PanzerHarris

Right then... After much fumbling with a tape measure, turns out the upstairs of the store has masses of space! It would be simplicity itself to get anything up to 8 6x4 tables in, but we decided to cap at 6 to allow plenty of space to move between tables. Those who've met me know I manage to be both tall and fat, and I can easily get around to all the tables between players. All this means the event has been expanded to 24 players, and an additional 6 tickets are now live on the Warzone Workshop website! If people are willing to throw a table or so's worth of terrain into their car it would be appreciated - the store opened very recently so terrain stocks aren't quite up to 12 tables of properly laid out Malifaux yet. Thanks for the continued support, and I really can't wait to welcome everyone to the tournament!

And no sooner do I post that than the 16th ticket sells... Hopefully the measuring up yields another couple of spaces, but the experience is more important than ticket sales. I've been to events where the venue has gotten greedy and crammed in too many people, and they were not fun. That's not a mistake we'll be making here!

Entrants list updated. We're on 1 ticket left of the initial allocation of 16, pending the shop and I measuring up tomorrow to see if we can get any more tables in! We don't want to jam people in as that's really not a fun experience, but if it's possible to fit in a couple more tables and still move around then we'll do so.

It gets better... I'm very pleased to announce that Wyrd will be providing prize support for the event! Huge thanks to them for their generosity - I'll be posting tempting pics of the shinies when they arrive.

Attendance list updated, and rules pack along with scheme pools now attached! We're on 8 paid tickets already which is amazing - massive thanks for the support. I have Phil from Warzone going all over the shop with a tape measure trying to see how many tables he can fit in...

Lists updated. Some absolute legends coming to our part of the world - gonna be awesome!

What happened to the insulting nicknames? Man up and put 'em back!

Second ticket bought, for aforementioned lass with a spoon.

Hi all, In association with Warzone Workshop in Northampton, I'll be running a 3-round, 50SS event on Sunday 8th November at the shop in the Market Walk shopping centre, Northampton. Tickets will be £12.50, sold direct by Warzone, and include entry to the tournament as well as all the tea and coffee you can drink. Lunch isn't included but you're right in the middle of Northampton town centre. Payment link: http://warzoneworkshop.co.uk/Events/Into-the-Quarantine-Zone The pack can be downloaded from here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4m3fwpbseeacu6k/Into the Quarantine Zone Pack.pdf?dl=0 Key points will be; - 3 rounds using 50SS crews - there will not be any 'model pool' restrictions in place - Strategies and scheme pools will be published in full, in advance - Fixed Faction and Trinity crew selection rules will be in use - on registration you'll need to confirm which one you're using - Models don't have to be fully painted, but they will have to be assembled and primed as a minimum The event will, as ever, be very new-player friendly whilst still making sure that the top of the field gets challenged. I'll be on hand to help out with any rules queries so that all players can focus on their games. Any questions, please fire away! Schemes and Strategies Reconnoitre, Corner Deployment - Line in the Sand, Assassinate, Breakthrough, Spring the Trap, Plant Explosives Stake a Claim, Flank Deployment - Line in the Sand, Protect Territory, Distract, Frame for Murder, Murder Protege Guard the Stash, Standard Deployment - Line in the Sand, Assassinate, Bodyguard, Entourage, Deliver a Message FAQs How will the painting competition work? Anyone wishing to enter the painting competition will need to enter 3 models - a Trinity (anyone spotting a pattern here?). You can enter any three models. Enforcers, Masters, Totems, Emissaries, whatever. The only restriction is that these must be models you can field during the day from either your fixed faction or from your Trinity crews. What can I win? Trophies up for grabs will be 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, best sports, and best painted. Medals are also being arranged for 2nd and 3rd place painted. Will the event be ranked? Yes, subject to the minimum 8 players attending (hopefully not an issue! already accomplished). Are wave 3 / Shifting Loyalties models allowed? Yes, these rules will be allowed (with the exception of campaign-only Avatars). What's your position on proxies? No Malifaux model can be used as another Malifaux model without conversion work having been done - no putting a Canine Remains on the table and claiming it's a Guild Hound, for example. Using appropriate models from other ranges - for example a Wild West Exodus Native American as Big Jake - is fine as long as it's clear what the model is representing. If in doubt send me a picture and I'll let you know yes or no. Can I pull the Mei Feng infinite loop trick? No, as it will be considered timewasting. Perpetrators of this and any similar rules abuse can expect very short shrift from the TO, and possibly a thorough bogwashing. Paid Entrants 1. Aron Britchford 2. Mike Marshall 3. Joel Henry 4. Lee Battrick 5. James Doxey 6. Craig Bennett 7. Ian Bennett 8. Will Lambert 9. Karl McConnell 10. Craig Woods 11. Ben Halford 12. Matt Ledgerwood 13. Matt Spooner 14. Leigh Buckett 15. Ross 'Skittles' Clarke 16. David Loyd-Hearn 17. Paul Butler 18. Shaun Clark 19. James Boots Rory Carter 20. Craig Johnson (yes, that Craig Johnson) 21. Brooks Martin 22. Graham Bursnell 23. Haydn Smith 24. Dan Swain Spare Player: Alessandro Zaramella Reserve List Mark Shepherd Steve Slatcher Nick Martin Connor Barker

