Articles & Videos for ITS 16 part 2

Wizzy · Feb 1, 2025

The goonhammer blog has posted a review of the second part of season 16: Infinity N5: ITS Season 16 Part 2 Review.
https://www.goonhammer.com/infinity-n5-its-season-16-part-2-review/

Introduction
As expected, following the N5 release in December, Corvus Belli have dropped the second/revised part of the Infinity Tournament (ITS) Season 16. For any newcomers, this is their annual cycle of tournament rules (running August to August) which is essentially the main mission pack for Infinity games. It’s not the only mission set available, since there is now a cards-based random alternative, Resilience Ops. But for competitive play, and the great number of pick-up games that are basically run with the same rules, ITS is the standard. As well as the actual missions, each season has a few little extra rules, which might boost certain troop types, or inject a little tweak to some elements of set-up. These have often served, in the past, as trial runs for changes to the core game rules. Because of the edition change, Pt1 of Season 16 was extremely cautious – it didn’t introduce anything new and it actually cut several missions from the set without replacement.

The headlines for this update are:

The pack has been updated to make sense with N5, e.g. changing references in missions to Damage to PS, or Wounds on HVT profiles to VITA.

3 missions cut from ITS16 Pt1 have been restored to the document, with minor changes: B-Pong, Last Launch, Evacuation.

A couple of minor seasonal rules – Long Service, Border Skirmishes – return, and a new minor rule for Journalist models has been introduced.

Some missions have had the free turrets given to each player removed. Other than that, common mission special rules like QAZ Zones, QAZ Creatures, etc have not changed.

Some missions have the new Tactical Support rule, where players randomly generate certain bonuses using the Tactical Objectives deck. This is the most elaborate change or new rule in the document, but only appears in certain missions: Acquisition, B-Pong, Evacuation, Frostbyte, Last Launch, Mindwipe, Supplies.

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In add, GMG has made this podcast :

Tactical Awareness S3 Ep## -The ITS 16.5 Mission Pack Drop Episode!

Welcome back to TACTICAL AWARENESS - a Canadian Podcast about Corvus Belli’s landmark Sci-Fi Wargame; Infinity N5. Come along with our hosts Ash, Owen and Dan for a whole new ITS Edition of Infinity! It's Hot Takes time as we dive into the finally-relased ITS 16.5 Document. Missions have returned, rules have changed and generally the tweaks are in for this lane-shift medium way through the season. Let's go! Listener Mailbag: ⁠https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s...
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Wizzy · Feb 10, 2025

New contents.

Episode 137 - ITS 16.5 First Impressions!
Join the Loss crew as they discuss the changes and new things in the latest ITS document! Prepare yourself for many rants about B-Pong!

Infinity ITS Season 16 pt 2 - Did we need more support?
As ITS Season 16 pt 2 arrives for download, Hydra takes a look at the changes for N5 and asks if we REALLY needed more stuff?

Wizzy · Feb 21, 2025

The sambino123infinity blog has posted a review of ITS 16's tactical support mode: Tactical support in ITS 16.5
https://sambino123infinity.wordpress.com/2025/02/20/tactical-support-in-its-16-5/

WIP12 made a podcast in English for ITS.

E178: N5 - ITS16 Review
https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/wip12podcast/episodes/E178-N5---ITS16-Review-e2ugpbr

Wizzy · Jun 10, 2025

Sambino123infinity wrote a short article about the mission. The Armory.
The article can be found here: https://sambino123infinity.wordpress.com/2025/06/06/the-armoury/.

The English-language podcast Metachemistry also covered the Armory mission, so perhaps it's become a trend online? Episode 117: Mission Briefing — The Armory

Wizzy · Jun 10, 2025

MetaChemistry has an analysis of the B-Pong mission. Episode 114: Mission Breifing - B-Pong

In this episode, Devin, Azoka, and Ian discuss the ITS 16 (part II) mission, B-Pong. They go over types of units that are well suited, strategies for going first or second, scoring tips, and only occasionally get derailed!While you're listening, jump on our Discord server, to talk more Infinity.(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / discord

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Wizzy · Jun 10, 2025

There was a WIP12 podcast on ITS. E179: ITS 16 - Ray's Top 23 Mission Ranking
https://creators.spotify.com/pod/sh...-ITS-16---Rays-Top-23-Mission-Ranking-e2v6cf7

