Infinity N3: ALEPH Training Sim

Hey Folks,

Long time no blog (3 months in fact!) due to life and reasons and stuff :) 

Last weekend Ben came around with his new ALEPH force. I'd been thinking about some terrain concepts so set up a table with very simple base shapes (Tupperware buildings, large polystyrene hex bases I'd made, hexagonal gift boxes (an idea I stole from Jamie that day no less)) and not a few wooden building blocks. 

As a table this looked crap of course visually but the shapes, fire lines and overall aesthetic was pretty cool. In my mind it looked awesome anyway! Also both Ben an I had a little to paint (read: a lot) so I played around with some Apps and to steal another idea from Jamie (imitation, flattery etc) did this;

Cartoon photo app and a comic strip created app. And yes Jamie that's a Tacitcal Armoured Gear you can't really see...the arms race is on! 

Mission was armoury, I went real subtle and bought a heavy infantry link team AND the Iguana. Which was a bit silly but fun!

I let Ben go first and they AI troops bounded forward and got first dibs on the armoury. However my counter assault got going with Mr Sad (my Intruder Sniper) dropping an HMG Dakini but also driving off the Asura who was on suppression fire. Forced four saves and Ben passed three...which was to become a theme lol.

In the end the Igauna got popped by a lucky shot with the Asuras multi rifle (and then we got ejection wrong). The Mobile Brigada link team got to the objective and held it for a turn until being gradually aro'ed and isolated. Highlights were the Brigada shrugging off three mines (next time Bens bringing monofilament...) and the Deva hacker dodging or saving multiple shotgun and light flame thrower blasts. On the flanks an aerial infiltrating Garuda got Mr Sad and the Dasyu was unopposed. 

Ben got his Secret Objectives while I couldn't so 5-2 to Ben! 

Great game and looking forward to the next one. 

In case your wondering here is the table in all its no cartoon glory ;) 

Also ad the Lunokhod and his Kola friends. I love the iguana model!

Bens Aleph - his painted Dakini is Boss 

Infinity: Nomads vs Pan O "The Hit"

Hey Folks,

Played another YAMS game vs Jamie's dirty Pan Oceania last night.  I drew as my four mission cards; 

Kill the Leader (lieutenant kill)

Kill the Boffin (so a specialist) 

Flag Kill (destroy there flag) 

Blockade (keep them out of my deployment zone) 

All up this gave me a mission brief that seemed like a surgical strike to remove their C3 structure, so it's a contracted "Hit" for whoever is paying my Corrigador Nomad Merc team, also known as "The Collectors" 

Love this Operation Ice Storm art! 

I decided to NOT take a link team. I've found them a bit tricky to use so decided to keep it simple. 

List is a real tool box of options. I've gone for some decent board control with 2 mine layers (tomcat and reaction zond) and the Koalas.  Didn't quite go the way I wanted though...

Jamie had his usual Rem heavy list with two Siera REM, two auxila with their Aux Bots, the obligatory ORC heavy infantry, a hacker, his Maori infiltrator, crazy Crusader drop troop and his newest toy - the TO heavy infantry Swiss Guard with HMG (eek), who started in hidden deployment...

Pile up at the cross roads! We did joke that the zebra crossing should be an ARO safe zone! 

Once again I lost the lieutenant will power roll. Sigh. I chose to take the far side (with the bus) so I could advance up the highway using the truck pile up as cover. 

First turn the Croc Man lays two mines under the fire engine - this really locked down the centre board. He then leans round the corner to snap a shit off at Lupe, who manages to drop a smoke template (the cd). Emboldened by this new "cover" he sprints too the car...but nowhere is safe from Mr Smiley. My HMG toting intruder "decloaks" on the container at the bottom of the screen, spies the croc man through the smoke with his Multi spectral visor and nails him with an HMG shot! Mr Smiley grins, but soon the smile is wiped from his face as the Nisse sniper who can just see him drops him. Boo! 

Meanwhile Jamie's Sierra has moved up and force my total reaction zond to pull back at range as I couldn't hit the damn thing (-12 to hit through a bad range band, cover and it's optical disruption device) Mr Smiley is down and my Moran and his Koalas can't move forward due to the mines under that fire truck...

