Well... The issue with him is he is former military, so he wants "realistic" combat.. To an extent. For him for guys to drop weapons and just charge, and not get torn to ribbons by gun fire isnt great in his mind... Thats not to say he is against it, just 40k tends to push the melee for "balance" sake. If used carefully and tactically... Which last couple editions tend to try and avoid, he is down with it.<br/><br/>The other issue with infinity, warmachine (which i REALLY like, and am sad the RPG wasnt very well received or done from what i've read) and others like is there isnt much room for Your Dudes (https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Your_Dudes) Armies are kinda premade and are what they are, with no real custom input from you on how they are shaped and organized. He literally has a 10000 point army of imperial guard with Huge backstory and things ofthe regiment dating back to the horus heresy and as friendly to canon as possible (as it is to be so in 40k...). Granted Infinity you can build your own band of troops and all of that.<br/><br/>But even still, im only really able to game with one dude, and as im finding in 40k, playing the same guy with the same army every couple weeks kinda wears thin... Specially when he is a guy who has been doing this a couple decades and you just got into it..<br/><br/>And the local game store (which is only a 5 minute walk away) which runs the games you like, is closed on the exact same days you have off..