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They won't be. Katashiro are Oni. I can see them being boxed with Minako though, as she is one who specifically summons them. She's also Versatile, as is Wanyudo which her mechanics also summon.

Yes, it's frustrating, but there are only so many employees and only so many workable hours. You paid your money, you'll get your product.

In official and tournament play, sure. But how do you expect to ban something from casual play when there are rules for it? You're also forgetting that she was in a coma in first edition, and came out before the shift between editions. You are so dead-set on this being the worst thing ever that you are making excuses for why it's a terrible choice and not a good thing for a story-driven game to have characters removed. Wyrd didn't have to make rules for characters that were removed from the story at all, so your being mad that they did make rules for them is rather absurd.

Okay, so the upcoming releases page has been updated so we now know what's in these boxes. WYR23115 Six Feet Under: Marshal (The Lone Marshal, Exorcists) WYR23116 Wake the Dead: Marshal (Death Marshal Recruiters, Domadores de Cadaveres, The Jury) WYR23209 Surgical Staff: Experimental (Rafkin, Nurses, Guild Autopsy) WYR23217 Vengeful Ghosts: Urami (Goryo, Seishin) WYR23221 The Returned: Revenant (Restless Spirit, Lampads) WYR23223 Eternal Servitude: Retainer (Manos, Toshiro, Yin, Ashigaru) WYR23308 Altered Beasts: Chimera (Ferdinand Vogel, The Beast Within, The Scorpius) WYR23310 The Ten Peaks: December (Blessed of December, Silent Ones, Hoarcats) WYR23322 Support Staff: Augmented (Joss, Mobile Toolkit, Medical Automatons) WYR23420 A Light in the Dark: Swampfiend (Adze and Will O' the Wisps) WYR23423 The Howling: Fae (Bultungin and Rougarou) WYR23430 Familiar Faces: Mimic (Doppelgangers and Changelings) WYR23503 Hired Killers: Mercenary (Bishop, Desperate Mecenaries) WYR23523 A Hard Day's Work: Outcasts Versatile (Johan Creedy and Prospectors) WYR23613 Bayou Engineering: Foundry/Tricksy (Sparks LeBlanc, Mechanized Porchop and Survivors) WYR23615 Off the Top Rope: Infamous (Mancha Roja and Wrastlers) WYR23627 See Ya Later: Swampfiend (McTavish and Gators) WYR23716 Ancient Evil: Oni (Ama no Zaku and Obsidian Oni) Also, creative taxidermy is the same (though I suspect it doesn't have the story encounter included).

I also said that oftentimes rules and story don't match. Let's look at other examples. In Star Wars, lightsabers can cut through anything, but not a single Star Wars game has you slicing through everything with impunity. And when Perdita was in a coma in the lore we didn't have six factions, much less seven with an eighth on the way. And she wasn't dead, or locked in a prison earthside, or locked in a magical prison, or missing entirely. And they're only banned by default in official Wyrd events, that TOs are banning them too is on them. The Dead Man's Hand characters are playable in casual play so it is not like you can't make use of them. Your resistance to this is strange.

Sure they can. Just not in official Wyrd events. Because rules don't always match lore.

Except there are doppelgangers and other things that can make themselves look how they want to in the lore. So mirror matches are actually supported in the lore. Sure, there are some.... oddities between gameplay and lore, but that's something that happens in any game.

Some time after they get reprinted. It's been said before, but I will say it again. The distributors underestimated the demand. This means that what Wyrd had made was not enough either, because they can't afford to have stock sitting around that isn't going to sell. So while they had more made than was ordered so that they'd be able to sell them on their store or begin filling some orders. I do believe Wyrd underestimated how big the edition change would be as well. This unfortunately has led to shortages, but Wyrd is doing what they can to get this fixed as quickly as possible. Wyrd has every incentive to do so, but the resources and external factors are not necessarily in their favor.

Yes, when the new faction is officially released we will see six new masters. Bringing in six more dual faction masters would mean they'd have to also add two more masters. Six new masters is more manageable for a new release than 8.

No she doesn't, she's just a figment of our collective brightness-addled brains.

That 'stupid fluff injection' isn't brought about by players. It's brought about by Wyrd's writing team. The only place they're not allowed by default are at Wyrd events. AKA the events where the story impacts or is impacted.

I doubt it. They'd have to add more masters to other factions. Everything is balanced at 8 masters, so I expect 6 Explorer masters.

They started processing orders on the 8th, they work 10x4s so after the weekend they picked back up on Monday. They go first in first out, so it's just a matter of the time it takes for their staff to get through the orders that came in before yours.

I'm not sure I understand what your complaint is. Dead Man's Hand exists so that you can still play the characters. It's only in official Wyrd events that they aren't accepted, and in tournaments it's up to the TO. They are playable for casual games. In other words they aren't completely removed from the game, which I hear other games have done when characters were removed from the story. The story of Malifaux is still ongoing, and these characters aren't completely non-existent any longer, so we could see them return (though unlikely).

Yes. As with the majority of online stores, you will be notified when your item has been processed.

If you're doing a killy strategy and scheme pool switching graves in is useful.

Remembering to take advantage of rig the deck. That mechanic is core to how lynch works.

Except for master or character specific upgrades. They have art on them that might differ, if it does, it suggests new art which in turn suggests new sculpts.

This, and anything that delays shipping will make it take longer to get to you.

Someone from Wyrd correct me if I'm wrong. August.

From the Core rules under the faction description:

So some orders were being sent out Yesterday, this will be continued after the weekend. I got this information on A Wyrd Place.

Proximity is likely a large factor. Indy is a lot closer than Illinois and Nevada, and NOVA I think is focused more on the gaming side. They do have Volunteers that help organizing their tournaments during those events.

It's also of note that Wyrd is a small company and a majority (if not the entirety) of their staff goes to make sure they are able to properly manage their presence at the convention.

They will provide more details in time. Likely September when they make the final announcement.