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Hey all, so now that we're in May I thought it was time to get going the Month of Mei (Feng)! I got in two games with Mei today (win vs Misaki 9-5, loss vs Lynch 3-9... lol) and I plan on trying to squeeze Mei into as many non-tournament games as I can this month to get more experience (and fun) in with her and I challenge you, my fellow Arcanist players, to do the same Let's get some good Arcanist Mei Feng experiences going on in this thread, because to steal a line from Blizzard, this master is a-Mei-zing and needs more love on this here forum!

Same as Aionius, it's the material Privateer Press uses on most of their stuff I think. It's a bit weird how it was pre-built, and had some weird mould lines (had to clean between his fingers for example) but with a bit of greenstuff to fill the gaps whoever put it together left mine is looking great

Or even just make it so the Adrenaline doesn't go down if she's already on full health. Feels a bit awkward having to remove 1 from a crucial condition every turn.

That's a good point, I hadn't thought about the Ice Gamin. Are Conditions something that don't really come up in Henchmen Hardcore? Only 8 activations does seem like there's not much point on a turn where you could remove those conditions, I may swap over to the Gamin.

My LGS is thinking of doing a Henchmen Hardcore tournament some time in May and I'm excited to give it a shot! I've never done one before and it sounds like a fun mix on the typical style of game I'm looking at the different lists I could bring and I think I'm liking this one best so far, is there anything obviously wrong with it for this sort of tournament? If it doesn't work I'm thinking of bringing Cassie alternatively. SnowStorm Ice Golem Arcane Effigy Silent One Effigy gives condition removal and a damage/discard boost to SnowStorm which is nice, Silent One healing and shooting Freeze's through the other Frozen Heart models sounds pretty solid to me, and having SnowStorm pull the Ice Golem forward looks like it should really help with its otherwise slow trot to the front lines. Is there anything I'm missing or should really be doing different?

I try to keep my skin tones a bit varied between my models depending on what their job is (my Rail Workers have a good tan going, the Performers less so) but I use a mix of the P3 paints Bloodtracker Brown and Morrow White (though I'm also now trying ones that are a bit pinker for more variety of skin tones), with a wash of Citadel Seraphim Sepia. Starting out in other games with way more models on the field I used to just do my models totally in white and then slap a layer of Seraphim Sepia on, but I'm finding more and more that adding variety on a model-by-model basis makes it all look so much better

Couple things on some of the messages that have been posted in the last few days. First, "white knighting" or being extra kind and helpful to someone because they're female is still a kind of sexism, the proper term is benevolent sexism (as in, the person thinks the girl needs your help because they're a girl). Also when it comes down to it, sexism (and any -ism) really just means "based on sex." A good exercise for people may be to use the replace text feature on MS Word or whatever other program and replace the words sexism or sexist with based on sex and see if it's still sounds true. I've definitely read some things above that have been described as "not sexist," but I would say were definitely "based on sex." Also, small point with the freedom of speech point above that lots of Americans seem to not know, Canada actually does NOT have freedom of speech laws, but instead has an anti-hate based system, which is why most loud members of Westboro are actually permanently banned from coming up here.

Why not do something like what the Coryphee and Duet have, where it's limited when they're able to combine (for this example, Arcanists only). Could make it so only Hamelin lets Rats become a Rat King, or (maybe a bit more realistic as noted above by LunarSol) make it so only Hamelin can make a Catcher & Rat from a Rat King.

One of the reasons I adore this game so much is how widely varied their models are. Speaking generally, I love how they have the "sexy" models like Colette and her Showgirls and also have models like Ironsides, Rasputina, and the December Acolytes who are all look tough in their different ways and are wearing reasonable clothing (the latter two especially compared to other ridiculous things in gaming like Sejuani's arctic bikini armor). However I'm a white guy so my experience in this only really goes so far and I do find it unfortunate that some people have been having difficulties with harassment. My condolences go out to them and I hope we can get better at this in the future. There is one thing I'd like to point out as far as the above discussion in including a larger variety of models belonging to different groups in the game. Don't worry, I have a positive point! I have physical issues, a degenerative spinal disorder which thankfully isn't too bad now but by definition will only get worse. Because of this I usually use a walking aid to get around and when I found out that this game had C. Hoffman, a wicked cool character with his own walking aid due to a serious illness I was thrilled! So good on you Wyrd for having Hoffman in the game, and hopefully in the future other groups can have their own characters which make them feel like I did when I first saw him.

Does anyone know if shipping confirmation emails will be sent out? I'm getting eager seeing people post their loot and wondering when mine might be showing up.

