Infinity Hype!

rokassan wrote:Where can I get a hard copy of the rule book and army book at a fair price?

The warstore is probably the best place to get the figs and such, so many other places dropped it because they had to import from Spain or sell the stuff at a high price.

I would just recommend downloading the rulebook online from their site, also the unit and weapon stat info is updated all the time because they continually add new figs to the game and they do so by updating the online resources. The original printed rulebook was highly out of date when it came to unit info because they had put out so much extra material. There are no army books, just one expansion book. The online pdf is the full game rules, it simply has the fluff portion of the storyline taken out.

ok. Print me up a copy Eric. I dont have a printer.

And again, check out their official youtube channel for good instructional videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/CorvusBelliSLL#p/u/29/Ogtjm7UspSQ

Good thing to help clarify the reading of the rules.

rokassan wrote:Where can I get a hard copy of the rule book and army book at a fair price?

They have the rules online for free. If you'd like a hard copy, order it through ccgarmory.com and use media mail. It's by far the cheapest.

Hey Rok, to get to the army generator:

http://www.infinitythegame.com/

Click on "English"
Click on "Infinity Army" icon

I guess linking directly doesn't work

That doesn't work either!

Well I played a 100 point game against my brother using the QuickStart rulEs and some at 43 minis. It was pretty fun. I'm looking Over the main rules now and it certainly adds a whOle lot more. I'm definitely going to invEst in this game. I Was going to order some terrain this week but I think I'll order the haqqislam starter set instead...

Also for those getting into the game, don't go into it with the idea of a close combat army as they just are not really effective. Even Yu Jing who have the best overall CC, will often just use it's guns. Infinity is mainly a shooting game, being successful in CC is VERY hard due to the nature of how every fig is always aware and reactive.

$10 that Joel freaks out when you all show up to play with rules and armies that he didn't sell you.

ShadowMaster wrote:$10 that Joel freaks out when you all show up to play with rules and armies that he didn't sell you.

Hmmm, I'll take "Fuck 'em if he does " for 200 Alex.

ROFL

He said in the past he wouldn't carry infinity. Said he didn't want to be stuck with models, stock no one wants. If a whole bunch of you guys show up and say you're still interested in getting more, he might cave in.

He might cave but hes still going to get stuck with a ton of models. The one problem with skirmish games like this is that people are not going to buy much, and doesn't involve constantly new product revisions and pushes like you get with the other game systems. A person might buy 10-15 figs at most and not buy anything again.

Also the figs are expensive being imported stuff, that profit margins are not all that high and can't really offer much discount on them. Bunch of online retailers dumped the game because they couldn't mark it down enough or make enough profit off it.

Would be good if Joel carried the game, but hes gonna end up regretting it most likely.

He got on the bandwagon late with FoW..... and sometimes I think he blames me and Bill for getting him to carry it.



As far as the rules go for Infinity:

It is 2nd edition rules? And do I still need to print the addendum or are the rules current???

Hurricane wrote:He got on the bandwagon late with FoW..... and sometimes I think he blames me and Bill for getting him to carry it.

Really? I thought I am the one to blame, I beg him to carry it and promised I would support for two years (which I did). Last time I talk to him on this (FOW) it is was one of his biggest sellers, out performing GW Fantasy which he has more money invested in and is a bigger risk.

I will blame Hurricane for getting ME interested in FOW, you bastard!

Lmao!

I thought FoW had a big enough following? What happened?

Hurricane wrote:He got on the bandwagon late with FoW..... and sometimes I think he blames me and Bill for getting him to carry it.



As far as the rules go for Infinity:

It is 2nd edition rules? And do I still need to print the addendum or are the rules current???

Just the rules you need, the addendum simply is the document that updates the 1st edition book to 2nd.

Human Sphere rules then are the rules found in the games expansion book.

jspyd3rx wrote:I thought FoW had a big enough following? What happened?

It's still has a following. It's just the core of the players are older with real life responsibilities. I love my buddy Julian, but I haven't been able to get a game in with him for over a month.

Even with the game being active, I don't think the community for FOW is big enough to support the large amount of product Joel brought in. A limited playerbase will always have a limited buying power.

True enough, but plenty of people have shown interest in it. I'm not sure if any will buy into it though.

Does anyone know if Joel can get infinity stuff? I was gonna order off the war store but they are sold out of the haqqislam starter

Have you check FRPgames?

I like getting my stuff from http://www.maelstromgames.co.uk/

They're in the UK, but free shipping and prices are reasonable.

Also www.ChaosOrc.com has a fair selection of stuff.

In an effort to get the thread back on track I'll post my reply to a PM Nate sent asking me to explain Infinity.
The basics: Infinity is a skirmish game where you chose your squad(s) based on the points agreed to be played. To keep things balanced there is a point limit allowed for models carrying special weapons of equipment and specialized troops have limited availability. Meaning you can't "spam" powerful weapons like multi sniper rifles or dreaded monofilament weapons.
The special weapon point limit is calculated per 50 points spent on the army and they don't count towards the final total for the group. Meaning 300 points allows for 6 points of special weapons NOT calculated towards the squad total.
Easy right? Right.
I'll briefly cover the true core of the game : orders. The number of orders that can be used by a group is determined by the number of models in the group. If you have 5 figs, you have 5 orders per turn. There can only be a maximum of 10 models per group. So if you have more than 10 models in the group, you'd have to split up your forces into two groups. The orders available to each group depend on how many models per group there are. Capiche?
The list of orders is long and varied, but there are always basic ones. Move, shoot, run, charge, etc... also depending on the difficulty of the task , certain orders ( short orders) can be combined to make a single order. I.E. run + shoot, shoot+ cover, etc... More difficult tasks (long orders) cannot be combined. I.E. hacking, smacking disrespectful bitches in the mouth, etc...
The game ends when you've lost 60% of your points worth of troops. Well it doesn't end, but your lieutenant ( group leader) has to start taking leadership tests. A failed leadership begins the long walk home.
This is as in depth as I'll get on the forums. Any more and we'd have to get examples done with figs. Hope this helps the cause.