To force the issue and draw some of Jamie's models away from the flank I run in my Tomcat on the left flank.  He runs up an deploys a mine for when the other Siera comes around the corner...feeling all sneaky he gets a hell of a shock when a Swiss Gaurd decloaks next to the white car transporter and opens up with an HMG! Somehow the first shot misses (needs 17, Jamie roles 18 lol) but as the tom cat try's to scarper he gets nailed. 

Trying to stop the Swiss rampage I run my Tysklon REM up and he lobs a Fuerbach shot at the Nisse (he's perched behind that container with the white roof panels) but misses and is pasted. So much for using him as a repeater to hack the Swiss Gaurd! 

Desperate times call for desperate measures. The Hellcat air drops in to nail the Hacker and the Flag (and I found out later Jamie's auxila LT!) at the back if the field with her boarding shotgun.  Sadly I rolled a "20" so failed the PH roll spectacularly and she ended up in my deployment zone after she scattered off the table :( 

This is the last photo I took.  My hellcat's dispersion had her drop in on a flank to the right of the phot above. This allowed her to target the auxila and auxbot behind d the fire truck with her shotgun and blow them and a mine away. She clears the next mine and is feeling smug until the Pan O Crusader sneaks in behind her and guns her down :( 

Meanwhile the Nisse claims another kill and takes out my Reaction Zond. Jamie's Swiss Gaurd runs past my mine that the Tomcat dropped and takes a wound. His Orc moves up as well and Mr Grim swings into action, decloaking and putting a wound on the Pan O heavy infantry, which ducks into cover.

 In my turn Mr Grim sneaks up and speculatively lobs a grenade at the Orc. The first one misses but the second skips over the container the HI is lurking behind and cleans his clock :) Lupe the remember she has a Panzerfaust and goes Nisse hunting. The first rocket only draws the Nisse's fire and Lupe is pegged...the Nisse is premature in chalking up his fourth kill. Lupe has V.Dogged so stands back up, fires of her last rocket and has the satisfaction of watching the Nisse explode messily before she passes out. That felt good! I also hunt down the Crusader with my Moran but by then it's game over man. 

So Jamie managed to achieve two objectives with Search the Crate and Assess while I denied his fourth point and gained my one point by taking out his Crusader. 

Great Game Jamie! 

The more I play Infinity the more I like it :) 

Cheers

Jason 

Infinity: Nomad Corregidor Jurisdictional Command - Take 2

Hey Folks,

Re based with some new additions :) 

All ready to covertly steal your data...or burn your stuff!

Mr Grim and Mr Smiley - my two Intruders. These guys have Thermoptic Camo so can go effectively invisible...

Two Aguciles - A Hacker to the Left and a standard Combi Rifle grunt with a bad attitude!

Two Wild Cats and a Hellcat

And finally my Lunkhod Remote with two crazy Koalas.  I love these little guys! They just want to give you a hug...then explode!

Hex bases are Mosaic tiles I scored off trademe. Seemed more "Sci-fi" too me. 

Next up more nomads if my Operation: Ice Storm pre-order ever ships from Wayland :(

Cheers

Jason 

Infinity: Nomad Corregidor Jurisdictional Command

Hey Folks,

My latest "ooh shiney" project: Nomads from Infinity by Corvus Belli. 

Corregidor is one of the three ships that make up the Nomad nation. Descended from criminals they are the "muscle" and are sought after mercenaries as well as around hard bastards :)

Hanging around outside an old world school. Photos a bit average :(

Wildcat Link team. These guys and gals pack Combi Rifles and Light flamethrowers! Mean. I do need two more including some heavy weapons though. 

Intruder with Combi Rifle. This guy is spec ops and has Thermal Optic camo so you can't see him...until he "decloaks" and assainates you! (Think Ghost in the Shell, but no need to get naked lol) Could not resist painting a skull face on his mask :)

Aguciles Hacker. She is a light infantry trooper and I am looking to get enough Agucile to form another link team. Jamie and I went halves in the new Operation Ice Storm starter set for Infinity so I will get another three there. 

Hellcat Drop Trooper. She is also armed with a Combi Rifle and can drop into the enemy back field to raise some mayhem. 

I must say that Corvus Belli models are simply some of the nicest models I have ever painted. I really love the design as it's so close to Mass Effect. The paint scheme is inspired by Cerberus (one of ME's protagonists) 

I'm not sure on the basing though. I might replace with custom bases from somewhere. 

Cheers

Jason