Infinity Spring Cleaning
First game(s) of the original!
Rather poor deployment on my part for mission 2. I have much to learn. 
Can my Alguacile drop my opponent’s Orc troop lieutenant with an ARO? I think she can! (and yes she did—meaning I lost on points after his distant Fusilier took her out with his next order…but not by as much. And how much fun is it to for any troop to have a chance for an heroic day in the corps?)So I got my first games of base Infinity in finally! And it’s as good as I had hoped it was!
We played the first 3 missions of the “Learn To Play” manual that came in operation Icestorm. “Why Icestorm” you ask? Why start with what is now effectively an old rule set? A few reasons: that box was my first Infinity purchase, those were the minis I had painted up ages ago (so everything was ready to go), that was the terrain I had handy… It wasn’t a carefully thought out thing to do but it was fun!
If I wasn’t hooked on all things already for the aesthetic I would now be hooked for the gameplay. I will say the complexity ramps up quickly—and we’re only three missions in so there are a lot of rules to go! boy am I excited to get stuck in to more of this.
My plan is a narrative campaign. I have the Campaign Paradiso book and my acquisition disorder has led me to collect enough minis to field pretty much any faction (though much painting must be done to achieve that goal) so I have what I need to play through that. I’ve heard that book wasn’t a huge hit with fans—or that it’s in need of significant revision—but I could have imagined that. Anyone have any experience with it—issues, thoughts, recommendations?
Great to hear that you liked the game! My first game was Ice Storm as well, back in 2014 when it first came out and my love for the game never dropped. On other note, if you’re referring to 2nd edition Paradiso Campaign I would recommend against it, it was confusing at best when it first came out and it was still in 2nd edition. Those rules and scenarios were redone in Deaduls’ Fall – last book in 3rd edition, you can still buy that book here and there, it might be much more comfortable to use those instead. Also… Read more »
Ah! Thanks for the info. That’s really helpful.
I had heard they were re-releasing it but didn’t know that had already happened. I have the Daedalus Fall book but clearly I haven’t dived into it. I also have many of the Dire Foes stuff (though the missions are, if memory serves, all free to download on the Corvus Belli website). So now I know. And knowing is half the battle. Oh wait–that’s a different franchise.
No problem mate! Always happy to help.
Dire foes missions are free to download and Uprising book has whole section on how they (or at least numbers 1-7) lead to creation of seceded Japanese force.