become the next big thing on the market (and

they can probably comfortably share that space)

>bootylicious >>257527

>>317485

>Aesthetically, it's anime Metal Gear anime styled clandestine ops, with the minis themselves leaning towards the more realistic end of the scale. Also the asses are fat.

>Fluff: It's a couple of centuries into the future, space travel is a thing and the human expansion is burgeoning. Different factors have led to new powers taking form and vying for power, as well as the discovery of alien forces that may or may not have our best interests in mind. Most factions are specifically "not at war", everything is a backdoor incursion to fuck each other over just a little more such as info theft, assassination, crippling supply lines to sectors, etc. As such there are almost no vehicles, but there are mecha; Tactical Armoured Gear

>Quick Faction Rundown:

>PanOceania: Global financial crisis led to Australia becoming the leading Anglo power, allying with Indonesia amongst others to buy the West's debt. They're /pol/'s wet dream, being hypercapitalist space christians led by Joan of Arc herself. Very tech focused, good shooting and weaponry, space knights, most numerous TAGs, etc.

>Yu Jing: The other global superpower in a (relatively) cold war with PanO. China bought all of East Asia's debt during the global market crash and is no longer 'de gommie meness :::::DDd', they're just Chinese Supremacists to the point of every other asian being a second class citizen in their police state. Another big focus on tech, only this time it's power armour with Heavy Infantry being abundant

>Haqqislam: Islam has its reformation and adopts humanist principles, ushering in a new golden age as it becomes essentially a trade broker between PanO and YJ, as well as selling Silk (not the fabric) of which it has a monopoly on. Not the richest faction but getting there, it has some neat stuff but mostly relies on bio-engineered light infantry with useful skills

>Nomads: AnCaps in space = Space Gypsies. Civilisation spread across three giant ships with no centralised government whatsoever, leading to catgirls, hardcore religious fundies, actual feminazis, etc. Focused on tricky hacking more than other armies with the willpower to back it up, can really fuck with people before putting the knife in. BFFs with Haqq, hated by PanO & YJ

>Ariadna: The first major space colony and failure. A wormhole was opened to planet Dawn, the colonists (Russians, US, French and Scots) were sent through and the wormhole collapsed, ending the global space programme and initiating the finanical crisis. Cut to 200 years later and they've founded their own civilisation that's 2 centuries behind everyone else in tech, but has access to Teseum, an extremely strong and workable metal abundant to Dawn, now Ariadna. PanO and YJ both laid claim to the planet on rediscovery, but ultimately sovereignty was given to the settlers. Buddies with Haqq and Nomads, don't like YJ and PanO. On the table they're cheap mass infantry with great armour, relatively inferior guns, lots of geurilla infiltrators and heavy flamers. NoTAGs though.

>Aleph: The last of the human factions, Aleph is the military/peacekeeping wing of the O12, essentially the space UN only incredibly effective and with a blank cheque on defence spending. Brimming with Recreations (pod grown genetically engineered humans based loosely on historical figures, mainly Greek legends) and post-human robots, Aleph are highest-tech. May or may not be beneficent dictators run by AI

• Combined Army: Big bad evil aliens. Made an AI to teach them how to ascend, only it was so smart it knew they weren't worthy of it so it ascended itself and left them. They made a new AI that was dumb enough to give them the answer, but is now too dumb to ever actually be capable of ascending (and it doesn't know it). Now it wants more power for calculations and does so by enslaving whole species and turning their planets into giant computers. The quest for RAM is done with lots of tricky units with unique and special powers, plasma weapons, bio-mechs, etc. Closest thing to villains in the game

>Tohaa: Possibly benevolent aliens that allied with humanity against the Combined Army but have no qualms whatsoever with fucking their new friends over. New kids on the block. Have symbiotic living armour and work well in fireteams

>Mercenaries: Not an army but consists of units you can field in others ranging from TAGs for hire, war journalists, ronin samurai, down and dirty soldiers of fortune, etc.

