I had a great time at this event. Everyone was friendly and seemed to just enjoy playing the game win or lose. I do agree with 'dox that Malifaux probably needs some type of modified tournament format.
I don't think allowing players to change lists during the course of the event is going to be a good idea. It works for the game as a whole but in a competitive environment I think you need to try to limit people.
One thing I think may or may not help is figuring out the strategies before hand. And posting them with the players packet. That way you can tailer your list to the possible scenerios you might face but still get a bit of randomness. Also rather then telling the players they are 1 or 2 let them flip off to choose. That way the T.O. can keep things interesting by limiting the amount of slaughter and assainate. In reality you should only ever play each of those strategies once in a tournament otherwise we will devolve into a "play like you got a pair ... d-bag mentality" don't get me wrong love the other games but the tournament mentality of them is just not healthy. If we can maintain the fun spirit of yesterday's event I think this game will provide a lot of enjoyment for our MI gaming community.
I've been working on a commission lately and am pretty happy with how it turned out. What do you guys think?
I'm not sure about the hair on Lilith. Any suggestions? More pics here.
Our gaming group, Paperbag Warriors, held our first Malifaux Tournament on November 15. We had five guys battle it out for a box set of their choice. You can read about it a see pics here.
I've been working on a 3'x3' demo board. It's double sided with one side being a standard rocky earth and the other is a sewer. It's pretty much built and just needs to be painted. You can see pics here.
You might consider the witch hunter box. They're geared to fight the arcanists so thematically it makes sense.
My demo crews are Justice and Seamus. Shows off the abilities of the crews nicely.
I've gotten exhume off once or twice. But where he really shines is if you flip a graveyard as the special terrain feature. Get him there and he's generating two corpses a turn.
It's not like you pick your list before you know where you're playing (unless it's a tourney). He's better at getting your punk zombies set up to charge.
I had some questions about the tourney.
1. Will the strategies be fixed or will you be flipping for them each round.
2. Is it one list or will you be able to hire your crew once you have your strategy.