An Abominable Goose
Long time Goose fans may be aware that I went back to Marvel Crisis Protocol at least in part because Malifaux entered an open beta period as it moved from 3rd Edition to 4th Edition. I had enough difficulty figuring out the 3rd Edition ruleset, I figured trying to participate during the beta and filling my head with a bunch of rules that were going to change was not likely to help my long term enjoyment of the game. Well, Malifaux 4th Edition is officially here! And I decided to rejoin the Malifaux World Series and participate in a more casual online league (Unintelligible Barking, hosted by the Pack Mentality podcast) to try and figure out if Malifaux was back to being a game that I want to play. I'm not going to bury the lede: the answer is yes. Resoundingly so. Malifaux 4e has been an utter delight, with the majority of the changes that have been made making the game much more approachable compared to my experience in 3e. One of my great frustrations with third edition was th...