>>317485

>>317529

Ultimately though, the thing that sells Infinity the most is the crunch. There are two distinctive things that stick out:

1. Order system: Almost every unit you take adds 1 order to your pool. Turns consist of spending every order you have. Instead of doing what other systems do where every unit can do something in each phase, instead orders can be used on whoever you want to do whatever it is they can do. You can try and run a balanced advance, you can try to go "Rambo" with a lead unit and lots of cheerleaders. This versatility means you're actually thinking about what you can do and who can do it. In addition to this, when a unit dies they take that order with them. Losses don't just remove that soldier from your options, they remove the order that another soldier could use too. Losses are felt, and being limited due to casualties does put the pressure on.

2. It's never not your turn, you just take turns on who is Active and Reactive. The Active player is the one currently spending orders to do stuff, with an order being structured as either 1 long skill or 2 short skills. If, however, any of the Reactive player's units have line of sight to the unit that's doing something, they all get to react. No longer do your guys just stand there waiting to get shot. Big scary dude moves in your direction and opens fire? You can dodge into cover. Lightweight unit runs into the open to take an objective? Light them up. It's an incredibly satisfying system when you get your head around Face To Face rolls.

These plus other factors make Infinity a very lethal game where anything can kill everything, none of your units are safe and every order is a risk:reward calculation. You could move a guy across a street thinking it's clear, your opponent's sniper comes out of camo and says "I saw that, I'm taking a shot", you respond by firing back but they just manage to roll better with mods and take your guy out. One order was spent and it changed your gameplan. Things like flamers (auto-hit, if you suffer a wound roll for armour again, if you fail roll again, etc), explosives (hit once: three wounds to save) and so on help make things extra dangerous.

As you can guess, because being seen when you do anything opens you up to reactions, cover is a massive part of the game. All starter boxes come with papercraft terrain of decent quality and it's imperative that you use it. If you player on an open map like 40k then whoever went first would get annihilated in turn 1.

Weapons have effective range bands that help you stack mods. Shotguns for example are +6 to hit within 8", it's not uncommon to see them be at 19 or less to succeed on a D20. Critical hits are also a thing; hitting your skill after mods exactly (eg. shooting attack at BS 12, enemy in cover -3, enemy has mimetism -3, in range with weapon +3 = hitting on 9 or less. Roll a 9, crit) leads to a crit, which automatically cancels your opponent's action and does whatever it is you wanted.

Hacking plays a fairly prominent theme too, with it being an effective way to take out heavy infantry, remote and TAGs. The benefit to hacking is you don't have to see your target; as long as they're within your Zone of Control (8" radius) or the ZoC of a repeater (certain units are essentially wifi hubs with a gun attached) they'll show up on your scanner and open themselves up to being hacked. Anything from blowing up the wetware inside enemy hackers' skulls to straight up switching off the enemy's armour is available. Commonly used to fuck up drop troop's flight path and force them to land elsewhere or to even take over enemy TAGs and go on a tear with them.

It's an incredibly fun and rewarding system. Tabletop X-Com. Highly recommend trying out a demo game if you can. In the meantime I recommend MiniWarGaming's "Leaning Infinity" battle reports or Beasts of War's stuff (who just ran Wotan as an official campaign with Infinity's creators Corvus Belli, they're big on the community aspect). Also recommend checking out the 1d4 page and subsequent faction tactics pages to see what faction sounds the best to you - https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Infinity_(wargame)

If you get lucky and have a friend that wants to get involved, Operation: Icestorm (Nomads vs PanOceania) and Operation: Red Veil (Yu Jing vs. Haqqislam) are both great little boxes that contain a playmat, terrain, dice, templates and a mini rulebook.

Which reminds me: The rules for Infinity are completely free. Straight-up 100% no fucking around free. Both in .pdf form via their website (https://www.infinitythegame.com/archive.php) and via a wiki (http://infinitythewiki.com/en/Main_Page).

So yeah, hopefully that was useful to you. Infinity's probably the best tabletop I've played. Hope it does right by you.

How big are the infinity templates? Can I use my leftover warhammer templates or are they a different size?

