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  1. Well this type of forum post has been done/seen before, if I missed an already active then oops. If not then got to start somewhere. The first of my orders #1574 has shipping confirmation to my far off distant homeland. It will take a while to get here but I am getting damned excited to see my Mr Cooper. Hopefully everything proceeds smoothly for everyone and the Wyrd folks don't go mad with stress and the demands to ship stuff yesterday and for it to arrive today. The process is officially (at least for me) underway.
  2. Quite reasonably Wyrd does NOT support custom decks advertised on the forums, its a breach of IP. They to my knowledge do not object to people making custom decks and giving them away as prizes on a limited level in the local meta. But no to posting and offering custom fate decks in any other format, particularly not for sale. So custom decks occasionally are seen, it is not unheard of and once Wyrd was so impressed they actually took up the design idea for there own if I understand correctly what happened, however now it is pretty well policed. What is being discussed here is not so much a custom deck as expanding the starter set faction specific intro decks to the other factions (Arcanists, Gremlins, Rezzers, Ten T's, Outcasts) I'd love to see it, but to be honest I'd be surprised. In particular my understanding is the intro decks have images of models from the intro set... I do not imagine Wyrd is planning additional alternative starter sets so why just the decks. Still I'm vote +one, I'm beginning to collect Fate Decks like I collect dice, so I'd probably in the end be on board for all of them and certainly Arcanists.
  3. I want an image, any image. Please.....
  4. Yeah I think Wyrd have been in a dark basement deep within the Quarantine zone and developed a money vortex, I'm not even going to explain the madness which overtook me, suffice to say I could have paid a significant percentage of the ticket price to actually go to GenCon this year, and I live in Australia. And lets be nice folks. Everyone made there orders and I'm sure we'll have the shinies soon enough, at least I hope so, I wants the pretties. Is it bad that the most excited I have been about an elegant woman showing up to my house in the last 6 months it involves a plastic minature named Colette?? Ah nerdom though has cost me much money and any hope of coolness.
  5. Well Wyrd, Not sure if I love you or hate you. I've placed five orders for me and my mates, after shipping the bank account looks like I beat it with a stick and left it for dead But to be honest I have been planning for a GenCon Wyrd splurge these last few months and when I saw Collette, Dark Carney and Wong I simply knew it would be an orgy of joy and regret. Here's hoping that shipping out to far off distant Australia does not slow down my fuliflment of toy soldiers nerd joy to much. I'll be overjoyed if everything arrives by the end of September, one day I'm going to pilgramage to GenCon to both say I've been to the event and for once have the satisfaction of getting the early releases..... well early
  6. Is there a list of what plastic build instructions are available? I'm looking for the croligans and Ironside crew but could not find them while I did find Molly, I'm not sure what is available, what is work in progress and whether I'm looking in the right place. Searching all the build instructions in case its there was time consuming, a list of what instrucitons exist and either the tags or links would be useful, does this exist? I could not find anything like this. Otherwise looks solid.
  7. Lucius needs Guild Riflemen if you run him with Dashal, it is the much feared gun line
  8. When is the online store planning to be open for GenCon weekend business? Could we get an anticipated time.
  9. Yeah pre-colored as far as I know, looks nice. One thing I found a pity is that the 'table' shot they have on the website includes some train track pieces which have not appeared so are apparently not included, so we can get the Station, the accessories but have to do the tracks ourselves, I suppose that is relatively simple but the themed track in the table shot looks nice so pity..
