Hello, first time poster have yet to play the game, but have seen a couple of batreps online. Wargaming Consortium and Wargamer Girl shout out.
Heard that 2e was starting and thought it would be a good place to jump in.
Full disclosure:
Warhammer 40k Ork player DnD and other RPG player Looking for a small skirmish game as palette cleanser, plan to go full tilt into the game though. I am currently looking to start right now I have narrowed down to either Guild, Outcasts, or Ten Hammers. Gremlins are not on the table for me right now because I am already playing Orks in 40k and I don't think I could handle playing two crazy armies at one time.
Aesthetically I am moving closer to the Guild, because I like the Wild West theme, the three masters all look cool to me. The Ten Hammers were on the list because Mei Feng and the Rail Workers seem cool. In the Outcasts I like the Ronin, but I hear I have to take Viktoria as a master for them to be worth wild and I dislike how they work mechanically.
Gameplay wise I am looking to do a lot of shooting and melee attacks. Magic is not really a corner stone in what I like in my starting army. If anyone could suggest a faction/master to start that would be awesome.
Planning on buying the rule book as soon as I can. Was told by the henchman at my local store that you could get it online, but was told by one of the store clerks that it was a GenCon only pre-release. Wanted to verify this. I am getting the 1.5e stuff from a friend for cheap just so I can read up on the fluff.
I saw that the decks have cool artwork and wondered if there are specific faction decks I could buy with art from the faction I choose or if all the Malifaux decks are pretty much a mixture.
I know very little of the fluff right now aside from the background of the Breach that is on the main website. Oh and that Mr Chompy and Dreamer have a very funny backstory.
Any help at all would be appreciated. I was hoping Miniwargaming would start doing batreps for the game so I could get a better feel, but after finding out about 2e and finally getting settled at my new job I thought what better time to start.
Sorry if this is all a bit too long to read. *worried*