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We will be hosting a casual Malifaux event at Nu Brand Gaming in Brooklyn on August 5th. This will be a regular gaining grounds event, using the gg17 schemes and strategies. We will be setting a relaxed 2:15 minute round time so that everyone has plenty of time to finish their games. Schemes will be revealed the day of the event. Schedule; 10:00am Arrival 10:30-12:45 Game 1 -Standard Deployment, Squatter's Rights 12:45-1:15 - Lunch 1:30-3:45 Game 2 - Corner Deployment, Guard the Stash 4:00-6:15 Game 3 - Flank Deployment, Reckoning Venue Information Nu Brand Gaming194 31st Street Brooklyn, NY 11232 The price for the event is $15 for general admission and $10 for Nu Brand members. Any grudge matches for the first game will happily be obliged.

Presenting Scorpius Rising: 2Fast2Scorpius We will be hosting a casual Malifaux event at Nu Brand Gaming in Brooklyn on May 20th This will be a regular gaining grounds event, using the new gg17 schemes and strategies. We will be setting a relaxed 2:15 minute round time so that everyone has plenty of time to finish their games. Schemes will be revealed the day of the event. Schedule 10:00am Arrival 10:30-12:45 Game 1 -Standard Deployment, Extraction 12:45-1:15 - Lunch 1:30-3:45 Game 2 - Corner Deployment, Interference 4:00-6:15 Game 3 - Flank Deployment, Headhunter Venue Information Nu Brand Gaming 194 31st Street Brooklyn, NY 11232 The price for the event is $15 for general admission and $5 for Nu Brand members. Any grudge matches for the first game will happily be obliged. Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1808368692814066/

We will be hosting a casual Malifaux event at Nu Brand Gaming in Brooklyn on April 8th. This will be a regular gaining grounds event, using the new gg17 schemes and strategies. We will be setting a relaxed 2:15 minute round time so that everyone has plenty of time to finish their games. Schemes will be revealed the day of the event. Schedule 10:00am Arrival 10:30-12:45 Game 1 -Standard Deployment, Guard 12:45-1:15 - Lunch 1:30-3:45 Game 2 - Close Deployment, Interference 4:00-6:15 Game 3 - Flank Deployment, Collect the Bounty Venue Information Nu Brand Gaming 194 31st Street Brooklyn, NY 11232 The event will take place in the ground-floor space - enter the side entrance (closer to 4th Avenue) for direct access! The price for the event is $15 for general admission and $5 for Nu Brand members who have paid April dues. Any grudge matches for the first game will happily be obliged. All participants will receive Guilders! Click here for more info- https://www.facebook.com/events/681783948695208/

10:30 AM check in with an 11 AM start time. $10 for Members, $15 for non-Members Payment day of is totally acceptable. This will be a casual 1 day gaining grounds event. There will be 3 rounds, each being 2 hours long with a 15 minute set up period. Lunch will be one hour. 11:00-1:15; First round Lunch 2:15-4:15 2nd Round 4:30-6:30 3rd Round Round 1 Flank, Guard the Stash Convict Labor, Take Prisoner, Show of Force, Neutralize, Set up Round 2: Standard, Collect the Bounty Round 3; Corner, Headhunter All other schemes will be flipped day of. Painting not required though there will be a painting prize. Proxies allowed for unreleased models as long as they can be recognized as what they should be. Gaining grounds rules available at: http://www.wyrd-games.net/s/Organized-Play-Formats-17km.zip Venue Information: Nu Brand Gaming is located at 194 31st Street Brooklyn, NY 11232. Train wise; it is off the 25th St R train stop, or the 36th st D and N (also the R, but 25th is closer). Relevant links: http://www.nubrandgaming.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/nubrandgamingopenplay/

