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That's a pity - I rather liked the idea of the Arsenal Decks purely as a stopgap "if I lose cards" solution. But the general upgrade pack is a great idea too. Al.

Never mind. The first page I opened after posting this clarifies it perfectly. :-)

Hey guys, I'm a bit confused when it comes to scheme reveals. In the case of Line in the Sand for instance, is the scheme revealed (if you wish) immediately or any time during the game? Is there a section that clarifies this? I'm assuming that reveals are at the beginning of the game unless noted otherwise, but the to the letter gamer in me needs to know for sure. :-) Al.

Cool - sold separately was what I was chasing.

Hey guys, I'm wondering - noticed the new Widow Weaver coming out soon - is she likely to run with a particular crew or just an individual boxed set of her own? Al.

RIGHT - that would explain things. Gremlins I can wait on - it's all good. Just curious.

Cool. Thanks for that. Didn't Wong just get released?

Damn it. I want both Hamelin AND Jack Daw. I've seen renders of Jack though. Thank you. :-)

I'm just wondering chaps, is there a list of crews NOT in plastic so I can hold off salivating over new crews until they're resculpted? Al.

Hey guys, My name is Allan. I have been playing GW games for over 20 years, and Malifaux is my first real proper branch out into a non-GW models system. I've been overcome already by how helpful the community on this forum have been - and I'm currently in the middle of opening up a hobby store in my local area with the idea of using Malifaux as one of my main game focuses. I'm currently assembling my first boxed set ever - No Shelter Here. Everyone tells me that they're not the best gang to start with - but I'm game! Al.

Alcibiades - that is something I'm picking up. It's INSANE how quickly I'm getting these answers, you guys are AMAZING.

Cool, that's fine. The language could have gone another way so it felt important to check. It seems on the whole a very specific ruleset, just not a syntax I'm completely used to yet. :-)

Cool, yeah it's all making a bit more sense now. Here's one that I need clarification on: Actions like Flurry, which gives you the ability to do 3 Melee attacks at a cost of 1 AP - but costs 2 AP to execute by itself. To be clear, that means the 3 Melee actions must be actions that normally require 1 AP to execute, not that you need to pay additional AP to get the melee attacks off, right?

That is the one I was referring to at the time yeah. Cool, so unrevealed schemes means no VP, makes sense.

(I'm getting the impression that you can - but certain schemes benefit you to reveal them earlier)

You did. You did indeed. I just... couldn't wait. I am fairly familiar with jumping from one edition to another with other gaming systems - I suspect the fact that I never even played 1.5 though is a different thing entirely. As for the Vassal option - I'm not sure I could handle it! I've tried playing things like Bloodbowl online, and it feels so wrong! I have found one fortnightly meet that happens now - so I'm going to go along to that. I don't believe any of them are henchmen, but we'll see. When a scheme says "may be revealed at any time" - does that mean that you don't have to reveal it until the game has ended?

That's cool - I'd prefer just use the rules as they lay. But yes, I did think I got that from somewhere other than the internet. *shakes fist at the person who gave me the old rulebook first* Seriosuly guys, thanks so much for all this. I am currently helping a new, very large local gaming retailer set up shop not far from me - and I fully intend on making Malifaux a big part of our shop. This kind of support and really getting to know the brass tacks of the game will really aid my ability in making this a reality.

Thank you. Once again, this support I'm getting is amazing. I've read on a couple of spots about the place that suggest that larger games allow hiring more than one Master (scraps?) - but I can't find reference to it in the book specifically - however I can't see anything obliquely stating it's illegal either. Does that mean that multple masters are allowed?

Some more queries, should anyone happen upon this thread again: Avatar Manifestations - I take it these are something that's up and coming at this point? I know that the old avatar models are/were available, but I can't see any mention of the upgrades aside from the two pages mentioning how the manifestations work. Hire and Reveal Crews - to be clear - does this mean that you literally create your list on the fly before the game? I'm used to a more static form of list building where you bring a pre-built list - but this seems to almost be encouraging you to rebuild your list somewhat to better work against your opponent? I'm aware I could be wrong. Al.

You guys are amazing, you know that? I didn't expect such a quick reply! Thank you on the resist thing - it was driving me crazy - I think I was looking for a word to have a capitalized reference like Sh, Ca, etc so I kept skipping over it. At the moment there's a very minimal lot of players in my local area - so these forums are invaluable for me learning the rules. I'm quite overcome with how active and helpful this community is. Allan.

Hi guys, Got my 2e rulebook and am getting there with the idea of how it works - when I realized that the entire game is basically characteristic tests (duels) I kinda saw the matrix and realized what was going on. But I've got a few fiddly bits of housekeeping I'm trying to understand. Firstly - RST - I'm assuming this is resist, like what you use to resist the attack with - is that right? ie usually it'll be Df, but occasionally Wp, etc? And if I'm correct - where is the explanation of Rst in the rulebook? I'm seriously struggling to find it mentioned other than in the cards themselves. (sorry, I come from a very specific few games and it's weird not having clear explanations - so I'm assuming there is one. ) Secondly - is the only difference between pulse and auras the fact that one affects the model using it, the other one does not? Next, reading Pandora's Incite attack - it has a trigger called Mass Hysteria - am I reading it right that if you get the suit requirements then the trigger allows you to use the attack again, without the ability to re-trigger Mass Hysteria? Finally - one last question for this particular volley - you can walk into Engagement range, right? Like a model without a Cg can still walk into an engagement to begin Melee? Coming from Warhammer I just need to make sure I got this right, because you can rarely do that in most of the games I've played. Thanks, Allan.

Hey guys, thanks for the advice. I couldn't help myself and did have a good flick through the 1.5 - but now I have 2.0 and all is dandy. It's much easier to read, isn't it?! I am having the odd difficulty of certain things that I remember from the last one not being there, though. Al.

Hi guys, My name's Allan. Coming from a very GW centric gaming lifestyle, I'm finally branching out into other systems - Malifaux being my first attempt at something different. I was given a Malifaux 1.5 rulebook to play with - under the idea that it was very similar to m2e - but I'm getting the impression that this is very much not the case. Now with Warhammer (for instance) - reading the older rulebook to learn the new rules later was a bit of a false economy - I'd learn rules that didn't exist, learn little things that didn't apply to the new edition but would stick in my head when playing the new one, leading to annoying moments where we were forever checking the rulebook to find a rule that no longer existed. So what I want to know is - should I even bother with the 1.5 Rulebook? I've got the new one coming in a few days but I'm dead keen to learn at this point and getting impatient. Also - while I'm at it, what's a good 'getting started' resource? I'm finally starting to wrap my head around it now looking at the 1.5 rulebook, but it'd be great if there were little quickstart style guides. Thanks, Allan.