This episode we talk to Nate about a game in their journey to a first place finish at the Railroad Avenue Rampage, a 23-person 2-day Malifaux tournament held in Bellingham, Washington in April and how Nate leveraged the tools of their crew in different ways than normal to counteract an unexpectedly intriguing crew.

Hosts: Clay and Nick (and Doug)
Primary Guest: Nate
Other Guest: Doug

Tournament:
Railroad Avenue Rampage - Bellingham, Washington - 29-30 Apr 2023
Tournament on Longshanks: https://www.longshanks.org/event/6378/
Player pack: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qvywwR1aIJC741eWgYJwQHaM9pDZcdTSuIz_kOJmL9c/

Encounter:
Round 4
Deployment: Standard
Strategy: Carve a Path
2: Vendetta
3: Assassinate
11: Set the Trap
12: In Your Face
13: Secret Meetup

Schemes selected:
Nate: Assassinate, Vendetta (Metallurgist vs Yanic)
Corey: Assassinate, Vendetta (Big Jake vs Metallurgist)

Crews:
Nate’s Von Schill, Iron-Heart (Outcasts)
Iron-Heart Core (Outcasts)
Size: 50 - Pool: 7
Leader:
Von Schill, Iron-Heart
Totem(s):
Steam Trunk
Hires:
Freikorps Engineer
Hannah Lovelace
Freikorpsmann
Wanted Criminal
Freikorps Librarian
Yannic Waller
Metallurgist

Corey’s Viktoria Chambers, Twin Blades (Outcasts)
Size: 50 - Pool: 2
Leader:
Viktoria Chambers, Twin Blades
Soldier for Hire
Totem(s):
Student of Conflict
Hires:
Big Jake
Vanessa Chambers
Desperate Mercenary
Desperate Mercenary 2
Ronin
-Wanted Criminal
Yannic Waller
Catalan Rifleman
Catalan Rifleman 2

Mentioned in the Podcast:
Invite to our Discord: https://discord.gg/fJxx7aNCSt
(Look for the ep9-rar channel and ask for @Bathysphere or @Doug)

Malifaux World Series Discord: https://discord.gg/CG6mtZCEMG

Plugs:
Game Kastle Kent
https://gamekastle.com/stores/kent/?m=contact_us

Pacific Northwest Discord Community
https://discord.gg/JGcSZnkCpW

Lonestar Fauxdown: Tickets now available for the Lonestar Fauxdown Malifaux GT, taking place in Houston, TX October 13-15, 2023: https://lonestarfauxdown.com/events

Register by August 25, 2023 to get the special Fauxdown Fate Deck!

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