Tactics: Ressers

This is just something I wanted to get down since i've been reading about them a lot lately. Today will Cover Seamus and McMourning as these are the only two masters I have played and because I really like their unique styles.

Seamus the Madhatter:
Seamus is the reason I was drawn in enough to buy the rule book for Malifaux and it was also his model that drew me back in enough to buy into the game. To be honest I think the Alice in Wonderland Movie may have re-sparked my interest. He is a stone cold killer. Fluff and Game wise. Seamus' most devestating attacks come from His pistol, which is so powerful you can't shoot it twice in one turn. He is also a powerful caster. His best spells include, Undead Psycosis, which can keep enemies at bay by not allowing them to get closer than 3incges from Undead models and Live for Pain, which is a short range decent damage spell but Heals seamus for every point of damage done. He has fantastic 0 abilities, such as companion any Belle within 6 of him, give all enemies within 12 -2 to their WP, or turn a corpse token into another Belle. When taking an Army that Includes Seamus its a no-brainer to include a few Belles. Madame Sybelle is in my opinion too good not to take. I have been taking her +2 belles in almost every game I play with him, But after playing McMouning and seeing how well he can produce Constructs I think it might be worth trying with 1 Belle and just aiming to summon any others you will need. He needs some melee power and I've found Necro-Punks tend to fall a little Short, a Pair of Punk Zombies on the other hand should provide amazing hitting power. The Convict Gun Slinger is a badass for anyone, keeping him close to Seamus and getting Psycosis up could also greatly extend his life expectancy. For my next game with Seamus I will try a list like this. Seamus, Sybelle, 1x Rotten Bell, 2x Punk Zombies, 1x Convict Gunslinger, 1x Grave Spirit +5 Soul Stones. Then I will try to use Undead Psycosis well, to this point I have never used it right, let alone to its full power.

Dr. Douglas McMourning:
Basically this is Dr. Frankenstien but way crazier. See Frankenstien wanted to find the key to resserection, McMourning wants to tinker. He likes using spare parts to create new things. His masterpieces are also the Focal point of his in game tactics. The Flesh Construct, they are mindless killing machines that McMourning can churn out at an almost unreal rate. In my couple games with him I have always made at least 2 Constructs in some cases 3. Its quite an advantage to turn a 2 point dog into a 7 point behemoth. But that is just one trick in his deep bag. McMourning is far and away the best fighter in the trio of resserectionitst. seamus has his gun, Nicodem has his spells, and Douglas has his Scalpel. He is a very scary man in melee. And he is able to support his army with a little impromtu surgery or if the situation calls for it, he can turn that scalpel of his towards the enemy and inflict some pain. He has a Combo that is very deadly but requires a few things to go your way. If you have a few body parts handy it can work. Spend one to become fast. Then Spend 1 to cast rancid transplant, this gives his taget easy to wound 2. Next cast Disection, cheat it and use a soulstone, try to make sure you keep a face card in your hand to cheat the damage. Do what you need to in order to hit. The easy to would will take care of damage. Its max damage is 10, that will drop 90% of the malifaux world in a single hit. Its his trump card, also if you get a diamond on the transplant you will earn a free scalple swing, which could be clutch against those pesky 12 wound foes. With McMourning the idea is to flood the table with bodies. the more that death that occurs the more body parts he can pick up and turn into Constructs. He needs a few hitters to help out since Constructs aren't very fast, Again the Gun Slinger is a no-brainer. I also have enjoyed the Punk Zombies with him. Between paired weapons and self mutilation they have a considerable punch. I think my next list will look like this. McMourning, Chihuahua, Sebastian, 3 Canine remains, Gun Slinger, 1 Punk Zombie, 1 Rotten Belle, +8 Soul Stones. I recomend max soul stones every game, they are very useful.

Ashvale Crossing

As the final touches were put on the towns Saloon, the Mayor christened his new city. It was the rapidly becoming one of the largest towns in the Breach. With all the amenities of any industrius fellah could want.

A Place to Store his horse


A Nice Clean place to get a Drink or meet a lovely Woman


A General Store


Get a nice meal


Merit out Justice to the Wicked


And all the homes and shops a budding metropolis needs.



