The DiRT Overview - BoLS Infinity articles

[doremicom]

Thank you to everyone who has come out and supported the articles I'm writing on Bell of Lost Souls. I will try to keep this thread up to date with links to The DiRT articles.

Most Recent Article:

2015 #12 - NEW rules for the Tohaa Kaeltar Specialists http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/05/ ... lists.html

The DiRT Articles (in reverse chronological order):

2015 #11 - GenCon and Infinity Inspired Games http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/05/ ... games.html

2015 #10 - An Explosion of Infinity Images http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/04/ ... mages.html

2015 #9 - Learning HOW to ready Infinity N3 http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/04/ ... ty-n3.html

2015 #8 - Top 5 ways to deal with Tohha - Part 2 http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/04/ ... haa-2.html
2015 #7 - Top 5 ways to deal with Tohaa - http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/03/ ... tohaa.html

2015 #6 - GenCon Infinity Demo in a Nutshell part 3 - http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/03/ ... art-3.html

2015 #5 - GenCon Infinity Demo in a Nutshell part 2 - http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/02/ ... art-2.html

2015 #4 - GenCon Infinity Demo in a Nutshell part 1 - http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/03/ ... tohaa.html

2015 #3 - 3 lessons learned in my first 3 games of Infinity 3rd edition - http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/01/ ... -game.html

2015 #2 - The Terrain Triangle - http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/01/ ... -news.html

2015 #1 - Happy New Year - http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2015/01/ ... r-new.html

----------2014
#29 ( mislabeled as #30 for various reasons) - The Final DiRT Article - http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/12/ ... -list.html

#28 - Command Tokens that Will level the Playing Field in Infinity - http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/11/ ... ition.html


#27 - Hacking Changes That will Level the Playing Field in Infinity - http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/11/ ... n-3rd.html

#26 - Close Combat Changes That will Level the Playing Field in Infinity - http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/10/ ... es-in.html

#25 - Two Basic Changes That will Level the Playing Field in Infinity - http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/10/ ... basic.html

#24 - Infinity Warcors - http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/10/ ... rcors.html

#23 - Leaving an Infinity Legacy - http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/10/ ... leave.html

#22 - Prepping for "Shooting the Bull" Infinity Tournament in Jan 2015 - http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/09/ ... g-bull.htm

#21 - Following the Infinity Bread Crumbs http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/09/ ... rumbs.html

#20 - The Philosophy of Infinity 3rd Edition... http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/08/ ... inity.html

#19 - GenCon 2014, Infinity, Animations, and more.... http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/08/ ... -more.html

#18 - Operation: Icestorm Introductory Rules breakdonw - http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/08/ ... storm.html

#17 - Operation:Icestorm Everything you need to know (as we approach GenCon) http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/08/ ... storm.html

#16 - Infinity Achievements http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/08/ ... ments.html

#15 - YAMS, Yet Another Way To Play Infinity http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/07/ ... enjoy.html

#14 Improve Your Infinity Short Game http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/07/ ... -your.html

#13 Mines, Mines, Everywhere is Mines (and Infinity News) http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/07/ ... re-is.html

#12 Ours, Yours, Mines - Camo AROs against visible models http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/07/ ... os-vs.html

#11 Minesweepers - Start Using Them! http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/07/ ... -them.html

#10 Civilians For The Win! (includes a partial batrep) http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/06/ ... ivvie.html

#9 The Rules Less Traveled: Difficult Terrain http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/06/ ... icult.html

#8 Everything We Know About Operation:Icestorm http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/06/ ... about.html

#7 Ambush Camouflage and FastPandas http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/06/ ... mbush.html

#6 Marksmanship http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/05/ ... nship.html

#5 Why Terrain Makes Us Fight http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/05/ ... ht-in.html

#4 Infinity GenCon Prep http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/05/ ... -prep.html

#3 Infinity 3rd edition Facts/Analysis http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/05/ ... ition.html

#2 Latest 3rd edition News (at the time) and Stories from Last GenCon http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/04/ ... atest.html

#1 The DiRT- Intro Article http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/04/ ... inity.html

[Scorch]

Welcome and glad to have you aboard! please keep us updated on DiRT articles! I've had fun reading those.

[doremicom]

Thanks! And thank you for checking out the articles. I'm really excited to see Infinity articles popping up all over the internet. What Data-sphere is doing is really impressive.

[doremicom]

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Everything We Know About Operation:Icestorm http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/06/ ... about.html

[doremicom]

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#9 The Rules Less Traveled: Difficult Terrain http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/06/ ... icult.html

[sonicReducer]

Loving the articles, very useful - and nice to something decent on BoLS!

[Scorch]

Awesome new write up about the terrain rules! I'm poundering to implement them for some time now, and moving to a new area soon is going to give me the option for a new Infinity group, I may use this as an example to promote it! thanks a bunch!

[doremicom]

I really appreciate all the feedback. It seems to me that with the massive focus on 3rd edition, that there is still quite a lot of life left in 2nd edition.

[doremicom]

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#10 The Rules Less Traveled: Civvie (includes a partial batrep) http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/06/ ... ivvie.html

[Scorch]

You're definitely taking the roads less traveled. I like it! Makes my hand itch to start introducing Infinity to more people.

