Faitfull

thanks for the vid. did explain some things. now the hole, howto get ready for a game, building crew, missions and so on is proberly the nextthing i should research.

Hi

New player to malifaux. Bought a kaeris crew back in late 2e. But My club wanted to wait for 3e. 

So newer played the game. 

I can take the long road of reading the entire rulebook. And then Hope i understand what is going on. However that is a big if. 

I was hoping that there was a good and easy video online with. This is how you play this game. Not by reading all the rules, but more like a demo game. 

I can not find it However. There is alot of it to 2nd ed. But would much rather play the New ed. 

Not a single malifaux player in town. But a good portion off ppl that is willing to learn it. 

Sitting here hoping against Hope, someone can get me startet to learn this game. I am 36 years old, played 40k and infinity for many years

Just wanted to say thank you. Your advice and help have been important to me. 

I have ordered the Backdraft box, found one to share it with to lower cost, some gunsmiths since they are Lovely models and Carlos Vasquez. 

The next buy at some point should proberly be ironsides or so. 

So, basicly he should get the brew master or not get them at all? 

Hey, what masters would work well with these boys? A friend is looking to start grimlings as his first malifaux crew, and we are talking about splitting this box. He also loves the idea of piglets because attitude 

Thanks, some talk about kaeris need some support, so can she be competative? Or is something a must have? 

With all the new stuff and with what we know about m3e, what would you recommend to get after the kaeris crew box? My kaeris crew are sitting and feeling a bit lonely. Now that we know that reamus are not part of turnament. What will People recommend to get i order to get into 50ss

Many things have happens. My kaeris crew are sitting and feeling a bit lonely. Now that we know that reamus are not part of turnament m3e and Backdraft are out. What will People recommend to get i order to get into 50ss.

Nice. 

So perhaps I should reconsider the ramos box. 

On 5/20/2018 at 10:37 PM, Scatterbrain said:

That's one of the strengths of the Malifaux line of models. I don't think it's silly or sad at all. When I have enough Arcanist models, it'd be fun to run a 100% female miniature crew. I've seen all female crews come up for sale on eBay, too, though all in different factions than Arcanists so far.

I especially like the female sculpt of the Union Steamfitter. Since most players seem only to use one Steamfitter at a time in their crews, you could probably pick up just the female sculpt from a private seller if you were lucky. 🙂 That's what I did for mine.

Many forum users love to talk about Malifaux, so noobs are a constant supply of new opportunities to do it. Several forum users are going to enjoy typing responses to your questions, so it's a win/win.

In the previous edition/sculpt of the miniatures, two Gunsmiths actually came in Kaeris' metal crew box, instead of the Firestarter & Eternal Flame that come in the current plastic edition. So if they're going to synergize with any Master, it stands to reason that they're likely to be Kaeris.

Also, buying, painting and playing with the models you like the look of is a completely valid way to collect Malifaux. As you mentioned in a different reply, you are more interested in having fun games than necessarily playing with the best possible tournament-level lists. So what if Gunsmiths don't make it into the top tournament Arcanist crews? They look cool, and they're not completely useless, otherwise they would never have passed playtesting and been released as models. With the combo of Gunsmiths and Fire Gamin, maybe you'll be able to make crews that have quite a bit of ranged threat and damage output in their own right, with applying burning being a secondary benefit.

Sometimes you can find Miss Fire for about $5 USD on eBay if you're lucky. Another way to do it will be to try to buy her online from Wyrd's own webstore on the so-called Black Friday online sale on 23 November later this year. (We don't know for sure what will be available, but many of the alternate sculpt models were temporarily available at the recent Easter sale).

I don't want to dissuade you from looking at Carlos. But just from a purely practical point, his miniature is tricky to put together and then is fragile to transport. You'd be wise to have a very good foam or magnetic system for safely transporting your models to games before you assemble and paint Carlos. Maybe you already have a lot of assembling experience and some good ways to protect and transport your models from playing other systems of miniatures wargames previously?

It doesn't have to be your first buy, but I would also suggest looking at Johan (or Johanna, if you can track down the alternate female sculpt and don't mind spending a little more). You pay an extra ss (soulstone) to hire him (or her) as a Mercenary in the Arcanist faction, and the cost has been errata'd up by 1 ss to what the card that comes in the box will say. He can remove conditions, has solid attack, and can heal himself and other M&SU models. Of those you've mentioned maybe buying, the M&SU models are Kaeris box: Kaeris, Eternal Flame, Firestarter. Ironsides box: Ironsides, Mouse, the Captain, Oxfordian Mages. Plus Gunsmiths, Willie/Miss Fire, and a whole bunch of the other models already mentioned in this topic by other users.