Things seemed too good to be true for the young Mayor. Little did he know the darkness that lurks in the alleys of his city, or the horrors that awaited in the woods to the south. This city is more than just cursed, It just might be hell.

*Pictures totally stolen from http://wrabbit37-legendaryblog.blogspot.com/ =P*

Need some FSA ideas

I want to weight down the bases on my Sorylians. But im not sure how. Im fairly sure Im going to spray their stands black. I like the way mike's look, I'll most likely paint them black on top of the primer too.

Here are my ideas. what do you think?

1. Metal Plate. Most likely the easiest one. just glue it on and im done.

2. terrain. Like put meteors or something on the bases, it will weigh them down

3. Rubble. Like blown up ships parts or something, could be enough

4. Metal Fighters. I like this idea least, could be confusing.


Anything i missed?

Malifaux Battle Report Mcmourning vs Pandora

In our little town which has yet to be named there was a large dead oak tree in the middle of town. To gnarled and tough to remove it sits as the unofficial center of town to this day. It is on the site that Douglas McMourning ran into Pandora.

Lists:
McMourning
Sebastian
Zombie Chuahwa
3x Canine Remains
2x Punk Zombies
1x Convict Gunslinger
7x Soulstones

Pandora
Candy
Baby Kade
2x Sorrows
Teddy

Mike pulled Reconoiter, and called Body Guard and Kidnap. I pulled Assassinate and called Body Guard and Army of the Dead. We both moved towards the middle and then pandora went, you can assume she did like 850,000 things each turn. I was shocked and pretty annoyed, its bad enough that she can WP my guys but its damn lame when my Flesh Construct who doesn't even have a friggin brain is fleeing in terror. Now on the flip side McMourning wasn't a slouch, he changed 2 canines into two Golems and was leading from the rear pretty well. I took down a Sorrow with a Canine remain which mike WP'd to death, im not even sure he attacked it. I was closing in on his guys but getting nickle and Dimed. I used the Punk Zombies really poorly, most likely due to the fact i'd never tried them before, but even still I was impressed by them. A Construct killed off the second (and final) Sorrow, then Teddy killed the construct really really dead. Pandora made Sebastian chain sawhimelf, and wp'd the poor chuahwa. The Gunslinger killed Teddy with a ridiculous round of shooting, then Pandora made him shoot himself in the face. McMourning cut down Candy as she finished the final Punk, and then the good doctor ran like hell from Kade, it wasn't enough though as the psycho kid caught up to him. My last Construct was able to Kill off Kade before he could Gut McMourning. Then with Only Pandora, a Half dead construct and McMoruing still alive the game ended. I got 2 points for Army of the Dead, 1 corpse token + 1 Construct vs 0 neverborne minions. and 2 for bodyguard as the Doctor stayed alive. Mike got 2 for body Guard as I found it too tough to try to attack her. Had Kade been able to get through McMournings 12 life Mike would have pulled another crazy victory out from under me, but this time the Dr. lived and the Undead everywhere rejoiced.

New in The Life of Dan

I started my new Job today. I can't say much, but its a nice pay bump, the commute is 10x better, and it is in pretty much all ways superior to my last job. As my boss said to me, this is the start of my Career.

Im very excited about getting in some FSA Games this week, as well as Malifaux. I ordered another batch of ships, I believe I will have the largest Fleet when it arrives. Also tonight I will start the process of painting McMourning and the Flesh Constructs.

I got a New Ipod yesterday. Its a nano which has video but not pictures. go figure. Its green and awesome. Only problem is the charger slot is like .0001 inches smaller than my onld mini so my car charger/adapter is useless F-U apple.

Lastly Ellen and I installed over-head lights in our nerd-room and bedroom yesterday. Its a huge difference. But thanks to some tricky wiring the lights are connected to Fan slider until we can get Brian to help us re-wire it we are using the pull chords.

