McNs

My take on the Chimera box - there's a lot of situationally useful abilities that have suit requirements. Given the diversity of the requirements (Masks, Tomes, and Rams mainly... crows if you want poison in some situations), there's a good chance you can do something with your high cards. Granted, this may not be exactly what you wanted to do - but you're still bound to get one of the 3 big suits mentioned above in a turn. One thing to consider when comboing - what's the Jackelope going to change about this? My two cents - having an extra Feral is going to change people's list builds. Knowing that Joss can be a beast, basically on tap, makes him a bit more attractive to a Marcus player (and frees up some APs for Marcus). Granted, it doesn't much change the paradigm of his list - ganging up on something to kill it via Companion and soaking damage with Molemen. Marcus, to my mind, has a big advantage in being able to get where he needs to go in terms of terrain. I can't wait for the Waldgeist to drop for that reason alone; I think that'll be a game changer at 30-35 SS games.

"Pimpstick" is of Irish origin? Who knew?

35 feels like I can bring the stuff I want but still make tough choices on bringing extra minions or adding to my SS cahce. Plus, it plays quick!

Color me intrigued; can't wait to see some of the "monster" minis.

Oooh.. ohhh... is it a video game? Wait... wrong company. Can't wait to see what it is! New Malifaux site?

I'm a big fan of The Crazy Cat Lady list (Rasputina, 3x Hoarcats, Sabertusk), but I think her box set or her box set swapping a Gamin for an Acolyte is probably the best match up I've found yet. Suit management with the 'tusk gets tricky because now everyone and their Grandma wants a high-valued mask (IIRC). At 30 and 35, I see her opening up more. Joss is a beat machine, who can really benefit from December's Touch. Both totems she has access to look to add to her. Convict Gunners could be rather hilarious: with Frozen Heart and Bite of Winter you could really start spitting out damage. Molemen don't look too bad with her either; they are tough to get rid of, can be brought to armor value "silly", and look to be excellent place holders for scenarios. If nothing else, they're happy being "arc nodes". Is there any specific crew you're finding you need the extra ranged support against?

Awesome Wyvern; the Orc just isn't doing it for me. I agree with Nate; the background color/photography don't seem to be doing this any justice, which adds to the sticker shock I'm sure.

Happy B-day Kain!

B, because nobody ever had a chainsaw because they got "that drunk".

Without spoiling anything, I'm very interested to see how the story progresses given what happened to December with Viktoria. I'm also really interested in seeing what happens with Molly given the final story in the book... Curse you Redstripe and your well written story hooks!

I've really digging the Rasputina box with 1 Gamin swapped for the December Acolyte. It cuts down on your "arc node" fodder, but it gives you a solid flanking force that pick off/engage gribblies, allowing the slower stuff to get up the board. When the totems come out, definitely look at getting the Essence of Power and Wendigo for Raspie too.

Rock on! Thanks dude!

I'll get you next time Ramos! NEXXXTTT TTTIIIMMMEEE!!!

Ask and you shall recieve. I NOMinate you to the head of it!

I'm totally ordering a second Rasputina so I can pose her left arm down and have her holding a Hoarcat Pride! "Bite of Winter" indeed! :hypnotize

Not too shabby; wish I could play that game and only paint 20-30 of the buggers. Beautiful figs, but there's nooooo way I'm signing up for 200-300 of those things.

Hey DarkEldar: Thanks for demoing the myriad of games over the course of the 'con. I think Breten had me watching you play someone elese in Malifaux, which got really riled up for the game. So Muchas Gracias to you and the rest of the TTG crew!

Sadly no. Never did Dry Undead and I let all da boyz go in a previous purge.

I have this horrid vision of someone using Sweedish Fish as Corpse Tokens with McM, then making high-pitched "Whhhyyy MEEEE!!!" sounds when they rip them in half for Body Parts.

As of 8/20/2009, I'll be offering demos at our game club - Danger Apartment. Wednesday Nights - 5:30 - 9:30 @ Danger Apartment (PM for directions) Waltham, MA 02452 We've been demoing for a week and expect to have a good number of 25 point scraps starting soon. Any of you Wyrdos out there that want to see Malifaux, please get in touch with me! - McNs

I've got a ton of NIB GW stuff that I'd gladly part with, including a Bloodthirster, a box of Assault Terminators, and an old Lizardmen Battlation (extra Skinks and no Templeguard). PM me for a full list. I'm interested in any Freebooter, Fantization, or Wyrd stuff and a few pieces from the Dark Age line.

I've demoed Malifaux a few times; both working at 25 (fill to SS) or just taking the Master's cache for the box sets has worked OK. I've demoed with the full-rules and have tried to teach by example with stuff like Focusing, Defensive Stance, etc. There's really nothing in Malifaux that's OMGBBQBorken, especially since one-shotting a Master is exceptionally hard and doesn't end the game. As for Levi, I'd start with a different Master. For starters, three of the rather important pieces you need for him are unreleased (Desolation Engines, Hollow Waifs, and Steampunk Abominations). If you're OK with proxying, I'd still get a game or two in with Ramos or Seamus before you go hole hog into Levi, just to sound up your mechanics. I tried jumping whole hog into the "Crazy Cat Lady" list an Gencon and missed a lot of Rasputina's core mechanics for my trouble. KISS to start, I say.

Not to mention that bar Viktoria, Killjoy's costing you 12. In a 25 point scrap, that's a lot of points invested in a single model.

Indeed; can't wait to see the Jackalope! Anybody get pics of the 4 from Gencon?

That's really well done; looks like it'd be fun to paint!