Thank you.

I have played warhammer, 40k, flames of war, infinity and so on. So quite used to handling models. But always Nice to know when models can be a little brittle. 

Ah, a full female crew sounds fun. 

Johan does sound like a solid option. 

I can image that it should be a second master box, that would be smart to buy first for the diversity. I do happens to have magnets and a little figure drill. 

Really looking forward to get kaeris in My mail. 

3 minutes ago, cbtb11235813 said:

Ah, interesting coincidence then 

Where are you located 😋

2 minutes ago, cbtb11235813 said:

@Faitfull, where are you located? Asking because the shop I play at also has their birthday Saturday

Esbjerg, denmark 😃

Just wanted to say thanks. Have ordered a kaeris crew box. Will consider what else to get. Want both ironsides and ramos. But My wallet say only one of them. And now one of My friends talk about starting grimlings. Thinking perhaps split the new through the breach box

@WWHSD thank you for the Quick answer. It is solid advice.

What master crew box would you recommend to compliment kaeris? If more than one, a prioritet list like 1 2 3 perhaps? 

Thanks for the answers.

Cannot however stop feeling there is something I somehow have missed out on.

For a little stupid thought. I do love female models! A little sad I know

And again sorry that this noob I am, keep taking your time so much! Your help so far is really a big help!

Lets expand the posibilities a bit.

Ramos box comes with alot of goodies. But I worry if it have a good feel of synergy with Kaeris. I really love the feeling of everything comming together into a synergy.

Some people have pointed out that the union miners can do great stuff for kaeris, I am not that fond of the models. However would it still be heavy recommended?

The reason I get bringing the gunsmith up, is proberly a bit stupid. The reason is i really like the models look. And have a crazy idea that they might synergies well with kaeris. I might be very wrong offcourse.

Dont know about willie. he seems like fire all day long. Dislike the model. so perhaps in that case, see if I can get miss fire instead if that is a good choise.

So I will try to be more openminded now. So please, what would you recommendation be. I will order Kaeris saterday, given that I have a gift card to a shop, that gives a discount there given it is the shops birthsday. And if there is a must get model I forgot to mention. Let me know

So would you recommend kaeris plus ironside or kaeris plus Carlos and gunsmiths as My first buy 

hmmm... thinking of doing the following

Kaeris crew box.

That will get me:

Kaeris

The firestarter

3 firegemins

the eternal flame

then perhaps add the following:

Carlos (tank that are happy for fire)

Gunsmith box

perhaps some union minors?

or go

Kaeris + a addition crew box. I know many say that Ramos crew box is good addition. However cannot stop considering Toni Ironside or Mai

Am I doing it wrong?

Edit: found this about the Fire Golem

https://www.wyrd-games.net/news/2018/3/26/monday-preview-fire-golem

Sounds really nice to Kaeris...! any idea about when it will hit the shelves and what kind of realworld money it is going to cost?

2 hours ago, retnab said:

Ironsides is great, personally I think she's our most fun Master so I'm a bit biased there though  

As far as hires, it really depends on which Limited ends up feeling the best for you.  The best hires for Purifying Fire Kaeris are pretty different from Heat Wave Kaeris or Grab & Drop Kaeris, so the best thing you can do is try them all out, see which one you like the most, and then go from there.

dont worry, for me the most important part of a game is not the competive part, but the fun part. I would much rather have a fun match where both me and my opponent had fun, than something I would go home thinking, this I can win a turnament with.

so far, thanks for all the nice answers. Adran in perticular 🙂 keep the advice comming

how do you guys feel about the stuff in the ironside crew box? do kindof like the idea of having a mellee master for when i want it to be different.

that said. how well does ramos liltle spiders harmonate with kaeris?

Hi

I was so lucky to win a gift card to a figure shop. so finally able to afford a way into malifaux!

I have been thinking on starting a kaeris crew, my first crew for malifaux yay!

However after the kaeris box, I am unsure about what to get in addition to her the models in her box.

Carlos, gunsmith and so look interesting. However would a second crew box be a better buy of some kind? like Ironsides or Mai?

Want to try out a burning game somehow

Thanks for all the help

Best regards

Benjamin