Infinity Austin: Phantom Directive 2025
Austin's Annual Fall/Winter ITS 17 Tournament!
| When | Saturday Dec 13, 2025 10:30am |
|---|---|
| Where | Game Kastle Austin |
| Entry | $15 |
| Points | 300 |
| Round Length | 2h 15min |
| 10:30a | Registration, Announcements, etc. |
|---|---|
| 11:00a | Round 1 - Corporate Appropriation |
| 1:15p | Lunch break (45min) |
| 2:00p | Round 2 - Crossing Lines |
| 4:15p | Quick break / buffer (15min) |
| 4:30p | Round 3 - Battleground |
| 6:45p | Prizes |
| 7:00p | Decompress with food and drinks nearby |
Overview
Across Human Sphere communications hubs, encrypted channels are collapsing under unknown interference. A rogue Tohaa Lieutenant has divulged the signal origin to be ATX-45, a disputed colony on the frontier of the Human Sphere, where multiple factions now scramble to seize or silence the source. Commanders are being dispatched to secure control points, extract intel fragments, and determine who or what is behind the network corruption.
The tournament will follow the standard ITS format, over 3 rounds, each round capped at 2 hours plus 15 minutes for deployment. The TO will come around periodically with time reminders so each player can have a fair chance at having a full 3 turns.
Do you want to show off all your hard work at the painting table? There will be a painting competition for Infinity models, judged visually during the lunch break by other people in the store.
Contest parameters:
- Entries must be an Infinity fireteam (min 2, max 5 models). It doesn’t have to be a legal fireteam, so be creative!
- Judges will be instructed to choose the fireteam they believe received the most care and attention
- Nobody will be allowed to touch the models
- Ties will be broken by the team with more recent models
After the tournament, there will be an optional social hour at a nearby restaurant where we will decompress over some tasty food and beverages.
Details
Registration is $15 on the day of the event directly supporting the store. Please bring printed lists + courtesy lists for your opponents. If you lack access to a printer and need your lists printed, no problem! Just ask in Discord at least a day in advance. Without courtesy lists, your opponent can see your main list!
Quick links to N5 rules, and ITS missions can be found under Resources
Neither Terrain rules, nor “Extras”, such as Reinforcements, Spec-Ops, etc, will be used for this tournament.
Prize support will be relatively generous; an ITS 17 Prize Support box is a bare minimum, as well as a custom Texas-themed miniature! You don’t necessarily have to get 1st place to get something good…
For any questions or concerns, please feel free to ask in Discord!
General rulings
Unless otherwise specified at the table, consider terrain to be playable as follows:
Open Windows: Shooting into and out of a window/door is fine, but not through two or more.
Acrylic Windows: Decorative only. They’re opaque and bulletproof, just like walls.
Doors: Always open! WYSIWYG
Objective Markers: S2 or S5 depending on the objective’s actual base size, cover is granted like normal terrain.
Anything else: Talk it over with your opponent before the game!
No Reinforcements, Terrain rules, or other “ITS Extras” will be used for this tournament.
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