Passing Time and Rolling Dice

So today we see the final part of Operation Bone-Rustler! Unlike the first 3 parts, this is a full-on 300pt game. This will see the forces of the Tartary Army Corps led by Colonel Kraznitsky clash into the forces of the Shindenbutai in the central hub of the research facility. With this being the final game at 300 pts, there's really no restriction to the force org we're using unlike the last few missions, this is seen below during the list info. ### ### ### Prologue ### ### ### Col Kraznitsky's small flight of Pelicans flies down to pre-determined landing zones just outside to central hub of the facility. "Here's you go Colonel. Radio back when you're ready for evac." the pilot told the Colonel over the radio. "Will do Captain, keep the flight nearby in case anything heavier pops up. Remember, while we're here for our mission for, if any civilian vessels leave the AO, we cannot pursue. Copy?" "Copy Colonel." The Colonel watched as ...

 If you somehow found this blog post before reading part 1, you can read that here. This time, we are on the next step of the "Operation" series of games between the forces of the Tartary Army Corps and the JSA Shindenbutai forces. This is the final one of the "standard escalation" missions we are using for this Operation bundle. We elected to modify our "final" mission lists to be 150 points, but using the same models that we would normally have in our teams. ### ### ### Prologue ### ### ### The Pelican for Charlie Team approached wide for their combat zone, the pilot being one of the local "crazies" from the Blue-Ridge 1st Pelican squadron, which is still located out of Kaksin as Blue-Ridge does not have the infrastructure for the two needed Pelican bays. Charlie Team disembarked from their Pelican surprisingly quick, eschewing any sort of stealth as they are being deployed with a suit of Ratnik armor. The team got right to work getting into a ...

 If you somehow found this blog post before reading part 1, you can read that here . This time, we are on the next step of the "Operation" series of games between the forces of the Tartary Army Corps and the JSA Shindenbutai forces. ### ### ### Prologue ### ### ### The Pelican for Bravo Team came in screaming, taking more small arms and MANPAD fire than the other Pelicans on approach. While the Pelican was peppered with fire, Bravo Team was able to deploy from the dropship to their fire zone. Taking up firing positions, Bravo Team came under immediate fire from a more aggressive defense force. ### ### ### ### The Board ### The board did not change one bit from the board in Part 1. All terrain and the mat are from Corvus Belli and their Operation Sandtrap box set. ### The Mission ### Just like in Part 1, this is essentially playing Annihilation. This time though, we're exploring the wonders of more Advance Deployment skills, such as Forward Deployment and Infiltration. I k...

Today, we're back with a game of Infinity N5, seeing the first of a series of escalating games between my Ariadna from the Tartary Army Corps versus my buddy Connor, piloting his JSA from Shindenbutai. This game was played on January 4th, 2025.  The escalating series is somewhat similar to the older "Operation X" mission packs, such as within Operation Black-wind, where players can learn to play the game using baby-steps to introduce new rules and units. While Connor has played a handful of games of Infinity, no one actually walked him through an Operations series to learn. Running this series would be helpful for both of us, as Connor learns about the newer rulings for Infinity N5, and I can better understand how some of the new rules interactions will work.  Also, as a note for those who like the Lore aspect of these batreps, this batrep will cover the beginning slight lead-up to Operation Bone-Rustler, with Part 4 holding the results of the operation. ### ### ### Prolo...

We're back with another Infinity N4 battle report; this game was played on November 30th, 2024. This time, we saw me take control of my Tartary Army Corps to take on a newer player (Connor) playing his Japanese Sectorial Army. We played the Direct Action mission Uplink Center at 200 points. This is Connor's first game of Infinity in easily 6 months, so this was more of the learning/reminder game of how Infinity is played at the basic level. Hindsight being what it is, I should have approached this more like a demo series using one of the Operation books instead; as will be pointed out later on. That thought was more-so on my part, as I find the older Operation booklets to be a better framework for teaching the game instead of just running a small point game to teach, since they give the tier escalation approach to introducing new rules. Neither of us have a full painted force either, as Connor is preparing to repaint his collection, and I am just lazy and have not painted much ...