Just one note: volume levels in the video are a bit off.. your voice sounds 'far away' and echoey, but then the music trashes my ears because I've turned the volume up to listen. Other than that, I really like what you're doing here!

[doremicom]

I'll be more careful with the audio. I just purchased new hardware for audio capture for my voice, and I did put the music audio at 20% original volume, but I also noticed that there were issues. Thank you for the feedback.

[Hero of Man]

Really digging this series; especially the focus on using Difficult Terrain and more Civvie/Hostage Rescue operations.

[doremicom]

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#11 Minesweepers - Start Using Them! http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/07/ ... -them.html

[Scorch]

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#11 Minesweepers - Start Using Them! http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/07/ ... -them.html

I'm getting more and more excited about this series! I've been an advocate of the support REMs for a long time now (both EVO and Minesweeper) and I think it's awesome that you've taken the time to promote these units. They are cheap, great support and both the Minesweeper and the EVO bring so much more anti-mine and hack-tactics to the table it is a shame they don't see that much love.

[doremicom]

I'm getting more and more excited about this series! I've been an advocate of the support REMs for a long time now (both EVO and Minesweeper) and I think it's awesome that you've taken the time to promote these units. They are cheap, great support and both the Minesweeper and the EVO bring so much more anti-mine and hack-tactics to the table it is a shame they don't see that much love.

I have to say that I REALLY enjoy writing these articles because it brings to light some awesome stuff that I don't always see. I've taken EVO Repeaters before, but I've never used a Minesweeper. Why not? Even if it's just there to provide another regular order at a bit of a discount?

[ElectricPaladin]

Awesome - thanks! I'm going to go read all of these now.

[Scorch]

I have to say that I REALLY enjoy writing these articles because it brings to light some awesome stuff that I don't always see. I've taken EVO Repeaters before, but I've never used a Minesweeper. Why not? Even if it's just there to provide another regular order at a bit of a discount?

Than don't forget the trickery that an EVO can bring to the table; TAG possession made much easier, Icebreaker, combined order hacking, guiding AD troops making them less likely to scatter. Jamming FO marks. And of course extra repeater area. For only 13 points.

[doremicom]

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#12 Ours, Yours, Mines - Camo AROs against visible models http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/07/ ... os-vs.html

[doremicom]

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#13 Mines, Mines, Everywhere is Mines (and Infinity News) http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/07/ ... re-is.html

[IJW Wartrader]

How come our article headlines have started overlapping so much? That's just weird...

Anyway, another good read.

[doremicom]

How come our article headlines have started overlapping so much? That's just weird...

Anyway, another good read.

Not sure, but I've had 2 previous articles on Mines and the Remotes that remove them, before this week. So I'm calling dibs.

[IJW Wartrader]

[Pacific]

How much traffic do you guys get with the articles over there?

Thought BoLS was just articles about how reasonably priced the new GW releases are, and advice for building a fluffy Craftworld Eldar/Slaanesh combination spam list?

[doremicom]

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#14 Improve Your Infinity Short Game http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/07/ ... -your.html

Pacific - my articles have received between 2000 and 13,000 views. Most articles fall around 4,000 views.

I have to give credit though, there have been 4 or 5 Infinity writers and a lot of it started because of Levitas petitioning BoLS for more Infinity content.

[doremicom]

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#15 - YAMS, Yet Another Way To Play Infinity http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/07/ ... enjoy.html

[doremicom]

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#16 - Infinity Achievements http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/08/ ... ments.html

[Levitas]

How much traffic do you guys get with the articles over there?

Thought BoLS was just articles about how reasonably priced the new GW releases are, and advice for building a fluffy Craftworld Eldar/Slaanesh combination spam list?

Ha ha, very true. I write for them occasionally and so can see the traffic. Honestly, Infinity and other games like X-Wing are getting more traffic. DIRT being a regular thing is definitely good and exposing the game to those who dwell in the grim dark.

You can see BoLs is trying to expand it's brand and business by welcoming more games to its tent. But still knows GW/40k will get the most hits, and so posts too many paper thin 'artcicles' that dimish those other writers that actaully make an effort. For every twenty empty GW 'news' posts you get cool stuff like DiRT and my own bat reps. It's trying to change but still can't kick it's bad GW crack habit.

Doremicom, maybe consider asking for two posts per week. Base one on news, and the other on hobby/tactics ? I'm sure Larry would let you

[Arachas]

It's good that Infinity is getting more coverage on the larger sites.

But should you want to write on Data Sphere, Levitas, just let me know.

[doremicom]

Added #17 - Operation:Icestorm Everything you need to know http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2014/08/ ... storm.html

Levitas, I would love to do more than 1 article a week, but aside from rare instances like this week, I don't think I'd have the time to do it justice (because I don't want to do shallow articles).

[Levitas]

It's good that Infinity is getting more coverage on the larger sites.

But should you want to write on Data Sphere, Levitas, just let me know.

I mainly just throw bat reps there now to be honest, and only did a few basic 'getting started' articles. But I can certainly post any new bat reps on DS too. Next one is waiting for 3rd ed, so few months.