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Ok, going into the final round, round 4, here are the standings.

  1. Neverborn (19vp/9tp/14diff)
  2. Neverborn (13/9/4)
  3. Neverborn (18/7/8)
  4. Resser (14/7/2)
  5. Resser (20/6/10)
  6. Arcanist (12/6/5)
  7. Guild (11/6/3)
  8. Neverborn (13/6/-2)
  9. Neverborn (8/6/-3)
  10. Outcast (16/4/7)
  11. Outcast (18/4/6)
  12. Resser (15/4/5)
  13. Resser (16/3/6)
  14. Guild (12/3/-1)
  15. Outcast (8/3/-2)
  16. Resser (9/3/-5)
  17. Outcast (8/3/-9)
  18. Outcast (7/3/-9)
  19. Neverborn (7/1/-3)
  20. Guild (7/1/-8)
  21. Guild (7/1/-14)
  22. Arcanist (4/0/-14)

some interesting notes.

Table 1 in turn 4 is a Lilith v Lilith mirror match. Its a true Mirror Match with identical crews.

Lilith, Mature, 3x Tot, Primordial Magic, Young

Table 2 is Zoraida v Seamus

Table 3 is Ramos v Kirai

@AWOL - yes, Dixon is running the Levi/Collodi list. It has been his favorite since returning from Gencon.

It will be interesting to watch this round, the games will set interesting placement for the end of the tournament. The top 6 positions all have a chance at 1st and 2nd place.

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I have to thank Nix and his support staff for running an excellent event. I had tons of fun and learned allot for my first major Malifaux ...well anything actually. Feel good that I had a solid showing and made top table in round 3. Glad I got to meet everyone and play the infamous Dixon and First Generation Awesome. Well done on a marvelous and fun event. See you next time.

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Hey all - took first here. For those keeping score, I played:

Lilith round one (only book 1 minions)

Zoradia/Collodi round two

Pandora/Collodi round three

Lilith round four (only book 1 minions)

I'll post more later down the road, but right now a bit tired. Got to get some sleep so I'm ready for the midnight single-elim tourney tomorrow.

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Differential is actually the format I like the least. it basically encourages people to take douche lists and deny the opponent any vp.

I see it as the most hard core format. Not only do you need to win you need to crush your enemy. It can lead to doucheness though.

Honestly I am really happy with the 3 scoring method standard. There was a a lot of debate on how to score Malifaux games and to be honest after Gaining ground my opinion has softened a lot on it. For local tourneys I am rotating the scoring method. For large tournies I am picking the method based on the style of tourney.

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Up late? We have live coverage, round by round, of the NOVA Open Midnight Madness tournament.

So, we ended up with some late-shows not making registration in time, and a couple drops due to Hurricane and Ball-and-chain concerns. With that said, Midnight Madness kicked off with 12 players.

This is Single Elimination, with the highest ranked "eliminated player" in a round pulling forward for a second chance in the event of odd pairings. I expect the odd pairing to occur on round 2, then smooth sailing after that.

  • Format - Domination format (TP/Diff/VP)
  • Fully painted
  • 35 SS
  • Random Expanded Strategies (Shared on same flip, reflip with SS)
  • Single Declared Faction

Tournament started with:

  • Arcanist
  • Outcast
  • 2x Guild
  • 3x Resser
  • 5x Neverborn

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End of round 1 leaves the standings as:

  • Neverborn (VP:8 / TP:3 / Dif:8)
  • Ressurectionists (VP:8 / TP:3 /Dif:8)
  • Arcanist (VP8: / TP:3 / Dif:8)
  • Neverborn (VP:8 / TP:3 / Dif:7)
  • Neverborn (VP:6 / TP:3 / Dif:4)
  • Ressurectionists (VP:5 / TP:3 / Dif: 3)

Interesting other trivia:

Zee, Dixon, Hookers, Bunniegodd all advanced to round 2.

Some of this may be inaccurate, however here are a close list of the starting crews for round 2:

Table 1:

  • Zoraida, aZoraida, 5x Tot, Nekima, 2x Desp. Merc (Reconoiter)
  • Kirai, Lost Love, 5x Seishin, Datsu-Ba, 3x Gaki, Desp. Merc. (Turf War)

Table 2: - (Shared Contain Power)

  • Zoraida, Nekima, Black Blood Shaman, 3x Tot, 2x Desp. Merc
  • Raspy, Golem, 2x Gamin, 4x Spiders, Essence

Table 3:

  • McMourning, Hanged, Von Schill, Chihuahua, Freikorp Trapper, 4x Dogs (Plant Evidence)
  • Zoraida, aZoraida, Collodi, 4x Marionette, 2x Stitched, Primordial Magic ((Claim Jump)

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Hey Guys,

Zee with a account hijack.

Been playing Arcanists in all tourneys this weekend; all I had painted with enough models to actually play and have fun.

Most of the games was one of these two crews:

Ramos

Alyce

Brass Arachnid

5 Steampunk Arachnids

Ramos

Alyce

Brass Arachnid

3 Ice Gamin

1 Steampunk Arachnid

:D

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Round 2 ended with a fairly large upset. A tie knocked out two players, reducing the overall tournament down to the final 2 during round 3. This tie occured after a series of tie-breakers:

  • First Tie Breaker will be based on total TP (typically also tied)
  • Second Tie Breaker will be based on Victory Point Differential
  • Third Tie Breaker will be based on Total number of VP earned on the Strategy in the game
  • Fourth Tie Breaker will be awarded to the player who accomplished a Master Specific Scheme
  • Fifth Tie Breaker will be awarded to the player who accomplished a Faction Specific Scheme

Standing at the end of round 2 was as follows:

  1. Bunniegod - Neverborn - (VP:14 / TP:6 / Dif: 13)
  2. Darcxon - Neverborn - (VP:14 / TP:6 / Dif: 6)

    • TIE - eChris - Neverborn (VP:10 / TP:4 / Dif:8)
    • TIE - Ken - Resser (VP:10 / TP:4 / Dif:8)

[*]Zee - Arcanist - (VP:8 / TP:3 / Dif:2)

[*]Hookers - Resser (VP:11 / TP:3 / Dif:1)

Final round came down to Dixon and Webster facing each other in a rematch from the Gencon Master of Malifaux tournament.

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