Yew Arcane

Okay, I am someone who has studied Asian culture (my minor is in Asian Studies) and I am going to give my two cents here. There are points that edge on cultural appropriation (specifically with Asian exoticism), but those all seem to be commentary on stereotypes or references to other sources of media (sometimes even both). There are also a few things that are incorrect, likely based on misunderstandings, specifically Qi should be pronounced chee not key, but I can chalk that up to alternate history elements. The rest (which are largely outside my area of knowledge and scholarship) seem to be hinging on penny dreadful representations, and are thus more of a critique of the stereotypes that would have been represented there.

In addition to this, we know Yan-Lo will be getting a new box, without a specific announcement from Wyrd for two reasons. Yan Lo, Soul Porter, Chiaki and Izamu have new art; and the minions that used to be in his box are already shown to be packaged with the rest of his keyword in a ressurs box. As for other masters, it's a safe bet that if they have new art, they're getting new sculpts.

They have said that all cards present within the books will be made available once the books are available retail, as such we should have all cards in all books available at the end of October/beginning of November barring further delays (which shouldn't be an issue since the gen-con orders came out, but I'm not inside Wyrd).

I'm quoting this whole thing, because it's a quite good analysis. These reasons are why Tacticas are so valuable too, because they give you a bit of insight into what the various pieces do. That knowledge gives you quite a bit of power, and money has nothing to do with it.

For Arcane Reservoir, would taking Misaki and Shang also be beneficial, or is Asami/Amanjaku better due to the summoning?

Not using something and it not filling potential gaps are not the same thing.

It's not that versatile and ook models fit better, more that they cover some weaknesses of the keyword, which is true for pretty much every keyword.

I've got a few (don't have exact numbers), but for at least some of them (definitely the Eternal Servitude box) I'll just get the whole box and deal with having multiples.

I know that Wyrd want to do more with Wyrdscapes. I think it's just a cost and supply/demand issue.

Yup. Definitely misrepresenting what was said. Also quite insistent upon it.

The model taking the action.

You have the packing slip, yes? That is documentation.

This and part of their supply chain has been..... less than honest and forthcoming with them recently.

You know, buckaroo, you might want to provide examples to back that up. I don't know the inner workings of Wyrd specifically, but I do work for a store that has an order fulfillment team. Backorders are put into a list to be picked when available. I can't imagine that they wouldn't have backorders documented somewhere.

As they've said. They will be sending the books separately. Your order was separated, they marked what they didn't have as back ordered, and you will be getting it as soon as they get it to be able to send. And yes, I ordered 3 books. So slow your roll there, hamtaro.

She did have rules in the Beta, but she's new, so she wasn't in the M2E Hoffman box, she will (likely) be in the M3E box. Since she is new for M3E, she wouldn't have a card in the faction pack, and because neither the books nor her model have been released they aren't in the digital files.

Malifaux isn't really a game about killing your opponent. It's about completing objectives and preventing your opponent from doing the same. Qi and Gong are great at prventing the opponent from completing their objectives.

There are a lot of problems with customs right now. Trade wars and whatnot. Newark is a hub for international shipping, so it's fair to say it's on the way and tracking might be.... sticky.

Youko has access to armor through Hinamatsu and the Bunraku. From what I can tell she doesn't have a lot to deal with black blood though. So you might want to use the speed of Bunraku and Hinamatsu to manage schemes and strategies.

USPS is..... notoriously unpredictable on that front.

They will be providing digital copies to anyone who bought a book. They will be providing more details soon.

Kyle actually gave us an update on this.

The United States Postal Service runs about as smoothly as any other part of the US government.

He said: Emphasis mine. This means that it wasn't some declaration that they will for sure without doubt have it done by the middle of the week. It was an estimation not a calculation.

Wyrd will be giving details in time.