tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26978647430678253962024-03-08T13:00:12.502-06:00Fistful of FateA Central Illinois gaming blog (and maybe a podcast)JSKrushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07115374478208362215noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697864743067825396.post-8057777185522789442015-01-31T09:00:00.000-06:002015-01-31T09:06:18.886-06:00Des Soul Latte… Or how I learned to love abom(s)<div style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
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<b>How does Leveticus take his coffee?</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello again from the
desolate wasteland of winter in central
Illinois. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Feeling inspired by
finally launching this blog site, 2015 resolutions, Adepticon 2015, and a whole
bunch of Wyrd Black Friday purchases, here's my contributions to </span><a href="http://wyrd-games.net/community/topic/105889-tale-of-malifaux-bloggers-2/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">ToMB 2</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">. Month 1 will be at the </span>equivalent<span style="font-family: inherit;"> of $60 USD for initial purchase and future months will be at set at $22.50 USD so I don't have to worry about </span>currency<span style="font-family: inherit;"> conversion each month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Disclaimer: I'm going to have to adjust a little because I had to assemble and paint a bunch of models to table-top standard in order to attend a tournament last weekend and be ready for Adepticon. I'll still be capturing the progress and writing articles to follow along with ToMB month to month. I'll also be adding more models as we go and increasing the quality of painting on the existing ones. Hope you in enjoy the ride.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My Initial Purchase:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #545149;"> $37.50 - Salvage and Logistics</span> Crew Box</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #545149;"> $22.50 - </span>Desolation Engine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> = $60.00 USD, $0 carryover for next month</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Note: Retail price can vary </span>between $60 - $90 USD depending on where you purchase from. You can also still get the older metal Desolation Engine for almost a third of the price if you prefer that sculpt or want to save the cash. I went with the new one since I like the model and know that it will be available for those referencing this in the future.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">(Where does he get all of those wonderful toys)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For those readying this still looking to get into Malifaux here is the additional 'getting started' purchases that I recommend at this point based on this crew:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 14.6666669845581px; text-align: center;"> Malifaux 2E Rules Manual</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Arcane Fate Deck Fate Deck</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">(any fate deck will work but I like this one as its easy to read and looks cool)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span> Wave1 Arsenal deck to get the common faction upgrades</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span>Other nice to have is the strategy and
scheme deck but you can wait on that if you want.</span></div>
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<b style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What's in the box?!? <span style="font-size: x-small;">Is that a head?</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's what I determined for a starting crew build based on what I had access to which is all very in theme and synergizes with Leveticus as a crew box should:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Outcasts 45ss - Scrap</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Leveticus (6ss Pool)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> +Desolate
Soul 2ss</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> +From Ash 2ss</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> +Oath Keeper 1ss</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Hollow Waif X 2 0ss</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Abomination 4ss</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Abomination 4ss</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Desolation Engine 13ss</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> +Oath Keeper 1ss</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Rusty Alyce 10ss</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> +Desolate Soul 2ss</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> +From the Aether
2ss</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This crew could easily be played at lower or higher SS games by
adding or removing upgrades/abominations. Additionally it is could be very valid to run in theme with
Alyce leading the crew with something like...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #545149;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Outcasts 20ss</span> - Shoot Out </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #545149; font-weight: bold;"> </span>Rusty Alyce (7ss
Pool)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #545149; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #545149; font-weight: bold;"> </span>+Desolate Soul 2ss</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #545149; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #545149; font-weight: bold;"> </span>+From the Aether 2ss</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #545149; font-weight: bold;"> </span>Abomination 4ss</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #545149; font-weight: bold;"> </span>Abomination 4ss</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #545149; font-weight: bold;"> </span>Abomination 4ss</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With that build you could get
plenty of activations and pretty much guarantee the summoning of another
abomination or two with then forming a Desolation Engine. Pretty scary for only a 20ss game... and yes, I'm evil like that.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">How does it play?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Main consideration
with Levi is that he has to operate with what are commonly referred to as
anchor models. These are models with a
base cost of 6ss or greater that are required to be within 6" of a Hollow
Waif for Levi to rebirth from it. That
was the main consideration for including the desolation engine along with Alyce
when hiring the crew rather than trying to summon him from other abominations
later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I will admit there
are most likely better models to act as anchors but for round 1 and still in
theme with the Outcast faction, I feel a Desolation Engine is a critical first
purchase. (He also happens to be a great
model with tons of hobby potential!). With hard to wound, built-in trigger to
heal for the amount they damage in melee, and (0) action to sacrifice a
friendly model to heal, he's good for staying around while causing havoc. His biggest weakness you have to be aware of
is his def 3 which means he can go down easy if another heavy hitter or lots of
shooters can target him so go with the best defense is full on offense here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Alyce is the other
anchor and core component which you can get lots of use out of in the long run
of playing Levi or other Outcast masters.