  10. Excellent review. I am deeply sorrowful for what GW has done to their game. If not for WFB and 40K back in the 1980's I don't see myself or the mini war gaming industry being where it is today. But I guess without the Hindenburg we don't have international flight. This for me is confirmation that GW is pretty much flaming wreckage :(
  11. I am not a part of Wyrd, I am not a Henchman and have no inside track on this but.... But I think Wyrd has avoided token sets on purpose and it is a good idea. There is such a HUGE and ever changing variety of tokens which could be utilised and with multiple factions and crews and crew combinations it could be a nightmare of multiple sets and dissatisfied customers (sad fact I think that people will get angrier at something available and they consider inadequate or over expensive over something not available at all). Having said that they may and could: Do a generic set in a neutral colour/look which included the: Basic in game markers, a "Wyrd scheme", Defensive, Focus, the 'common' conditions Some blank plastic you can write on with a white board marker easyily customisible The basic strat/scheme markers such as explosive, territory and such That would be possible and pretty cool but I honestly think this is an area where opportunity for community dissatisfaction and cost vs profit (which is a completely fair calculas) is against Wyrd embarking on this. Advanced Deployment is where I got my tokens, really nice but can be a long time in delivery. Cog O Two does some tokens which at least in images look gorgeous but expensive and no idea on reliability. I wish Customeeple, Micro Art and Warsernal did up to date Malifaux tokens as I've seen those companies other game system ranges and they are very high quality. Maybe if enough folks email bombard them...
  12. Well damn, really no more can be said.
  13. Interesting that the starter set presents two Henchmen which function differently to the 'traditional' flavour of their respective factions. Most of the Neverborn Masters are melee or up close fighters while the Guild are usually more stand off; these two will present to new players the opposite, for veterans it provides variety and alternatives but for new comers it may be somewhat confusing. Still pretty pleased and Dr Grimwell in particular could see action in Dr McMourning Guild lists just because, he can also be included in the Rezzers list as a merc but was disappointed to see he counted as a Witch Hunter and not a Guild Guard.
  14. Loving the starter set concept, seems affordable, everything you need to play and will bait many more into the game... so all good there. Looking forward to the TTB stuff a lot, enjoying this game and want more. Campaign has me :+fate curious, this could be amazing fun, at least I hope it will be. Board game and Boondogle/Crossroads Seven are more meh...... for me, I'll not rush to get either but will admit that I can see the apeal for folks. It is after all not all about me. Besides I get Collette, NE Collette and Wong for GenCon, I mean its like Christmas in August.
  15. Don't only want to buy from Wyrd but I am saving for GenCon and given the fact its a only month away and there aren't many brick & mortor stores here in Australia (Sydney) which stock Malifaux promptly I figured I'd wait and add them to my expected GenCon order. Of course that means they have to be in the Wyrd store for GenCon, my original question. I know Wyrd normally gives B&M's and others first bite but still hopeful that end of July will see Molly, Ironsides and Widow Weaver in particular in the Wyrd store, its a good chance for me to do one order and one freight.
  16. Ironsides is on the Wyrd Store web site?? I've not seen her. Basically hoping that the last months releases go up on the store for GenCon sale, I was unaware they had as I have not seen any of them.
  17. So I'm amazingly ready for GenCon and spending wayyyy more money than I should. However Wyrd, need your help to really go nuts. Of the new release models... Are we expecting Ironside, Molly, Widow Weaver basically all the May and June release to be available? Is there any July releases? Or are they just catching up the May/June and preparing for the GenCon releases? I'm really hoping that the Web Store does have these sets, I have not seen virtually any of the new stuff here in Australia yet.....
  18. Well from far off distant Australia the only thing I have to say is when will you leeches take my damn money and make me pay insane US freight. Those who have read what I've written in other places know Collette is my favourite Master and that Wong is the God of Gremlins in my mind. Pretty much the box sets which define why I play Malifaux and why I love it. I also love the twisted subversiveness of the Dark Carnival. So I will simply sit by the keyboard as GenCon starts and bankrupt myself till Christmas. Thanks Wyrd, at least you actually give those of us thousands of kilometers away from the US and Europe an fair chance to get the cool awesome stuff.
