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Section 1: Events & Vassal

What happens if I cannot schedule a match with my opponent?

  • Missed games will be handled on a case-by-case basis.
  • If one person is clearly and solely at fault, that player will forfeit the round. The game will be scored 6-2 in favor of the player who was able to play the game.
  • In the case of mutual scheduling conflicts, the game will be called as a tie.
  • If a player is at fault and intentionally missing games in bad faith, that player may be disqualified from the event or series.

What happens if an opponent concedes a match? With high numbers of players, 8-0 concessions can lead to a significant swing in overall rank. Whenever possible, use the state of the game to determine the most likely outcome of the game.

  • If possible, agree upon a score based on the current board state. Conceding a match without communicating with your opponent or TO about the *final score may result in a sportsmanship warning.
  • If an opponent leaves before verifying a score, try to get TO confirmation or save the game for verification later.
  • If an opponent forfeits and no apparent score can reasonably be determined, the game will be scored as 6-2.

When does the next round start?

  • Rounds officially start on Monday at 10:00 am GMT.
  • Once all games have been played we will try to post new results as soon as possible, but we may not always be immediately available.
  • If the WSC needs to address drops or warnings before a new round starts, it could affect when pairings are released.
  • If pairings are released after 10am Monday, the round will be extended appropriately.

Section 2: General Rules

Does a model need to Walk to in order to move up climbable terrain?

  • Yes. The rules for climbing are explicitly tied to the Walk action: “When resolving a Walk Action, a model may move vertically along Climbable Terrain” (See the November 2022 FAQ/Errata).

When a Shockwave or Pulse affects both friendly and enemy models at the same time, who chooses the order that models resolve the generated duel?

  • The model that generated the Shockwave or Pulse determines the order for all affected models. When a model is chosen to resolve a Shockwave, it resolves its duel and any subsequent damage completely (including any new generated effects, such as Pulses or effects that trigger when a model is killed) before the next model is chosen to resolve the Shockwave’s duel and damage. This may result in situations where a model is killed by an effect such as Demise (Explosive +3) before it resolves its Shockwave duel, in which case the duel generated by the Shockwave is ignored. (Nov 2022, Wyrd)

What is “half health” of a model with an odd hp value.

  • Per the Nov 2022 FAQ/Errata, Rounding Rules do not apply for determining a model’s health (See Math on Pg. 31 of the Digital Rulebook.)

If a model from a recent release (Madness of Malifaux) has a non-unique ability or trigger that is different from previous versions of the same ability or trigger, how should it be played? (And other misprinting issues)

  • Abilities and Triggers of the same name should be played as the same in every case. Please treat these as mis-prints and use the existing version.
  • Known examples include:
    • Whirlwind Attack trigger on Sun Wukong requires a Ram, not a Mask
    • Lie Down and Nap trigger on Map Map requires discarding a card as a cost
    • Daze trigger on Calligrapher requires a Crow, not a Mask
    • Killer Late Fees on Linh Ly, Storyteller requires a Crow, not a Tome
    • Kara’s Gang Warfare trigger on Play with Prey should read “targeting a model that was Moved by this action,” not “Pushed by this action.”
    • Companion on the Titania’s Chosen Upgrade (Autumn Queen) should read “it may discard a card or a Pass Token” to Activate the Ability.
    • Geodes created by Jedza, Everlasting should have the “Destructible” trait as well, matching the Geomancy chronicle on Surveyors
    • The Flame Wall trigger (Lampads, Iggy, The Firestarter) should read “Create a 50 mm …” on all versions (the version on Iggy incorrectly reads “Drop” instead of “Create”)
    • The Light It Up bonus action on Rocketeers should be labeled as an Attack Action, matching Drachen Troopers.
    • Down to the Last Drop (Urnbearers) should read “The target and enemy models within pulse(2),” matching Spelleaters

Section 3: Abilities & Actions

Section 3.01: Common Actions & Abilities

Can a model with the Gunfighter Ability treat itself as engaging an enemy model for the purposes of its own Catch and Release Scheme, and not engaging the same enemy model for the purposes of the enemy’s Hidden Martyr Scheme?

  • No. Models with Gunfighter (and similar effects) are always treated as having an engagement range (unless another effect says otherwise).(Wyrd, Nov 2022)

Can Ricochet affect the attack’s original target?

