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Agree... but that doesn't exactly inspire confidence... Wyrd's scale has gained a bit of infamy that I wouldn't be surprised if Sovereign did end up being Tweety-bird-sized (I found that itty-bitty warpig super cute in a schadenfreude kind of way!

Just had another look at the artwork, yup. Completely agree. The artwork is really a roughly cut shard, as opposed to this one being a perfectly cut jewel. Also the face on the render has absolutely no expression... maybe it's just the render for this, but she looks like her face has been pumped full of relaxants and is just kind of there. At least she isn't allergic to bees (a problem a lot of other models had was super puffy cheeks)! And yeah... Dat neck! that's certainly going to scratch some fetish's itch!

Lots up on the upcoming releases page https://www.wyrd-games.net/upcoming-releases Anya core (hope the renders aren't to scale or Sovereign is more like Tweety-bird!), Ivan core (awesome renders... WILL be buying!), Dirty work side box (damn those Operatives are awesome minis!), Cooper Core + side box + dino, Sandworm and Wonderlust (with a giraffe-inspired Jessie!)

Is it just me or has the render of Jessie Halliday followed the example of Lara Croft's gargantuan neck? --> Hoping the real sculpt is a bit less giraffe-inspired

What are you talking about... she's the most broken filth in the game...

Gretchin's definitely her own person, just a fluff character, much like Kitchener, Marlow and the former Oyabun are/were. She interacts with pretty well all of the other characters throughout the story. It'll be interesting to see where she goes, she's got some Blackblood in her, so at this stage Nephilim? Half-breed?? Lilith's long lost sister??? It might be a way for Lilith to come back (fingers crossed for Explorers Lilith and undead Neverborn!) I reckon Gretchin views the whole society as tools for her personal ambitions... she kind of feels a little like Kitchener did for Guild and his ascension... Seriously though, Cooper really should have spent some more time reading Roman mythology instead of shooting things when he decided to hand the keys over to her... No mention of the Mei/Ivan love-fest, reckon that's definitely gone the wayside since the infiltration of the 10T was a job for Ramos... Now he has other shadowy priorities!

Disagree with this. New always seems broken, after people take the time to play it and figure it counters, it won't be any more powerful than what we've got now (and the strongest current are stronger than ExSo). What I do think is, is that there aren't any 'weak' masters or keywords, which makes it seem stronger.

Cooper's 21ss... & It's more about model count and fitting the parts on sprues rather than SS cost. I also imagine Ivan's box will be (hopefully just a touch) more expensive

Ivan's Core box is easy! https://www.blackfire.eu/product.php?id=52100 Then Brokens and Nocturnes in one box Rook & 2 Operatives in the other (Dirty Work)

Jedza is really Chronicles is really strong in combination with Mikhail... Armour, HtK... need to get him to 1wd, then next activation kill (so heals 2), then the next attack needs to do 4dg to take him to HtK (reduce 3 between Chronicle & armour) and then need another attack to kill him. Good luck! At least he only has Wp5, so hopefully you can lure him away from Jedza... Also bring Mv attacks... most of the crew is fairly low and as it's melee based, Staggered does good work too. Mysterious Emissary is a great counter pick with blasts for staggered that targets Mv.

From the fluff, it sounds like Jedza makes Zoraida look like a spring chicken...

Really like the book. Lots of really fun looking tricks that's hopefully fairly well balanced (don't think we'll be able to properly judge this for at least 6-12months. if not longer) I reckon Seeker will be a super strong keyword in scenarios that allow for bunching up (& not corner... like Cadmus, they won't be winning many races). They are very tough to kill. Cadmus I think will be the next Plague. A well played crew will be really tough until the opponent works out how to deal with them and then they might fall down a bit... We shall see. They'll also take quite a bit of effort to "git gud" Syndicate looks super fun to me with so many movement tricks & I love hazardous terrain auras! Wrastrels will continue to be awesome and have some good additions to make them even better... It's a shame there aren't any Samurai/Jorogumo equivalents for handing light sabres to, but that's probably a good thing (Malisaurus Rex should be Minion 3... there were 3 eggs! Seriously, who doesn't want light sabre wielding dinos??) Frontier have got a bit better with the worm & taxi service (I mean Rough Riders!), so might actually see some solid play as I think they're a really good crew. EVS look like really good all rounders with good card manipulation (& we all know how powerful that is) and some solid models Apex look like they'll be the next Family in that they'll dominate on boards with little terrain, however unlike family, they also have heaps of tricks. DUA/Umbra also look great. Should be very powerful. Not too sure on speed although Nocturnes could fulfil this role. Great against ranged with all the Umbra critters giving concealment.

