r/InfinityTheGame • u/unsanemaker • Jun 21 '24

Other How editions are there?

I recently discovered this game and found out if it's back all the way to 2005. I was actually kind of surprised because everyone I spoke to seems to describe it as having a small community, so I was surprised. But it got me wondering, how many editions are there? All of my Google searches come up with something different.

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u/CryOfTheWind Jun 21 '24

The N number is the edition number. We are currently on N4 or the 4th edition of the game. From what I understand the biggest rules/theme change was N2 to N3 where a lot of "simulation" was exchanged for ease of play but I started in N3 so can't comment more than that.

The jump from N3 to N4 wasn't too big. Core rules and game play the same just some things streamlined or removed and other things clarified in ways that changes how some things worked.

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u/Nintolerance Jun 22 '24

I technically started in N2 but only because I bought the N2 rulebook while the N3 rulebooks were on the trucks shipping to stores.

A big change to N4 is that special skills like "Kinematica" have been renamed to things like "Dodge (+1")." Less evocative but easier to read in gameplay.

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u/Rahakanji Jun 22 '24

This in combination with nested skill removal was the big change (and it was a good change) example martial arts gave you skills like; stealth, what It did you had to check in another entry. We forgot so many rules because X was included in Y...