This may be odd to you, but we don't play Malifaux. I did back in 2nd and 1st edition years ago with my son and others, but haven't in ages. We are fully interested in The Other Side, as we prefer army scale / squad combat and, truth be told, have plenty of Skirmish games already to enjoy.
I live in Fresno, my ToS opponent is in Lodi. There will be more into the game soon, if I have my way with it.
So here's to hoping the ToS gets a proper re-launch, and those 2 player starters get into the right alpha gamers hands to spread awareness.
Drop me a line if you guys are ever heading my way up Highway 99. There are a lot of good game stores in Central California where we could snap some Fate Decks
for a bit.