Cactus Family

 A 50ss game of Malifaux on Vassal.

Strategy: Flank Reckoning

Schemes: Assassinate, Breakthrough, Harness the Ley Lines, Claim Jump, Search the Ruins

My list:

Madame Sybelle & Carrion Effigy
Mortimer
Bone Pile
Flesh Construct
2xRabble Riser
Guild Autopsy
Dead Doxy
Dead Dandy

Pool: 2
Schemes: Claim Jump (On Mortimer), Harness the Ley Lines

Opponent had:

Perdita Ortega, Neverborn Hunter with Lead-Lined Coat & Enslaved Nephilim
Francisco Ortega with Lead-Lined Coat
Pale Rider
Guild Mage
Nino Ortega
Abuela Ortega

Pool: 7
Schemes: Assassinate, Claim Jump (Nino)

Turn 1:

Surprisingly little happened on the first round except for positioning. Bone Pile was going to top-right corner, followed by a gathering of Mortimer, Guild Autopsy and Dead Dandy.

In the center was Madame Sybelle, Carrion Effigy and Dead Doxy. Below, both Rabble Risers and Flesh Construct.

Pale Rider had ridden with a summoned Pistolero to the corner of a building below and took a shot at Madame Sybelle, dealing a couple points of damage. Dead Doxy could have taken by the hand Carrion Effigy to heal Madame, or Rabble Riser to soften up enemy models. I thought that to be more important, so she pushed Rabble Riser a bit forth so that it was able to walk and charge Abuela, but accomplished nothing with a sword against a granny in a wheelchair. 

Turn 2:

Sybelle wins the initiative, which was Rabble Riser's chance to kill a granny. First Rabble Riser gets black joker on damage, then just generally misses and finally manages to score two points. Woohoo.

Perdita then summons a Nephilim Hunting Pistolero and shields just about everybody. A por el (however that is actually spelled?) has Abuela blasting Rabble Riser with shotgun, grudging him with adversary.

My strategy game didn't look good, so I sent in another Rabble Riser at the Pistolero from first round, hoping to kill essentially a five hit point model with two attacks. And it certainly looked like it's easier to kill a grown man than to beat a granny in wheelchair - strategy point was secured for me, too.

The summoned Pistolero shot the already injured Rabble Riser dead, so that was also a point for Guild. But it also became Monster Hunter.

Abuela shot a second Rabble Riser dead with her own actual activation, which was strategically an overkill but I had plenty of targets in my crew anyway.

Pale Rider and Fransisco kept shooting Madame Sybelle and Mortimer, while Effigy kept healing Sybelle. She had also suffered staggered from Pale Rider's gun, so she wasn't going anywhere too fastly. She instead walked, interacted a scheme and concentrated. Guild Autopsy and Bone Pile put scheme markers on the centerline, and even Flesh Construct did that before it went to fruitlessly tease Nino, who also had come to shoot Madame Sybelle.

Four scheme markers on the centerline were plenty enough for Harness Ley Line, and Mortimer claimed center point, pushing points to 1-3 for Resurrectionists.

Turn 3:

Guild won initiative, and Perdita summoned another beast-hunting Pistolero to get rid of concealing terrain. I don't know from where these Family members kept appearing. Did Perdita throw a pistol to a vaguely humanoid shaped cactus and behold, a cousin. Then Perdita shot Madame Sybelle with silver bullets, which was Madame Sybelle's silver bullet. No way I could deny Assassinate this round any more. She also shot Trick Shot and stunned my leader.

Since running away would be of use now, Madame Sybelle charged and killed Abuela with two strikes, and one left-over going to Guild Mage. 

Fransisco shot Madame Sybelle for a bit and emptied Resurrectionists soul stone pool. 

Flesh Construct started mauling Nino, bringing him down to two health remaining and two poison. Nino escapes and kills Madame Sybelle with a Red Joker on damage.

Dead Doxy pushes thee carrion puppet a little forward so it can try to soften up a Monster Hunter for my second Reckoning kill. However, Pale Rider punishes Doxy for taking a little doll by the hand by shooting her with a pneumatic rifle, dealing moderate damage even with two negative modifiers. Then it rides with Nino closer to Guild Mage's healing aura and shot a couple points of damage to Flesh Construct, staggering it. 

Carrion Effigy misses Monster Hunter with aimed shot, Pistolero misses a shot against Mortimer, and Guild Autopsy continues the trend of missing Monster Hunter. Strategy points for this round are starting to look grim.

Monster Hunter activates next, creeps along to Nino and stuns poor Flesh Construct, who is now stunned, staggered and injured +1. And at three health remaining.

Remaining Guild activations weren't that impactful, except for Guild Mage healing Nino to six. It was down to two, with Poison +2! There was zero chance for me to get Reckoning point, so Mortimer concentrated and blasted Guild Mage, Pistolero and Perdita with Decay, at least dealing single points of damage through Shielded.

Bone Pile placed a scheme marker and buried itself.

Scores kind of go 2-3 for Resurrectionists, although that might as well be 3-3 as opponent most likely had Assassinate scheme.

Turn 4:

Resurrectionists won initiative, which meant Bone Pile emerging in the middle of enemy crew, trying to claw Pistolero dead. Emphasis on trying, with a connotation of not-succeeding. 

Perdita had a devastating activation - first, she used trick shot against Mortimer and had Pale Rider land a weak shot against my henchman. She then takes a regular shot with manipulative penalty, hits and even gets Silver Bullets from flip. Last shot hits again despite manipulative penalties and would have dealt lethal damage if it wasn't for Hard-to-Kill. So, Mortimer was stunned, staggered, at one health remaining and unable to heal.

I didn't think he'd be able to get away from threats with his movement of 2, so he just concentrated and tried to score a lucky severe against Pistolero, but failed at that. At least he managed to make a moderate, so there was some collateral damage to Guild Mage and Perdita. 

Pistolero disengages from Bone Pile and shoots Mortimer dead, thus becoming a Monster Hunter. 

Game is starting to look like an unsalvageable wreck for Resurrectionists, but still Dead Doxy pushes Carrion Effigy a little forward and goes to charge Guild Mage, doing just one point of damage. 

Pale Rider shoots Flesh Construct dead and rides with Nino to Bone Pile and Dead Doxy. Carrion Effigy runs to offer some Aura of Decay. Monster Hunter charges Carrion Effigy, and finally Guild starts failing attacks on this round. Such joy was short, however, when Fransisco killed the thing with a total of one action point and four attacks. He also pushed Guild Mage into safety with Heroic Intervention. 

Remainder of my activations were planting scheme markers down the centerline, and opponent softening up Bone Pile and Dead Doxy. 

Scores even to 3-3.

Turn 5:

I spend Red Joker from my hand on initiative, and finally Bone Pile is able to kill Guild Mage. Woefully too late, but maybe I can snatch second strategy point this round.

Perdita activates and shoots Dead Doxy into shreds with a red joker on damage. Last remaining shots at Guild Autopsy didn't do much.

Losing Doxy before she managed to activate made the extra kill gosh darn unlikely, so Dead Dandy took a flight far, far away.

Enslaved Nephilim makes an exceptional multi-activation first by charging Mindless Zombie dead, then giving a shot for Nino with Obey, and Nino gives Concentrate for Fransisco, who gives card for Perdita. 

Guild Autopsy also runs, and Perdita doesn't want to play cat and mouse and removes Madame Sybelle's scheme markers instead.

Game ends 5-3 for Guild when Guild reveals Claim Jump on Nino and Assassinate.