  • No. By the context of the sentence, Ricochet cannot affect the attack’s original target.

Can My Loyal Servant affect the action’s original target?

  • No. Taken in context, the parentheses mean that “another” means “a model other than the target”. I.e. the parentheses are a qualifying phrase, not reminder text.

Can Galvanize affect the action’s original target?

  • Yes. Taken in context, “another” means “a model other than this model”. Galvanize can never give Focus to the model taking the action.

Can a rider’s fate tokens be spent on any duel?

  • Yes, Chasing Fate states that tokens may be discarded “when declaring triggers,” which occurs in Step E of all duels (See Duels on Page 10 of the Digital Rulebook). Chasing Fate does not require a trigger be declared.

Can a model use Secret Passage to disappear/appear within 1” of a Strategy Marker that has the Blocking terrain trait (such as a Ley Line Marker)?

  • Yes. Secret Passage does not require the acting model to affect the Strategy Marker (See Bayou - Gluttony section of the Season 1 FAQ and Strategy Markers on Pg. 28 of the Digital Rulebook).

If a model with Laugh Off and uses Take the Hit, can it choose not to Place? For example, Guard Patrol wearing a Lead-Lined Coat.

  • Yes, Laugh Off gives the choice not to Place. The model using Take the Hit will be the new target of the attack either way. The place effect and changing the target of the attack are not contingent on each other.

Can a model discard a card to Shouting Orders without taking the Concentrate action?

  • No. When a model uses Shouting Orders they must immediately take the Concentrate action.
  • This is Rules as Intended, since Shouting Orders does not say the Concentrate action counts as a bonus action until the end of the activation.

When does the healing from Drink Blood happen?

  • Step 5 of Damage Timing.
  • This is a Rules as Intended interpretation because “When resolving” timing would be functionally the same as “When succeeding” if read Rules as Written.

Can a model that has been given an effect of "may activate a second time this Turn," choose not to do so? (For example, Tara's Adrift in Time, Asami Takusen's Wrath of the Kimon, Mechanical Rider's Revelation trigger, or Molly Squidpiddge's Constructive Criticism)

  • Yes. Tara's Adrift in Time ability describes an "If it does so" effect, implying that a second activation is not mandatory.
  • During the Activation Phase, a player must activate all models at least once, and if a player ever skips to Step D by declining to perform any potential second activations, those activations may not be taken later.

Can a model that has been given an effect of "may activate a second time this Turn" activate after Cadmus' second activation from Connected Conscience?

  • Yes. Connected Conscience happens "after every model has Activated." If a model has Activated but has a second activation available, it counts as having activated for the purposes of when the Connected Conscience activation occurs.
  • For example, Molly Squidpiddge uses Constructive Criticism on a Crooligan. If Molly’s player can spend pass tokens such that only the Crooligan’s second activation and the Connected Conscience activations remain, if the next activation would go to the Cadmus player then they must use their Connected Conscience activation before the Crooligan activates a second time.
  • On the other hand, if activation order works out such that it is the Molly player’s turn to activate a model, has no pass tokens, and only the Crooligan’s second activation remaining, they must activate the Crooligan before Connected Conscience or lose the Constructive Criticism activation. (See the MWS ruling regarding choosing not to use a second activation.)

Does a model with the Catalyst ability count as killing a model if a model dies from the damage inflicted by the effects of Catalyst?

  • Yes. The damage is treated as being both "from Poison" and "from the Catalyst ability."

Can a model with Take The Hit use Take The Hit when targeted by an attack in order to discard a card or cause the attack to ignore targeting restrictions?

  • Yes. Take the Hit can be used “After an enemy model targets a friendly model within A2,” and does not specify “another.”

Which timing steps of an action are controlled when a model is obeyed (or otherwise controlled) to take an action?

  • All steps c.2.a through c.2.f of the Detailed Timing chart’s “Take Actions” section.

Does Exorcism still kill a model that is replaced instead of killed by an effect such as Grim Recruitment or Demise (Dead Horse)?

  • Yes. For the MWS, we are ruling that the Intent of this interaction is for the model to be killed.

When a Life and Death trigger (Gwyll, Domador de Cadaveres) is declared directly against a friendly target, does the attack still perform a damage flip?

