Kevin and the Hidden List!

Howdy folks!  Bet you didn't think a post was on it's way today huh?  Well here it is!  I think we've got something new and exciting to talk about today, which has me pretty excited.  There is a tournament coming up at one of my local game stores (Legions Hobbies and Games, check it out if you're in Pittsburgh), so I am going to need the help of the To Be An Arcanist nation!  More about that in the Gaming section.  I've been working on several non-model projects that don't make for particularly interesting bloggery, so I'll cover all of that in the Hobby section.  No games this week, but I did get a great game of Through The Breach in (our crew even met Willie!).

Hobby
I've been working on a few more tiles for a 4x4 table, a light box (I found a sturdier base for the box itself, but that is leading to difficulty in construction), and a few other non-Malifaux modelling projects (I was thinking about Malifaux the whole time though, I PROMISE!).  X-wing and Warmachine have been stealing a little bit of my hobby time, but I'm finding ways to make a balance.

Gaming
The second game of our Through The Breach campaign was an absolute BLAST (thanks Willie!).  The crew came up against an ancient evil and some new ones, then managed to keep themselves (mostly) alive.  I'm definitely looking forward to the next game.

Another exciting gaming piece of news (and the reason I've called you all here today) is that I've got a tournament coming up in a couple weeks!  It will be a 100 point pool, 2 master, Strats and schemes (so far) unannounced event.  I will be throwing everyone for a loop and choosing Arcanists (note to self, design sarcasm font).  My two masters will be Ramos and Ironsides.  I've decided that between them, they can both do stratsy and killy schemes, they just have different choices as far as positioning.  Ramos can spread out, Ironsides likes to stay clumped up.

The pool includes non-summoned models and upgrades, and it looks a little something like this:

Ramos - Free

Ironsides - Free

Brass Arachnid - 4

Mouse - 4

Joss - 10

Mechanical Rider - 12

Oxfordian Mage x 2 - 12

Johana - 7

Freikorps Specialist - 9

Arcane Effigy - 4

Gunsmith - 7

Performer - 5

Union Miner x 2 - 10

Willie - 6

Arcane Reservoir - 2

Blood / Nemesis / Doom Ward - 0

Challenge the Crowd - 1

Electrical Summoning - 1

Frontline Leadership - 2

Imbued Protection - 2

Iron Determination - 1

Warding Runes - 1

I'll also be painting up all the models that are likely to be summoned, they include :

Mechanical Rider's List

Fire Gamin

Metal Gamin

Steam Arachnid

Electrical Creation

Mannequin

Ramos's List

Steam Arachnid

Electrical Creation

Steam Arachnid's List

Steam Arachnid Swarm

And Here They Are!

This pool allows me a little bit of bunch, a little bit of scheme manipulation, and a little bit of shooting.  Depending on the strat/schemes I can load a little heavier in any given one of those options and mech rider's summoning lets me adjust to the board on the fly.  I look forward to going against someone who is all in on scheme markers with a performer, some summoned arachnid swarms, and the specialist.

What do you guys think?  Is it a balanced pool?  Am I going to get absolutely hosed by a strat? Is it impossible for me to paint the unpainted guys in 2 weeks?  Let me know!

Thanks again for reading today.  If you have any questions (or feedback on the list seriously I need all the help I can get!) feel free to leave a comment below, email me at ToBeAnArcanist@gmail.com or tweet @KFinchster.  I always appreciate the reads, so have fun and I'll see you next week!