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Infinity Essentials Set Coming December From Corvus Belli
October 23, 2024 by brennon
Following on from Operation: Sandtrap and Infinity N5 Week here OnTableTop, we have a look ahead at the new Infinity Essentials set that will be coming from Corvus Belli for those wanting a new entry point into this 28mm Sci-Fi wargame.
Essentials Set // Infinity
The Infinity Essentials line has been designed specifically to give new players a solid entry point into the Infinity wargame. It gives you everything that two players need to get started in a beginner-friendly manner, teaching you the rules as you play.
Essentials Set Contents // Infinity
You get the Quick Start Rules in the set, designed to walk you through your play experience as well as helpful aid cards and statistics cards for each of the characters you'll be using in-game. You also get the quick and easy-to-assemble terrain alongside dice, tokens and a ruler.
When it comes to the miniatures, you get three for each faction, PanOceania and JSA.
Essentials PanOceania Miniatures // Infinity
Essentials JSA Miniatures // Infinity
This will give you just enough detail to get your head around without being overwhelmed by a full team. They are also great, classic miniatures that provide you with a good starting point before diving deeper into the Infinity world. Maybe from here you do go and get Operation: Sandtrap and expand your force for bigger games?
As mentioned, Infinity Essentials will be out later this year in December. Watch this space for more on Essentials as we'll be covering it with Carlos and Killian in the near future.
Will you be trying out the Essentials set?
"Infinity Essentials will be out later this year in December..."
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C’est une très bonne idée, je prendrais cette boîte pour initier mes enfants 🧒.
Now that’s tempting!
My Sandtrap bundle is due next week but never having played Infinity before I have been waiting for news of this set. Unlike certain companies CB give you chance to budget for the goodies and space them out enough rather than dropping everything in a couple of weeks!
You do not need this set. You can just download the quick start rules and pick three miniatures from each side and use the quickstart guide. Everything you need is online.
The set was already sold during Spiel, and I got it there. I love it as introductionary set but I still fail to see how to roll this out to the game proper.
The idea is great, much needed single simple entry point and it looks good. Though I don’t think it is as much of a deal as it has been made out to be. The issue though is this isn’t an out of the box entry point. The Quick Start rules are a bit too basic and don’t seem to cover all the rules needed even for the box. Also they seem to refer to figure combinations not in the box. Anyone completely new just using the box will likely be confused.
This and Sandtrap being oddly put together as both an entry point (dice, tokens, terrain etc..) but not really (because not rules, no, slow grow guide, ) just comes across as a weird fumble of CB’s part. CB knows it needs to make entry into the game easier, but seems oddly resistant to actually committing to fully doing so.
Rolling out Essentially after Sandtrap, but enticing new players with Sandtrap which they won’t be able to use for a while, and holding back on rolling out the rest of the Essentials line is mixed messages. As are the great stat cards, but then not doing more (and I get the argument for and against), which is creating false expectations.
Yes.
But then again, it doesn’t feel like that big of an issue.
On one hand I would argue that the Sandtrap box is CB’s central product for the start of the new edition, but it’s not necessarily a set aimed at players totally new to Infinity. This may also be due to their rules being free so they actually have an interesting product to sell at the launch to a broader band of players and get the train going – especially not ‘excluding’ thoses that already do play it or those who might be enticed to jump back in.
On the other hand Sandtrap is not bad for new players either. It comes with a lot of aids and the free quickstart is availible and useable with it. When I jumped in on Infinity back in the days (Was it the second edition? That one with the cheaper manga cover) we only got a limited deal with the book and a faction box (6 minis) and a TAG. No slimmed down rules, no beginner help whatsoever.
Surely, people are able to manage the same today, no? I do get that it’s nice to have / get convenient things to ease in (especially on a tight time frame e.g. due to RL) But I wouldn’t write off people’s ability to work their own way into the game.
Also, this beginner set is already on its way and will only hit the scene presumably about 2-4 weeks after N5 is released.
But, sure, there are a lot of competing offers in the gaming market, and, indeed, CB could make a bit of a better job at communicating the plan right from the start and arragning these releases.
I wish these were new minis, already have the pano side from the Icestorm box
This looks like a great way to dip your toe into Infinity. Interested to know what the price point will be.
This is so good for beginners, and at a bargain price as well!
Yes very tempting!!
A few things, the quick start coming in December when the rules are being released in November seems odd. While I understand the rules are online and living rules, they should be releasing this at the same time. This set should have had a different map and terrain as now you are purchasing duplicates when you move up. While ten miniatures are what you would have if you purchased this and the Sandtrap set I am not sure I would have picked the miniatures they have chosen. The hard part that Corvus Belli seems to not get figured out is availability of product at least in the USA. It is still a niche game, and they approach it that way.