Game Day 5-14-16

Good morning folks and welcome to a bat-rep of Infinity!  Well at least as much as I can remember and as best as I can remember.  It's been awhile since I've been able to get a game in so I was pretty pleased to have been able to come out and play.  I consider this my first "real" game of Infinity in that it was with someone who knew what they were doing and it wasn't just two people sharing a rulebook trying to figure out which way the gun points.  Anyways let's get started!

The board setup was pretty awesome

So I got to play against Scott, who is a great patient guy to play with btw (thanks Scott!), and to help me get more acquainted with ITS and how Infinity plays for the objective we settled on the HVT mission and 300 points.  Scott brought his Tohaa and I went ahead and took vanilla Nomads.  Not really knowing the diversity of objectives my specialists were specialized and I ended up with 2 F.O.'s, a doctor, and a hacker, with no engineer.  So yeah first lesson learned: take more specialists in both frequency and types.

My right side setup

Here is my list (honestly I could not tell you Scott's even though he told me):

• x2 Alguacils - Forward Observer, Combi-Rifles
• Reverend Custodier - Lieutenant, Hacking Device +
• Intruder - MULTI Sniper Rifle, X-Visor
• Reverend Healer - Combi-Rifle
• x2 Gecko TAGS - x1 Dual Combi-Rifles, x1 MK12
• Mobile Brigada - Boarding Shotgun
• Lunokhod Sputnik - Heavy Shotgun, Crazy Koalas, Arkylat-Kanone

How my right side was holding up turn 1.5-2

Scott ended up deploying first and I in my error had him go first so I could react.  For some reason I thought reacting would be a better start than acting.  So after deployment I realized that I had some errors made already, mostly that Scott's HVT was off on the other side of the board from the majority of my specialists. Scott's triads of aliens weird thingies did a fantastic job of moving up and dropping v-smoke down so I had little opportunity to react.  On my turn my left side was able to move up just fine with little difficulty but my right side had problems for sure.  The Geckos did a great job of absorbing fire, but being hit with K1 rounds made short work of any armor I had.  Thankfully they have 3 STR each so they continued to be a strong presence for a good part of the game.  Going back to my left side I think it was on my turn but my Lunokhod Sputnik with the Arkylat Kanone managed to get a shot off against one of Scott's models peeking out from the corner.  I had a moment of "yolo" and fired at this model with my glue cannon.  A lucky roll later and turns out I had immobilized his Lieutenant for the rest of the game.  Sweet deal!

Lunokhod keeping the left side dangerous with those koalas

Going back to my left side I was able to move my Lieutenant, the Reverend Custodier, up to a position where I could make a dash for his HVT around the building's corner.  My right side was doing its best to hold back Scott's weird alien thingies but it was a slow battle of attrition that I was not winning.  Eventually he was able to take out some key models helping the line hold and was able to move up and start getting a couple objectives in.  Back to my left side I took out whatever it was that was in camo, scanned it for an objective and went over to his HVT and was able to hack it for another.  The game ended up being a draw overall, which I was more than happy to take.

How I felt throughout the game

What a game!  I feel like I've learned quite a lot from playing against Scott.  Number 1 is making sure your lists are appropriate for the scenario.  Honestly I think it was by luck I was able to secure 2 objectives more than anything as my planning was not the best.  I've also learned the importance of making sure you have a nice range of specialists as well, since you never know what the scenario will dictate.  In general I think I've also learned quite a bit about the flow of Infinity in general as well as the uses of different weapons.  Boarding shotguns aren't too bad if you get a hit off with models behind to get blasted as well.

Shout out to Scott for being a patient teacher and a good sport to play against, it was a great game and I look forward to more in the future with the rest of the Infinity crew in the area!  Well that's all for today, tune in next time for whatever I ramble on about.  Until then happy gaming!