Students of Conflict - Season 2 - #5A - Lonestar Fauxdown: Liam (Von Schill, Iron-Heart vs Asami Tanaka)
Description
This episode we welcome Liam to the podcast, despite the Pacific Ocean, to talk about a game in his journey to a third place podium finish at the Lonestar Fauxdown Malifaux GT. We discuss how he prepares for a large international event and how his critical analysis of the scheme pool kept his podium hopes alive.
Hosts: Clay and Doug
Guests: Liam, Andre, and Bryan
Students of Conflict Discord invite: https://discord.gg/TYh6XyBpns
Tournament: Lonestar Fauxdown Malifaux GT
Tournament on Longshanks: https://www.longshanks.org/event/20146/
Photos from the event: https://www.facebook.com/StudentsOfConflict/posts/pfbid0dcPEm5PUwLYQeWPFtv447K8NQPiexp7aVL4oyELPFCBfdtEQ79ZLY8PJftm3fiFgl
Encounter:
Round 1:
Deployment and Strategy: Corner, Plant Explosives
Schemes: Let Them Bleed, In Your Face, Hold Up Their Forces, Sweating Bullets, Protected Territory
Liam’s Schemes: In Your Face, Protected Territory
Travis’ Schemes: Hold Up Their Forces, Protected Territory
Final Score: 5-5
Crews:
Liam’s Von Schill, Iron-Heart
Size: 50 - Pool: 5
Leader:
Von Schill, Iron-Heart
Totem(s):
Steam Trunk
Hires:
Hannah Lovelace
Arik Schottemer
Yannic Waller
Tunnel Rats
Freikorps Engineer
Freikorps Engineer 2
Travis’ Asami Tanaka
Size: 50 - Pool: 10
Leader:
Asami Tanaka
Totem(s):
Amanjaku
Hires:
Ama No Zako
Ohaguro Bettari
Minako Rei
Kamaitachi
Tengu
Terracotta Warrior
Foods Discussed:
Lebanese Rice Chicken!
(Students of Conflict recipes can be found in the #s2-recipes-archive channel of our discord server)
Plugs from Guest:
New Zealand Nationals
23-24 August 2025
HobbyMaster, in Auckland, NZ
POC: Hamish (aka @Hamdog on discord)
Thank-Yous:
Big thanks to Top Doug Design for all the terrain we play on here in Texas and for sponsoring this podcast, to Wyrd Miniatures for allowing us to use their artwork from the 2nd Edition Student of Conflict, and to Dragon’s Lair Comics & Fantasy North Houston, the home of our Texas tournaments.
Top Doug Design: https://www.topdougdesign.com/
Wyrd Miniatures: https://www.wyrd-games.net/malifaux
Dragon’s Lair Comics & Fantasy - Houston North: https://www.dlair.net/houston-north/
United States
