Situation: Infinity Batrep #2 – O.S.S. vs. Tohaa

For several months now, my gaming team has been planning a match between our ALEPH and Tohaa players as part of our Situation: Infinity campaign. We finally got the opportunity to play a few weeks ago, and it turned out that we also got the opportunity to teach Infinity to Raine, the newest member of our team. Consequently, we tried to avoid using more advanced rules than we needed to, keeping in mind knowing that both Tohaa and ALEPH have more complicated playstyles than most other armies. Now after taking far too long to get around to the write-up, I can finally share the results with you.

The game was a standard 300 point game. The Tohaa’s primary objective was to make it to the crate at the center of the table and destroy its contents, which happened to be a live, angry antipode. Their secondary objective was to hack a pair of consoles. Meanwhile, OSS’s mission was to defend the antipode (keeping it stuffed in its crate was a bonus) and take prisoners from the Tohaa force. Unfortunately, due to a scheduling mishap, we were only able to play one round.

Situation: Infinty batrep #1 – USAriadna vs Morats

Over this last weekend, I had planned an Infinity game day with my gaming team so we could play our Situation: Infinity homebrew campaign (which I posted on my other blog, but forgot to make sure it was also posted here. Until I get that taken care of, feel free to view the announcement post on Interminable Writing for some background on this project). Originally, we had a match planned for our ALEPH and Tohaa players, but unfortunately the artichokes weren’t able to make it to the party, so we decided to have Anthony, our Combined Army player, and me play a game instead.

The game was played with 200 points, and was a fairly straightforward deathmatch, with the caveat being that I had to keep a designated target (Rosie Munroe) alive through the whole game. Because Anthony is the least experienced member of our team, I had Eric (DeepThought) coach him through the process of building a list, and they chose to play with morats while I played my USAriadna.

Spiral Corps Unboxing & Assembly

Tohaa players, rejoice! After waiting so long for something new for Tohaa, our patience has been rewarded with the release of the Spiral Corps, or as some would call it, the Triumvirate! Upon hearing the news of the launch, I preordered it along with the Adepticon bundle, which also came with the Daedalus’ Fall book and a bunch of exclusive miniatures. It arrived quickly, and once I had it in my hands, I realized that the Spiral Corps box was perfect to do an unboxing article on, which I will not delay in presenting to you!

The packaging itself is typical of most of Corvus Belli’s starter boxes, and opens into the standard white cardboard box with the plastic tray holding the pieces to the models inside. Some cardstock tokens and templates are included in the box, as well as some paper buildings, a gaming mat, and a rulebook. The buildings and game mat are the same as those found in other scenery packs or in the starter boxes like Operation: Red Veil and Cold Front. The rulebook covers the basic mechanics of Infinity, and has the profiles and background for all of the troops that come in the box. Additionally, it also shows what models are needed to complete the army, and has a fun little background narrative written into it.