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The point was, with all the obstacles, what do we see as positives in the future.

Well, it seems the Guild did not get any new releases at GenCon. The results of the Guild in the tourneys seem weak. They seem to be losing in the league. ++ungood. So what to do? A new master and some minions will be out eventually, and the ten puddle maker thing is speculation. What positive things came out of GenCon?

Sacrifice hounds if necessary to reactivate Lucius.

no guild. +++ungood. Displeasure expressed. Get to work after GenCon

Fly and float fine, but you still have to face the guns. Put a Gatling gun in the tower, or use grapeshot, and most fliers or floaters get lead poisoning. Martello towers would guard towns. They are tall enough to provide good observation but not so tall as to be vulnerable to weather. They are good location for a heliograph or signal flag telegraph system. If I were working for the guild, I'd put one or more in my towns as a force multiplier. A "fort Apache" type of structure would take a company to man, a Martello tower would be manned by a squad. They are pretty easy to model, making it easy to put together a beau gest scenario.

I play with 6 turns per game.

In the sixties there was a rock group named 3 dog night. Good group. Take a pair of guild hounds. They have lots of good attributes. Your opponant will want to kill one to make the other insignificant. Take Four and they are a credible threat to big minions. Take six and they seem worth the price. With their companion ability they can be used in a big pack or in ones or twos to take advantage of a high model count. With Lucius lots of hounds can be very interesting. Other ideas?

In the Napoleonic wars, many "martello towers" were built. A martello tower was a cylinder about three stories tall and 20 feet in diameter. The first story had no doors or windows, access was by crane or ladder to the second floor. The top floor was a casement mount for one or more heavy cannon. Martello towers guarded harbors and straits, being able to defend against threats on land or sea. I believe only one was ever defeated. I am curious as to the ability of characters or minions to burrow under such a tower and attack from below, and especially how to defend against this. Armed towers might be a good way to defend towns. They would not be outrageously expensive to build and would be able to protect a large area. While "fluff's not rules" good fluff should follow the rules.

Which is good in that I only need to make six ice pillar models. This character has a lot of inherent nastiness. While it may not be a wrecking machine itself, it sure buffs ice gamin.

So if Lucius reactivates one, and they are all linked with companion, do they do the 9x shoot? Why a mask in CB?

It seems that Snowstorm is great to add mobility to Rasputina, and maybe durability to Marcus. Who or what is the small humanoid figure who stands in front of the horned bear? The spell "ice pillars" seems to be modified. Only one set of pillars per crew? So even with Rasputina, a totem and a Snowstorm, only one per crew per turn.

All the 9 year old Caleb knows is that he has to move because the Duke was on the losing side in a war. He knows nothing, but he knows everything about the politics of the situation. Fluff for Ryle leads me to think Breach passage is a huge deal. Caleb (and Sasha) and Lucius worked together in Green Fairy. While not in the story, per se, I name my minions, and do not consider them disposable, but expendable. If possible, Guild captain Tor will be featured in the next story. In a more pragmatic sense, I can do more with a minion I can make my own than I can with a "cannon" character. (I named my pack of hounds after Buffy and her vampire slayers. :-)

I have a wet palette and mold grew in it. I have considered putting a drop or two of bleach in my water, but I have not tried this, and I am not sure how it will effect the paint. (Liquitex Professional.)

I had the chance to get Hoffman and peacekeeper at a special price. ($20 for both) I grabbed it. I like the watcher, was ambivalent about the hunter. I think Hoffman needs a minion with a good blast effect. Not many guild do that. I too have not had a chance to look at open circuit.

I do not have the Hoffman Box. I have Lucius, Sonia and LJ boxes and some other figs. I have specifically Hoffman Mechanical Attendent Guardian Peacekeeper I am considering Watcher Warden Hoffman players, please advise on additions, especially how to kill rats.

I apologize for my weak ability to find and correct errors. My spell checker enforces things on me. I keep seeing odd missed capitalizations too. I am wondering if the death of the grandparents needs to be there.

I really like how you get several senses involved. Malifaux is a dark place. Good stuff.

