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  1. 48 minutes ago, azog said:

    Husbandry and pig midwife. Corn husks for Old Major. Everything else is optional in my book. The hunting bow probably comes next in queue, but I tend to want to do other things with him. 

    This.

    Husbandry is just flat out mandatory (in so far as anything can be mandatory here). I mean.....I suppose you could play him without summoning pigs? Pig Midwife is also just too good to pass up.

  2. 25 minutes ago, Jesy Blue said:

    Then are Backdraft and Undying just flapping in the breeze on their own?

    Sounds like they're just standalone story encounter boxes like the Creative Taxidermy, Crossroads Seven, etc. and just happen to contain models from a pair of factions.

  3. Sweet! Love the alts. I think I'm glad to hear that Wave 6 isn't coming just yet.

    One question: I didn't see a price for the Gremlin Nightmare Ulix box? Is that deliberate? If not can we get a price on that box?

    Edit: Another question: I just noticed what appears to be "sleeping" gremlin at the hoofs of "Old Major"? What's going on with that? Did we get another alt Bayou who has imbibed too much 'shine?

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  4. Just now, Kerrida said:

    For those of us that only recently got into Malifaux (will soon begin painting first crews), how do we get our hands on these Nightmare Edition crews? Are they available outside of going to GenCon?

    Wyrd does an online sale through their webstore DURING the month of GenCon. You can also buy at GenCon. Sometimes Nightmare crews pop up during Black Friday sales as well.

  5. So Broney (Ulix), Mr Ed (Old Major)....and 4 Horse-lets (Piglets)? Penelope in there somewhere? Maybe the horse with the hat? Or maybe it's Penelope and the 3 Wild Ponies (Wild Boars)?

    Edit: And if this is just a straight port of the original Ulix crew box, can we expect Nightmare piglets and a Nightmare War Pig 'a la' last year's Nightmare Hamelin?

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  6. Brewsmaster would struggle significantly I think. I just finished soloing him for six months and there's a somewhat narrow band of strategies and schemes that work well for him. He also relies pretty heavily on either poison or having powerful beaters to order around. The one-and-done requirement for non master models hurts him a bit.

  7. My guess is Som'er will be the nightmare box. But that is literally a stab in the dark.

    I'll be really disappointed if it's Zoraida, but beyond that I don't really have a preference. Maybe Mah cause I don't own her yet?

  8. 1 hour ago, daniello_s said:

    For some reason i don't like War pig. This requirement to declare triggers makes it hard to control. I was tinkering lately on Ulix focused on summoning Piglets only with support of The Sow, 2x Swine Cursed, Old Major, Mech Porkchop and Slop Hauler/Hog Whisperer. I must say it looks promising now.

    I also had pretty good results with not summoning the War Pig and focusing on summoning Piglets...I just thought that's because I was terrible and wasn't playing it right! I will also echo your vote for The Sow and Old Major. Maybe even Sammy to hold the Hunting Bow? Maybe the problem with that is that it starts to get into a territory where its hard for Ludvig to just dip his toe into Gremlins by way of Pigs.

  9. I started Malifaux with Ulix and my collection was almost entirely pigs for a while. Slop Haulers are a pretty essential edition I'd say. If your just going to pick up Ulix casually you could do just fine with his box, some piglets, maybe a war pig and slop haulers.

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  10. 4 hours ago, Haagrum said:

    No, flips only happen for a duel, damage, healing or initiative. Cheating Fate specifically comes after the flip. Bayou Two-Card isn't a flip, it's specifically described as Cheating Fate.

    From the Core Rules:

    "Once a model has chosen the active card from the flip (and any Fate Modifiers) it may then Cheat Fate."

    "When a Joker appears in a flip it will stop certain players from being able to cheat. [...] If a player's opponent flips a Red Joker from her Fate Deck, the plater is not able to Cheat Fate."

    +1

    Also, since Bayou Two Card counts as cheating, you cannot cheat AGAIN by playing a card from your hand.

    Also, also, who on Earth manages to get a Red Joker with Bayou Two Card. I think I always got worse results.

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  11. 15 hours ago, retnab said:

    You've got it exactly right.  Last we saw in the beta, Reserves meant they can Reinforce that many more models than normal, so if that's still correct they get to Reinforce at most 5 models at a time.

    Great! Thanks! I suppose it speaks well of the game design if that information is somewhat easy to figure out for somebody who wasn't involved in beta testing.

  12. At the bottom of the cards it looks like the squads structure is noted.

    If its says: Fireteam (100mm | 5 x 30mm), Squad (2), Reserves (3)

    Does that mean that each fireteam (on a 100 mm base) is composed of 5 models (30mm bases) and the squad is composed of 2 fireteams? What does the Reserve (3) indicate? Specifically referenced the Speckled Crawlers in this case.

  13. 2 hours ago, retnab said:

    We've unlocked everything up til the free Binh or Sam, so Coordinated Strike's list of things is correct.

    Awesome! You are a scholar and a gentleman. After reading some more and looking back at the linked thread you started it looks like the Coordinated Strike list and your list are very similar. I don't think I understood that the Morphling's were Adjuncts....reading is fundamental.

    What is "Sam"? Assuming that's shorthand for one of the singleton models?

  14. Been stewing in my own juices and deciding whether or not I'm going to pull the trigger on jumping into The Other Side. I'm hoping somebody can confirm the current Commander level pledge contents. From what I'm seeing on Kickstarter the contents for the Gibbering Hordes are:

    Allegiance Box

    Rulebook, UV stat cards, fancy fate deck, token set

    Alpha Crawler

    The Frenzy

    Armored Whelks

    Morphling

     

    I just listened to episode 10 of Coordinated Strike and it sounded like the Commander level pledge also included an Egg Clutch, 3 (not 1) Morphlings, and Binh Nguyen....

    And this thread linked below suggests something different. Can somebody help me figure out what the Commander Level pledge actually contains?

     

  15. On 12/7/2016 at 4:26 PM, Nathan Caroland said:

    They are actually. The fellas just didn't render it out with the riders on it. 

    Bit of thread necro here.....been reading the TOS section because I think I've got an itch for the Gibbering Hordes. According to a post in the GH forum from almost 18 months ago, the render didn't include the riders but they're still on the sculpt. I suppose things might have changed since then...?

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