Infinity: Campaign Paradiso Tabletop Nation Event – Part 1
October 27, 2012 by brennon
I have been lucky enough to come down to Tabletop Nation today to have a look at the new Infinity: Campaign Paradiso being played with the help of the guys from Corvus Belli. We got in early this morning and I managed to get a few images of the boards being set up...
The boards are fantastic and the Carlos from Corvus Belli spent a good while planning things out to get the most from the terrain. Asymmetrical design is the name of the game while also making sure to make interesting narrative points of interest. The board at the top featuring the highway is actually three boards all set up for the first mission. Talking of missions...
Corvus Belli then went into detail about the missions each group would be undertaking and worked with them to create army lists for the new scenarios. A few special rules were introduced and some tactical hints to get people off the ground. You could see the tactical minds of the players whirring away as they thought up interesting ways to complete the scenario set for them.
There will be more to come as the day goes on so stay tuned!
Manpower spare to promote a product that the pre-orderers have not received yet! Priceless. I feel really let down with this affair. I love the game and the community and all that, just a bit gobsmacked how things have turned out after parting with my money months ago and I still sit here with no products while people who did not pre-order get to play the new campaigns and have fun.
This is the first time I have had a negative thing to say about Infinity, as they are normally a great company selling a great product, but WOW…..just WOW….. I could have not imagined such a cluster %$^& as this.
Sorry for the rant, hope it all clears up soon and we can get back to having fun times shooting each other in the face.
I’ve heard that there were problems with the printing of the book. Corvus Belli do not print the book by themselves. They order the printing at a different company. Therefore, I’m also sad about missing the book, but it is my opinion that CB can not be blamed for the delay.
However, I’m still looking forward to read the book.
Also, the Infinity terrain at Tabletop nation looks amazing! Good work, guys!
I believe it’s in the post so we should have it in the next day or two. I found it mildly amusing to be honest rather than anything else to be honest! I’m all Infinitied out now though, I’ve opened the box of something I bought on Saturday but that’s it! 😀
The book is already out in the shops matey. People on the Infinity forum are getting emails saying it has been shipped etc, hence my issue with them.
The book is out in the shops in Spain. In order to expedite the shipping, it seems like CB have arranged for the printers to send the books directly on to the suppliers and retail chains.
Logistics being what they are, it is no surprise that the shops in Spain have got their copies before the international preorders. Would you have preferred it if CB had all the books sent to themselves so they could send them out to pre-orders first and then sending them on to stores etc themselves? If this was the case, you would be looking at at least another 14 days delay. Is that what you would prefer??
As for your comment on people who havent preordered getting to play first, I personally know a good portion of the attendees to this event (4-5 of them) and they were all amongst the first to pre-order, same as you or me.
Tabletop Nation seems to be the first place in the UK to get the English translation of the book and the vast majority of those present for the event had pre-ordered their copy. Not a coincidence that there was a promo by Corvus at the venue that gets the English stock first. Pretty sure the guys running the day aren’t the two actually responsible for getting supplies to the distributor. Not a dig at your reaction. I think the level of disapointment you express speaks volumes about your passion for this great game. Now on with the face shooting!
Indeed Ulfhedin. I like the fact CB has taken the initiative to hold a special event, I think it says a lot about them and their interaction with the community. It just disappoints me that I purchased £560 of stuff and as I have not got any of the rule books at all, I am somewhat left out of the loop. I have tried emailing and am still yet to get a reply. 🙁
I am not saying that everyone should wait for me to get my copy, far from it. I am glad people are having fun and long may it continue. I was just hoping that I may be involved asap, which is why I pre-ordered in the first place. The fact that I have such a large order and is being held up because of one book (which sort of makes sense due to P+P). I guess I am just getting frustrated due to my outlay and nothing incoming.
I agree that the book should not be released before it has been successfuly printed etc. However, I would have thought that the first copies should go to people that has contributed to CB’s cash flow and pre-ordered at the start of August, which in my eyes seems like a logical process.
I hope this better explains my view point and frustration. No ill intent is intended. 🙂
Chatting to the guys at the event the impression I got was that it took three years from concept to final printed copy for Paradiso to be realised. They are still a small operation (compared to Privateer Press for example) and their production facilities are on the ground floor with their studio upstairs. They are focused on making sure their product is utterly top notch and often delay development because of production issues a sculpt might have. Being so close to each other the two sides of the business can communicate all the way along the development and production process and aren’t afraid of delaying things to get it right. No finecast from Corvus Belli!
They are quite proud of being a Spanish company and when we chatted about possible plastic minis in the future the response was more about protecting Spanish jobs and keeping control and production in Spain than in any issue with plastics themselves. I can only imagine that, drawing parallels with the book production, job one was to get the book printed in its native language and then get the other languages (especially English) released as a secondary, but important, objective.
That said, as big as infinity is in Spain, it’s apparently getting huge for them in the USA and I suspect the delay has been a bitter disappointment for them too.
Plus Carlos, who made the decision to have Ko Dali assimilated by the CA, was good enough to pose getting beaten up by a Yu Jing player. Can you see Jervis or Matt Ward doing that at GW?
Understand that it was delayed mate and I don’t mind that, would of been nice to have it on time, but I prefer a little wait and get a quality item tbh. The thing I was trying to say is that the English version has been released and despatched which is great news.
It is the fact that I don’t have mine and that I get no response from them is the only issue I have. Other people in England have also received the emails saying their items have despatch. I have not yet received such an email.
I’ve managed to get my two-part report up, including batreps and photos of most of the painted armies. A great event if a bit short on terrain on some of the tables!
http://wargamingtrader.com/infinity/ttn-paradiso
http://wargamingtrader.com/infinity/ttn-paradiso-2