  • No. When there is no target that will receive damage, the “instead” clause will govern the entire action resolution, and damage is not flipped.

Section 3.02: Obey Effects

Can Obey effects be used to resolve Once per Turn effects multiple times in a turn.

  • No. The Once per Turn restriction applies regardless of the model that generated the action.

Can Obey be used to move enemy models with Laugh Off?

  • Yes. Obey allows the controlling player to make all decisions for the target, including whether Laugh Off is used or not.

Can a friendly model Obey an enemy model to Obey a second enemy model to take an action that is restricted to friendly-controlled?

  • No. Friendly-controlled and enemy-controlled are mutually exclusive terms determined by the player controlling the effect
  • Example: Zoradia obeys an enemy guild lawyer to obey a guild investigator to interact. The Zoraida player can control the investigator to remove scheme markers, or drop a scheme marker friendly to itself. The Zoraida player cannot make the investigator throw the lodestone because that interact effect is restricted to friendly-controlled actions.

Can a friendly model Obey an enemy model to Interact with an enemy Strategy Marker (Evidence/Symbol) and score a point?

  • No, “friendly-controlled” language requires a model be controlled by its own crew to Interact and pick up a Strategy Marker (See Friendly / Enemy-Controlled in GG1).

If model Z is controlling model X’s Action and that Action generates a new Action, does model Z control the new Action?

  • Yes, model Z would control the generated Action and any subsequently generated Actions, but if the controlled model is ever resisting an opposed duel, it is always controlled by its owner (not necessarily its controller). (Wyrd, November 2022)

Section 3.03: Arcanist Specific

Can Myranda score strats and schemes if she turns into the Jackalope?

  • According to Step 4 of the replace process, “one new model becomes the target of any effects that targeted or chose any original models, such as Schemes, Leader designations, or lasting game effects. That new model is always considered a legal target for those effects.”
  • Myranda can still score schemes such as Hidden Martyrs, or give up points for schemes such as Take Prisoner. The underlined text above supersedes the Jackalope’s Insignificant ability for game effects that existed prior to the replace.
  • Tokens are “lasting game effects.” Myranda in Jackelope form will keep a lodestone or intel token that she was carrying.
  • If Myranda carries the lodestone as the Jackelope, other models may take the Interact action to move the Lodestone off her.
  • If Myranda carries the lodestone as the Jackelope, she cannot claim a Ley Line at the end of the turn. Despite still being a legal target of the Lodestone effect, she is still ignored by the strategy due to Insignificant.
  • If Myranda carries an Evidence Token as the Jackelope, she still drops a strategy marker when she is reduced to 1hp or less. The Rules As Intended of Recover Evidence appears to be that Evidence Tokens cannot be removed or made inaccessible to the opponent without dropping a strategy marker.

Does Cryosleep on Rasputina, Abominable give Corpse Markers the terrain traits of an Ice Pillar Marker, such as blocking and height?

  • No. Corpse Markers do not gain the terrain traits of Ice Pillars (and vice verse).

Does Cryosleep allow Corpse Markers to be treated as Ice Pillars for Stratgies and Schemes?

  • No. Cryosleep only changes the marker type from the perspective of “friendly December models,” not for the player.

Where do you measure the range from Pouncing Strike if the Four-Winds Golem makes an attack generated from Sandeep, Font of Magic’s Students of All?

  • Pouncing Strike is measured from the Four-Winds Golem.
  • Students of All draws LOS and range Up We Go from the Academic; the 5” place on Pouncing Strike is not part of the range of the action.

Is the Tunneling action from Through the Mountain on Molemen an action generated by an ability (therefore ignoring the once per activation limit of bonus actions)?

  • No. Through the Mountain allows friendly models the option to take a new bonus action, but that action is not generated by the ability.

Does the Expose Flaws trigger on Damian, Aspirant's Knowledge is Power attack prevent a model affected by Temper Steel from using its armor's damage reduction property?

  • No. Temper Steel has already been ruled in a Wyrd FAQ to override the "ignores damage reduction" capacity of irreducible damage. In the absence of a more specific ruling by Wyrd, MWS events will treat Temper Steel as also overriding the "cannot reduce damage" effect of the Expose Flaws trigger.