>>316845

I always liked the Shadow run shooter

Everyone knows melee loses against range, but how's two melee leaning armies fightin? Is it fun?

>>317529

How many planets are in the Human Sphere? Does Earth belong to PanO and Yu Jing or are all the factions nations as they are now?

Infinity looks rad, but the fluff is so sparse.

>>318892

O-12 is the Infinity UN, named so because of the 12 planets in the Human Sphere. I imagine they attempt to keep anyone from legally conqering Earth, as PanO puts in the bare minimum amount of effort to keep what's left of the US west coast under their control just so Yu Jing doesn't get it. There are still apparently the conservative Muslims living in the ME that Haqq left behind, living in caves and blowing each other up. Russia seems to still be a sovereign nation. EU countries, South America, and Australia and surrounding islands belongs to PanO. Asia belongs to Yu Jing.

>>318914

>There are still apparently the conservative Muslims living in the ME that Haqq left behind, living in caves and blowing each other up.

I'd just like to say that pitting Haqqislam against ISIS in space would be a FANTASTIC idea.

>fucking hell, I thought we got rid of these chucklefucks

and just like the real ISIS they're pawns of a real superpower trying to destabilize the political landscape

>>318954

>Have your Haqq soldiers still make the pilgrimage to Mecca

>Place is more or less overrun with cavemen

>Your force vs. 300 points worth of civilian-statted units armed with Rifles and Anti-Personnel Mines

Could be rad. Have your Haqq see it as cleansing the holy land of the false followers. It's still sectarian violence, it's still no better than it ever was, Haqq just got better PR.

>>318914

That makes me like Haqq more. I thought muslims collectively getting their shit together was less believable than the aliens, but I can just barely believe a small sect stop being retarded and fucking off away from the rest.

>>319088

I don't think it was ever a collective thing, it was more a case of one sect getting an advantage over the others to the point of outright dominance over time through economic expansion rather than violent power struggle. Relatively small group of Muslims focuses on tech and scientific endeavour to capture the romanticised ideal of the Islamic golden age. Discover, refine and monopolise stuff that everyone else requires for expansion, suddenly become a very attractive prospect to outsiders because you're outwardly tolerant, peaceful and looking to trade. However it's still a setting where everyone fights everyone and there's infighting within those factions ("It's a wargame, then?"), so they're obviously not 100% above board and will make incursions into everyone's shit, especially when you consider that PanOceania are still overall 'in charge' and are outright Catholic fanatics to the point of making a pod-born Joan of Arc to lead their soldiers. There's room in the fluff for you to be a hidden wing of Haqq powers that, now they're financially dominant and hold the monopoly, want to start the new expansionist Caliphate. At the end of the day, their Book is the same, there will always be literalists/fundamentalists/people that actually see that it says "this is incontrovertible truth, all else is heresy" and go all out. Believable in that they gave a context for Islam to be relevant in the future beyond "it sticks around because religion just does that."

1D4's write up:

"HaqqIslam are followers of a new branch of Islam that preaches tolerance and scientific enlightenment, based on the Islam of the Golden Age. They're absolute masters of biotechnology and have a monopoly on a substance called Silk which allows for mind uploads/reincarnation, among other purposes. As such, they're financially secure and no one faction can really afford to take them out since they're officially neutral and sell the Silk to everyone who can buy. They have more of a reliance on light infantry than the first two factions, but this is compensated for by their more expensive troops having funky abilities thanks to bio-engineering and a lot of their infantry are religious fanatics which means their army stays on the table longer. They are also a shooty faction, but this is the norm rather than special."

- https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Infinity_(wargame)#Infinity_Factions_and_Sectorials

For anyone that doesn't know; Religious is a special skill that reverses your Guts rolls. Normally you roll to pass or can just choose to fail, with failure meaning you must move upto 2" into nearest total cover and/or go prone. With Religious, you automatically pass and have to roll to fail. Beneficial if you've got units that need to stay in suppression and/or stay visible to deter people and soak up orders.