If the cakes have 'Blighted +1' on them, steer well clear. Dodgy Outcasts trying to reduce the competition... Agree that invitationals shouldn't be ranked. Always thought / believed that events should be open entry in order to qualify for rankings, which would rule this out. Doesn't bother me one way or the other - think it's good of Sanctuary to put this on for us.

Some updates on wants and needs.

Sunny Doncaster. Just up the road from Crawley. :P

99% sure they mean Gaining Grounds.

The Squigs are coming! Well. Some of us are. Probably a car full.

An attack action that places Blasts, such as Sonnia Criid's Flameburst, Lazarus' Grenade Launcher or Wong's Lightning Jump, hits the necessary level of damage to lay down the blast markers. The original target of this attack reduces the damage dealt to them to zero. There are many ways to do this - Tara's Through the Hole, Bulletproof and SoulStone Prevent, Stilts, etc. Does the attack still place the Blast markers if this happens? I've been through the rule book and FAQ and can't definitively say yes or no. I suspect yes, as Blasts don't appear to rely on 'after damaging', but am happy to be proved wrong! Cheers all.

Ticket bought. Hopefully one big muck about all day with Masters qualification already assured... Yeah right.

Ticket bought. Am also doing this and the Sanctuary finals - here goes nothing...

Hi all, As the title says, some wants and needs! For Sale / Trade Johana (new on sprue with card - actually have 2 of these!) Metal Abuela (new in blister) Metal alt Bete Noire (chest burster!) (assembled) Arcanist wave 2 Arsenal Deck Plastic Steam Trunk (assembled, unpainted) Wants Miss Terious Gremlin War Wabbit Stuffed Piglets Metal Bayou Gremlins Happy to part ex what I have for what I want, or do cash / PayPal deals. No issue at all with international deals. UK based. Cheers!

It's important to note the spelling of Piskosz. Greg, do you want to tell us now if it's Greg or Gregory that they'll need to engrave on the shield?

Thank you, thank you fans. (You guys need to be cheering on someone who knows what they're doing...) On that note, much though Graham Bursnell loves Graham Bursnell, thankfully there's only one of him and he appears to have been invited twice.

Francisco is a great, great model (even if the actual plastic and that bloody ridiculous hat isn't that hot). I run him in more games than I don't - he's great for keeping vulnerable models safe and if all else fails, he's one heck of a beater. El Mayor is useful but there's more to him than that. I always run him with Hermanos and Wade In - Hermanos gives him a way to pull friendly models out of combat or drag them up the board with him to stay in El Mayor range. The 1 action Enfretante a Mi (I know I've spelled it wrong but you know what I mean!) is where it's really at though. You pick an enemy model, place Francisco in base to base with that enemy model, then push away all friendly models that are engaged with it. No Cast, it just happens, so if the enemy crew has rushed in to engage a model (like Sonnia, for example, a Master who absolutely must have Francisco standing next to her) their target is now free and clear and they have Francisco standing next to them. You then 0-action Finesse to put that model on a negative to attack him in Ml. They then have a problem. Francisco's attacks are also great. Ml7, doing a minimum of 3/4/6 (well, 2/3/5 but he has Crit Strike and a built-in Ram). He can also Flurry. His pistol may look like an afterthought but a 12" range, Sh6 and more Crit Strike make it a very viable option. Hard to Kill isn't a great defence of itself, but it usually means the opponent has to take one more AP than they would normally to kill him. That can be very useful, particularly if they're struggling to get through the negative flips from Finesse or (as my opponents always seem to) you're flipping like a demon on SoulStone damage prevention. The heal is OK but the suit dependency makes it a bonus if you have that spare 8 of Rams - I wouldn't all out for it.

24th October, according to another thread. I have no idea at all how I qualified, but I don't care. I'm in.

Sign me up please.

@PanzerHarris, Guild. Most evenings with a bit of notice.

Just to flesh this out; 3 rounds, no painting requirements. Registration is at 10, first game at 1030, scheduled to finish at 1730. Address is; 66B Bedford Street South Leicester LE1 3JR Games will be; Headhunter, Corner Deployment Turf War, Standard Deployment Collect the Bounty, Flank Deployment Tickets are £10 (no food) from here; http://giftsforgeeks.org.uk/shop/-/product/908260431/-battle-though-the-breach-malifaux-tournament-10-16-places-/ The Squigs aren't actually running it, but we will be making sure it goes smoothly as we want them to run more events on our proverbial doorstep!