Et voilà the studio update. --------------------------------------------------- Summary ITS - ITS objective cards announced as new, therefore modified. - There will be Operation cards and Battle Conditions cards. There will be a mix of personal and two-player objectives, a new way of playing ITS. - The ITS 15 pack will have narrative elements from Endsong, with a Samsa miniature that is essentially included in NA2. Rem Racer - Expected in-store release date Autumn 2023, there is no kickstarter for this release. - However, we don't know if it will be distributed in French. Manga The new graphic novel (or manga) has been written by Victor Santos and drawn by Pedro Andreo. It will be like a movie of hold-up, with Uhahu as the main character, returning from the Outrage story, and a ship-centric plot, with numerous cameos from infinity characters. Among the new characters is a tall, dark blond named Denma Connolly, a veteran of Aristeia and of Ariadnian origin. Although the story doesn't take place in Aristeia, there will still be scenes of illegal gambling behind the scenes. Of course, there will also be limited-edition figurines featuring Ksenia Lavochkina, a leader of al Struktura, i.e. a Tunguska mafia boss, who will play an important role in the Aftermath story. Released autumn 2023. Infinity N4 - No info, just pictures. Warconsole - Online campaign this autumn 2023, reinforcements will be a central theme, and you're invited to play it that way. ----------------------------------------------------- Recap pictures: Campaign online Spoiler: Ontabletop campaign 2023 Reinforcement Yu Jing Pack Spoiler: Reinf Yu Jing Reinforcement Pano Pack Spoiler: Reinf Pano lettre a copier coller New dire foes Haqqislam vs Aleph w/civilian Spoiler: Dire Foes compteur de lettre Kosmoflot support pack Spoiler: support pack kosmoflot Chimera pack Spoiler: chimera CA support pack Spoiler: EI support Sforza Spoiler: sforza Bixie Spoiler: Bixie regular release Haqqislam fireteam pack Spoiler: fireteam hassassin New graphic novel Aftermath Spoiler: novel+minis ITS (deck cards + its tournament pack and miniature collector). Spoiler: ITS
It would, wouldn't it? But it's sadly a mixed box of two Muyibs and two Govads. I wasn't a fan of the Muyib-redesign, and am now not a fan of the Govad-redesign :-/
Same here, I am not a fan of these Haqqislam redesigns at all. I always felt the Asawira was bad, the latest Muyib followed. I've over a hundred Haqq models, but I don't feel these will be joining them. Hopefully the new Dire Foes will bring a positive vibe. On the flip side, looking forward to the new Ikadrons for my CA, even if they won't touch a reinforcement game. Yu Jing is looking good so far - I appreciate the Korean theme here. PanO has a new Zhanying without the overcoat. For the UFK, I can't help but see a Siamese cat, Star Trek Gorn and a demongoat beastman - whilst I like the classic box, the new one has potential (needs a 3d video).
Lavochkina is the most interesting reveal, honestly. She is the first Struktura character, with a very interesting backstory - her husband, Anatoly Lavochkin had the cheerkillers as his personal harem of sorts. Xenia Lavochkina disapproved, so she shot him dead-dead and the cheerkillers had to agree to a rather eh.. weird job change offer, which came from "old one-eye" Steranko. Adding to this backstory is the opportunity to revitalize some NA2 armies, which haven't received a lot of content lately. A Struktura boss, especially an unlikely leader as Xenia Igorevna, can plausibly mix lorewise with a lot of mercenaries and can again plausibly bring a lot of valuable skills to the NA2 armies - stuff like counterintelligence, comlink, even lieutenant and strategos perhaps.
Well. Damn. My wallet is already weeping. I’m with those of you here regarding the haqqi redesigns. I much preferred the older muyibs and the govads. Luckily I have them already. I won’t be picking these new ones up, the haqqi redesign is a miss for me sadly. The PanO stuff however is very badass. From the bolts to the blockers and back again. Love them all, will have to add them. Only problem will be bases. I used the antenocitis based fir all my PanO. Guess I’ll need to 3D print similar bases. The chimera look characterful as all hell, actually makes me want to do nomads… Finally, fuck you Yu Jing. Just fuck you. Having that many nice minis shown? Damn it. They’re so pretty. Going to have to add them all. Even Bixie though I already have her. The pose is just nice. Now to book my wallet in for therapy when these all come out.
The haetae design is awesome! Hwarang are very cool. Sulsa is pretty cool. The Sulyong are the meh from me. I like the Dokkaebi a lot. Of course Bixie is awesome because I just got the previous lol. The rest are cool for what they are. I actually like the new haqq figures.
Personally I kind of hate the Uberfalkommando, but I didn’t like the old ones (prefer them to the new ones though) at all either so I’m willing to accept I’m just not the target market. Everything else is fine. I like the Yu Jing reinforcements a lot, and I like most of the PanO ones apart from the female Blade-Ops (never liked that kind of pose much and are her legs really long?) and Agnus (never been a fan of characters really and again not sure about the pose). I’m not a fan of the Hassassin redesigns in general and these are no better - the old Muyibs and Govads were a lot better IMO. I really quite like the Warcrow stuff, especially the Hegemony (the War Surgeon in particular) but I’m not at all enthusiastic to hear they’re gonna be in the thermoplastic.
True, this moment is the reason to ignore the game, I guess. But may be I would try to play it with other miniatures. (Still a little sad, because miniatures are part of the game, and design of come factions is really grate.)
They are a year away. Let's hope CB figures out how to deal with siocast, or alternatively - switches to another material.
Will CB make the Objective, Battle Conditions, and Operations card decks available in pdf, or will it only be available for purchase?