I own the N3 and Human Sphere: N3 books but haven't had time to really go through them yet. If I find any cool info I'll try and post it up here.

>>319096

>Discover, refine and monopolise stuff that everyone else requires for expansion

Should point out that Ariadna has no use for Silk yet so space America, Russia, France and Scotland legitimately have no need of Haqqislam other than the tenuous political alliance made when Haqq said planet Dawn should belong to them since they've been there for 200 years.

>>319097

Wouldn't Ariadna need Silk for William Wallace?

>>319088

Heil

>>319088

They also had help from the cucks at NASA, apparently.

>>318914

I'm surprised PanO hasn't Deus Vulted the Middle East yet.

Also surprised the Russian Federation hasn't either joined with Yu Jing or Ariadna.

If I want to play full American, is there an option for that in PanO or am I better off with the USARF furries?

>>319215

They did the reasonable thing and put a fence around the middle east, trying their best to forget about them as muslims do their muslim things in their natural habitat.

>>319227

Wait, USAriadna has a wall?!

>>319237

>>319240

Also if language seems odd or spelling seems off, it's because the original language for all of this is Spanish and their translations are sometimes a bit wonky. Comes off Crunchyroll-tier at times but is mostly serviceable.

>>319240

>>319241

That's hysterical. Why isn't Corvus Belli disseminating their fluff everywhere?

>>319244

If you can give me anything on Space China and the Robotic Space Jews, I'll be thankful.

>>319247

>The Japanese Question

Holy shit, is all of Infinity background shitposting? USAriadna manufactures coca cola. Bakunin is a bunch of degenerates and Corregidor is a hive of African and South American scum and villainy right?

I want to know about the sumo TAC and the kitty transformer. Or just robots in general.

>>319249

>>319250

Thanks, fluffbro.

>>319254

Nice to see some love for Infinity here. The release schedule is slow as molasses but its a good game.

How did Ariadna mingle with the antipodes? Are they sentient and was there some Pocahontas tier shit or are all the Americans/ Francs/ Cossacks/ Scots as degenerate as the Bakunin?

>>319317

It's a simple formula

Innawoods + copious drinking + no women around when innawoods + more drinking + somewhat female looking humanoid dog ayy = werewolf bastard children

Remember that Ariadna is more or less /k/ the planet.

>>319339

>cuckoo virus

I can't decide whether the werewolf stuff is more or less amusing than some new age Ariadna John Smith furry alien love in space would have been.

So, it's normal Antipodes being bred into hunting packs under the command of hot chicks with all the lewd implications, the half-breed dogfaces who can werewolf out, and sterile wulvers from the half breed dogface human? Do the Cossacks and Francs use puppy people or is it only the Burgers and Haggis armies?

Is there a point to dodging over returning fire if your BS and PH are effectively the same and you don't want to use the movement to get into cover?

>>319500

No. If after mods your chance of dodge and returning fire are the same, it's usually better to just shoot back since if you fail you get to take cover from guts anyway (if you live).

Logic table:

Return Fire - success: Stand still so can still make AROs and be a defensive threat, potentially wounded enemy.

Return Fire - fail: If hit then potentially wounded, take a guts roll or choose to make a 2" dodge move

Dodge - success: 2" dodge

Dodge - fail: Don't move. If hit, potentially wounded and guts/2" move

Unless you really care about that unit or the enemy is going to storm you, it's better to deter them and keep that guy there if the odds are equal.

>>319356

So, after all of this, is it safe to assume that Corvus Belli is /ourguy/? Is there any evidence to suggest that the Infinity background is anything but full on shitposting?

Anime aesthetic. Furries. Corporatists. Openly Imperialistic China 2.0. Americana Faction. Big Brother Robots and Anarcho everything Degenerates and ayyys oh my.

Is there something hidden that I'm missing? Are Riot Grrrls and ReligionOfPeace and something else I've probably never heard of going to ruin my dreams of having found the perfect /pol/ game?

>>319619

Infinity's religion of peace is pretty reasonable, so nothing like muslims.