  19. I'll add my opinion for what its worth. First the important context, I'm a man, I'm an old gamer and I've lived through the years of 'no girls at all are gamers' and gaming men as social pariahs to the populism of nerd/geek/comic/gaming culture. From Harry Potter to Game of Thrones and the Marvel goliath it is now at least not auto social outcast to understand gaming and comics (hell The Big Bang Theory has made it comedy chic). Now part of that is the inevitable problem where the 'old' gaming culture was made up of a lot of socially awkward boys and men who at the same time lusted after and idolised women while being abjectly terrified of them and passive aggressivley hostile. The new game culture..... well I hope it will be more inclusive, flexible and empowering for girls and boys alike, but it will not be an instant transition. Now Ferossa I do not feel your pain, I cannot as a male gamer of 30 years I feel a different pain entirely, but I think I understand it and on the broad point I totally agree and sympathise. Unfortunately my gender is comprised of humans who evolved from anceastors who thought they could drag 'mates' to caves and battle giant hairy elephants with sharp sticks; thousands of years has not really improved our evolutionary logic as 'super model culture' advertising and lingere for 10 year olds while complaining that we over sexualise young girls clearly demonstrates. In short man as a mass gender is sadly prone to stupidity and short sighted nilihilism. I am glad you are speaking out but I also hope you will be patient and understanding. Also I want to review some of your more direct points: The Missingno issue, was completely unaware of this until Justin explained it in his post, now I am aware of who Linda Lovelace was and her disturbing story. I can sympathise with Justin that he did not know this when the model was initially named, I agree it would be plain wrong to bring out a female model of any type with a name which could be connected to such a history. But the fact it does not look like it will happen should hopefully let the matter rest, mistakes can happen, and when corrected hopefully we can move on. Lust, this is a tough point, on the one hand... it's Lust pretty much being sexualised goes with the description. But I also totally understand your point that making it a her is trope, stereotype reinforcing, potentially insulting and disappointing to you and many others. A male Lust would have been nice, an androgynous Lust I think even better. But I also understand that the 'art is done' argument, hopefully when the model is released Wyrd make a real attempt to twist the image even if Lust is her. To the male/female ratio, honestly I think Malifaux is doing well here. Master wise women are well represented (its not 50/50 but its solid) with several masters which are pretty asexual to my eye (Ironsides and Sonnia promiently, I never considered either as really 'sexy'). In the non-master group its poorer but still not terrible. Body type is a tougher argument but then most of the men are not as it were the same body type as I'm guessing most male gamers have, lets face facts the violent Malifaux world would reward the physically fit, which I ain't, I certainly don't look anything like McCabe or Marcus I'll tell you that. Now the one that started it all off, the Miss Ann Thrope. The statement that a Wastrel would not dress such, here I disagree, wastrel's are neglected children who are an embarrassment to their parents and I can think of no better way than for a strapped into a whalebone corset staid 'young lady' to shock, horrify and embarrass her parents than to be theiving and mugging drooling idiot lordlings. My image is of the repressed young debutante who decides to live a life of petty (or non-petty) crime, indulgence and hedonism, almost reveling in her sexuality to the shame of her family while spitting in her social classes proverbial eye. So for me it fits, but I grant you it could have eqally been done a different way. The cosplay article, yeah now this I both totally agree with, it is horribly sexist and objectifying and to be honest I think it should not be celebrated but it is also (for both good and bad reasons) a real phenonena and very popular. Not sure what to do about that, same as I'm not sure what to do about the aforementioned super model culture but I'll freely admit to looking and being a sucker to buy the product advertised by the sexy women thus perpetuating an essentially unfair and toxic image. Ferossa and those young ladies who support you, I hope you stay in the community, I hope you continue to speak out and try to make it more inclusinve and I hope you understand that many positve moves can still be mixed with occasional horrble errors and a lot of us are really trying. And to my fellow men, do what I do, try not to look, drool and turn into morons around anyone with breasts; we are supposed to be rational, reasonable, enlightened and we want, I mean we really REALLY want as many women to play this game as we can get. I'm tired of sweaty, bearded, pasty skined cellar dwelling man-nerd domination of the hobby I love. Also please understand Ferossa's disappointment, frustration and anger that in a hobby she loves she faces some of the worst and most malignent gender stereotyping, we may not be the exact problem but I for one will try to support her calls for a solution. Peace out and if you read this whole thing I thank you for your commitment.
