INFINITY: OPERATION FLAMESTRIKE - Sagres Orbital Tracking Station; Caledonian Highlanders vs Combined Army 300pts

I played my first full game of Infinity yesterday against my Brothers Combined Army force. It was part of the current online worldwide campaign; Operation Flamestrike. We played the Seize the Antennas mission at 300pts.

 The Cameronian lays down some smoke and cover fire as the 45th Highlanders surge forward!

 My Brothers Combined Army taking up position. I would manage to render this flank useless with some great shooting from my Sniper and Wulver.

 Again on the East, his forces took up position against the Highlanders.

 The full link team of Scots Guard proved too much for the Alien menace as they mowed down another victim, fire squad style!

 A desperate Umbra charges forward into the link team in a last ditch effort to swing the battle into his favor. While he did take out the Missile Launcher Scot it was too little too late as the rest of the link team took him down with swift vengeance.

An overview of our deployment. Ariadna up top and Combined Army down below.

In the end the Caledonian Highlanders would pull through Victorious! 

The final tally of points remaining being;

Caledonian Highlanders - 243

Combined Army - 85

With th Highlanders taking 6 Objective points to the Combined Armies 1.

Fantastic game that ran pretty smoothly. Cant wait for the next one!

(Cheers to the Bro for the pics. I got too into the game and forgot!)

Thanks for looking, happy gaming.

Dropzone Commander: Starter Game

I went for a visit down to my Brothers today and he put on a quick starter game of Dropzone Commander by Hawk Wargames. He's building a nice collection of each faction at the moment and the cityscape terrain along with board itself looked pretty cool.

We used the started box set with my Brother playing The Scourge and myself guiding the United Colonies of Mankind. The game mechanics were easy to pick-up and by the second turn I was pretty confident in using the quick reference sheet and Army specific printout I was given. I had no real idea on tactics or strategy so just went ahead and got stuck in! The shooting is nicely done, deadly if done right and most Dropships, Vehicles and Infantry give you a couple of gun options to choose from throughout the game. I'm a big fan of being able to shoot down the buildings too!

Here's a few shots of the game. My Bother managed to grab the objective off the left hand building and make it off the board ensuring victory.

 Turn one I decided to push up and "drop" my units down to the battlefield straight away. 

 The Scourge grab an early game objective!

 I did manage to nab the objective from the centre building however my designated troop carrier got blown to pieces and I had to try and leg it off the table on foot!

 The Infantry duke it out in the building while my Anti tanks take position.

I got my Infantry out of the building but 2" a turn was not going to get me off the table edge... It did however put me in prime position for the Scourge footsloggers to take pot-shots at me from the top of a building! It all ended pretty quick after that.  

Overall a cool concept and a cool game. I'll consider grabbing a faction of my own in the new year but for now will just have to use some of the Brothers collection! 

Cheers for looking, Happy gaming.