Stewbert

Played him in a brewmaster crew last night. his Cooler aura, manipulative wp duels and occasional chatty aura probably won me the game when he sat next to ironsides plying her for information. Hes worth his weight in gold sometimes.

13 minutes ago, Richard matthews said:

1 isn't really an issue as I play quite defensive so im not usually spending cards turn 1 other then to summon  

2 I normally use my model to hit the statue then heal him with LRM to get 2 komainu a turn,

3 the push and fast is good but with him the statue is my only real hitting power the rail worker can do a bit of damage but kang is ml7 min 3 which is a lot more consistent damage output.

 

I thought the statue only dropped scrap when it was damaged by an enemy attack action?

Next demo date April 5th!

5 hours ago, Freman said:

10 stones.

With the recent price changes to the riders this would be a great move and would see Aionus hired as a merc a lot (at least for myself)

Hi All,

I'm running demo games at ABZ games in Aberdeen every Thursday from 29th of March. All I ask is you let me know at least a day in advance if you plan on coming along.

Location:

197 Rosemount Pl, Aberdeen AB25 2XP

Time:

7pm

Ice dancers with Seamus for me. Cant resist taking a pair of them whenever I see public demonstration or set up in the scheme pool. I've also become quite reliant on hiring Envy as a merc with Seamus also, either giving Seamus focus or pulling them up the board with a Kentauroi to get into killing range.

Thats great! I have drawn the strat and schemes for each round and posted to the Facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/324640051384449/

Hey yes there are tickets still available. As for parking there isn't any free parking nearby and I believe the pay and display is max 3 hours on the nearby roads. Public transport into the town center may be the best bet.

6 hours ago, tomhorstmann said:

This is exactly the kind of setup that would make me consider Spirit Molly. There are so many choke points that encourage your opponent to bunch up or trickle in, allowing you to either summon into a cluster or slow their crew down as you eat through models with Hanged. After the carnage, you have flying and incorporeal to grab Surround Them and/or Covert Breakthrough. I think I'd run:

Molly, Forgotten Path, Take Back the Night, Wronged Spirits, 6ss cache

Philip and the Nanny, Haunting Cries

Madame Sybelle, My Little Helper

Carrion Emissary, Carrion Conflux

Rotten Belle

Rotten Belle

Crooligan

Crooligan
 

I don't always love Crooligans, but they look excellent here. With this pool, they can feed Philip turn 1, set up Dig Their Graves on turn 2, and work on Ply and Surround Them/Covert Breakthrough if they make it to the end. At Ht 1, they should be able to interact and place to hide in most circumstances. The Mist could even see play here, if our opponent decided to run the newly buffed Tuco, or if they run Changelings and Trappers to abuse fire lanes themselves. Are the platforms on the East side really not climbable? If so, I'm happy deploying second to place Sybelle/Molly/Belle reactively. If they are climbable, I would hope to deploy first in order to avoid being forced into deploying on the West side, since the opponent can spill over the platforms and spread out. I think I prefer the North and East sides in general, as they funnel the most, but against Lilith I would deploy first and choose South, since there's no way for her to set up forests and advance safely turn 1 from the North.

Against Neverborn, in this pool, I would expect either Collodi, Titania, Dreamer, or Lilith. We can also expect to see Nekima, who is a very real concern at WP7, and almost certainly carrying Malifaux Provides, so we will have to successfully whispers twice to stop her from healing. Try to deploy as far as possible from her and summon a bunch of models off of something else. Once you out-activate your opponent you can run a Crooligan next to her to reduce her WP and then shut her down. We can also use Molly's Revelation to Paralyze her once Malifaux Provides is gone. Thankfully she can't Blood for Blood to kill our 1wd models, so we can trade trash summons for her AP until she is vulnerable. Expect to burn through stones like crazy turns 1 and 2 in order to contain her, but afterwards we should have a lot of models and our opponent will be down 15ss. I like our position against Collodi and Titania, but against Lilith, it really depends how patient they are. If they overextend even a little, I think they will collapse very quickly, as Lilith can't really afford to lose models for nothing. We're also compelled to deploy first, so dealing with Nekima will be messier.  If they manage to grab South, they can hide behind forests until they can explode out, and our crew does nothing until it summons. Against Dreamer, as against all summoners, try and pressure as quickly as possible. Spirit Molly vs summoners is always unpredictable, but our card draw is much better, and if we manage to get the Emissary in range by luring it forward with our Belles, we have a big advantage. If the opponent takes any other master, this shouldn't even be close. 