Do I just have bad luck or is it normal that the arms don't quite fit when the models are carrying a gun two handed? I usually have to use some greenstuff for the shoulders.

>>319695

Unfortunately it is fairly common on models where arms link/hold a gun, not sure why.

>>319733

Tell me about Tohaa.

Thumbnails made me think this was an eldar thread.

>>319887

Artichokes and cheese.

>>319215

>>319227

You can still play them without furries

You might even meet some people who say the dog warriors are not needed in Ariadna armies too

>>319923

Already met one; friend of mine runs USARF and won't use the Devil Dog Team he got in their box. I play Nomads currently due to splitting Icestorm and almost immediately went to Corregidor over vanilla/Bakunin due to preferring their fluff and not wanting quite as many space degenerates shitting up My Dudes.

>>319978

Obligatory "dogfuckers reeeee."

>>319730

Can someone explain the Toni TAG continuity. Toni makes a name for herself by being a big goddamn hero effectively trashing her hand-me-down robot so she can get a new one.

But, when she gets her new robot and her new backup crew and fights the Combined, she gets her brain fried. Did her old robot not have the feedback stuff? Do the Ayyys have a special ability to remotely fry TAG pilots? Or am I digging too deep into this?

>>319922 (nice dubble dubs yourself)

The degenerates are also highly amusing. Bakunin did nothing wrong!

>>320027

The CA do in fact have a new special hacking attack called "Goodnight" which the Umbra appeared to have used on Toni. In game you use the program on a unmanned unit that has been damaged into the "unconscious" state. If the program hits and damages the unit it instantly eliminates the unit completely and has it removed from the table.

So the CA do have the ability to fry the TAG operators now. This development was actually referenced a bit in the recent TAGLINE ITS campaign.

>like Haqq mechanically

>don't want anything to do with the Religion of Peace™

What's a guy to do.

>>320304

Play them as a Zoroastrian revivalist army.

>>320304

Fluff them into something you like. Could be a separatist faction being bankrolled from the shadows to cause riff-raff amonst the more zealous. Could be an anti-establishment breakaway that wants to destroy the corrupt sultanate and establish a truly secular society. Could just be guns for hire that happened to be assembled in haqq space and comprises members from there predominantly. Have some fun with it, post what you think you may wanna do.

>>320305

I kind of like this.

I had this hold-over idea I was considering for my Nomads. I painted them red-blue-gold (after the Izzet from MtG) and I planed to create magic-like effects on my hackers using clear silicone caulk colored with inks. Going off of this, I can just use regular warm colors for a flame effect on my hackers to play off of Zoroastrianism's thing with fire. Not sure what I would use for the color scheme, though.

>>320320

Going off of this, I could just paint them in my magic-Nomad scheme; there is a precedent for it in QK.

>>320321

Don't forget the false beards.

>>320304

To be fair, HaqqIslam is so different from contemporary Islam I'm still sort of surprised there hasn't been a fatwa or death threat issued by some salafi or wahhabist against CB accusing them of a Crusader-Zionist plot to "reform" Islam.

Haqqislam isn't salafi or wahhabist so thats a beheading right there. Women feature pretty prominently in Haqq forces with their faces and bodies on display, tempting men into sin so thats another beheading. I think there were references to Shiite stuff in the fluff too so you got them supporting apostates too.

Europe gets any worse in regards to its Jihadi problem and CB may need to move to the US.

>>320321

Call your lieutenant Zahhak and always bring exactly two Hassassins.

TFW no qt3.14159 werewolf waifu

>>320765

I'm hoping they're going to be to-scale; these will all make some very spiffy proxies if nothing else.

Gata a cute

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Are there any indications for what Aristeial is? Is it Infinity's take on FFX Blitz Ball/ WH Blood Bowl?

>>320766

That Major Lunah is just so much better than the general release.

Also I can't help but note there is no Ariadnan Dog-warrior. Guess they are holding them till the inevitable expansion.

>>320765

>>320766

Dont tell me there is no Ariadna in this thing

>>320856

>>320866

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