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Ignoring the fact he can summon them. The fact he can heal them when they activate for 3 wounds is pretty great.

Dreamer can hire Vasilisa and wicked dolls if you want to go that route. I just think it requires less work to keep them healed in a Dreamer crew. With that said, YES they are amazing in Collodi's crew, no question. I guess specifically the healing Dreamer can do is pretty nice, and gives them a slight edge with Dreamer.

But you're mostly right, as far as effectiveness they have an almost guaranteed success rate of winning Gamble your life (as long as the black joker is in your hand or in your discard pile).

The stitched are actually even better in a Dreamer crew.

Yup! Or if you use Collodi to pass out Focus they can also all benefit from the longer range.

We played again last night. Was a fun time, but we have decided to transition this to a regular league (i.e. not playing Shifting Loyalties). I will announce two sets of strats and schemes to play at the start of each week. 

Players are encouraged to play two games a week but not required. Players can play either (or both) of the strat/scheme sets I announce. Stay tuned for next weeks strat/schemes (will come out Tuesday mornings).

Glad you enjoyed the run thru of this Corbin, was fun to do. Especially the theming is perfect. I did give you all 2 pursuit levels cause I knew these baddies you'd see would be tough to fight

Here are current standings. Week 2 starts next Tuesday, Nov. 10th. 

P.S. You can play Fallout 4 Wednesday, just call out sick

@Hagisman and @Winterscook please post your results from last week so I can start tracking everyones ranks.

@Pryokon and I had a tie scoring 7 points each.

There is a section at the bottom of you're campaign sheet for tracking this. You earn 3 Campaign Points (CP) for winning a campaign game, and 0 CP for losing, 1 CP for a tie. Max # of campaign games each week is going to be 2.

So for example Blake and I have the following CP/VP/DIFF (1/7/0)

Games can be played anywhere, but it is recommended you play them at Milly's. I'll be tracking who plays the most games at Milly's for a 'Best Attendance' Award at the end from the new Henchman goodies we have access to.

Yeah very true. Just means people need to refer to 2 FAQs for resolving what the card has written on it. Simple answer to tell someone who disagrees is that the card as written is not how it was intended, and that the FAQ clarifies what the intended rule is (i.e. RAI vs. RAW).

Ongoing Malifaux Demos

Greater Manchester, New Hampshire Area

Typically at 55 Crystal Ave #21, Derry, NH 03038

(Happy to coordinate another location)

Tuesdays 3:30pm - 10pm

I am available for demos in the Manchester, NH and Greater area. My typical gaming is on Tuesday's at Midgard Games and Comics, Derry NH. Walk-ins are welcome, but posting here if you think you'll be showing up helps me schedule. If you'd like a demo on a non-Tuesday or at a different location I am happy to accommodate. Stores in the area have places I can easily give demos. Some of note are Game Castle, Londonderry, NH, The Comic Store, Nashua, NH. If there is another store that you'd like for me to come do a demo at I'm more than happy to do so, just give me a heads up.

I can typically cover anywhere from Concord to Nashua as far as places to drive to for demos.

Looking forward to welcoming new players through the breach!

Sounds like a fun event!

Added this to the Google Calendar:

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ak1eup9uhe9t07kaempjrr6aqk@group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York

Let me preface this post with something. We (myself included) all want the rules to be clear and accessible to both old and new players, so anything I say here is because I want to see the game continue to be the best miniature game out there.

With that said, at this point I'm finding the FAQ document to be filled with just enough contradictory/confusing rules that it slightly worries me.

We have stuff like #18 shown below that are pretty simple to understand... 

18) Q: If a model suffers 0 (zero) damage, does it count as having suffered damage?

A: No. 

but we don't have clarification on the Black Blood Shaman. It doesn't matter what way I want it, if Wyrd is standing by the wording on the card, that's perfectly fine. The thing is, it is by definition, a Frequently Asked Question. So, yes I would like for the answer that Wyrd has given on a few occasions now to be explicitly in there.

The FAQ does appear to be getting a little long; I believe some of the stuff in there does follow Wryd's policy that "if its clear in the rules no need for FAQ", and could be removed.

It also seems that one of the pillars of M2E's initial design goals of keeping the rules on the cards as clear as possible so no need to look up specific stuff in the rulebook is beginning to be lost. 

Now the next example, is just for that, an example. I actually don't care about any rules changes as long as the goal is balance, which I whole heartedly believe its Wyrd's intent obviously. I agree with the 'rules updates', and for that matter it's not my game so I'm not trying to say a rule should be one way or another. But there are some things that are FAQ's in this update that I think would better serve as Errata's to cards.

The two in particular are:

22) If a model is moved by the Lure Action and ends in base contact with the Attacker, can it end anywhere in base contact if it has the movement to do so?

A: No. The Lured model moves towards the Attacker by the shortest route possible and stops as soon as it is in base contact. (11/1/15)

23) If a model is pushed “into base contact” with an Incorporeal model, can it move through the Incorporeal model and stop on the other side?

A: No. It stops as soon as base contact is acheived. (11/1/15) 

Whether you agree or don't agree with the ruling is irrelevant. From a "introduce the game to someone" perspective I find this messy. I tell a new player here is a Belle, her card describes "Lure". He/She then asks the FAQ question during a game where it comes up. 

I than point this person to the FAQ #22, but have no specific rule in the rulebook to support the answer. So from the outside it looks a little messy, in my opinion. I just wish Lure and (#23) were erratas to the Belle card because than I can say, well no Wyrd decided the action wasn't clear and released updates to the cards.

