Last night was the first time I have gotten to play Malifaux for real. After havung read the rules over the last week or two, I have tried to grasp how the game works. For the most part, I think I did. We all went to a different store this time. This one is called Gamerz. A few members of the group have spoken to the owner, who seems o really want to get more players in the store and more miniatures games going in it. When I’d been there before for Magic, there were a couple of fold-out tables with felt on them in the back. When I showed up yesterday, there were no less than four wooden gaming tables clearly set up for games like Warhammer Fantasy and 40K.
When I arrived, Joel and Jim were playing with Bryan observing. Bryan and Joel had played prior to that game as well. Brian showed up a little while later and we set up to play. We didn’t use and of the encouters, we just threw down to learn the rules. We were each using the regular starter boxes.
Mine:
- Pandora
- Baby Kade
- Candy
- Sorrows x3
- 7 Soulstones
Brian’s:
- Perdita
- Papa Loco
- Francisco
- Santiago
- Nino
- 5 Soulstones (I think)
I dodn’t really remember all the details other then my near lack of tactics knowing he had lots of ranged attacks. I basically sent Pandora and Candy to their doom. Papa Loco moved down the side of the board to finally move in on Baby Kade. Pandora was able to make Perdita and Nino fall back and hit the edge of the board, but they ended up out of line of sight for her to try and do it again. Kade tried to kill of the nutjob before he could blow himself up, but he failed by 1 point. Papa Loco hit the self-destruct and Kade with his Sorrow died quickly. Pandora died well before that to ranged attacks. It seemed she couldn’t win a Wp Duel to save her life. We called the game not much after that.
It was a good game and I learned a bit on how to use the crew. First, have those Sorrows do Link right at the beginning. It makes keeping everything together much easier, plus allows for extra castings of Self Loathing from Pandora and Candy. Kade gets less use out of them, but having that damage shunt is good, too.
