This episode we welcome Carel to the show for the first time to talk about a game in his journey to a 3rd place podium at the Houston December Monthly Malifaux Tourney. We dig deep into how he works the complex unpack of Kastore, Fervent and discuss how to pivot when the game doesn’t go according to plan.

Hosts: Doug and Clay

Guests: Carel and Christian

Students of Conflict Discord invite: https://discord.gg/9eagXE6NWw

Tournament: December Malifaux Monthly Tourney - Houston 

Tournament on Longshanks: https://www.longshanks.org/event/21901/

Encounter:

Round 3: 

Deployment and Strategy: Corner, Stuff the Ballots

Schemes: Let Them Bleed, Deliver a Message, Sweating Bullets, Information Overload, Protected Territory

Carel’s Schemes: Deliver a Message, Protected Territory

Christian’s Schemes:  Protected Territory, Information Overload

Final Score: 5-8L

Crews:

Carel’s Kastore, Fervent (Neverborn)

Size: 50 - Pool: 6

Leader:

  Kastore, Fervent

Totem(s):

  Marathine

    Inhuman Reflexes

Hires:

  Urnbearer

  Cavern Nephilim

    Ancient Pact

  Cavern Nephilim 2

  Athorak

  Gwyll

Christian’s Ulix Turner (Bayou)

Size: 50 - Pool: 6

Leader:

  Ulix Turner

Totem(s):

  Penelope

Hires:

  Old Major

    Twelve Cups of Coffee

  The Sow

  Big Brain Brin

  Sammy LaCroix

  Flying Piglet

  Piglet

Foods Discussed:

Wife’s *original* chocolate chip cookies

Oreos and Irish Cream

(Students of Conflict recipes can be found in the #s2-recipes-archive channel of our discord server … unfortunately, no recipe is available for the husband-winning chocolate chip cookies)

Also Mentioned in the Podcast:

Malifaux Shenanigans channel: Episodes on Kastore 2 - https://www.youtube.com/@MalifauxShenanigans/search?query=kastore   

Dreysen Gaming channel: Malifaux World Series Top 32 game (Ressers Kastore 2 vs Von Schtook 2) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncwbPHDolTc 

Lonestar Fauxdown October 24-26, 2025 … Please mark your calendars now! 

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 Texas Malifaux.

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/