Malifaux Archives

Wyrd has done it again! As part of Wyrd Miniatures' "Waldo's Weekly" articles that usually pop up every Wednesday, they revealed the other two types of new miniatures Malifaux players will see in the Outcast Starter Box Last week, we got a good look at the Catalan Brawler, and today we got a peek at[...]

Hello, wargamers! Have you ever made a high-impact purchase for your latest miniature tabletop hobby, only to be faced with a difficult ethical decision? Should you really open that older box of miniatures? In this opinion piece, I'll show you what's going on in my own head regarding a specific mini, and we will see[...]

Wyrd Miniatures, the miniatures game company best known for their wargame Malifaux, has given the public a small teaser of what comes in their premiere game's Outcast Starter Box! With this teaser, Wyrd showcases the Catalan Brawler, a member of the Syndicate keyword Syndicate is normally a keyword associated more with the Explorer's Society faction[...]

Wyrd Miniatures' third edition of their eldritch, Weird-West skirmisher Malifaux is a game very unlike most other tabletop wargames Instead of dice players use playing cards to determine randomization Models are dynamic to build and paint, and quite breathtaking to behold when finished And, perhaps most importantly to many, the characters in the game are[...]

Wyrd Games, creator of such games as Malifaux, The Other Side, and the role-playing game Through the Breach, have been known for their absolutely cornucopian sales around the times of Black Friday and Easter Last we checked, it isn't near Black Friday at this time, but as we inch ever closer to the Easter holiday season, Wyrd[...]

Wyrd Games, the creators of such games as Malifaux, Through the Breach, and The Other Side, have announced their upcoming releases for May of 2020 The releases will come later in the month of May, to promote their sales at local gaming stores above their own website's store. An artist's depiction of Wyrd's Minicorn models, alternates for Piglets models[...]

I want to weigh in with a list of things I could do better on, and improve in, come the new year.

The new third edition of Malifaux has been on shelves for a few months, and a lot of players have been spending some quality times with their crews working out the changes that Wyrd brought about with the new rules Now that the dust has settled, it's time to bring on some new minis! The Salty[...]

I'm considering all of the Malifaux models that I've tried and failed to sell for whatever reason – the market I was selling to was full of seasoned vets of the game, and I had too little room to keep most of my models, so I decided to sell In the end, my models, poorly-painted[...]

The new third edition of Malifaux is upon us, with Wyrd Games offering up a new, streamlined version of their awesome steampunk/horror/weird west miniature skirmish game! You can check out the new rules for free, and even get the upgrade cards for your old warbands without spending a penny! But you're going to want to spend[...]

It seems like a thousand years have passed since Wyrd Games announced the third edition of Malifaux was in development, but it's really only been a few months One of the coolest things about Malifaux 3E, though, is that it is available for free, right now, from Wyrd's website. //Credit: Wyrd Games The second most cool thing?[...]

The new edition of Malifaux is coming out next month, which is plenty of reason to celebrate But Wyrd knows we love to party really hard, so they decided to add a little fuel to our party fire. Get ready for the Burning Bridges boxed set, which includes Elijah Borgmann, a big ole' Fire Golem, and[...]

Wyrd's continued promotion for the upcoming 3rd edition of Malifaux is taking a break this week, but that doesn't mean the crew behind our favorite Old West meets Old Ones game is resting on their laurels There's new releases coming out for The Other Side, the game of mass battles set in the Malifaux universe! The[...]

Several times each year, Wyrd Games puts out a couple of limited edition miniatures for Malifaux, their wild-west-and-monsters skirmish game Sometimes, those exclusives come back on other sales, to, which is great news if you missed out last time! //Credit: Wyrd Games This year, there's some pretty great offerings, plus some old favorites are back in play![...]

The fine folks at Wyrd Games are dotting all the "i's" and crossing the "t's" on the third edition of Malifaux, which will be hitting stores sooner than a lot sooner than most of us anticipated: Are you ready for early summer, 2019? That's going to be a huge relief for game stores that have been[...]

Wyrd Games is continuing its focus on new releases for The Other Side, their large-scale miniature combat game set in the Malifaux universe. March sees four new releases coming to The Other Side, including some very nasty looking shark dudes! THE FRENZY //Credit: Wyrd Games On the tabletop, the Frenzy benefits immensely from being a Squad[...]

The creature escaped Malifaux several hundred years back, but found it's magical energies depleted With the emergence of the Burning Man in London, Horomatangi has awakened, fully charged up and ready to lay down some carnage! Horomatangi can be fielded as a command option for both the Cult of the Burning Man and the Gibbering[...]

Wyrd Games just previewed the new Dreamer box set for the upcoming Third Edition of Malifaux, and it looks like our favorite sleepy-time fiend and his friends have grown up a bit! Courtesy Wyrd Games This week, we're revealing that the Dreamer and his Nightmare crew have all grown up It seems that Lord Chompy Bits' Earthside[...]

Here's your chance to help guide a miniatures game to greatness! Wyrd Games just announced that play-testing for the third edition of Malifaux is about to go into open beta testing! We're thrilled to announce that on Wednesday, January 16th, we will be launching an OPEN BETA for Malifaux Third Edition! Many of you have gone through[...]

Wyrd Games has teamed up with Bundle of Holding to offer two really great deals for Through the Breach players, and proceeds go to a great cause with Reading is Fundamental receiving 10% of the money raised. In the magic-saturated parallel world of Malifaux, you take on the roles of unique Fated citizens, such as Gunfighters, Drudges,[...]

We'll come back to the 2018 specific games in just a bit. First up, the nominees: Warhammer 40,000 Warhammer: Age of Sigmar Malifaux Infinity Kings of War Frostgrave And the winner is… Frostgrave. credit// Osprey Games Frostgrave has players take on the role of a wizard, as they build a band of followers and apprentices, meanwhile expanding their arcane knowledge[...]

That combination of simple rules with deep strategy allowed Blood Bowl to eke out a lead over runner-up Malifaux which has very complicated rules. Malifuax's greatest strength and greatest weakness is its complexity, with ever-evolving rules and constantly changing meta It's a hard game to pick up, and an easy one to lose track of if you put it down. Warhammer[...]

Wyrd Games just released the details for their Black Friday sale for Malifaux! HEY WYRDOS, It's that time of the year again Here is our Black Friday/Thanksgiving/Birthday sale announcement! Rather than beating a dead unicorn with extra text, let's get right to the good stuff: what will be available for purchase during the sale! As you can see from the[...]

The schedule includes the Titania box set for Malifaux 2E, Wyrd Games' tabletop skirmisher Naturally, Titania's box is called The Queen's Return and belongs to the Neverborn faction  Like most Neverborn masters, Titania looks goddamn awesome Her primary mechanics are already known, and will definitely benefit players who want to exert absolute control over the[...]

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