10:30 AM check in with an 11 AM start time. $10 for Members, $15 for non-Members. You can paypal payment to aa1496@nyu.edu (just be sure to choose the non-fee option). Payment day of is also totally acceptable. This will be a casual 1 day gaining grounds event. There will be 3 rounds, each being 2 hours long with a 15 minute set up period. Lunch will be one hour. 11:00-1:15; First round Lunch 2:15-4:15 2nd Round 4:30-6:30 3rd Round Round 1 Close Deployment, Extraction. Convict Labor, Leave your Mark, Hunting Party, Covert Breakthrough, Inspection. Round 2: Flank, Interference Round 3; Standard, Squatter's Rights Round 1 is the 5th round of TFL, so if you want to get your league game in, you can request an opponent. Schemes for Round 2 and 3 will be flipped day off. Book 4 is allowed as general release is expected in September(and I believe most people already have access to it from Gencon). Painting not required though there will be a painting prize. Proxies allowed for unreleased models as long as they can be recognized as what they should be. Gaining grounds rules available at: http://www.wyrd-games.net/s/Organized-Play-Formats-17km.zip Venue Information: Nu Brand Gaming is located at 194 31st Street Brooklyn, NY 11232. Train wise; it is off the 25th St R train stop, or the 36th st D and N (also the R, but 25th is closer). Relevant links: http://www.nubrandgaming.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/nubrandgamingopenplay/

Wanted to post to let people know that Demos will continue until October.

Hello, If you are in the city and are looking to learn more about Malifaux you should get a Demo at Nu Brand gaming in Brooklyn. I will be running demos every Wednesday or Friday till the end of September. I am also available on Saturdays, though you should use the Nu Brand Open Gaming facebook group to arrange that. Come join us at Nu Brand, we have a really nice community that plays a variety of games. Nu Brand is also BYOB in case that's relevant. Venue Information: Nu Brand Gaming is located at 194 31st Street Brooklyn, NY 11232. Train wise; it is off the 25th St R train stop, or the 36th st D and N (also the R, but 25th is closer).

I'm a pretty competitive gamer, and I like Hans. Obviously at 9 points (with Scout the Field) he's not an auto-take, but I find him making it into a lot of my lists. He's good in Guard the Stash (he ignores them with googles), Extraction, and Interference. Basically any strat where he's good in a corner, and you can predict where the opposing crew will end up. Also, I think of how many annoying totems there are in the game. Like Lost Love, Copy Cat Killer, or Primordial Magic. It is nice to be able to delete a key minion or peon turn one. Or to one shot a pigapult, which can really hamper a gremlin player's plan. Pretty money at stopping the rat cycle if you face Outcasts too, since he can single shot the obedient wretch. Obviously all these scenarios require you to ditch a card for focus, then focus as a (1) then shoot. They also require at least 1 severe in hand. So it is a pretty expensive exercise, but it can be pretty game changing if done turn 1, when you don't generally need to have an amazing hand otherwise. After his one turn kill, I find that I generally just focus and shoot things with him, sometimes ditching a low card to get a suit I want. Lastly, with outcasts I find that I take hunting party almost always. As an enforcer, Hans is pretty good at killing hard to reach or hidden peons/minions so he can be pretty key at getting you that third hunting party point. Is Hans + Trapper better than double trapper? I don't know, as always with Malifaux is depends on the schemes, the board, and your opponent. But I wouldn't go so far as saying that a trapper is always better. That being said, I almost always include at least 1 trapper, whereas Hans is scenario specific.

I am more than excited to announce the first ever Malifaux event at the Crossroads GT. For those with no prior knowledge, Crossroads is a long running Fantasy event that has recently expanded to accommodate more games. The Malifaux tournament will run from March 5-6 and will be a 2-day event. There is enough room for 30 players, maybe more, and will be 5 games. For more info: http://www.crossroads-gt.com/

A couple of times it seemed as though you were doing pull the void on Tara's second activation. I don't think you are allowed to use it if there are no models left to activate. Unsure how that works with unburying since it is a chain activation. Otherwise, a great report. Totally different to how I play Tara, but seems very effective!

These are all standard deployment and....... flip a card prior to the game black (black joker, crows, tomes) plays reconnoiter, red (red joker, masks, or rams) plays stake a claim. Pairings for the next round are up- Long Island 1 Long Island 2 NuBrand Arcana The Only Game in Town Basement Jacks South Jersey Maplewood Tabletop Games Enter the Realm

Yeah the top 3 people in our club can't make this event. I also think that the top 2 people would be cool, but we've spoken about that before.

I made this a bit easier to read in case anyone was having trouble. Long Island 1 Long Island 2 NuBrand Arcana The Only Game in Town Basement Jacks South Jersey Maplewood TableTop Enter the Realm

Ok, I think I understand this. But it is a bit confusingly written.

