My Thoughts On: Malifaux - Crossroads

Wow......so that took a somewhat darker twist. Just to clarify, I really liked the Lucius miniature, but damn is the lore for him twisted. Having read that short story on him, not so keen to paint that one now.

Anyway, Malifaux: Crossroads is the second book for it's 2nd Edition and features more characters, upgrades and scenarios. In fact, each scenario has a short story and that short story is about one of the leaders they have in the book. Each faction has three leaders, so three short stories, each with their attached scenario. This is an excellent way to show off these leaders as in the first book each faction had a single story with all three leaders in it, along with some of the characters who appear in this book. Learning more about each leader and their crews makes picking and playing them much more enjoyable. If anything, this book has cemented my two main faction choices.

As such, my main will be the Gremlins and my second shall be Outcasts. I'll still paint miniatures from other factions, since there are still many great miniatures to paint, but play wise I feel more connected to my chosen two.

Also, it might be just me, but for some reason Nicodem and Mortimer from the Resurrectionists heavily remind me of Hercules Grytpype-Thynne and Count Jim Moriarty from the classic radio series 'The Goon Show'. Just me? Alright then....