  20. Oh hell yeah If that model is not out by Christmas then I'm going to be sending a bloody angry letter to Santa. Me wants, me wants a lot. :+fate
  21. I've watched WarmaHordes and Malifaux and always felt Wargamergirl had the pick for the PP genre, an excellent mix of entertaining and informative; covers the details of the game and yet not weighed down with the minutae. I am really pleased to see you do a Malifaux report, its my favorite game and the battle report was your usual good and entertaining quality.
  22. Welcome, glad you are enjoying it. 1: I am using secret weapon miniatures bases for both my Marcus crew and my wife's Misaki crew. Since they are resin, I have been told that I absolutely need to pin the models to them (I guess super glue doesn't get them to stick quite as well). However, I cannot find small enough metal rods in order to pin things like my Jackalope (I removed him from the head he is sitting on) and my wife's Torakage. Any thoughts on where I could find such small rods? Plastic probably, as has been observed, does not strictly need pinning. Paperclips are a great source of thin rods if you do want to pin. 2: So I was planning on following this guide for my Marcus bases: http://fromthewarp.b...easy-to-do.html. However, secret weapon has stopped offering the brown leaves (in my opinion) the most important part of the bases. Anyone know where I could purchase some or where I could find a guide to making brown leaves (preferably with images-I am a visual person)? Don't know, I have not much to add here. 3: How much space does a single terraclips box cover? Are terraclips even worthwhile? Would it be better to just buy a playmat? Any suggestions on malifaux playmats? Terraclips have been out of production for a while, hard to find. You need at least two boxes but better three for a 3'x3' area. Mats are much better. Microart does mats, Deep-cut studios and Frontline gaming also, which work. I think I'd try a Frontline if I could. Buying a 3'x3' is great but a 4'x4' will do if you remember to reduce the actual battlefield area. 4: What is the average game lengths for 25ss and 50ss games? We were only doing a 25ss game and it still took forever (because we are very new). I am just curious as to what we should be striving for. Average length is really, really hard to say. Depends on players, experience, crews and scenario. Depends if you add in set up and pack up which is effected by location. So its a massive approximation, but I'd say 25ss is 1-2 hours and 50ss is 2 1/2-4 hours. 5: How many scheme markers can a model place per activation? I seem to recall hearing about only 1 but I can't find that anywhere and so I am pretty sure I just made that up. Many people have answered this, basically as many as you are able accounting for actions, placement restrictions and melee ranges or other factors. So probably one, occasionally two and very rarely more. 6: I was considering picking up one more crew for my wife and I to swap between just to shake things up. Any thoughts on a master that is both pretty different strategically when compared to misaki and marcus and who doesn't make games lopsided? I know the obvious pick would be Mei Fang, but I was hoping for something a little more interesting. Yeah, you seem to be looking at one more crew for you and your wife to share. Tough question because I'd like some cross synergy with the crews you already have. An interesting outlier for Marcus is Zoriada, but no cross over to Misaki. McCabe and Mei Feng both are good with Misaki, but no cross over to Marcus. For something totally different in flavor I'd look at I think Freikorps (Von Schill) as it is a shooting force and its mini's can cross into any force. Ironsides or Ramos are nice Arcanist force. Honestly if you are anything like me you'll fairly soon accumulate a lot of crews, they are not prohibitively expensive and they just.... gather? Good luck
  23. When is the Easter Wyrd sale planned to begin? Will the April releases be available for the Easter sale, inquiring minds.... well me.... want to know.
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