All around I think she's one of the better henchmen with decent wounds,
bulletproof +1, high willpower, a good melee, great shooting, and abilities to
summon abominations through upgrades. The last unique
ability she has is to grant reactivate to a construct which reduces its wounds
to 1. To me that can be just enough to
get another activation for a abomination to complete a scheme or a desolation
engine to finish off an opponents' crew and heal while doing it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The rest of the crew
is obviously filled out with abominations as needed and you can pretty much
assume you will have opportunities to summon some during the course of a
game. I've assembled all of mine in the
standard posses which are all creepy and awesome but the potential is near
limitless for reposing, adding extra bits, doing cuts and swaps between the new
plastic abominations. I have the
original 4 metal ones, but also 4 additional metal ones which I think at some
point I'll convert with another set of plastic abominations. Why? Cause what kind of soulless mad
scientist wouldn't want an army of unique abominations! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Obviously one of the
biggest draws to playing Leveticus are his Pariah upgrades and ability to
hire either any non-gremlin construct (Iron) OR any undead model in the game
(Bone). The variety of crew options with
him are almost endless with access to bar none some of the best models in the
game. For now though we'll pass on those
as we start with his in faction/theme models and the synergies there.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">What's to worry?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm trying to come
into Leveticus with eyes wide open and acknowledge straight off the bat that
his obvious strengthens of being able to spend wounds, kill stuff, and comeback from death also leads to his
biggest weakness. The waifs are anything
but resilient and survivable. Def6 is
okay but most of the better models in the game won't care about it and their
Unmade Def trigger has such a small impact that it won't deter a good
opponent. They'll die to one one or two
duels that didn't go your way. Also if
you aren't careful with your movement and model placement within 6" and
Line of Sight to your anchors Levi won't be able to rebirth. Savvy opponents will even try to block LoS
with other models or obey/lure/push/place your anchors or waifs about. With Levi, it really is going to be like a
game of Chess with your opponent.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Where do we go from here?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm planning the next few articles in the series will be hobby updates and maybe a tactics discussion based on our regular weekly games. I wonder how good Levi and crew can do against a Pigapult and shooty Gremlims... <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You can always follow the fun on Twitter @JSKrush.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">* All characters, artwork, and other trademarks/copyrighted materials are property of their rightful owners. Keep up the great work you creative devils.</span></div>
JSKrushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07115374478208362215noreply@blogger.com0Normal, IL, USA40.5142026 -88.990631240.417647599999995 -89.1519927 40.6107576 -88.8292697tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697864743067825396.post-13928504519377171572015-01-29T19:42:00.001-06:002015-01-31T09:06:30.549-06:00Welcome to the party<div style="margin: 0in;">
<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">2015 Goals</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yes, here is the obligatory 'what are my goals and resolutions for the new year post' so I can be shamed at the end of the year. I also figured this was the best place to start as it highlights where my interests currently lie and what our local gaming group is focusing on.</span><br />
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Over the last five years, and especially last year with the explosion of Kickstarter, my miniature model collection has substantially grown to the point where something needs to be done. I'm happy with the majority of what I have invested in since it's only been games, factions, and models which I find interesting both aesthetically and from a game play perspective. Also it helps that our group is fairly well defined with which game systems we do play and don't have as much of the 'ooo-shiny' game-of-the-week syndrome that others may.</span><br />
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Here's the list just for context...</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Malifaux: Outcasts, Ressers, and Gremlins (w/a smattering of Arcanists, Guild, & 10T)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Warmachine: </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mercenaries w/ some Cygnar</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hordes: Legion w/ some Minions</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wild West Exodus: Warrior Nation & Outlaws</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dark Age: Skarrd & Core</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Infinity: Nomads (Starter-only)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Zombicide: All Seasons so far</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shadows of Brimstone</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Puppet Wars: Unstitched</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Super Dungeon Explorer</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Through the Breach RPG</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Iron Kingdoms RPG</span></li>
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Still coming in through Kickstarters in 2015 (Hopefully)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wrath of Kings: G</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">oritsi</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Guildball: Fisherman, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Morticians</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">, Masons, Union</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Infamy: Random assortment but mainly Tesla, Holmes, & Toad gangs</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Super Dungeon Explore: Forgotten King</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Remaining Shadows of Brimstone waves</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Remaining</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Zombicide Season 3 waves</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Terrain from Wolsung</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Again, to say the least, I've got a lot of models still in box or sprue, some half assembled just to get on the table top, and even more on the way. All of which lead me to...