GamerGaeth

I will be running something of an impromptu demo for an acquaintance of mine in Frederick, MD. If anyone else would like to learn the game, please feel free to come by as well! The more the merrier.

Time: Approximately 6:30 PM

Date: Friday 14th

Location: PM for directions. Much like the last event there, the event is public but the address, less so.

So... is anyone planning on going? Just asking because a headcount would be helpful for preparation.

Date: 24th of June

Time: 12:00

Location: Games N' Stuff

Format: Domination

Soulstones: 35

Entry Fee: $10

Prize: Crew starter box of your choice

BE THERE, OR BE A FOUR-SIDED GEOMETRIC CONSTRUCT WITH 90 DEGREE ANGLES AND EQUIDISTANT SIDES.

I'd like to add that I am a Henchman now.

Attn: The time has changed to 12:00

I'm going to be running a tournament at Games and Stuff on the 13th of May, starting at 12:00.

Details:

So yes, come one, come all and enjoy!

I love the models

I love zombie samurai

I love Arcanists

I love Dreamer's "I Can Fly!"

I love the whole game

And all its fluff and rules

Boom-de-yada, boom-de-yada

Boom-de-yada, boom-de-yada

I love steampunk games

I love Ressurectionists

I love mercenaries

Hitting things with Bishop's fists

I love the whole game

And all its craziness

Boom-de-yada, boom-de-yada

Boom-de-yada, boom-de-yada

I love to twist fate

I love to read the fluff

I love Neverborn

And painting all my stuff

I love the whole game

Even the mean, nasty Guild

Boom-de-yada, boom-de-yada

Boom-de-yada, boom-de-yada

Boom-de-yada, boom-de-yada

Boom-de-yada, boom-de-yada

Ratty, are you actually Banksy? Come on, we won't tell anyone.

Ranksy? Batty?

Alright, I tried this out last night, and it worked okay. Iggy was rather lacking in resilience, and I didn't manage to keep him alive long enough to use his (1) spell which would have really messed up my opponent's Collodi crew.

As a matter of fact, the entire crew lacks resilience. I need to add something with a little more toughness - preferable an M&SU Member, because if someone kills Kaeris (Leveticus got a LoS on her, it wasn't pretty) then I lose all my buried Miners. That's 20 soulstones in one go - not fun.

Yeah, definitely looks like Ratty's work to me.

This is a little off topic... well, kinda... but is Iggy worth it? i haven't proxied him yet as i'm still running just the Box set plus the LSPA and the SSMiner

He seems cool, but i haven't taken a close enough look at him to make a judgement call.

Well, I haven't used him myself, which is why I'm going to be trying him out in a game later today, but considering how he interacts with and makes burning tokens, I think he'll fit in a Kaeris crew just great.

He gives out burning tokens when he hits in melee, has a trigger that allows him to do +1 Dg when he hits in melee for every burning token the opponent has on then (which, in a Kaeris list can easily grow to be huge), and has a (1) spell that is a Dg2 4 which also hands out burning tokens, and deals 1Wd and a burning token whenever he's hit in melee. Also he has Ablaze, making him immune to burning tokens.

So yeah, at least on paper, it looks like he's totally worth the seven soulstones to hire him.

ive never actually played with the duet and only against it. Ive found it to be superbly...overrated.. its a agile plinker... which only really goes so far, especially at 14points

Its primary use in non-Colette crews is as an objective grabber, which it does better than almost anything else I can think of. And with its Sword Dance ability, it can soften up enemy units on its way.

• Fire Gamin
  [4ss]
  
  
• Fire Gamin
  [4ss]
  
  
• Gunsmith
  [6ss]
  
  
• Iggy
  [7ss]
  
  
• Union Miner
  [4ss]
  
  
• Union Miner
  [4ss]
  
  
• Union Miner
  [4ss]
  
  

I was thinking that this list would be good for Slaughter and Contain Power strategies - Dumping three miners and Kaeris on top of an opposing master seems like a good way to tear them down pretty fast. And with Kaeris' flying, they'd be pretty mobile. Throw in some Gamins and Iggy to dump burning tokens all over the board so Kaeris can do crowd control if she needs to (leaving the miners to deal with more resilient opponents). Furthermore, it seems to me that the Miners would be perfect for destroying the enemy supply wagon.

The gunsmith is there to add some ranged support in a list that is primarily melee based, not much else.

Anyhow, this was a spur of the moment list, so it's probably full of holes. Your thoughts?