I think that Drool Bucket and Kadeton make really good points. I like Von Schill a fair amount. Unlike other masters, I have a pretty set core Von Schill that operates very reliably (all the usual suspects, Hannah, Trapper(s), librarian(s), Lazarus or Strong arm, etc). I really like him against Neverborn, and he can do a number on Ressers as well. Universal armor and good guns is great, while ignoring pulses and blasts occasionally screws people. They may have fewer activations, I usually run around 7ish, but you don't lose too many activations as the game progresses due to the amount of healing available. For example, there have been games were I have lost only 1 or 2 models due to steam trunk healing, librarians, and 'not really but exactly the same as' hard to kill. Also you can make abominations if you want to up that number. Usually I play Von Schill in tournaments if no master comes to mind as being especially great in a strategy or scheme. He's a great master to have in your pocket during a tournament because most people gear towards Levi/Jack/etc when you declare Outcasts, so you can game that a little bit. Von Schill himself is only lackluster if you expect him to punch above his weight. Passively he does a lot for the crew with engage at will and legend to live up to. Augmented Jump can really catch people off guard and allows him to leap frog to juicier models pretty easily. The min damage in the crew is pretty high which offsets his knife a bit (and Schill's gun is min dam 3, that's pretty great). Cracked is a great trigger. All that being said I find that he plays pretty linearly so I can't play a lot of games in a row with him without getting a little bored. However, I tend to prefer casting/support masters.

Chris, Weakland is more alcoholic than discerning. So not sure type matters

I am in, really looking forward to it.

There are a lot of fun options that you can do with Pariah of Bone. Belles are ace (though dead doxies are anchors!). Yin makes your already powerful attacks ridiculous. A great way to ensure that whatever you want dead dies. Sybelle is pretty powerful. But yes, pariah of iron is much more common for good reason.

Even if you dislike Von Schill himself, the box has a lot of really useful stuff. I would say 90% of my lists have either the trapper or the librarian, in fact I think I used the trapper in every single one of my adepticon lists. The specialist is also useful if you know you are going to be facing ressers. The fact that you get a master on top of that is really just icing on the cake. Additionally, I like running the more tricksy masters, and thought that Von Schill wasn't going to do that for me. But I've actually found that I really love using him and his crew, usually end up running him at least once a tournament. He is a super solid counter to most Neverborn lists. Kadeton's advice is very solid.

I find that Void Wretches make their way into many of my outcasts lists. Such a nice little scheme runner, relatively fast, incorporeal and can have pretty baller defense. What's not to like! The Nothing Beast I mostly play with Tara only, I haven't felt the need to include him in other crews.

I suppose that's true. I haven't tried the DMs at all, I haven't painted them yet, so was intentionally not using them before adepticon. Certainly going to try them now. They seem really solid, I've been enjoying Tara with just 2 upgrades (though was somewhat not seriously considering scramble. . .). I get your argument Spiraling, however a friekorspman is 5 pts, has unimpeded, a good gun, and a good attack. Just not the bury. I don't really take all that many ronin.

I played 5 games with Tara this weekend, 4 as a resser and 1 as an outcast. I didn't take any of these upgrades and found it pretty alright, didn't feel like I was missing anything. I think Dead of Winter is good, but when are you taking more than 1 Death Marshal? Are they really worth the 7 pts? (Even if you take two, are they worth 6.5?)

I've played my last 2 games without the place, and Tara hasn't died yet. I didn't miss it, but going to try some more games. One game I ran her with survivalist instead because assassinate was on the board, but it never came up.

Yeah if people go for her, she's not hard to take down. But she's usually behind whatever it is that she just unburied. I think going for Tara is a mistake, because with eternal journey she has an emergency button, and she's usually not the most damaging piece on the board.

I've been using Tara pretty exclusively as of late, and have to agree with Spiraling Cadaver's assessment of Karina. I generally don't use a lot of soulstones with Tara, sometimes for defense but very rarely are opponents fixating on Tara herself, so using stones for the crow unbury is not a big deal. It's also the only suit that she ever needs. I have started to run 5-6 stones with her though, whereas before I was content with the 4 she comes with. I generally activate Karina late in the turn, so if I still have a high crow I'll summon. If not, then it's still a fine 5 point investment for me. Especially because I love the added flexibility that access to the students gives you. I recently won a game with a well placed student of steel. He (she? it?) really turned the game for me.