A nine year old has little understanding of politics. A nine year old has every understanding of politics. A nine year old Caleb knew the love of his parents and of his hawk Sasha. The Duke lost his lands in the war. Caleb's family served the duke's family for generations. They were rangers. they stopped poachers and they set up hunts for the duke's sport. now they were free, which really meant they had no position, no work, no purpose and no income. Caleb's father has been offered a fraction of a value his land was worth. even a nine year old knew that they would have to leave and getting something was better than nothing. On the church door was a poster. A glittering castle and the caption"Malifaux, a dream come true." a recruiter would be speaking that evening. The whole town came to listen to the man. within a month the town was empty. The duke was found on his never used throne in his never worn robes, dead. He had left a note. I was born here I was raised here I reigned here and I will die here He had taken hemlock. Caleb was too young to understand the gesture. Only thing he understood was that he would be able to take Sasha with him. They went by wagon from the little town to the city. They would take the train from the city to the breach. When they got to the breach they would change trains and go to Malifaux. When they were changing trains, Caleb took Sasha out of her cage to let her fly, then fed her a good meal. He slipped her hood back on her head and made her; as comfortable as possible for the journey on. Caleb dared to dream his dream on the train journey to the breach. A cottage made of smooth round riverstone, with cedar roof, surrounded by sugar maple trees, with his hawk Sasha flying above it all. It was a modest dream, but it was his dream. Sasha has been Caleb's Since she came out of the egg. He got the egg on his birthday. It was rare for an eight year old child to be given responsibility for a hawk, but it was in his blood. He fed her with meat he chewed and she ate it from between his teeth. They were inseparable for over a year. The Duke had commented on what a natural Caleb was as a falconer. Now Sasha was fully fledged. The recruiter said nothing about the horrors of the breach transit. The transit twisted your mind and tried to tear the soul from you. All around him were people in pain, in terror, and dying. "I don't want to die; not here, not now. Sasha needs me." "I can't give up, I have to make it. Sasha! Sasha!" Like a mantra, Caleb summoned all his strength, all his will, all his love. "I have to live! Sasha! Sasha!" When the train stopped the horror did not. Men, women and children were torn and maimed. Caleb checked his family. Grandfather was dead. he had the expression of a warrior who had sacrificed his life. Grandmother was dying, but with her family she said: "We saved your spirits. Use them well." She expired with a smile. Caleb was grief stricken, tears streamed down his face. His grandparents were gone, but his Family was safe, all but SASHA! Story hands grasped his shoulders. "Go Caleb. Go to Sasha." His father's voice, calm but firm. Caleb saw the car where men were already removing the dead and dying animals. The cries of the beasts mixed with those of the people. A cacaphony of fear and anguish. Caleb pushed his way past two grown men and stood in the car. He saw the cage. He saw Sasha on her perch. Something was wrong. Transitioning through the breach changes you. Some change is bad, some harmful, some it is a trade-off. The change that came to Caleb was good. It was a strength of spirit, but it was not yet complete. Caleb opened the cage. Sasha was able to climb up his arm, but she was so weak. Her call was hardly more than a bleat. he took off her hood and carried her out, to see the sky, to be as free as a hawk in the wind. Her spirit was fierce, but ever so small. She had been crushed by the transition. She looked deep into the eyes of Caleb. They bonded one last time. The fire left her eyes. She was gone. Caleb collapsed in a pile of sobs and agony. His cries amplified by the voices of misery all around even the workmen who routinely cleaned up the train after the transition paused. It was a moment of perfect, total sadness. Three decades later, a knock came on Caleb's door. A cottage made of smooth round riverstone, with cedar roof, surrounded by sugar maple trees. The knock came from a Guild Guardsman. "Lucius wants you. There's going to be a fight." Caleb the Guild Austringèr already knew what was going on. He knew much more than a guardsman. "I'll get Sasha." Another fight. Another day of life or death. The first Sasha was buried under one of the maple trees. This Sasha was a Malifaux Raptor. A Malifaux Raptor is to a hawk is as a hawk is to a budgie. Raptor and Austringèr did not hunt rabbits. They were going to hunt neverborn. I am not going to die here today. Somewhere, sometime soon, some thing on this gods-damned world is going straight to hell. In his mind a hawk shrieked in agreement.

I do wish to participate again.

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Not all people have Microsoft Word. Is paying Bill Gates going to be a requirement? I use a tablet PC. 500 words per week. Regular, weekly submissions. No stay-up-all-night and just make the final deadline. BTW this site is very tablet unfriendly. I can't paste into a reply. I have no ctrl key.

Limit to 1500 words, deadline 500 words per week. (Many writers are not good with arithmetic, close is fine, but no "all nighters at the deadline." Start with the end is good. Several good stories begin: "We all died." By all means fair unfair and magical if needed, keep the stories in Malifaux Universe.

What character for Vin Diesel? Who for Kaeris? Rasputina?

Hair is removable. Kurtwood is a bit long in the tooth. So is David Hyde-Pierce. B Cumberbach seems a good choice. I think there is a better role for Vinn. How about the other factions? Ron Perlman for Marcus?