Does Inkfingers resolve before Ceaseless Advance, therefore guaranteeing the Ceaseless Advance effect?

  • Yes. These are simultaneous effects and can always be ordered so that Ceaseless Advance always generates.

At what point in resolving an action does Mei Feng, Foreman’s Hazard Pay (or Mecha-MeeMaw’s Heaps of Trash) allow a model to ignore Hazardous terrain?

  • Our ruling is that these effects allow a model to ignore the generation of a hazardous effect but not its resolution. So, if a model resolves any portion of an action without being in range of the prevention effect, it will be affected by the hazardous terrain (even if it ends the action within range of the prevention effect).

If an enemy model controls a Witness model in Damian, Aspirant’s crew, is the controlling player able to utilize Witness the In-Between to have the obeyed model discard cards from the Damian Player’s Configuration?

  • Yes, unless Damian himself is somehow being controlled. The enemy-controlled model is still considered a model friendly to Damian, and since Damian is friendly-controlled, “your Configuration” would still refer to his owner’s Configuration. If Damian were enemy-controlled, “your Configuration” would refer to the opposing Crew’s Configuration. Likewise, the Prioritize Trigger would be read from the perspective of the controller and could not be used to draw a card from the opponent’s Configuration. However, since the Configuration is a Crew Upgrade and controlling a model does not change ownership of that model, an Obeyed Witness model would still benefit from its owner’s Conduit Ability (Wyrd, Nov 2022)

Section 3.04: Bayou Specific

Can Som’er take an attack from his own Pig-Eating Grin ability?

  • Yes. The new definition of Another allows Som’er to take attacks from Pig-Eating Grin.

If Zoraida declares Regret while generated actions in queue (such as an attack from Onslaught), do the generated actions resolve?

  • No. Regret immediately ends the activation.

What is the timing of upgrade and card discards for Raiding Operation and Gimme That Back on Ophelia, Overloaded?

  • Any cards drawn by Load Up will be drawn after all Kin have resolved the Gimme That Back option to discard a card and gain Focused +1.
  • After Ophelia succeeds her duel, 1-3 Kin are chosen in the Resolving Effects step.
  • Those Kin may each choose to discard an attached Arsenal upgrade.
  • Each Kin that does so will immediately trigger Gimme That Back!, giving it the option to discard a card to gain Focused +1.
  • Each chosen Kin that discarded an Arsenal upgrade may resolve one of the Raiding Operation effects.

Is the bonus action from Food’s Up on Spit Hog an action generated by an ability (therefore ignoring the once per activation limit of bonus actions)?

  • No. Food’s Up allows friendly models an option to take a new bonus action, but that action is not generated by the ability.

Is the bonus action from “Hold These for Me” on Ophelia, Overloaded an action generated by an ability (therefore ignoring the once per activation limit of bonus actions)?

  • No. “Hold These for Me” allows friendly models an option to take a new bonus action, but that action is not generated by the ability.

How many other friendly Big Hat or Redchapel models within aura-3 does the White Rabbit Co.’s Local Haberdashery ability require in order to add a suit of its choice to its duel totals?

  • Two or more. While a RAW reading might allow the White Rabbit Co. to count itself, we believe that this ability, like “Face in the Crowd,” contains a typo, and should read “other” models.

For the Use Em As Bait Ability on The Clampetts, Fisherfolk, does dropping a Tide Marker into base contact with an enemy model count as that enemy model “coming into base contact with” the Tide Marker?

  • No. We are taking a definition of “coming into base contact” that “Two objects are considered to have come into base contact if either object moves, during the course of which movement the two objects are in base contact with one another.” Because the core rules of the game note that Dropping a Marker does not count as the Marker having moved, Use Em As Bait will not Activate from Dropping a Tide Marker.

At what point in resolving an action does Mei Feng, Foreman’s Hazard Pay (or Mecha-MeeMaw’s Heaps of Trash) allow a model to ignore Hazardous terrain?

  • Our ruling is that these effects allow a model to ignore the generation of a hazardous effect but not its resolution. So, if a model resolves any portion of an action without being in range of the prevention effect, it will be affected by the hazardous terrain (even if it ends the action within range of the prevention effect).

