The Pen of Penemue

Last Saturday, Fandom II and the Ottawa Infinity Association hosted a Spec Ops Doubles Tournament.  The rules are available for download here if you're interested in running a similar event, or even just in making use of the scenarios for your own amusement.  Heck, we even had enough interest and questions that a small FAQ was generated.  Check it out! Here are a bunch of pictures from the event itself.  The lighting in the basement is a bit subpar, and my flash wasn't working all that well, but hopefully they give you an idea of the fun that was had! -The Competitors- David - ALEPH Henshini - Yu Jing Overlord - Bakunin Robock - Bakunin Tevesh - Haqqislam -The Boards - Scenario Alpha - In the Dark Scenario Alpha - In the Dark Scenario Beta - Facility Scenario Beta - Facility Scenario Beta - Facility Scenario Gamma - Blindside Scenario Gamma - Blindside -The Highlights- Alpha Tevesh's Husam ...

A few days ago, I squared off against Bayruun in Mission 301.  Now, our local group is playing at medium difficulty (15 minute turns, the ship explodes on an 8+), so our game didn't last all that long. In fact, the ship exploded just before either of us got a third turn. As a result, there's really not much to say about this mission.  Most of the units we took sat there and did nothing while specialists zipped around, trying to make sure that everyone could board the escape pods just in case the ship didn't blow up at the very first opportunity.  That didn't happen, of course, but that doesn't mean we didn't try... My side. His side. My side, behind the wall.  Lego dropships! I ended up running two combat groups.  One (Task Force Red) was made solely of Infiltrators and included Uxia McNeill (Covert Action version); the other (Task Force Blue) consisted mostly of fire support for an Irmandinho and a Kaplan Engineer.  I went into thi...

I love Ariadna. In fact, I love it so much that it is my adopted homeland. Every time I take to the field with my low-tech tough-guys (and gals), I get a little more confident that Ariadna is a faction for the skilled and the gutsy. That said, I absolutely can't wait to play another faction in Campaign Paradiso. Argh . Corvus Belli has done a great job of making sure that we want to take previously-unused loadouts and models, specialists and baggage-bots, in the campaign. This seems really cool until you realize that the distribution of these fancy toys isn't quite as even across the table as you'd think. Infiltrating Hackers, for instance, are available to every other faction except Tohaa. Combined Army and Yu Jing even get three, while Haqqislam (our low-tech buddy) gets two. AD Hackers are available to every other army as well (barring Tohaa), and in some cases the drop-troop hacker is a real badass like the Ragik or the Tiger . That's just o...

Because we have a few people that are coming into (and leaving) our local Campaign Paradiso, I had the pleasure of playing an extra match this week.  Endalyon and I squared off again, only this time I brought my ISS force to the field. I was initially planning on playing regular ol' Yu Jing, but all the negative comments about the  Bao  really made me want to try them out for myself.  While they didn't really impress me, a lot of their performance woes came from the way the dice fell.  I'm more than willing to give them another chance, because cheap and mobile and plentiful MSV2 models seem really awesome to me. This week, Endalyon and I played Mission 204, and he brought his much-feared Aleph to the table.  Once again, I had to face off against the   Asura and Sophotect objective-taking team , and this time Endalyon added a Myrmidon Officer Lt. to the mix.  I really had my work cut out for me.  This time, at least, I had a few visors...

Here, at long last, is the Combined Army's Raicho TAG!  Courtesy of EdDator27 and Yasbir over on the Infinity forums.

Here is the Tohaa Spec Ops model, the Hatail!  Courtesy of EdDator27 and Yasbir over on the Infinity forums.

Here are the Tohaa's Makaul warband, courtesy of EdDator27 and Yasbir over on the Infinity forums!

Here is the Combined Army's Void Operator with HMG, courtesy of ToadChild over on the Infinity forums!

Here is the Combined Army's lethal Speculo Killer, courtesy of ToadChild over on the Infinity forums!

Here is the Combined Army's Shrouded with Multi Sniper Rifle, courtesy of EdDator27 and Yasbir over on the Infinity forums!

Here is the Combined Army's Shrouded with Combi-Rifle, courtesy of EdDator27 and Yasbir over on the Infinity forums! Shrouded Front Shrouded Back

Here is Haqqislam's Sekban, courtesy of EdDator27 and Yasbir over on the Infinity forums! Sekban Front Sekban Back

Here is the box of ALEPH's Probot baggage remotes, courtesy of Sylvannas over on the Infinity forums. Probot EVO Probot Total Reaction Combi