Sadly theres not much model overlap between the crews

With the exception of the Duet, really. That thing is just so good that I think one could find a use for it in almost any Arcanist list.

I'm not Ratty or Nathan, but the apps have been gone through. You should know within a week.

Oh, good to know! I sent mine in on the 30th, and the suspense has been killing me.

Popular opinion is that Marcus is the least competitive master in Malifaux.

Personally, I think that popular opinion is overrated, and that Marcus has a lot more going for him than people give him credit for - especially because people think he's an easy to beat master. After all, overconfidence breeds mistakes.

lol sorry meant the silent 1 north wind spell says models with frozen heart get +3 to the range of all abilities spells and ranged weaps.... so in saying that ice mirror is an ability but doesnt gain extra 3" also freeze over doesnt get a bonus as its an action.....

No, it says +3 to Rg. And Rg, like Ratty said, is not range itself. It is a specific stat. Neither Ice Mirror nor Freeze Over have a Rg and as such are totally unaffected.

very strange ruling making me unhappy lol as meaning any strategy you get where mobility is key may as well just concede because a master like pandora that can move so far so quick you just cant compete against...

...why are you picking Rasputina for a movement based strategy in the first place? Malifaux isn't played like that - You get to choose your master after seeing the strategy and terrain.

in accordance with my new found light on this the silent 1 isnt worth 6 points if it cant boost an ability rasputina has

What.

The Silent One is easily worth six points, what are you talking about?

considering she has crap defence crap wp crap wk/chg gives models 4" around her frozen heart for synergy yet the 1 spell that offers the most synergy doesnt allow her ability to actually have a chance considering she gets -3 to ca.........

Oh, well, there's your problem. Rasputina only takes a -1 to Ca when casting through the Silent One.

im sorry tto say this but thats a load of bull@#$$ it states its an ability and it has a RANGE of 6"

You must be looking at the V1 or something, because that's totally incorrect. The wording of the rule is:

When casting a spell, this model may draw LoS and range from a friendly model with Frozen Heart within 6".

At no point is 6" referred to as a range or as Rg. She never had that trick. But she's still amazing, so I dunno what you're on about.

Coryphee Duet.

It looks gorgeous, does its job well and is well worth its 14 points without being broken. If I had only one problem with the thing, it's that I see a lot of Colette players coming to rely upon it because its so good, and not really learning how to utilize the rest of their crew as well as they could.

I actually think that a couple Native Americans siding with the Neverborn would be really interesting as both groups empathize with each others' situations.

Because Ramos' avatar is so awesome everything looks bad in comparison.

In all honesty, I don't know much about Raspy's avatar, and I don't know if I care to. Her normal form is so incredibly effective that I have never felt the need to look at it.

If Myranda changes into shikome and chooses a prey she'll keep it until the prey dies doesn't she ? Even when she changes back, and hunting partner should stay up as well...

As Koali and Nephalumps stated, she doesn't get to choose a prey when she turns into the Shikome, as the Shikome isn't summoned.

Sorry, buddy.

So, you've fought the Mature Nephilim.

You've ripped apart the Executioner.

The Coryphee lay in splintered pieces, and you've sent Bad Juju to the end more times than you can count.

But now, you face your greatest opponent. A fearless enemy that strikes with explosive might!

Do you have the courage to face...

...THE BIRDS?!

Coming to an Aethervox near you:

Doves. Versus. Everything.

Actually, they made the new sword Vik put on a pair of pants. My only complaint about the model, really.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Why in the world is a battle-seasoned warrior showing more skin than the actual hookers and showgirls?

That said, as long as Malifaux keeps its Victoriosteamhorrowestpunk thing going, I'm quite happy with the minis themselves. And they seem to be doing an excellent job of this. Steampunky, but not too steampunky; wild west, but not way too wild west; gothic, but not too gothic; creepy, but not too cree- what am I kidding, there's no such thing as too creepy.

As far as the rules go, I think there only really needs to be some minor tweaks to the balance of a few masters here and there and we're good.

The trick with Arcanists, perhaps more than with any other faction, is that our masters rely upon syngergy with their minions. You can't really play each model as its own guy, you always have to be thinking about how it fits into the greater tactics. As a faction, we can set up some very sick combos (a properly executed showgirl poisoning is a beautiful thing, as is the deluge of icy hell that Rasputina can let loose with when Bite of Winter is active on her, channeling through a Silent One) but you have to know your crew and how they work with each other.

So yes, like the others have said, let's see a list of what you've got and we'll give you some pointers.