At the online Gencon they basically said they were waiting for the right time to release it to give the game the best chance it can of being successful (so basically not in the middle of a worldwide pandemic). As always, the realise date is Soon(TM)

I laughed (lol'd if you will) at this! More funny than any meme

I'm guessing it will be this month's Waldo's Weekly... Although hoping for more Explorer sneak peaks! 2 masters left!

Pretty much this. Lots of metas (including mine) tend to run a bit more themey with majority in-keyword choices (with a few counterpicks or versatiles) unless we tell the opponent that we want to try something janky (I had a super fun M2E Titania crew that involved Hannah copying the Grootslang's Lair to Lair action to teleport around the board for example... really miss that crew!).

What do you mean no movement tricks? They've got Risky manuoevre for for self push (with a Focused) or Lure for other models. Comparing them to Katashiro: Much tankier and harder hitting about as fast (Mv6 + 3" push) Katashiro are great, don't get me wrong, but they fold like paper (see what I did there!). Katashiro are the same cost as Bunraku for Qi & Gong (I'd rather Katashiro if both were OOK, but this is a Qi & Gong discussion). Desper is of course better, but then you're also paying for that (& Youko wants her some of dat tasty, tasty soulstone-crack!) Torakage I wouldn't take OOK as their bonus becomes very niche. Hucksters are great (1ss more expensive OOK) and probably better if you're going WAAC, which sounds like the Russian meta.

Massively disagree with this. These guys are awesome scheme runners/hunters for 6ss. The Stunned trigger on their attack has also come in useful. I generally always take 1. Agree on the large cache. The strongest parts of Youko are all on non-suited triggers. Really wish she had like a super leverage where she could use Pass tokens as suits. Will give this a watch and interested to follow along!

Phiona... apparently the only true Master in Guild Could you please elaborate on this? Why is she useful with no Witchlings to prod or teleport, until they're summoned, or were you able to get use out of her with just the summoned models?

Putting the WAAC into malifaux... must be a pure joy (for you and hopefully your meta, I get there are all types out there. I'd just hate to play that way...). Just be aware that not everyone subscribes to that way of thinking/playing Looks like Wyrd'll be making a pretty penny off Explorers then... maybe that was their plan all along Mwahahahahahahaha!

In Malifaux: dragons = asian... asian = ten thunders... Duh! (I'm assuming someone made a boo boo...)

Love me that birdie! Don't forget the Outcasts starter set is made up of Syndicate models too. Catalan Corps going from the Iktomi shuffle art and Steam Powered Scoudrals... Don't know if she is native American though... Her name is awfully similar to Licarayen from Chilean legend https://www.jasspuertovaras.com/post/2017/10/25/chilean-leyends-licarayen Although the story sounds quite a bit different... In game, she seems pretty good, fast, great at dropping schemes. A bit of Stunned going around. Great movement between her "leap", Sovereign, Winnie's Dirigibles and Surveyors' Chain Gang. So far only really hard hitting thing is Sovereign with Puncture... We'll have to see what the Catalan in the Starter box brings... Hopefully Augmented fists for the that sweet 2/4/6 damage spread and a healthy dose of guns! Dare I dream for a Chesterfield shotgun on that middle dude?? (doubtful as that make him Rusty Alice and Mad Dog a true horror in Outcasts!)

Did you sculpt those pyre markers? If possible, I'd love a tute on how to sculpt fire!

Seriously though, Avatars were a fun addition to the game, but most of them came down to either being awesomely awesome (Ramos), or basically a paperweight (like a lot of models can be). In the end, I don't think they were commercially viable for Wyrd as they were too niche (big expensive box, that only people who play that particular master will buy) in an already niche market. In M2E, we did playtest avatars, but they didn't turn out for the mainstream rules and went to campaign rules to allow masters to ascend and we got Emissaries instead (pretty sure the Dragon was originally going to be Shenlong's avatar). What's interesting is that they said they are going to make alt-masters sometime in the future to introduce different styles of play... Not sure what the difference between these and avatars are? Maybe it's cheaper to make them now that they're plastic (trust me, the resin/metal ones were truly "fun" to build!) or the company's big enough to handle it? Or they're just keep on using the original sculpts and just have a different card (hope not as that'd be really confusing...)