Section 3.05: Explorer’s Society Specific

Can English Ivan use Black Mirror to make Mr. Mordrake Slow/Stunned/Staggered if Mr. Mordrake is already Slow/Stunned/Staggered (or vice-versa)? No. A model cannot gain an unstackable condition if it already has that condition (See “This or That” Choices on Page 33 of the Digital Rules). The “if able” clause in Black Mirror prevents it from being used if the target cannot gain the condition being moved.

If a round ends due to time, can a model with Will of Cadmus take the actions granted by Connected Conscience after last activation is called? No. When the round ends, the model currently activating finishes its activation and no new activation may be started (see Round Time Limit on Page 6 of GG Season 1). Connected Conscience grants the model carrying it a second activation after all other models have activated. This is an activation and takes place in the activation phase and does not supersede the round time limit.

Does Lord Cooper need Focus in order to Reload? Yes. These italics are a cost and must be paid or the action fails (See Resolving Actions Step 2 on Page 23 of the Digital Rules). Can Crypsis Corps overlap two Patient Strikes to get two attacks on a model that moves through the strike zone? No. Rules as Intended, Crypsis Corps can only get one attack from Patient Strike per activation.

Do Geode Markers generate hazardous effects when a model is moved into base contact with them? Yes.

Do multiple Join Us triggers from Nexus, One of Many stack? Can multiple Eyes and Ears be summoned from a single kill? No. You can only summon one Eyes and Ears regardless of how many times your creepy spider children whisper “join us”

Can Cornelius Basse use Caught in Quicksand to place a model with an aura of severe terrain such as Marcus, Alpha? Yes. You measure and check the condition prior to the movement. At that time there is no terrain aura at the destination.

Is a model with Trail of Slime in base contact with an area being treated as terrain by an ability such as Wilds of Malifaux or Born of Shadow? Yes. The November 2022 Errata added the below language to clarify this: Pg 37. Aura Terrain “Some models in Malifaux have can create terrain within an aura around themselves or another object through Actions such as Spread Roots or Vent Steam, etc. These auras are treated as terrain for all purposes and any model within that aura is treated as in base contact with that terrain.” (Wyrd Nov 2022) Explosive Turn of Events – If an enemy model is within the pulse-3 of multiple selected Markers, would the model take the duel multiple times? No. The model would take the duel once and upon failing would suffer 3 damage once. (Wyrd, Nov 2022)

Can a model buried by the Tyrant’s Cage terrain marker (Tiri, Architect) take the Unlock Action while buried? Yes. We believe the Intent is for the buried model to have an option to attempt to unbury, because the Tyrant’s Cage card expressly gives that Action to the buried model.


Can a model that is under the effect of Eye of the Hurricane be placed into the aura of Gravity Well? Yes. A model that is within the Eye of the Hurricane aura when it begins resolving the effect that would place it within a Gravity Well aura may resolve the effect. (A model that is not within Eye of the Hurricane when beginning to resolve the effect may NOT resolve the effect by placing in an area covered by both Eye of the Hurricane and Gravity Well).

Section 3.06: Guild Specific

Does a model with Favorable Terrain gain Cover for being within 1” of a Strategy Marker that has the Impassable terrain trait (such as a Ley Line Marker or Symbol of Authority)? Yes. Favorable Terrain does not require the acting model to affect the Strategy Marker (See Bayou - Gluttony section of the Season 1 FAQ and Strategy Markers on Pg. 28 of the Digital Rulebook).

Does Nellie’s Twisting Their Ideals count Strategy Markers when determining the damage dealt? No. Counting markers counts as “affecting” them according to the Gluttony FAQ (See Bayou - Gluttony section of the Season 1 FAQ and Strategy Markers on Pg. 28 of the Digital Rulebook).

What happens if Undercover Reporter uses Undercover to unbury next to a minion that cannot be Placed or cannot be moved by enemy effects. For example, the minion holds the Lodestone or has Planted Roots. The minion remains in base contact with the Undercover Reporter but the rest of the Undercover ability functions normally. Does Sonnia’s Smothering Flame reduce the range a Lodestone Token can be moved? No. Smothering Flame should only reduce the Range Stat listed on the statline of actions. Taking the interact to move the Lodestone Token does not use targeting, and as such does not have a clearly defined Range Stat. Rules as Intended, moving the Lodestone Token is not an effect that should be modified by Smothering Flame or similar effects. Does Sonnia’s Smothering Flame reduce the range of the Assist action? Yes. Smothering Flame reduces the Range Stat listed on the statline of actions. Although Assist is not written with a statline, its 2” range can be treated as its Range Stat because the action targets a model.