EDIT: As a side note, I think this list would demolish anything but Neverborn. Against Neverborn, however, if I had access to all Masters, I would just choose Kirai. Nekima is the real problem here, and Kirai can just sit back turn 1 and summon Goryo and Shikome to threaten her. Ikiryo is also a problem for Nekima. Since she doesn't need to take Sybelle as a taxi, she can take Datsue Ba, who looks great into this pool and on this map. If they aren't running Nekima for whatever reason, you can use Asura or Datsue Ba to summon chaff models and forward summon Hanged to close off the many choke points on this map. 

I don't believe crooligans can interact to feed Philip with scheme markers turn 1 if that's the intention. From the shadows puts a stop to that

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Location: ABZ Games, 197 Rosemount Pl, Aberdeen AB25 2XP

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Format: 3 Rounds, Gaining Grounds 2018

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Yep each to their own. Admittedly my archie didn't last long in my last game which was ok with frame for murder on him. If you want him to tank then by all means take it.

On 5/22/2017 at 5:44 PM, Ergonomic Cat said:

Yup.  I was new to Malifaux not too long ago, and I found that there's a curve that experienced players forget.

You start off with a master or two (In theory.  I started with 4, but normal people don't, I assume) and a couple of models.  So your first set of games are literally "I have these models.  I will play them."  Your choices are basically "Do I use two or three Illuminated?"  

Then you start to ask the "Okay, what do I add?" questions.  And you pick up the Neverborn All-Stars, or something to shore up your weak spots, or whatever.  And now you have maybe 90ss worth of models.  So you need to latch on to a core build, because you just can't keep what 90ss worth of models do and don't do compared to 5 schemes and a strat.  So you know "If it's killing, I take these guys and if it's schemes, I take these."  So you have a core of 30ss or so that you get, and know how to use, and then you add another 2-3 models to try out, mostly based on "Uh, these Terror Tots seem really popular."

Then eventually you move to having opinions about models and positions.  "This game needs 2 scheme runners - I always prefer Gupps unless I'm playing Lynch.  I know people like Nekima, but I'd rather have Barbaros and a Changeling for the points.  Everyone loves Collodi, but I just don't click with him."  At that point, you've entered "It depends on the schemes and strats" territory.  But there's a whole process to getting to that point.  And honestly, once you're to that point, you think in terms of packages, I think.  "I need a 'hold-the-center' package and a 'scheme-runner + denial' package here." "I want to bring the pounce package of Tooth + Lilith + a Pouncer."  Stuff like that.

This here is a great description of the curve and the point where new players have a crew box or two built and construct their first crews to play a game is often where we lose new players because the investment to compete looks daunting.

17 minutes ago, bimpi said:

I was thinking about armour. Isnt it better than tentackle?

Yes but it costs an extra ss on an already expensive model. Better to attach it later with archies 0 action.

1 hour ago, Wolfpact said:

I like Leap and the Tentacle myself.

Same here. So far I've only thrown them at people anyway.

1 hour ago, apes-ma said:

I think one good way to deal with this would be to add some kind of clause that changes the reformation behaviour depending on whether it was killed or sacrificed?

If any action was at all needed which i'm not sure it is. This would be a great solution.

7 minutes ago, thatlatinspeakingguy said:

Won't work, Seishin are immune to auras.

I meant from Izamu taking 1 damage to prevent seishin dying

Worth putting Spirit Beacon on izamu for some seishin summoning and extra situational blackblood splashing?

The Wisps do a lot for zoraida being able to summon the voodoo doll for her. and can make a nice bad juju delivery system. 

Hey folks,

There is a Malifaux resurgence in Aberdeen at the moment and to take advantage every Thursday at ABZ Games there will be tables available to play and chat about Malifaux.

If you are from Aberdeen and don't know many players give me a message and I can bring everyone into the fold!

Address: 197 Rosemount Pl, Aberdeen AB25 2XP

The Viks present a very different play style and Ronin are useful in almost any crew. Jacks actual friends are probably ressurs anyway

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1 hour ago, silicon_dioxide said:

Although I replied already to this, I came up with another alt sculpt I'd love to see. Seamus as his alter ego Sebastian Baker (obviously just Seamus with a ridiculously large moustache) perhaps in a kit with dead showgirls. 

THIS! I would murder for some dead performers and icedancers. Oiran not so much.

And the humble Guard Sergeant also has his place.

The end goal of a trinity of Molly, Seamus and Nicodem would cover most of the resser requirements and adding some other model boxes like doxies or a rogue necro will add flavour to all those masters.

All valid points and not actually something I had considered. I hadn't even assembled the totem.

I've had Hoffman neutered a couple of games by Challenge Aura which pops up in neverborn with barbaros quite a bit. nothing worse than taking a WP duel just to Power Loop your own model.