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I have been looking at what to take as an Arcanist for a while and while I initially thought Joss was the go to Henchman I'm leaning mroe towards the Captain with eth following crew Captain Howard 2x Metal Gamin Captain has amazing control in position with his whoel suit of abilities and is no slouch when engaged as well, plus is slippery and semi durable. Metal Gamin help keep themselves and Captain alive Howard goes on the assassination run Nothing is subtle but it controls every element of the game, I would love to get Patrons Blessing upgrade on Captain but need to look for something good at 10ss cost that can pull off the assassination.

Yeah huge fan of these new models, they are on my bench at the moment

Dont worry I can bring it along soon if you want, I have always loved playing Hoff

I know I'm late to the party but I would definately say a lot of it comes down to your own psycology. have a look at what you want out of each game and define your objectives (these do not have to align with your strategy and schemes it could be I want to see if this combo is effective or if I try it what are the consequences). Once you have defined those objectives for the game just stay focussed on that. I know that I generally try and win every game that I play so that means I focus on how do I acheive VP and/or deny my opponent VP in each given turn and only look at that. Last weekend I delibrately played myself a model down after my first activation but that netted me 3VP off the bat and I won the game based on that so even though every other turn it was a little more difficult I already had VP scored that my opponent couldnt get from me. Lately all my hand draws have been diabolical and I do know how difficult it is to try and stay focussed on how to score VP when you have such a bad hand turn after turn and game after game, but I still manage to pull off wins from these. Its not due to any OP combinations or the like its about altering some strategy, take the defensive action to shore up your position, 1 you are dicarding a bad card from your hand and 2 because you have drawn junk the likelyhood of you getting above average cards in the duel is greater. Focus your actions for the same reason as above and look at doing things that you dont need cards to acheive ie drop a scheme marker, move about the board, lock someone in melee with you with your greater melee range while not actually attacking them. It can be unconventional and unexpected but it can also throw your opponent off. There a lot of different way to keep someone off balance in a game when you actually have your back up against the wall.

I wash all my resin in a general purpose degreaser (also trips paint off plastics without damaging the plastic), scrub with a toothbrush and then rinse and leave to dry on some paper towel for a day.

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Agree if it fits with the story and background of the character Fated or NPC then just play it that way. If someone is learning a new language from either another party member or schooling of some sort just use their intellect as a modifier to see how easily they pick up on things. I know I could understand enough German to get me by after a couple of months.

Marcus has a bit of Dr Moreau going on but twisted Zoraida influenced by Baba Yaga I see Sensei Yu drawing from Yu Ti in Iron Fist but that could definately just be me Overall there are so many references to so many of the characters that are used as inspiration

And we have an exported back up of the wiki as well all in html so there is no way all the hard work is being lost

Yeah nothing to worry about we know about it all

Honestly if you buy the Ramos box plus Mei Feng you have the Railworkers as well which are also constructs plus you get another Arcanist master who has a lot of overlap in models with Ramos. Getting an electrical creation and an additional box of spiders gives a lot of constructs too and I would never go past a box of Metal Gamin, good for both masters. Personally I prefer Howard Langstom (who comes in the Ramos box) over the Rail Golem if I am only fielding one of the big guys but sometimes I do field both of them together in one crew.

For me its Misaki both gameplay and storywise. I have never not had a fun game when playing her (even when I have lost) and I like her headstrong and slightly reckless/rebelious nature and how Yamaziko has to keep her in check.

Yeah I am still building up my Arcanists So far just have Mei and Ramos crews built since there is a lot of overlap. Mei is probably going to the bench for me for a little bit as I have played her a LOT. I am currently putting together a large pool of models for Marcus as thats what I did for most of my Gencon order and he and Ramos are likely as my next masters to play a bit more regularly Raspy - I have some acolytes and have been keen on picking up her box for a while so thats easy. Ironsides - Going to be building as TTB models and I'm looking forward to running her Collette - Waiting for the plastics Kaeris - Waiting for the plastics I think Guild are generally a little underrepresented locally with there being a lot of Ressers. I have never been a great fan of the Neverborn for me to play I like a lot of their aesthetics but not for me plus the only Neverborn I own are beasts for Marcus. I think we should have them in the mix for us. 10T I think is the least represented but here are some big gaps in the line currently and while I have 3 10T masters currently I dont want to pick up the rest of the line at the moment.

For me its - Rotten Belles - Dead Doxies - Hanged - Canine Remains - Nurse The others that were really close for me are Chiaki, Necropunks and Sybelle

I would go Misaki, she is generally a little quicker in playstyle too

I like the Hunter a lot but I find you want a specific use for him otherwise he does seem a little expensive for what he does. He has always been effective for me but some games I dont use much of his card at all

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Pretty much sums it up I am lucky you havent pulled Hamelin out on me in a while

Arcane Effigy Howard Joss Molemen Metal Gamin

I find Mei to be more card reliant in general, I lover her to bits but I really only use her as an Arcanist. Misaki doenst have that problem. Every game win or lose with Misaki I have a lot of fun with, I find her extremely enjoyable to use. I play a lot more of a denial game with her as I find she is generally hitty enough on her base card. As for Ototo I use him as a second line model otherwise he does just go down too quickly, if you set up an Orian or Ronin in a position that Ototo can cover you have a small bit of piece trade that can happen but his threat potentially holds the position with less effort than may otherwise be required.

I would lean towards Misaki personally. She i s a lot greater 'killy' threat and less card intensive for that kind of play. Misaki also can fair quite well in a swarm with her Thunder attack which can deal blasts. I do love Mei Feng as well and play her an awful lot but for what you are looking for I would go to Misaki, you cant really go wrong as they are both really fun to play.

You will have to let me know when you ae looking at running these sessions Paul I have been GMing all the way from the alpha to beta and we finished our first story arc. I'm putting together a few characters myself including a female card shark.

I am announcing Skulls Malifaux 2014 will be held on the 28th of September 2014 Location will be at the South Perth Community Centre, corner South Tce and Sandgate St South Perth Entry will be $10 for Outpost members and $15 for non members 6 games in one day with sign in at 9am and first game starting at 9:15am It will be fixed lists of 25ss, Henchmen led crews only and a maximum of 5 models in each crew (including your leader) Wave 1 & 2 are all available to use. No painting requirements but there will be a painting award I will have the players pack up over the weekend, my harddrive crashed and I am recovering all the files. Any other questions feel free to ask, looking to smash out some fun games in a different format that is easy to get into.

I have run Mei a lot with Reckoning I not had any real problems, I have found she works quite well with almost any strat setup ... an dnow I am braching further into Marcus an dI can see his inherent flexiblity being a real boon

I have also employed a random number addition to all duels that the Fated have to face against. I have a small grid that is full of values 0, 1 ,2 and 3. Each corner of the grid is one of those numbers and then I just add that value to my dule total. I vary where I start from in each encounter and vary the pattern that I traverse the grid. It gives the same incremtal buff to what the Fated are up against and its really difficult for them to try and 'game' as it is random, so it make them look at their twist deck a bit more or focus as a just in case. Just a 5x5 grid is fine you dont need too many numbers eg. 0 1 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 3