Does Sonnia, Unmasked’s Enraged by the Mage ability measure the aura range before or after the push? Before the push. The pushed model must start within A8” of Sonnia, but does not need to end within 8” of Sonnia to take the melee attack.

Can Cornelius Basse use Caught in Quicksand to place a model with an aura of severe terrain such as Marcus, Alpha? Yes. You measure and check the condition prior to the movement. At that time there is no terrain aura at the destination.

Can the Armor Piercing trigger from the Expert Marksman upgrade be used in Gunfighter attacks, or copied with the attack vai abilities such as Mimic? Yes. The trigger is considered part of the attack when the upgrade is added, which can be later modified by other abilities. If the Expert Marksman upgrade is removed (For example, by Greed's Take it All trigger), the Armor Piercing trigger will be removed from the model's ranged attacks.

Does the shielded generated from Desperate Measures on Dashel Barker, Butcher apply before or after damage reduction? When Enhancing a Duel, the Shielded generates prior to reduction. A Guard model that uses a soulstone to Enhance a Duel gains shielded immediately at Step 4 of resolving the action. (See Resolving Actions on Pg.23 of the Digital Rulebook.) When Blocking Damage, the Shielded generates prior to reduction. A Guard model that uses a soulstone to Block Damage gains shielded immediately at Step 1 of damage timing. (See Damage Timing on Pg. 34 of the Digital Rulebook.) When Reducing Damage, the Shielded generates after reduction. A Guard model that uses a soulstone to Reduce Damage gains shielded at Step 3 of damage timing when the soulstone is spent. Since Soulstone reduction is always the last damage reduction to apply, the window for shielded to reduce the damage has passed at this point. (See Damage Timing on Pg. 34 and Soulstones on Pg. 27 of the Digital Rulebook.)

How does the timing of A Por El! interact with Vendetta? Both the Reveal of Vendetta and A Por El! happen during step 3 of the Activation Phase. Because they are simultaneous effects, the acting player chooses the order they resolve. This means that (if conditions are satisfied): the declaration of Vendetta may be ordered prior to the resolution of A Por El! (including, eg, a case in which the A Por El! action then kills the Vendetta target) AND the reveal of Vendetta may be ordered after the resolution of A Por El! (such that – if the originally Activating model was the named friendly model for Vendetta and ALSO damaged the named enemy model during the activation – the A Por El! attack may be what brings the named enemy model to “half its maximum health or less,” and then Vendetta may be revealed).


Can a friendly model with a marker removal ability (such as the King’s Wall with Bulldoze or the Guild Mage with Rule of Law) be used to remove an Assault Marker placed by the Rain Hellfire ability (Artillerist)? Yes. Such abilities would not be an enemy effect, even though it is enemy-controlled, and therefore an Assault Marker placed by Rain Hellfire can be removed in this way.


Do Assault Markers placed by Artillery Strike(Artillerist) also benefit from the “cannot be removed by enemy effects” language in the Rain Hellfire ability? No. Rain Hellfire’s language of “cannot be removed by enemy effects” only applies to Assault Markers placed by that specific Ability. Assault Markers from other sources may be removed by any enemy effect that removes markers.


Section 3.07: Neverborn Specific

If a Stitched Together dies from it’s own Gamble Your Life, does the defending model count as killing it? Yes. The defending model is treating as if it had taken the Gamble Your Life action. If Zoraida declares Regret while generated actions in queue (such as an attack from Onslaught), do the generated actions resolve? No. Regret immediately ends the activation.

What does “Another” refer to on Nekima, Broodmother’s Vital Strike attack? “Another” refers to “other than the target.” Section 3.08: Outcast Specific

Does Just a Rat? Count as a chain activation? Yes, Just a Rat? counts as a chain activation (See Chain Activations on Page 21 of the Digital Rules). If Just a Rat? is used twice in a row, a third model may not be activated. Section 3.09: Resurrectionist Specific

Can Bete Noir use Rise Again while not buried? Yes. The italics that state Rise Again can be used while buried is an additional effect of the action, not a cost or special requirement (See Actions on Page 22 of the Digital Rules). In contrast, targeting a corpse marker is a cost of the action.

