Peer Into the pages of the Upcoming Malifaux Books!
July 30, 2014 by dracs
Over on Twitter, Wyrd Games have published two preview images to get us all excited about the upcoming new books for the world of Malifaux.
The first image shows off the cover for the source book Malifaux 2nd Ed. Crossroads, alongside the long awaited Through the Breach.
Through the Breach is the new RPG set in the world of Malifaux. It had a very successful run on Kickstarter, and fans have been waiting patiently for it to arrive. Now it looks as though that waiting has paid off, and I for one couldn't be more excited.
Wyrd have also given us a quick glimpse inside the new Crossroads book, showing off two of the new Arcanist masters who will be arriving.
Here we see Ironsides and Colette Du Bois. Colette cast her magic in the previous edition of Malifaux, and I know a lot of players have been waiting for her return. Ironsides, though, is, as far as I am aware, an entirely new master joining the Arcanist cause. We shall have to wait and see how both of them play out in the game.
Both of these books should hopefully be available at this year's GenCon, when hopefully we will be able to get a good look at exactly what to expect from Malifaux in the future.
Which of these are you more excited about, Crossroads or Through the Breach?
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Awww no top hat? Still, very glad to see both Ironsides and Colette will be in the next book as I am very interested in getting their respective crews once they get released!
That’s a cute little Hot Topic girl there, but where’s the Colette preview then?
Yeah from the art she’s definitely lost the saloon girl madame look 🙁
What happened to Colette? I was hoping they would make her look more like the owner of a club and less like a showgirl. The circus ringmaster thing they had going for her last time didn’t totally work for me. Instead they just kind of made her… boring? And with goggles? What? Did she lose the saloon? Is that what happened in the story? Because otherwise I’m a little confused as to what they’re going for here. Why does she suddenly look like a background prop character from a second rate steampunk comic book? I’m generally in favor of the… Read more »
Interesting, I actually find the new art direction…sanitized. Some previous models were more miss than hit, but the design had an idea behind it- that Malifaux is a twisted place, with twisted characters and traits taken too far. Now I feel, everything they made art-wise in 2nd ed is just…taking the existing characters, and just wiping them with a cotton swab to make them presentable. They’re no longer quirky or “wierd”, they’re your everyday run of the mill steampunk designs. The ice golem for Rasputina is no longer looking like something out of Burtons’ movies, it’s just another “big golem”… Read more »
Collette at least, haha.
Don’t get me wrong I loved the ol’ Mad Moxxi style Colette but if you have seen the new art and render of the new performers you’ll notice they have lost all the ruffles and Saloon style showgirl flair too so it kind of makes sense to have a more 50’s-glam style Colette to go with them, we shall all mourn the loss of the top hat and ruffles but personally I’m willing to give the new crew a shot at least (*fingers crossed* They better be awesome or I’m buying a top hat and greenstuffing ruffles!)