In this Episode, Raymon goes over his Top 23 ranking of the current missions in ITS 16. Here the list of custom tweaks too try out:

Acquisition - Alternative Scoring:
At the end of the round activate more Antennas (1 objective point per round)
At the end of the round control more Antennas (1 objective point per round)
At the end of the round control the Tech Coffin (1 objective point per round)
1 classified objective

SUPREMACY - Alternative Scoring:
At the end of each Game Round, dominate more Quadrants than the adversary (1 Objective Points)
At the end of the game, have a Hacked Console (1 Objective Point for each Hacked Console, up to a maximum of 4 Objective Points).
The player who has 4 hacked Consoles first (1 Objective Point)
2 classified objectives (1 Objective Point each)

Capture and Protect - 16 inch DZ:
A 16 inch deployment zone and put the Beacon on the 16 inch line.

Panic Room - 12 inch DZ:
A 12 inch deployment zone

Frontline - Alternative Scoring:
At the end of each game round, dominate the central Sector (1 objective point)
At the end of each game round, dominate the Farthest Sector from your DZ (1 objective point)
Each Player has 4 Classified Objectives (1 Objective Point for each one)

Supplies - Alternative Scoring:
At the end of the round, Control a Supply Box (1 objective point to the max of 1 OP per round)
At the end of the round, Control more Supply Boxes (1 objective point)
At the end of the game, if your adversary does not control any Supply Boxes (1 objective point)
Each player has 3 Classified Objectives (1 objective point for each one)

Firefight - Alternative Scoring:
To Kill more Lieutenants than the adversary (2 Objective Points).
To Kill more Army Points than the adversary (2 Objective Points).
At the end of the game, acquire more weapons or items from the Panoplies than the adversary (2 Objective Points).
Each player has 4 Classified Objectives (1 Objective Point for each one).

Decapitation - Alternative Rules:
Allow Designated Targets too be placed outside of the DZ. No 4 inch from DZ rule.

Biotechvore - Alternative Rules:
The Biotechvore zone will be there at the start of round two. Or do not allow Command Tokens for Strategic Use
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Ryanj4043 made a video about League mode in escalation: N5: N5: How do I Run An Escalation League?

Thanks to Hanekawa on the Infinity the unoffical discord for the escalation league template. I want to run an escalation league and i have a good idea how but i want to hear more on if your run it and how it went.
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Wizzy · Jun 24, 2025

There was a podcast on ITS missions from Metachemistry.

Episode 118: Mission Briefing - Provisioning
In this episode, Devin and Ian review a new mission that will feature in the Interpanetario and the Krug (as well as ITS 17) — Provisioning. They go over the structure of this new mission, including added mechanics, the unique deployment zones, and some tactics and tricks to help you succeed in your next match!

Wizzy · Jul 14, 2025

There was a podcast on ITS missions from Metachemistry.

Episode 119: Mission Briefing - Firefight

In this episode, Devin and Ian return to give their thoughts on the ITS17 version of Firefight. They give an overview of the mission parameters and special rules, before discussing unit archetypes they recommend bringing, and finally providing some tips for defending in this highly aggressive mission. While you're listening, jump on our Discord server, to talk more Infinity.(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / discord

(https://discord.gg/4WJtJXcYjP?fbclid=...

) ) And if you want access some cool benefits while helping us keep the show going, check out our Patreon.(⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / metachemistry⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Wizzy · Jul 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM

The English podcast Metachemistry did an issue on the last mission of its 16 season.

Episode 120: Mission Briefing - Supremacy
https://creators.spotify.com/pod/pr...sode-120-Mission-Briefing---Supremacy-e35r2b3

Happy MetaChemistry Monday! Here's our last Mission Briefing on the way to the Corvus Belli Krug, Supremacy! Now, we haven't talked about Unmasking, but the mission hasn't changed much since we last spoke about it, barring season rules. If you want to check that one out, it is Episode 13!

In this episode, Devin and Ian are reviewing the mission, Supremacy, in preparation for the Krug. They break down the scoring, useful types of troopers or tools to bring, as well as some tips for success when playing Supremacy.
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Neurokinetics had a top 16 season.

Infinity N5 - End-of-Season Tierlist
After a little over six months of N5, this is the definitive, and not at all theoretical, tierlist. Create your own: https://tiermaker.com/create/infinity-the-...

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