Hello all. Just today bought a starter set and 3 funky ronin ladies, thought I'd check out the forums.
Many, many years ago I was into the Lord of the Rings game from Games Workshop, then went to university and decided girls/gigs/xbox/having enough money to eat were more important than toy soldiers so dropped out of the hobby. Then last year we started playing Zombicide, I broke out the old paints to make the minis pretty and it was fun, I got the hobby bug so decided to see what was going on with Games Workshop these days...
And the less said about that the better. But reading about the bizarre suicide of Games Workshop I learned there are loads of other minis games out there now! Kings of War, Infinity, Frostgrave, X-Wing, not to mention all the big box board games, but the aesthetic of Malifaux really grabbed me. Plus the free magazine, the linked roleplaying game, the whole henchman system, the not completely ludicrous prices, it's all the good stuff I wished Games Workshop did back in the day.
Not sure which faction I'm gonna go for just yet. Arcanists appeal for the whole working class/anti-fash angle, but I'm a simple man that likes a strong melee line and that doesn't seem to be their focus. No need to decide just yet anyway, and there are enough miniatures that Rule of Cool I'll inevitably get anyway to buy some time before committing.
TBH I'm really surprised there aren't any henchmen in London yet. The whole neo-victorian, industrial revolution vibe started here. If this game grabs me the way I think it will I could definitely see myself doing the whole henchman thing.
Anyway hello all, that's quite enough words about me.
