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I think this came up a while ago, but in case you missed it : The short story "The Sandman", written by ETA Hoffmann, is about a character who was said to steal the eyes of children who wouldn't go to bed and feed them to his own children who lived in the moon. The villain is a character called Coppelius.

One of my favourites - the philosopher who came up with the concept of 'the Ghost in the Machine' was a chap called Gilbert RYLE

Oh, that's not quite as exciting as I first thought.... Still, good to know though !

So a little cherub told me that Joss is going to be a Henchman in 2nd Edition. I am not an Arcanist player, but thought you would all like to know !

Hey, you've made me come out of my Forum retirement !! The Viks +Von Schill is a fantastic combo, but to run them both effectively you need a lot of stones - especially if you aren't bringing a Librarian. Whilst the Student of Conflict is good, I would rather have the additional Stones - The Viks and Von Schill don't have any spells worth casting by a Totem (I am not even sure it can cast their spells due to the wording), so you are paying a lot for an occasional Fast. Rather than going Fast, try bringing the opponent to you with Oiran, or my favourite Hamelin !! Another issue with Viks + Von Schill + A load of stones is a low model count, so being out activated is a problem - maybe consider using Vanessa to bring along a Steampunk Arachnid Swarm ? Hope all is good with you - we need to arrange a game soon !!

I am only just starting with Hoffman, but the Steampunk Arachnid Swarm seems underrated - it can also give Hoffman a free healing flip, and if you split it into individual spiders, it can give him a huge boost to his CA.

I am rather enjoying thinking up potential 20ss lists for Levi - I never normally play games that small, so I am not really used to it. I think my favourite so far is : Levi Canine Remain Necropunk Necropunk Warden Warden 2 Soulstones

Just to expand on this, you don't hire Hollow Waifs - one gets summoned to Levi during the first turn. If you then want another one (which you almost certainly will) you have to create it during the game. People often hire a Canine Remain to kill and raise the additional Waif from. During a scrap the most Waifs you can have in play at once is two and then four for a brawl. Whether you want to take SPA's in your starting crew or raise them later is entirely up to you and your preferred style of play. Some people swear by starting with 4 SPA's and Ashes and Dust, others start with none and favour Minions such as Bête Noir, Dead Rider, Soulstone Miner etc. I would suggest experimenting with a few options and see what works best for you.

And you resurrect a thread no-one has posted in for over a month to tell us this ? Good work.

Regarding Johann. I quite like him - I play Outcasts and I find that he and Taelor make a very solid core to any of my crews. Would he work well with Miners ? I would imagine that Johan coupled with a pair of Miners would be good for holding your deployment zone or securing an objective ?

Theory-Faux here, but I imagine he would be good fun with either Sonnia or Tina. Although there may be some competition for stones, the fact he can either ignore blasts, or can shrug off a lot of magic damage, could lead to some lols.

Whereabouts in the UK are you ? I would recommend Inner Sanctum Games in Cambridge or Darksphere in that there London.

To be honest there is no hard and fast rule - a lot depends on people's commitments and so can vary from week to week, but normally games run from 6ish to 10ish.

There are two seperate nights in Cambridge - Wednesday and Thursday. Hope to see you there in the future !

I still don't see the lack of other scavengers as an issue. The main problem with Levi is highly mobile / hard hitting crews that can take out Levi and his waifs without too much effort, such and Dreamer and Kirai, and I just don't see how having a few more scrap counters will really help counter this ?