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  1. For SOA standard deployment withassassinate, break through, hidden martyrs, catch and release, take prisoner. New Nellie Cochrane Crew (Guild) Size: 50 - Pool: 2 Leader: Nellie Cochrane Totem(s): The Printing Press Hires: Phiona Gage Undercover Reporter Field Reporter Field Reporter 2 Dr. Grimwell Pale Rider Thoughts? Nellie seems surprisingly flexible and like she could be taken into any pool.
  2. What do you bring for symbols with Nellie?
  3. That would be AWESOME! I seriously like feel like I ended a relationship badly by switching to Ressers. I actually bought Seamus first but loved NB so much more.
  4. Yes, I do. I spend an insane amount of time studying their cards. I just suck at actually PLAYING the game. It is really sad because I absolutely love my Neverborn but it is also very disheartening to ALWAYS lose except with Dreamer. I know it's supposed to be playing for fun but always losing isn't fun.
  5. I pretty much have the exact same problem. My 2 man meta consists of me playing Neverborn and my opponent playing Outcasts (Viks, Leve, Parker). My wargaming experience is limited - starting about 10 years ago I played Dystopian Wars with my brother (terrible game but it was all he would play), a few 40k games and WMH games in store with some WHFB thrown in for good measure. I won the majority of my games but that was mostly due to lack of experience of my opponent and I guess dumb luck. I stopped playing because of the personalities in that store and not really being into hanging out on a Saturday all day with dudes I don't know instead of my wife. In other words, I played wargames like 10 years ago about a dozen times. My opponent has never played wargames. He wins like every game. I've currently won twice (Dreamer versus Leve, Dreamer versus Parker) and I have lost twelve times and have 2 ties (Titania vs. Leve, McMourning versus Viks). Most games end 6-5 or 6-4 in his favor. The first like 6 games had me at a serious disadvantage for terrain. Once we figured it out I became more competitive. I do have a nasty habbit of master hopping, though. People say to concentrate on 1 master but 1) I don't find that fun and 2) the problem is never that I don't know what my crew does. From my background in Magic, I am very good at memorizing and understanding cards and how they synergize. I just cannot seem to survive gunfire long enough to do anything useful. I am almost always in cover or concealment and it doesn't seem to matter due to sheer volume of ranged attacks coming at me. Now you might say that he isn't scheming because he is too busy killing and that is so not the case. He is a very intelligent person and has played board games and RPGs for decades (which I haven't) which might give him a slight leg up in a way and manages to do a ton of attacking while also scheming. For 2 essential beginners, I chose a very hard road for a first faction and he chose a very even road. I absolutely do not believe that Neverborn is a weak faction - I am simply poor at playing them. I do not believe Outcasts are overpowered - I just think they are more straight forward to someone new to the game. So what did I do? I switched to Ressers for a game playing a first time master (Molly) versus his 4th time playing Parker and it was the best game we have ever had (even though I lost). It went down to the last activation on turn 5. I'm shelving NB for a little while to see what else is out there, build my confidence and get some W's. I don't really know what my point of posting is other than sharing that I had the same experience as you and to see if any of the vets lurking these forums could point out how I am wrong and show me the light.
  6. I'm studying up before starting VS. How does Vale move 14" with 4 attacks? I assume that there is a charge from fast, assuming starting near emissary and assistant that is 7" movement... what about the rest?
  7. Was thinking of activating him first and hoping for the card I need for 2 pillars then old ways it 2 more times.
  8. Hello. First Euri game coming up. Just wondering what the odds are of drawing a 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 or 13 of tomes in his opening hand of 7 is. I calculated 30% but I'm not sure if this is correct. Can someone who isn't 22 years out of this math check me? Google kind of just confused my feeble little brain more.
  9. Regarding keyword - I've begun to see how sticking in keyword stymies you. I've begun hiring OOK. I love my dual AP Autumn Knights!
  10. That is some good info though - I hadn't thought of FM countering MS. I was trying to control the flanks more but chickened out when my silurids were each facing a vik on either flank haha
  11. So for example, 2 games ago it was Viks v Zoraida and I most 5 to 3 strat CLL. Wedge deployment. Claim jump, hidden martyrs, catch and release,break through, assassinate. I took hidden martyrs on a bokors and wicked doll as well as catch and release. My list was 2 silurids, grootslang,bokors, first mate, wicked doll. I took hidden martyrs on wicked doll and bokors. Right out of the gate I made a huge tactical error. I through GS up the middle and got him killed early turn 2. I rallied a but by killing his bishop with miss deed and then started to control the board. Midnight stalker got into my backfield and due to very clever positioning I just couldn't get to him. Another fatal flaw was almost ignoring the strategy and letting bloodlust get to me. I then forgot who had the stone and moved the wrong models. The nail in the coffin was doing something really stupid and engaging the wicked doll and losing the 2nd point of hidden martyrs. I kind of answer my own questions a lot here but 1) conversation about malifaux natives is always good and 2) just wanting to get a conversation going that may bring ideas I haven't thought of. I do crew hop a lot yet usually manage to play a close game. Usually what happens, like I said above, is I play a poor first half and a good 2nd half.
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