History TabletopGame / Infinity

** The Haqqislam Odalisque wielding a spitfire is essentially [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Chun-Li]].

* ''Yu Jing'', the second-largest and constantly at odds with [=PanO=]. Consists mainly of the East Asian countries unified by China. Yu Jing draws heavily from East Asian designs - Chinese, Korean, and Tibetan, primarily. Japan used to be [part of it, until it successfully seceded.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Not necessarily anything in-story, but very clearly present with some of the early models, which look almost [[OffModel off model]] when comparing to the style that Corvus Belli is currently adhering to.

* BareYourMidRiff: ''Quite'' a few of the female soldiers, especially those from the Ariadna faction, who invariably wear crop-tops and military-style short shorts to go with it.

''Infinity'' is a tabletop wargame created by Spanish company Creator/CorvusBelli in 2006. It is influenced by ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' and other PostCyberpunk anime/manga and is known for its dynamic rule system (you can still take actions during your opponent's turn, meaning you never have "nothing" to do) and the "interesting" poses on many of its models.

''Infinity'' is a tabletop wargame created by Spanish company Corvus Belli in 2006. It is influenced by ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' and other PostCyberpunk anime/manga and is known for its dynamic rule system (you can still take actions during your opponent's turn, meaning you never have "nothing" to do) and the "interesting" poses on many of its models.

** The Japanese Secessionist Army cranks this UpToEleven with ninjas, oniwaban (better ninjas) and their respective named characters.

* RapunzelHair: All the factions have at least one example, even the Combined Army.

Infinity is a tabletop wargame created by Spanish company Corvus Belli in 2006. It is influenced by ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' and other PostCyberpunk anime/manga and is known for its dynamic rule system (you can still take actions during your opponent's turn, meaning you never have "nothing" to do) and the "interesting" poses on many of its models.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: While you can paint models any colour you want, hair colours in the concept art range from reasonable and ordinary to pink and green. Official coloring for the models range from 'nothing out of the ordinary' to things like shock blue, neon green, albino pale, et cetera.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Joan of Arc, UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi, Sun Tzu, William Wallace, Saladin, and Achilles, all recreations. Achilles' native faction, Steel Phalanx, is basically 50% named greek heroes.

* WarriorMonk: Yu Jing's Shaolin Monks, Haqqislam's Hassassin, and the Daturazi Witch-Soldiers.

* ArmorPiercingAttack: Played straight with AP ammo, but [[PlayingWithATrope played...weirdly]] with Breaker ammo, whose main purpose is to reduce resistance to hacking attacks.

* CriticalHit: Generally speaking, every model has a 1-in-20 chance of making a critical hit, which in game terms causes an automatic wound with no save[[hottip:*: And then more, depending on the weapon being fired]]. This means even a basic line trooper has a chance of winning a shootout with, say, a [[MightyGlacier Jotum Heavy TAG]]...not one you'd put money on, admittedly, but the chance is there.

** While Caskuda is still dead, Yu Jing drop troop Liu Xing continues its legacy, albeit with a less powerful explosion. It can still wipe out bunched up Light Infantry units if it lands among them.
* DecapitatedArmy: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]; losing your Lieutenant unit only prevents your units from sharing orders before you choose a new Lieutenant at the end of your turn.

** The Yan Huo Invinvibles of Yu Jing take this to its logical extreme, with a loadout that features a pair of shoulder mounted missile launchers.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Joan of Arc, UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi, Sun Tzu, William Wallace, Saladin, and Achilles, all recreations.

* NoRangeLikePointBlankRange: Pistols are exclusively Close Combat weapons, which can only be used when models are in base-to-base contact.

** Among the Nomads are religious sects who rejected [=PanO=].

* UrbanWarfare: Infinity battles invariably take place in areas with lots of cover, thanks to the Automatic Reaction Order rules leaving units in the open vulnerable to getting shot from all sides.
* WarriorMonk: Yu Jing's Shaolin Monks, Haqqislam's Hassassin, and the Daturazi Witch-Soldiers, who turn their [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul comlogs]] into a martial art.

** Recent Ariadna releases have toned those down. You do see it on some characters still though.

* StickySituation: There is a gun which fires fast-acting glue. Despite the strangeness of the concept, it is {{Justified|Trope}} by the fact it is easier to disable [[HumongousMecha [=TAGs=]]] and [[PoweredArmour Heavy Infantry]] by gluing them down rather than to get past their superior armor with small arms.

** The RPG at one point reminds players that [[TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}} ALEPH is your friend."]]

Corvus Belli launched a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/corvusbelli/infinity-defiance for]] ''TabletopGame/InfinityDefiance'', a DungeonCrawling BoardGame. Players take on the role of a group of heroes aboard the [[VehicleTitle Defiance]] sent on a SuicideMission into alien space to destroy anew wormhole gate being built before it can be used to invade human space.

* FightingAShadow: Many of the Combined Army's commanders are merely "aspects" of the EI. Killing one rids yourself of a powerful enemy, but the command structure continues unabated as the EI, well, finds another model and [[MassEffect assumes direct control]].

As the world of Infinity currently stands, the Combined Army has invaded the Human Sphere in the planet Paradiso and the combined efforts of all factions of mankind has barely managed to slow down their offensives. And this is, by all accounts, just the Combined ''scouting force'', which leaves the leaders of the Human Sphere wondering just what the hell their "military" is going to consist of...

Corvus Belli launched a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/corvusbelli/infinity-defiance for]] ''TabletopGame/InfinityDefiance'', a DungeonCrawling BoardGame set in same universe.

Creator/ModiphiusEntertainment funded ''Infinity: The Roleplaying Game'' [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/modiphius/corvus-bellis-infinity-roleplaying-game/?ref=kicktraq through]] Website/{{Kickstarter}} and reached its initial funding goal within an hour of the campaign going up.

[[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/modiphius/corvus-bellis-infinity-roleplaying-game/?ref=kicktraq The Infinity RPG is now up on Kickstarter.]] The game reached its initial funding goal within an hour of the Kickstarter going up.

** The Nomad Gecko Squadron are basically Mini MiniMecha, occupying a tactical role somewhere between that of full-size TAGs and [[PoweredArmor Heavy Infantry]]. As of the the latest edition of the game, they can now form two-man fireteams, allowing them to live up to the "Squadron" part of their name.

* ShowWithinAShow: Referenced in fluff: Aristeia, the combat sport show (which became a board game on its own) and Myrmidon Wars: The Animated Series, depicting a fictionalized account of the Paradiso front, with Steel Phalanx as the main characters.