Have you ever played that game .. you know .. the one where there were great rules, but a bunch of those rules got changed? Sure they were good changes, but it left you flipping back and forth trying to find the most recent rule. Or just the most relevant rule.
After several long months of flipping through the rule books, errata, FAQ, and online rulings, the answer has finally come in the form of Wyrd Miniature's new Malifaux Rules Manual.
Announced in December, the Rules Manual is Wyrd's answer to a quickly expanding rules set that often calls for rulings to settle in game disputes due to a large variety of interacting abilities. In addition, the Rules Manual is packed full of new artwork, including some never before seen puppets!
Several tools have been added to help players navigate the Rules Manual to find exactly the ruling they are looking for, including colored section tabs and an extensive index (something everyone wished for in the first rule book).
In order to help players understand interactions between models and terrain, including 3-Dimensional terrain such as overhangs or rooftops, diagrams have been included throughout.
The quick reference section is a great tool for use throughout the game and for quick and easy encounter set up. Speaking of encounters, strategies have been rewritten to provide 2 or 4 points and schemes to provide 1 or 2, with an official cap on the number of VPs any player can earn in an encounter (8 in a scrap, 10 in a brawl). So no more Jack Daw + Steal Relic to smash your opponent in a 10-0 win.
At a low price of $15 and including all the rules needed to play Malifaux, this Manual is a great deal, now anyone wishing to get into the game can do so for less than $50. And current players now have a great resource for playing their games, and a compact book to keep track of their VP requirements.
This book is a perfect candidate for rebinding. I had mine rebound in plastic spirals at Staples for a fair price, and now I can lay my manual flat on the table for set-up and for being able to check my VP requirements.
Wyrd continues to do good by their players, and at the end of this month will be releasing a PDF version of the rules manual, without the artwork or list of strategies and schemes. So players are not at all required to purchase the rules manual to keep up with the rules, but who wouldn't want one of these?
Announced in December, the Rules Manual is Wyrd's answer to a quickly expanding rules set that often calls for rulings to settle in game disputes due to a large variety of interacting abilities. In addition, the Rules Manual is packed full of new artwork, including some never before seen puppets!
Several tools have been added to help players navigate the Rules Manual to find exactly the ruling they are looking for, including colored section tabs and an extensive index (something everyone wished for in the first rule book).
In order to help players understand interactions between models and terrain, including 3-Dimensional terrain such as overhangs or rooftops, diagrams have been included throughout.
The quick reference section is a great tool for use throughout the game and for quick and easy encounter set up. Speaking of encounters, strategies have been rewritten to provide 2 or 4 points and schemes to provide 1 or 2, with an official cap on the number of VPs any player can earn in an encounter (8 in a scrap, 10 in a brawl). So no more Jack Daw + Steal Relic to smash your opponent in a 10-0 win.
At a low price of $15 and including all the rules needed to play Malifaux, this Manual is a great deal, now anyone wishing to get into the game can do so for less than $50. And current players now have a great resource for playing their games, and a compact book to keep track of their VP requirements.
This book is a perfect candidate for rebinding. I had mine rebound in plastic spirals at Staples for a fair price, and now I can lay my manual flat on the table for set-up and for being able to check my VP requirements.
Wyrd continues to do good by their players, and at the end of this month will be releasing a PDF version of the rules manual, without the artwork or list of strategies and schemes. So players are not at all required to purchase the rules manual to keep up with the rules, but who wouldn't want one of these?
