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I played in the PW draft tournaments. They had the new plastic figures. Very nice with lots of detail. A bit larger as well. The new boxed set should be well received. Now I have to decide if I want to finish painting my metal miniatures.

The tournaments went okay. Tie breakers are a big deal. I think I did okay on point, but lost prizes on tiebreakers.

It is hard to get much variety due to the limited players (only six each night). Drafts went okay. I only saw two instance of counter drafting to prevent an opponent from getting a puppet. The cards weren't balanced so sometimes a player one fewer sidekick than another player. Didn't help me one game when I couldn't activate the Judge (or the slurid) to save me.

I heard from Bill that no one showed for up the 16 player tournament on Sunday. I wanted to be present for the drawing so decided not to play. I guess I could have had an easy win if I had showed up. So maybe next year anyone playing on Sunday can take a break for the raffle or put in their name for the raffle so they won't miss their name being drawn.

Thanks to Bill and Tim for running the events.

One attendee had an exceptional looking Collodi costume. Seemed to be a lot more Guild in the Malifaux tournaments than I expected. Evil Baby Orphanage (EBO) was fun to play. It can be a real quick game as well. I plan to try it out on Friday with my gaming group.

I enjoyed my time at GenCon and expect to be there next year as well.

I played in the draft tournaments. The models are a lot nicer. Misaki was the Wyrd speed painting mini. My son gave me the one he painted. The miniatures look different. About 20% larger and more bulky, but lots of cool details. Some of the puppets seemed to have extra parts one could glue in different positions (such as the pin on the back of the ronin).

Some parts, such as the tube on the razorspine rattler broke off, so I see gamers maybe using metal wire to replace the plastic. I heard the release may be late this year due to a couple of manufacturing problems.

I was told there would be some minor rules changes as well. The one I remember for sure was that the drawn card to determine player order is put in the hand before picking one to play. Of course that could change just like the released rules for EBO changed.

I think Seamus, lady J, Marcus and Pokey Vik all have advantages. I started with Lady J. I believe it is a matter of style. I tend to use Marcus and stuffed puppets now. So my vote goes to Marcus.

I thought the drafts were Thursday and Saturday. Puppet Wars demo is the only thing running on Friday, but i will be around and intend to look for some pickup games.

I expected Karn (great to have you as always) and Lalo as they ran the tournaments last year. It will be great to put a face with the forum names.

I have a lot of open times for gaming. See you there.

Teddys look great. I really like the bases too. I need to do something with my bases so I may steal your idea. As for painting queue, my queue is so long (five games) that it dwarfs the lines found at a Black Friday sale. :Paralyzed_Puppet:

I signed up for both drafts and will be around for a pickup game. Sunday is open, but an early flight might not leave enough time for a tournament.

Quick and short. Nice, but I think you can add some commentary without bogging down the action. As mentioned before, a particular special flip, move or action might be worth mentioning. Happy gaming and thanks for the videos.

I agree awesome job. I think the edits are fine. Again clearer pictures would be nice. I don't believe you need to show moves (other than my arrows) or card flips unless there was something special. For instance, I had the judge flip the black joker twice in two activations (last flip and first flip of the deck). Of course he had five flips due to attachments, but still, what are the odds?

I took the Executioner to GenCon last year. He was the first to die two, if not all three, of my games. I play Dita and I play argressive by moving in and not sitting back.

For my 100th post, I thought I would mention I will be at KublaCon over Memorial Day weekend. I am open to some pick-up games of Puppet Wars if anyone plans to be around.

I am running Malifaux on Friday night, no special plans for Saturday and probably Flames of War on Sunday. The gang will be coming back Sunday night.

I hope to make it next year. I was going to go this year, but planned trips to Germany (23 days), Gencon (5 days) and Hawaii (eight days) are going to use up my vacation time. I will be a Kubla Con later this month as well, but I leave on my off-Friday so no vacation time needed. :Smug_Puppet2:

I like the beer and pretzels part, but that kind of game is less than 30 minutes to me. PW is a bit long and too much thinking for a Beer and Pretzels game IMHO. However, it is a great game to play in an hour or so.

I save my aces for dodging, but there are ways around it, such as a puppet that has a magic weapon like Misaki or Pokey Vik. However, I pay attention to what suit my opponent is using when I dodge. For instance, if I am playing against Seamus, I use crows in my defense when I can. If I don't dodge, I still get a crows card out of my opponent's hand.

I still put the cards in sleeves. One does not need to do that, but I think it helps protect them. I had some plastic cards years ago. They were good playing cards but they did wear after awhile. Mostly the corners were breaking off or splitting. I know a lot of Malifaux players that have multiple decks with different colors (one for each faction). I have three or four myself including the two I got in the starter. Those two are still in the original box unopened.

Real nice work on the syringes. It sets them apart. Thanks for sharing.

I should have said Alyce. In addition, there are plenty of models that could be considered male or female. The Chihuahua comes to mind.

I recommend the starter and maybe the expansion booster to start with. That allows for three or four players if you want to play multi-player at some point. Start small to learn the mechanics, again the pattern book is great for that. To change things up, try a draft. Draft the master (with or without attached henchman) and then draft puppets. That is a great way to change up the crew and get a feel for how the synergy of some puppets. As mentioned above, Pandora plays different than many expect - there is a whole thread on that topic.

Good strategy Psyce. There are only so many crow cards in the deck. Forcing a player to use cards is always a good strategy. One of those times the draw won't been to their liking.

Run Seamus with all women. He needs the belles. Use Alice and Ronin.

Love your conversions, much more than I'm into for such a small figure. I would love to see a fully painted crew at some point. Cheers

I think Pandora is the most difficult master to play because of the lack of woes. I like some extras of some puppets, but I don't need four of everything. I may try to trade for some puppets after I get an extra booster or two.

I would go with work benches as the tie breaker. Otherwise I could consider it a tie. There were times at Gencon last year that I ended up in tied multi-player game where there was no clear winner. I don't think there is anything wrong with a tie.

I was playing a Malifaux game at Gencon (master kills master) and after losing Perdita, I stopped my opponent from killing Papa Loco as the explosion would have killed Lilith and I felt that would have been a hollow victory for me. I missed killing Papa Loco later in the turn and that was the game.

I agree with Ratty. Although I might still take one of each color. I think they all have their advantages.Josh is a good choice. I might consider an Acolyte for the card drawing ability. The Ice Golem is nice to give the Teddies cover while they develop. With one button to start, a Teddy is very vulnerable to ranged attacks. In a shoebox six teddies is a lot.

Really great painting, they should be fun to play with.