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So where are the results? Who is the Grand Champion?

So one suggestion I would make to the new site design(not the forum but the main site), is the long scrolling page. I missed the resource section(and the Malifaux FAQs and errata) because the product section looks like the end of the miniature page. Not sure the best fix, maybe the start of each section having a link to each section. Or a floating table of context to the left or right. Not a huge deal, but like I said easy to miss the info if you are not paying attention.

The answer is Guild. It's always The Guild.

Well this was the weekend I decided to dust of my models and maybe give this M2E a fresh look. So the universe clearly just rewarded me with vindication for the one true Faction!

Dammit Joe, it's a Trap! Actually was just lurking to see who was running the events this year and glad to hear it's someone cool and not one of these young whipper snappers.

Packing for a move to a new house and found my old custom made Guild Henchman Jersey. Its only been worn a handful of times as its clean without any stains. Its a XXL Hockey Jersey. Guild Puppet Wars logo on the front, Cards on the back. Pics below. Looking to get it to a good home. Not sure what this is worth to anyone so shoot me PM with an offer and I will take the best one.

They are legit but rather flakey. But I don't know anyone who didn't eventually get there stuff

The problem is a matter of priorities. Terrain, especially good terrain, takes a lot of time and money to put together. When planning Malifaux Adepticon, we would routinely start terrain building in June or July for the con(which occurs in April). We also reached out to several other Henchman and had them do the same thing and put boards together. I am sure Nova does the same thing. I got the impression last year that Wyrd started building there terrain in July for an August Gencon. Its just not enough time to do job the well especially considering they are probably doing a million other things. To step for next year Wyrd either needs to reach out to Henchman and put together a terrain brigade to build the tables or hire some people to do the work, but more importantly they can't wait till the last minute to do it.

Hey guys, one of the Kings of the old guard chiming in. Well maybe not a king, maybe a duke or a baron. Anyways the point is I played a lot of Malifaux 1 and 1.5 and ran a ton of events for it. Now some of the reasons I stopped play are entirely not game related, mostly personal family and career related stuff I got going on takes a lot of my time. But the reason why I didn't really have the motivation to push past all that and get into M2E are belows. 1) For every good change I saw I felt I saw an equal number of changes for the sake of change. A great example to me is the encounter system. A lot of the old guard felt that balancing out that the basic concept worked fine, but the Strategies and schemes just needed an overhaul. A good example of where that was going is the last 1.5 version of Gaining Grounds that had the redesigned Strategies that for the most part people really liked. I am also against the random scheme mechanic. I think better balanced schemed would solve the problem of people always taking the same ones 2) Poorly managed transition to M2E. Looks at Warmachine and see the absolute best way to handle a edition change. When the new edition came out official every model in the game had stat cards and was playtested. Wyrd's approach with the multiple phases and currently still some 1.5 models that do not have official published rules in M2E(Avatars I think) was a bad call. I felt there was a rush to have the game out for Gencon last year and they were going to put it out no matter what. Maybe that was a financial need, I don't know, but I felt it hurt the game and made it much harder for old players and Henchman. The Gencon events last year are a great example of how this hurt everyone. I took a bit of flak for fighting to keep 1.5 events but the problem was no answer was right. You either support the old edition, and confuse the market, or you support a half supported new edition where some players(anyone using book 2, 3, or 4 Masters) could not even play.

CHRISSSSSSS!!!!!!! Man, I don't know what Wyrd has offered you to do this again but it whatever it is you owe me half(for all the mentoring I have done and also cribing my story encounter format idea from last year ) Anyways good luck to you man, glad they picked the right man for the job. I'll only be at the con Sunday this year(assuming I don't get another massive case of life sucking like I did last year) so I will stop by and say hello to everyone then hopefully.

The events are up now. Looks like two Story Encounters, Two qualifiers and a Avatar on Sunday. Also an achievement league. Hoping whoever is running the events this year post more info as the stones for each event seem wrong for Second edition games.

Renedra are the best and you get a lot for the money. My only suggestion is make sure you secure them well to the base. The are long with very little contact area so they tend to break off easily.

Anyone not showing the second day was probably entered as a forfeit into the software for tracking, so that would zero out your score.

Adepticon going to a bigger place probably wont happen soon. The Westin is tight but its basically all they got in the area. Its basically a big step up financially to get to a bigger place without relocating the con significantly. As far as all night play. We had one valiant and crazy person to run all night the first year we did it but its really a shitty shift for most people. In theory all night is great, except that you end up sitting around for hours in the middle bored out of your mind.

I have always held the stance that the team tournament, by its nature, should be considered as a much more casual event. If you want to truly test your Malifaux skills in the most balanced way possible, play in the masters. Team and Story were designed to be more about fun then winning. Anytime you bend the rules of the game around a bit(like adding a Master or using themed strategies) you end up with some exploits. No TO has the vast resources that Wyrd does to playtest everything nor the patience and time to rewrite large amounts of rules. That being said there are some teams that take it more seriously then others, but that is the nature of any tournament. I have seen players try to game the Cake Match rules in years past as well.