Journey to Malifaux UK Nationals 2024

Okay so as I did with the previous tournament a round by round breakdown of all the games I played would be a lot to write and a lot to read. So I am going to give lists, Schemes and strategies, any important moments that happened and final scores. It was 7 games over 2 days, 4 on the Saturday and 3 on the Sunday. All at 50 soulstones and mixed boards with fixed strategies and schemes each game.

Game 1

We got standard deployment in plant explosives with Deliver a message and protected territories for my schemes;

Von Schill – Iron Heart

Steam Trunk

2 x Freikorps Engineer

Freikorps librarian

Metallurgist

Hannah Lovelace 

Arik

Tunnel rats

5 soulstones

My opponents list was;

Leveticus

2 x Hollow Waifs

3 x Scavengers

Hard stop Herbert

Vee

Ashes & Dust

Bill Algren

6 Soulstones

My first games pretty much as I expected it to be, I was against a very experienced player with a master I hadn’t faced. I felt the pressure a little with time and player ability. We did manage to complete the game but I lost my master in a single activation so I knew it was going to be a brief game. I lost the game 8-2 which wasn’t too bad, but also not a great start.

Game 2

We got wedge deployment in Raid the Vaults with Information overload and protected terri for my schemes;

Von Schill – Ironheart

Steam Trunk

Arik

3 x Freikorps scout 

Hans 

Tunnel rats

Freikorps Librarian

1 soulstones

My opponents list was;

Jack Daw – Ensouled

Lady Ligeia

The Ferryman

2 x Hanged

Jaakuna 

Kari

Enslaved spirit

4 Soulstones

This was a tough game as I had picked a crew that didn’t match up against the crew I faced. Crucially I forgot to put a model from my crew out meaning I was at a massive disadvantage, but it was my error so I was fine with it. not  I wasn’t really familiar with Jack Daw but all I have heard is that he is horrible to face. To be honest it wasn’t atrocious, but I did lose most of my crew before the end of the game. It was quite a quick descent once the crew got into melee. But as I have said before it’s all data and now I know what to expect, I also know to double check my crew. I lost the game 8-3

Game 3

We got corner deployment in Stuff the Ballets with power ritual and espionage for my schemes;

Von Schill

Steam Trunk

Lazarus

Fumigator

2 x Drachen Trooper 

Tunnel rats

Freikorps Engineer

Freikorps Librarian

1 soulstones

My opponents list was;

Marcus – Alpha

Jackalope

Ferdinand Vogel

Cojo

Myranda

2 x Order initiate

Sabertooth Cerberus

Slate ridge Mauler

1 Soulstones

This is where I found my level and had a great game against someone who had played at around the same level as me. It was a really tight game and I was undone by a silly mistake where I may have been able to score 2 points to get a draw. I was too focused on killing things rather than hitting the strats and schemes like I should. Some fun moments were where Von Schill managed to survive a boxing match with Cojo and my Drachen troopers setting fire to the beast within and a slate ridge mauler. I lost the game 3 – 2.

Game 4

We got standard deployment in Raid the Vaults with power ritual and espionage for my schemes;

Von Schill

Steam Trunk

Hannah

3 x Freikorps scout 

Hans 

Tunnel rats

Freikorps Librarian

1 soulstones

My opponents list was;

English Ivan

Mr. Mordrake

Nocturne

Winston 

Lamplighter

Gibson

Brocken spectre

Operative

5 Soulstones

This was a really fun and close game. Again I was undone by a very simple mistake. I used a trigger to get a gap between me and the inspector, I pushed him too close to my scheme marker meaning I couldn’t have scored it. We only got to turn 2 and if we had played to turn 3 or 4 things may have been a little closer and I may have even eked out a draw or a very slim chance I could have got a win. Some great moments were where my scout managed to kill 2 models outright with some incredible flips. Also where my opponent managed to trap Von Schil in a shadow realm and teleport the marker he was trapped in miles away from where I could get to it. I lost the game 2-1.

There is a separate entry for the final 3 games in the day 2 section.