This episode we talk to Ambrose about a game from his journey to a 3rd place podium spot at Las Vegas Open 2023! As Ambrose is leading the charge to get chess clocks more widely used in competitive Malifaux, we also talk to him about clock use in Malifaux and his approach to organizing tournaments.

Hosts: Clay and Doug
Primary Guest: Ambrose
Other Guest: Andre

Tournament:
Fiendish Gamble Malifaux GT - Las Vegas, 28-29 Jan 2023
Tournament on Longshanks: https://www.longshanks.org/event/6837

Encounter:
Round 5
Deployment: Standard
Strategy: Covert Operation
Scheme Pool:
2: Vendetta
5: Sabotage
8: Spread Them Out
11: Set the Trap
13: Secret Meetup

Map: Forgotten Acropolis - p4 in https://tinyurl.com/LonestarFauxTables

(Ambrose was Attacker and selected the bottom deployment zone)
Schemes selected:
Ambrose: Set the Trap, Vedetta
Joel: Set the Trap, Sabotage

Crews:
Ambrose’s Howard Tull, Artillerist (Guild)
Size: 50 - Pool: 5
Leader:
Harold Tull, Artillerist
Lead-Lined Coat
Totem(s):
Walking Cannon
Walking Cannon 2
Hires:
Louisa Fusi
King's Wall
John Watson
Lead-Lined Coat
Sapper
Sapper 2
Guild Mage

Joel’s Damian Ravencroft, Aspirant (Arcanists)
Size: 50 - Pool: 8
Leader:
Damian Ravencroft, Aspirant
Totem(s):
The Puzzle Box
Hires:
Lohith
The Captain
Leger de Main
Soulstone Gamin
Soulstone Gamin 2
Dabbler
Magical Training

Mentioned in the Podcast:
Photos of Ambrose’s Harold Tull proxies at LVO: https://tinyurl.com/TullProxies
General Clock Rules for LVO: https://tinyurl.com/MalifauxClocksLVO

Plugs, from Ambrose:
Please check out the Malifaux World Series discord, at https://bit.ly/MWS-discord
Please come to Bellingham, WA 29-30 April for the Railroad Avenue Rampage, a 2-day 50SS tournament! More info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/889355498767297

Thank-Yous:
HUGE thanks to Top Doug Design for all the terrain we play on here in Texas and for sponsoring this podcast, to Heroic Scale Gamers for streaming Lonestar Conference matches, and to Wyrd Miniatures for allowing us to use their artwork from the 2nd Edition Student of Conflict.

Top Doug Design: https://www.topdougdesign.com/
Heroic Scale Gamers: https://www.youtube.com/@HeroicScaleGamers Wyrd Miniatures: https://www.wyrd-games.net/malifaux