Passing Time and Rolling Dice

 It sure has been a while since I've had a blog post hasnt it? Something like 4 months or so? Welp, I am back for a short little while where I can sort of catch my breath. The last few months have just been a wild ride, and im sure the future will just get a bit more crazy. I have 6 more battle reports lined up that need done (just need to get pictures added in). That number SHOULD be higher, but I havent been playing much of anything since PAX Prime concluded in February. There's also an Infinity ITS recap I need to do for the 2025 Richmond Open, which should be short if you know how that went. There's also little blog post ideas I have for other games, like Fallout Factions, Quar's War, Burrows and Badgers, and probably something else like Necromunda. Things akin to a "my review" of them, hobby posts (whenever that happens) and whatnot. But hey, we're here to talk about a Hobby Time moment I've had, which is really the first significant one of the ye...

 So it's been nearly a full year since my last post on here, and a LOT has changed in life. Between my local game store closing, picking up other games like Bushido from GCT Studios, Half-Tilt from TTCombat, and Fallout Factions and Wasteland Warfare from Modiphius, I have had a load of models to work on and not a lot of time to play games. But onto what this post is about, likely my final game of Infinity N4! I broke out the Ariadnans from the  Merovingian Rapid Response Force for possibly the last time for a while to take on my buddy Ghost00's Nomads from Bakunin. The game was a standard 300 point game using the ITS16 mission for the Direct Action Mission: Battleground ; the rules for that mission can be found here . Unfortunately, I made my list with options for Frontline, cause I forgot what mission we had initially agreed upon! Obvious disclaimer for this battle report is I have not played much infinity beyond a series of demo games since easily April of 2024, so saying I...

  ###Prologue### Col Kraznitsky, walked into the cantina at FOB North Bay, that's to the north of Okolnir. It was lit by aging bulbs, a fire in the hearth, and the lights from cigarettes. The rain had picked up since his team arrived from Okolnir, and the sound of those cold droplets sounded relaxing on the metal roofing top the old domed structure. Kraznitsky remembered seeing this style building in some history books of 20th century conflicts, but didn't realize he may end up in something similar to it.  He saw the person he was going to meeting off on the side next to an open window the opened to an overhang, a nice cold breeze when the rain can't get in, or at least not as much when the wind picked up. This was Col Gretizky, the officer in charge of the launch site relating to Operation Slingshot. "Looks like you've seen better days ol friend" Kraznitsky said as he walked up. "Need anything before we get started?" Col Gretizky took a drag on his ...

  ###Prologue### It's been a few days since the completion of Operation Patchwork. The team has been able to get a few days of R&R, considering the upcoming training operation with our Bakunin allies. The rain squalls finally broke and gave a few days of partially cloudy weather. Enough for the training yard to dry out a little, great to not do PT in a shallow bog or inside. Col Kraznitsky was able to get a few odds and ends together to send a care package back home. Some of the food they'd gotten from the tech storage, postcards, a few kids toys from one of the shops in town that the boys might like, and some other Ariadnan-made knick-knacks for the house; it was missing the charm that the home on Dawn has in some places, and hopefully the little things he sent can help where possible. He also sent the letter he'd  been keeping in his desk to command. Official Request for Retirement to be reviewed after this crisis has been deemed concluded. He's hopeful, but he st...