Am I happy we have an FAQ and Errata cycle....absolutely. I just think simple things are being added to the rules, but glaring FAQ questions and words-on-cards without new versions are being given different definitions.

The easiest to read deck at a glance for me is def the retro deck. The artwork on the arcane decks is nice but as you mention too busy. Also the border on them make looking at them very difficult at a glance. Same with the TtB deck. All great decks but for me the most readable both across the table and in front for me is the retro. 

Ok I've beckoned the people's forum names I can remember who showed interest. We will be starting a NEW Shifting Loyalties this week (tomorrow). We will keep track of games played for seeding the tournament we will plan to do at the end of the campaign! So after games please make sure to message me here (or via email) with results (i.e. VP/TP/Diff/etc.).

I will be doing prizes, yes you heard that right. I will have prizes. Due to it being smaller I will be doing a prize for first place and a prize for 'best attendance'. Games are to be played at Milly's on Tuesday to count for best attendance, but otherwise if you miss a Tuesday feel free to make up a game somewhere else just know it won't count towards best attendance.

@Ten thunders guy @Winterscook @Hagisman @Pryokon @TruAskew

Oh yeah its great. Helps you set personal goals. I've also been able to see how I'm getting better with a master I just started over time and see what schemes and strats I typically take.

I will be filling in one for for 2016 as well. I have a terrible memory for stuff so this helps me look back and see how I did at the beginning of the year versus end.

Listened this weekend while doing some yard work. Great show, loved the 'hey we're new, but love this game already'-vibe. It shows that you guys are really coming up to speed FAST on the game. Looking forward to more episodes, and keep the enthusiasm up, as that was def. a great element to the show.

P.S. The trapper is something that Wyrd did as a promotion for anyone buy the Daw box back a month or so ago.

Thats interesting. I'm looking forward to what the UK guys are doing and look forward to their conversation.

So I know people don't like resurrecting old threads, but this is one I think that is fitting. We are coming down to the last two months of 2015! I have been tracking EVERY game played on here. I thought it would be fun for people to start thinking about sharing stats in the next couple of months. Any goals or hopes you want to reach before the end of the year?

So far I have ONLY played Neverborn in 2015 (fought the urge of Outcasts and Rezzers). I have 42 games total played this year. I've included tournament, vassal games, shifting loyalties games, and friendly games in my games played (left out Henchman Hardcore).

One stat that surprised me the most is that my DIFF is 1.36 for the year.

So what about others who have been tracking?

Yeah it seems that way. However, I am US based and don't have a FB account and prefer Twitter as it is very concise conversations that you can easily follow (or ignore) if you care/don't care. If a topic needs more than 140 chars on Twitter people usually start a discussion in a DM or post here to have a larger verbose discussion on the topic. Twitter is my preferred social media experience. I use TweetDeck and it easily organizes the different groups/topics I care about. For example 1 stream that just shows #Malifaux posts is easy to stay abreast of. 

Yeah I can't disagree with that logic, but the beauty of the Dopple for me is that it acts as a second trapper that can take 3 shots. So added benefits for same exact cost.

I think there is still good discussion here. I think the forums is better for discussion where as FB (from what I understand) is better for random thoughts. Here you can expect someone to see your stuff. I don't use facebook and have heard both great and terrible things about the AWP group. So far I've found a good way to interact with the extended community is via Twitter. With that said, I've actually been visiting the forums since the upgrade as I like the new Rules Questions format and the tactical discussion while not riveting, is interesting to see what questions/ideas people have.

If you see the amount of people online regularly there is still a VERY high number. Most other miniature game companies have far less active posters from what I've seen.

Well as Nathan mentioned, the official stance is that no one can sell Wyrd 3rd party inspired decks. So Adepticon can give away decks but not sell em going forward.

That's true. I guess that was a time before when the rules may have been different? All I know is in the past I did buy them from the Official Adepticon store back in 2014. They def. won't be an option in 2016. Thx for correction

I bought a bunch at Adepticon and gave them away as prizes at events. Were some of the most sought after decks made to date. Hard to find yes. But I bet if you go to Adepticon they have 'old' stock usually and sell previous years stuff if its available.

great summary. I'll just say I'd never recommend taking out a doppelganger from a NB list. They're too good and having 3 more (potentially) shots from the dopple is nice. Plus you also want to win initiative with this list and dopple can almost guarantee it. 

First and foremost....we are not claiming that the ranking of the henchman in anyway is THE order if you (or anyone for the matter) racked and stacked them. The order came to was just to give us something to go from and incite a fun discussion.

Second we don't believe that any of the henchman to be bad (or need help) etc. Remember ss cost is a good gauge for ROI of a model. The last (or second to last for that matter) models in the list aren't bad models and serve roles in many cases. But others may just be a little better. For example if we were to have a ranking system from 1-10 where 10 being best and 1 being worst I'd say Ototo is a 6 and everything in between to #1 is some thing in between that and a 10. I actually like spawn mother quite a bit on paper and have faced her a few times to see how effective she is. With that said she isn't out in plastic and a lot of people haven't seen her so have less experience and may have ranked her lower. I think she's actually quite good so don't read too much into the ranking. More so read into the reasoning why model X beat model Y in a 1v1 and figure out how much you agree/disagree.

Thanks for the feedback and comments!

P.S  Ototo Wp 4 is pretty rough though from a stat block perspective.