Intro to Infinity from Wargaming Trader
December 12, 2011 in Infinity, News, SCI FI Wargaming, Wargaming Trader by beerogre
The guys at Wargaming Trader have posted a really cool overview of how to play Infinity.
It’s specifically aimed at players who like 40K. If you’ve been interested in checking out Infinity, why not take a look?
There are two articles so far, I’ll add more as they come out.
Infinity for 40K Players – Background & Factions Overview
Infinity for 40K Players – Game Mechanics
That’s nice of them. Hope it helps some cross camps.
Kudos to @ianjw for these, very useful.
Any suggestions for future articles gratefully received…
In the pipeline are miniatures & resources (where to download the QS rules, Topo’s iKube scenery etc.), dynamics of gameplay, list-building and why it’s so much less important than in 40k etc.
Would love to see some stress put on game balance. For EX… A few weeks ago everyone was sweating over the new Traktor Mul for Ariadna. Big templates and what not. But if you read carefully it’s direct fire only unless you have a spotter. Kill the spotter, and its max movement 6 with an armor of only 2 that needs LOS. Not to mention max range of only 48″ compared to 96″ for other missile systems. Easy to outflank and destroy. (Bikers Anyone?) And because it has baggage your opponent get +10 victory points over the regular cost. Just show people that they will never be beaten by just a list. Anything can be destroyed with good, solid strategy. Game Balance!
@spaderfish – game balance and internal/external faction balance will definitely get covered under gameplay/list-building as it’s one of the things (along with very little rock/scissors/paper) that makes putting together a force so freeform in Infinity.
Is there any eta on these articles? Have been to your site and enjoyed what I saw. Got the re-edit of the core rule book from you guys and whenever I’m hosting a game at a store or something people always like thumbing through your demo handouts that I printed up. Even the Bibliotek is a good read and an easy way to get beginners into the Infiniverse. So keep up the good work and I will look forward to seeing your projects in the future.
The next one is likely to be after Christmas, it’s our busiest time of year for eBay & the webstore at the moment…