The things nightmares are made of!

So for a number of years now, i've been immersed in the world of Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer, through tabletop gaming, novels or even roleplaying games.  Prior to the Games Workshop universes, I was heavily into Forgotten Realms and Dungeons & Dragons.  It therefore goes without saying that i'm partial to a bit of the geek tendancies of gaming ;-)

Anyway, I thought i'd reached the ultimate now with the GW games, and FR\D&D were pretty much buried in regards of keeping tabs on releases and having any active involvement with the game system and worlds (since Wizards of the Coast messed both of these elements up with 4th edition!), so when my old mate Jim mentioned this new game system he had recently been pulled into, entitled Malifaux (by Wyrd Games), I wasn't particularly interested and disregarded it as another of Jim's passing fads!

Ok, the models are great!  Still at 30mm base scale but very well sculpted and detailed!  The world is quite sparse on lore and background, but then I guess the game evolved from just being collectable miniatures and is only very young compared to the other lore-rich worlds i'm involved in.

That aside, the diversity and flavour of the world is second to none!  From the Old West styles, through military squads, Victorians, Show girls to Gremlins, nightmarish creatures and demons and even a little boy with a huge demonic sidekick!  Nothing seems out of place in the world of Malifaux and pretty much anything goes!

The game system is great too, with each player only needing a handful of models to form a "crew", each with a stat card for combat and skills, and the game being played with a "fate deck" where you flip cards against your opponent (similiar to Top Trumps, only a bit more to it), rather than rolling dice.

Needless to say, a mere month or so on from discovering the game and I already have three crews and a few mercenaries!   I've had a handful of games with Jim and thoroughly enjoyed them all!  A great, simple, and atmospheric game which is very quite to get to grips with, cheap to collect and damn addictive!