Awesome, I'm definitely going to see if there's a local bulk buy going on, I've been very excited to grab that Mobile Toolkit! I don't know if it's true for the other factions, but including this Easter pre-release are all pre-2.0 Arcanist models now available in plastic? Because that's pretty awesome to see as well

Cool, thanks for that!

Does anyone have the equation handy that would let you calculate the odds of drawing certain value or higher cards in your hand each turn? Specifically I'm thinking of Ramos, who needs 11T or better (four cards in 54) to summon his three Spiders. 6 cards base hand size, up to 8 from Arcane Reservoir and Hannah, up to 10 with them and drawing/discarding 2 cards with a soulstone. Any math inclined players on here know how to do this?

Ironsides is fun but she likes to get into situations that might get her killed. The advice that helped me with her the most is to play her like a bully, not a bruiser. She wants to be in the middle of a melee but not with things that can actually hurt her. Try to get Ironsides in melee with the enemy's support and gunner models and never let them out. Her box is good and I like everything in it (except Mouse who I'm still on the fence over) but I'm not sure two Gunsmiths is a good idea seeing how they can be card greedy.

Currently, a bit over $80 CAD. Our dollar is pretty awful right now :/

That looks fantastic! Well done to the sculptors, all the Emissaries turned out looking great IMO

There's also Eiryss, who went from Merc Solo to Ret UA. But there are extremely few examples overall, yeah. As an Arcanist player, I would very much enjoy getting a dual faction Arc/NB or Arc/Resser master, if only to have a reason to buy into those factions with what I have. With the Neverborn they theoretically wouldn't have to hide themselves as much as Lucius, just make it clear that they want the Guild dealt with. I'd be willing to bet Ramos would make deals with devils for more power.

Devour is very nice against Gremlins though... last time I played vs my Gremlins friend I had my Wendigo eat a full health Francois. My opponent won't be letting my Wendigo anywhere near him again!

1) As far as I've always understood it, the blasts all do the same damage - one less level of damage than the single target's damage. So for SnowStorm severe, single target takes 3 and everything under the blasts take 2. 2) Yes. If something doesn't have a "you can't declare more triggers" caveat then you can keep declaring triggers. I've driven one friend in particular into a Rail Golem hatred after I got 6 Locomotions off with some very good luck with 4+ Tomes.

Yeah I have the lady "floating" too, but she's going on a snow covered base with the other Frozen Heart models so I'm thinking of just fixing the float with a bit of extra snow beneath her. Hopefully it looks okay! The sculpt itself is great, can't wait to use it with Raspy.

Hey all, so I've recently picked up Angelica and I'm feeling pretty excited about her with Practiced Production! I'm specifically thinking in a Ramos crew (though also Colette obviously), as she can be throwing scheme markers through the front lines with Practiced Production and let the beaters do their thing without spending their AP on schemes. Plus that Encore! ability for some extra movement sounds pretty nice. Does anyone here have experience with Angelica, especially with Ramos?

So far I'm wondering the same for all of them, unless they're smaller than I think they are. They do look gorgeous though... I really love this sculpt, it just has so much character to it! Having the three different bodies all doing such radically different things is brilliant.

Hey all, so with the recent poll for a new official fate deck I was curious what do players like to see in their fate decks? There seemed to be a pretty decent sized split between people who wanted a more simplistic deck and those who wanted new cool visuals or having characters from the game on the cards. So, when you're thinking of Your Favourite Deck (whether you have it or it's just something you'd like to see), what comes to mind? For me personally, I love the stained glass artwork style in the Revelations Tarot deck (pic here), the art style is great and something I've never seen in another deck. Plus every single card has its own unique art, so every card is individually nice to look at. Cons there are that every card looking different means you have to pay extra attention to see what number and suit it actually is. Plus the cards are longer which makes them trickier to shuffle and of course they're not using the Ram/Crow/Tome/Mask suits so I have to keep a bit of a cheat sheet to remember which suit is which in game. But if there was a normal sized card deck with that nice stained glass look I'd be all over it! How about you folks?

I hadn't thought about Colette and Ironsides, I'm glad to hear there's some synergy there too! Summoning a Fire or Ice Gamin with the Mech Rider expecting it to die, and telling it to Tread The Line sounds like a nice combo. Get an extra activation from the model and if it dies it does 2 damage (or 1 and Burning) and drops a Scheme Marker anyway.

Hey all, so after discovering Sue and having my inner Johnny Cash fan fall in love, I'm absolutely planning on picking up the new model when it comes out. Is the Man In Black any good in Arcanists? He sounds like his Ring of Fire could work nicely in a Kaeris crew but I'm not sure when else bringing his pistols is better than an Acolyte slowing and burning enemy cards.