Hidden Schemes in Malifaux

Maybe its the way we play the game, or maybe its something else entirely, but Hidden Schemes have cost me my last two games. In a game where VP's are tough to come by announcing vs keeping a secret is a huge deal for the game. But both of my last 2 games would have been at least draws had I just announced my scheme instead of hiding them. I'm curious if tournament play would be different. For now I doubt I'll keep any scheme hidden for a while, see if that makes any difference.

History in Gaming part 2

In my first installment of this segment i explained my experiences in Miniature gaming, today I will tell the tale of how i entered the world of CCG's

Back in the day there was 1 ccg, Magic the Gathering. Today there are a few that can exist alongside Magic, but it is still without a doubt the largest and most popular game on the market. I started playing it when i was still in elementary school. "The Dark" and Revised (3rd Ed) had recently released and my brother got into the game. Wanting to do what the older cool kids did, i too got into the game. It was a lot of fun. I wasn't great at the game, but I did win my fair share. It was over the course of my original tenure as a magic player that I became a terrible person. It was a slow change. I would cheat a less knowledgeable player out of a power card in a lop-sided trade. My mid-deeds got worse, but I would prefer they not become public knowledge. Eventually i found other interests. Mostly anime.

During my Magic days I tried all sorts of other cards games. Star Wars was the best of them. I tried the Star Trek game, but couldn't comprehend how to play. My brother and I picked up Jihad and spent 8 years with the Harvard law professor trying to understand the rules before realizing they were written in Sumerian.

As I was falling out of Magic, I soon took up the Poke-Mon CCG. It was fun and for a change I wasn't one of the youngest players. Plus I was really damn good at it! I had a water deck that would crush 90% of my opponents. I played Poke-Mon for about 2 years, tried Yu-Gi-Oh for about a month, and eventually just piled all my cards into boxes and left them in the basement. In High School some friends got me into Wrestling and that sparked me getting into the Wrestling CCG. My friends and I all played and I had one deck that was damn near untouchable, It was with the Rock, who else, and since i was a pompous asshole i kept my winning record recorded on the bottom of the box i kept my cards in. Off the top of my head i think it was like 26-3. But that too faded from my mind and i lost interest.

In my Junior year of high school Jay would wrestle after school during the winter leaving me to ride the bus home. It sucked, but I did find a few of the younger guys would play magic on the ride home. Feeling froggy I asked to borrow a deck to play. It was like 300 cards. I asked if i could try to modify it, they guy said sure, since he had never won a game. after modifications i could trash anyone else, save the one player who actually knew what he was doing. So i went home and built my old White Meekstone deck. With that power-house in hand i was unstoppable. Serra's Angels are without a doubt the best creature ever in MTG. I played here and there on the bus to prevent boredom.

It wasn't until my first year of college that I really got back into the game. i started to hit the tournament circuit again. i player through 3 arcs and was having a decent amount of fun. The best events were sealed deck, low pressure and lots of fun. The end of my magic days came at a Kamigawa event. It was a high pressure match as we were playing to make the top 4. winner would be guaranteed prize support, loser would go home empty handed. At one point my opponent was becoming so aggressive to told him to relax its just a game. his face literally contorted with rage unlike anything i've seen before. He slammed his hand down on the table and shouted, "ITS NOT A FUCKING GAME!" that was my last magic tourney.

I stayed away from CCG's until Mike showed me L5R. This game was a ton of fun and I played it a hell of a lot over the last 3-4 years. I took 3rd in two local tournaments and at Gen Con i made top 4 in 3 side events. It was a truly fun game. Lately though its lost its luster. I'm engaged now and don't have the unlimited time for gaming i once did. My schedule is tight during the week so i have to pick the games i REALLY want to play. L5R is a fun game with a rich world, but Celestial Ed isn't what i had hoped it would be. The game is impossible to balance and as much as I hate it the best decks are the ones that are the least fun to play. jank is unreliable and therefore can't win consistently. So the idea is to build as vanilla a deck as possible.

As of right now The last CCG i bought was a joke gift of Pokemon cards for Rockett for Christmas. I doubt i will ever get back into them at this point. I still have access to plenty of Magic Cards if I ever get the feeling to play it again. But as of now, the cost and hype competitive environment are what will keep me from coming back.