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As soon as mu house ownership duties and do-dats die down I might take you up on that

Oberron, been there few times before . It aint quite close but it's close enough if there are some games to be had. Antwerp etc. are a bit further out though. But thanks for the advice. Belgium has enough players as I hear.

Carp! Let me drop a Punk and take another Dog + Grave Spirit

So any dutch/belgian players round and about Maastricht? I'd even settle for anything near Arnhem (my home away from home).

Here we go, working from the Starter Box at its core. Nicodem Mortimer - Canine Remains x2 - Punk Zombies x3 I know most people like to summon the Punks onto the board but I'd rather see them replaced with some good flips then risk them staying out of the game due to some bad flips. Mortimer can Companion one of the Remains which in turn will companion the other. Losing some of them means I can Summon them again with the corpses I've got so far. Offcourse there will be some Mindless Zombies amongst the side lines to fill in some corpses. Hoping to get it test driven this weekend.

My idea for bases was a sort of "stuff dreams are made off", basicly put putty on the base and make small upward bubbles. Think of a lava lamp while modelling them, like they are actually dripping towards the sky. It would look like some kind of weird living plasma that "gets form from imagination" and as such clutters together to form the Nightmare mini in the middle of the base. Hope you get the idea

"Adriaaaaaaaaaaaan" *in a Sly Stallone voice*.

Dutch guy over here, started out with a friend. Still interested but not quite playing much... Atleast not until I finished buying stuff for my new house and actually living in it.

I applaud the creativity and I see the gap they are trying to fill in, but somehow it doesnt have the propper flavour for a Mini's gamer, dunno about PC gamers but I think that the "having to paint and stuff" part is to much for them to get into. From a gaming point of view I really hope they hit it off, but from a marketing point they are taking a giant leap...

Wasn't that impressed actually, its more of a board/pc game combi. It's not quite a Miniature wargame in the sense and not appealing to the PC gamers crowd. The idea is cool, but I miss that personal touch .

Hmmz didnt see that one, well throwing out a Punk Zombie just before death would also get KJ in the game.

I'd have to say altough I dont think many will agree I rather enjoy playing Killjoy in my Nicodem Crew at 35 points. Nic's ability to summon Mindless Zombies with fair ease makes for a nice sacrificing unit to summon KJ to the table. Also they can act as a nice meat buffer when KJ thinks its better to charge your way then towards the enemy. In my last games where I used him he was quite impressive.

Lucky me living in the Netherlands, that would be worth a trip

Altough I am tempted to use the Living Impaired as some extra Mindless Zombies they do not have their own rules or anything in Malifaux. I can see some of them being used however in special scenario's etc. But to awnser your question fully, no. They have no rules.

Looks sweet, very nice details there! Oh' and the board and terrain pieces are nice to! (What, even though we are gamers we are still men! Someone should've commented on the hot girlfriend part atleast). But back on topic it looks really nice! Hope that once I got my own place (in about 3 months) I'd definately do my own project.

Punk Zombies, the name alone should say it all...they are Punkers AND Zombies! I (in my small and mostly theoretical) knowledge have opinionated upon the fact that they are the best damage dealers a Rezzer can have.

Then I skimmed the wrong book hehe

So flipping trough the rulebook I basicly see every master have a shine more or less in the fluff except for Nicodemus, did I just miss something? Anyone got page numbers for Malifaux or Rising Powers fluff on Nico?

Alas the Hamster was webbified...Basque Seperatist Mice rule . As for the second list, I think I'll stick with that one, altough I really like the idea of having a kind of a Mob thing going on..With Punk Zombies as Goons and a Flesh Construct as the big brawler for intimidation factor. Mortimer being kinda like the henchmen (no not those!). As for the Hanged in a Nico list let me give it a try... Nicodem Mortimer 7 Crooked Men x2 8 The Hanged 8 Grave Spirit 1 So idea (and Im just doing spitballing here), would be to keep Nico surrounded by a few Mindless Zombies to keep away ranged attacks made against him, the Grave Spirit links to the Hanged for that uber tank combo while the Crooked Men rig the place with Shafted markers. The Hanged's WP duels keep enemy's that rely on melee at certain range where your crew is rather untouchable due to Bolster Undead, Grave Spirits extra armour and so forth, what doesnt feel like fleeing will most probably end up paralyzed. Reanimator is mostly used to keep the Crooked Men numerous enough to pick of enemy's at range and keep disengagement routes packed. Mindless Zombies would probably be your friend due to their swarming aspect. Well not my kind of list but I think that would be a way to play with the Hanged and keep some synergy between them.

Yeh well only problem I got with Hanged and the likes is that I wanted to go for a real zombie theme with my Nicodem list, the Flesh Construct fits in being well fleshy and kinda in line with Nicodem's prostetic leg and such. So looking into an alternate list it would look like this: Nicodem Mortimer 7 Canine Remains 3x 6 Crooked Men 3x 12 The Grave Spirit is gone to make room for that extra Crooked Man, its abilities more then making up for the loss of armour on Nicodem. Canine Remains are there to die and spawn the Punk Zombies, a Flesh Construct would be nice to pick up while at it to get some added punchline.

Crooked men would be an option, altough the Punk Zombies are allready in the Box I bought so my first idea would be to expand with 2 sets of Canine Remains, a Grave Spirit/Vulture and a Flesh Construct. Crooked men most probably will be used somewhere down the line however at this point I dont want to be focussing on Reanimate to much. Much rather having it handy replace casualties and with some luck bring an extra to the field. 3 Canine Remains should enable me to get the extra Punk Zombie in the game together with the Flesh Construct.

Allright, well the Vulture is easy to add in there with the spare points, dont have any Flesh Constructs to summon though... Might pick one up for good meassure, especially when Mortimer gets his Fresh Meat spell off, adding even more distance threat range. Do have a spare Punk Zombie and Canine to summon especially since the Canine's Companion loop (if it actually loops, giving one companion with Mortimer gives the next one companion which in turn gives one close enough companion also) is a nice way to start flinging some dogs at people .

So finally getting the book in (together with Rising Power) I got what I believe is a pretty thematic list planned for the Starting Nico Crew. 25 Points Scrap list. 4 Soul Tokens Nicodem Mortimer 3x Canine Remains 2x Punk Zombies 1x Grave Spirit General idea: Keeping the Punk Zombies close to Nico where they can be guided by Bolster Undead, giving them good chance to Strike and a high end Defence. Their Self Mutilate Ranged attack will play nicely along with Mortimer and his Canine Remains *see Mortimer notes*. Mortimer is going to be the "packmaster" for the Dogs, his Fresh Meat spell combined with Bloodhound should get them into the fray rather quickly and supply enough CC to "Make New Friends" or have Nico Reanimate some Punk Zombies. His Companion trait coupled with Man's Best Friend would have them activate together with Morty. The Canine Remains are basicly a guided missile system hopefully getting some damage in all the while acting as a speedbump. The Grave Spirit is linked to Nico for a Def bonus with some luck being able to cast The Fog for some added defence against ranged. Nico himself can Reanimate the Punk Zombies when they might go down, get 3 Mindless Zombies to use as Zombie Fodder and heal any damage dealt by Self Mutilate on the Punk Zombies. comments welcome offcourse!

*glees*

So I just recieved my Rising Powers book (sadly no sight of the original core book yet), however just wondering...Does it mean that every single one of those entries is going to get a mini? Or are they more "british" (for those who know the big jolly giant im referring to) and make some stuff and let players "figure out" other things?