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Well, hard to use is not the same as fragile. If nothing else, making your opponent respond to Bete keeps other stuff alive. I haven't had much difficulty getting Bete to take her actions, and she has scary potential to kill stuff. Sonia's not big in our meta here, but thanks for the tip. I'll be careful if my Seamus runs into Sonia.

Someone said Bete is fragile. Really? What kills her? Keep a 10-spot in your hand, any suit, so you can rebury her using One With The Night. Slow to Die means she can always cast it. She might lose an activation, but she'll be coming back the next time something dies. As long as you watch out for effects that say "you're dead" regardless of wounds, she's well nigh un-killable.

Sorry to hear about your tribulations. Try not to be too hard on your local gaming stores. We've seen games come and go, we are in a very difficult economic climate, and the investment for a new, untested game is difficult to justify for one lone customer. Personally, I'm particularly leery of games where the primary appeal is "it doesn't cost much to get into it!" Such games might be fads, but then they die if there isn't a more enduring hook. I decided to bring in Malifaux because several of my regulars showed up to open gaming nights with models. I'm not stupid, if they want to play with models they bought elsewhere, I'm interested in finding a way to sell them those models. But the jury is still out as far as I'm concerned, and my inventory carry is being watched carefully. The question is: Does Malifaux have legs? Or is it "buy a starter box and then not buy anything more?" In which case I'll be looking for the next fad in six months or so. (An aside: the classic 'buy a starter box and then be done' game was Confrontation. There's a reason the parent company had to go through bankruptcy. Both games stores and mini manufacturers need to sell additional models, or a game is simply unprofitable to both.) So, when talking to store owners about the game: It's the kiss of death to promote it as "a cheap game where I won't spend much money at your store". If you speak about low cost of entry at all, frame it as "easy to get players to start, but they will soon want to get additional models given the right kind of events". Remember, if you aren't willing to invest in the game, why should the store owner? Offer to do some of the heavy lifting. Often store owners have the most difficult time with terrain. Make or build something, or buy a few pieces of western buildings and donate to the store. Write up the description of a beginning event. Donate an evening to do demos. Again, if promoting the game isn't worth any of your time or effort, why should the store owner think it's worth theirs?

Apr 10: Malifaux 30pt Scrap 9am army registration, on table at 10 am, $10! 30 point Scrap, 3 rounds, Swiss Pairing Bring two lists, both with the same master and any legal crew. Select the list you play after randomly selecting strategy. Fully painted masters get a bonus soulstone. If the crew (including summoned models ) is completely painted, the size of the Control Hand is increased by one. Prizes TBA depending upon attendance.

We had 16 players for our inaugural event, a very nice turnout indeed! Next event posted for April 10th!

Hoping to see some of our New England friends tomorrow!

I am running my first Malifaux tournament next Saturday, and I'm terrified someone is going to run her, and I'm going to enforce the wrong rule on how she works. The other masters I can slowly work my way through to the correct interpretation. No such luck with Pandora.

The Whiz Store just started carrying Malifaux. We are trying to keep all Starter Sets in stock and are expanding out inventory of blisters. Our first demo tourney is described below! See our events page at http://whiznet.com/Events.htm for more info. Mar 20: Malifaux Starter Box Tourney 9am army registration, on table at 10 am, Free! 25 point armies, 3 rounds, Swiss Pairing Force selection is limited to the models contained in a starter box. You may add additional models to make points as long as they are additional copies of models from the starter box. You may play unpainted, but fully painted masters get a bonus soulstone. If the crew is completely painted, the size of the Control Hand is increased by one. Winner will receive one starter set of their choice! Note: in order to get the 'fully painted' bonuses, all additional models used as a result of spells or effects must also be fully painted. No proxies!