Heya, I am from just south of Madison (~1.5 hours from you). Madison is a PP stronghold. A number of people there play Malifaux as a second game, but none of us have the time to really drive it. If you wanted to get together for a weekend game or three, drop a line.
oh, and just to round things out, the arcanists are where it is at, our hookers aren't undead.