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Goal 1: Project 365</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yep, assembly will be the highest priority this year besides playing and painting. For the last three years I've been keeping track of my models and games using a Hobby Tracker spreadsheet (Original Credits go to Rushputin, from Warpstone Pile and Nix from The Dead Tau Project). Each year has looked like this so far:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">2013 Assembled 45 models, Painted 31 models</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">2014 Assembled 166 models, Painted 56 models</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">2015 Assembled 36, Painted 17 models (Not to shabby 29 days in...)</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Status:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With 2015 I want to get that mass of unassembed models under control, especially before investing in anything more. Here are the guidelines:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">A model counts only as one model regardless of size or complexity</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">A terrain piece counts as a
model</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">No new
model purchases until I hit a 100 model mark (i.e. 100, 200, 300)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Of those get 50% of them primed and based (~183 models)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Of those get 25% of them painted to table-top quality (~92 models)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Of those get 10% of them painted to my highest standard possible (~10 models)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That may be a lofty goal based on family, friends, work, etc but that's what the new year is for right?</span></div>
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<b>Goal 2: 5x5 Board games</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Play 5 board games at least 5 times. These pretty much are the fun stuff that the group plays in between larger stretches of miniature games or for the casual Sunday night meet-ups. This also incentivizes me to get any miniatures they came with assembled which would count towards goal 1 :)</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Zombicide</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shadows of Brimstone</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Super Dungeon Explorer</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Puppet Wars: Unstitched</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Risk: legacy</span></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Goal 3: 5x5 Miniatures</span></b></div>
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- Outcasts (Competitive) & Gremlins (Fun)</span></li>
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- Fishermen</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wild West Exodus - Warrior Nation</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Play all 7 Outcast
masters at least 7 times. Since I'm a Henchmen and Outcasts are my main faction this one really shouldn't be a challenge, but I do want to continue to learn the in's and out's of each master and where they fit into all of the strategies and schemes. I started last year with Viktoria, VonSchill, and Misaki mostly because they were what was completed with the first wave of M2E but had limited success. I had an incredibly fun time building, painting, and playing Jack Daw for Gencon and the rest of the year. Now that M2E: Crossroads is out and other models showing up in plastic, I feel (probably like most people) its time to get a little evil with Outcasts. So I'll be playing more with Leveticus, Hamelin, Daw, and Tara (maybe) this year. More to come on all of that.</span></div>
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Living in central Illinois puts our group in an interesting position when it comes to gaming. Its always going to be a smaller community just because of the population density and distances between cities. On the other hand we are only one to three hours away from multiple major metropolitan areas all of which have a variety of gaming communities and some substantial gaming conventions. Definitely on the list this year are getting to:<br />
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I hope time and resources permit some other regional Malifaux tournaments with the Chicago-land, St. Louis, and Detroit Henchmen/groups. All things considered, I'd really love to be able to attend the Nova Open this year and play in the US Malifaux Championship tournament but we'll have to see if that's doable. Most important of all is to really have a good time and meet all the great people out there in the community.</div>
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Our gaming group at Gryfalia's Aerie on Wednesday nights started around Warmachine/Hordes, has expanded to Malifaux, and continues to see interest with rotating around various games. Like every group we've had people come and go (especially since we are in a college-town), people having kids, changes in jobs, etc. A goal we all agreed to this year is growing our regular group by at least five new regular people. So with that, all the usual community building / promoting / events apply:<br />
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<li>Wednesday Night Regularly Scheduled gaming at the store</li>
<li>At least 1 demo / promotion day per month not on the regular game night</li>
<li>At least 1 type of league or special event per month</li>
<li>At least 1 tournament per quarter</li>
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So with that I will bid you ado and hope you enjoyed a little insight into my hobby planning. Comments and discussion are always welcomed. More content is definitely on the way. You can also check out the latest happenings on Twitter @JSKrush or on the various gaming forums under the same name. Until next time.</div>
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JSKrushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07115374478208362215noreply@blogger.com0Normal, IL, USA40.5142026 -88.990631240.417647599999995 -89.1519927 40.6107576 -88.8292697tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2697864743067825396.post-3464441006006747262015-01-27T16:36:00.002-06:002015-01-27T16:36:20.634-06:00Hello WorldA few of us from Bloomington-Normal, IL are going to attempt to join in on the Tale of Malifaux Bloggers fun this year online and in our local store, Gryfalia's Aerie.<br />
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More posts coming soon regarding Leveticus, Nicodem, Mei Fang, and maybe a few others. Hopefully we'll have some additional content on modeling/painting progress, tactica, and info about the other games/events we plan to get to this year.<br />
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Cheers!JSKrushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07115374478208362215noreply@blogger.com