Can Amputate drop any marker that would drop on a model’s death, including Demise markers such as Pyre Markers from Smoldering Heart? Yes.

Can Seamus, AKA Sebastian Baker declare triggers on an attack generated from Why Hello Love, if the movement the generated Why Hello Love was a trigger? Yes. Why Hello Love generates the attack action, not the trigger that caused the move.

When a model is in the area of effect of both the Eye of the Hurricane aura and the Alone in the Dark trigger of Seamus, aka Sebastian Baker, will a third aura impact the model? No. This is a very unclear area in the ruleset, and for MWS games, we are ruling that any third aura interacting with a model affected by these two auras will have its effect canceled.

How many other friendly Big Hat or Redchapel models within aura-3 does the White Rabbit Co.’s Local Haberdashery ability require in order to add a suit of its choice to its duel totals? Two or more. While a RAW reading might allow the White Rabbit Co. to count itself, we believe that this ability, like “Face in the Crowd,” contains a typo, and should read “other” models.

When does Talent Scout on Seamus, AKA Sebastion Baker check for “takes an action” and when does it apply distracted Talent Scout checks “takes an action” as “declares an action.” Distracted is applied after resolving the action (step c.2.f).

Section 3.10: Ten Thunders Specific

If McCabe, Tomb Delver uses Treasure Hunter to take the “Take This!" bonus action, can he give the upgrade to himself? No. McCabe cannot move the upgrade from himself to himself. He already has a copy of the upgrade and is not a legal target to gain it.

Can McCabe give the upgrade to a different friendly wastrel in range, then use Treasure Hunter to return it to himself? Would he gain one or both instances of shielded? Yes. McCabe can use “Take This!" to move the upgrade, then Treasure Hunter may attach it to himself in the next step of resolving Treasure Hunter. McCabe receives Shielded +2. Treasure Hunter finishes resolving by giving Shielded +1 to “itself” (eg, “this model”) and an additional Shielded +1 to “that model” (eg, the friendly Wastel within Aura 5” that received the upgrade). Section 3.11: Actions and Ability Interactions

When a Carve the Path strategy marker removes a marker it is pushed through, who removes that marker, for the purposes of, eg, Rain Hellfire, Ruins of the Aua, Dependable, or other effects that reference or prevent enemy-controlled actions removing markers? The model controlling the push removes the marker, and the effect is treated as an effect under that model's control and with that model's alignment.


Section 4: Terrain

Is Concealing Terrain ignored by models with Sz greater than the terrain Ht? No. Concealing Terrain applies whenever sight lines are drawn through it (see Terrain Traits on Page 37 of the Digital Rules). The rules for Line of Sight and Size come into play specifically when determining line of sight. Drawing sight lines and determining line of sight are related, but separate mechanics.

Example: Georgy and Olaf have the Two Gremlins in a Ghillie Suit upgrade and are standing on a Ht 2 hill, making them Ht 6 total. In front of them is a Ht 5 forest and on the other side of this forest is a Sz 2 Autumn Knight. G&O can see the knight because they can ignore the dense forest when drawing line of sight. However, when making a custom firearm attack, sight lines pass through concealing forest, so the knight gets the benefit of concealment.


Can a model be in base contact with impassable terrain. Yes.

Section 5: Encounters

At the start of the game, can intel tokens be placed on models deploying From the Shadows? Yes. Recover Evidence does not specify that the model must be in play to receive intel tokens.

At the start of the game, can the lodestone be placed on a model deploying From the Shadows? No. Corrupted Ley Lines specifies the lodestone must be placed on a model in play.

What happens to the lodestone when its carrier replaces? It passes to the new model. The lodestone is a token and tokens pass to the new model in Step 3 of the replace process.

How exactly does throwing the lodestone work? The lodestone may be thrown to a legal recipient within 6” of the model taking the Interact action. The model taking the Interact action may be the recipient of the lodestone. The model carrying the lodestone may take the Interact action to throw it to another model.

In Symbols of Authority or Break the Line, what happens if Strategy Markers are placed in a way that there is no room to place the final marker(s)? See Gaining Ground Season 2, Page 11; remove markers until there is space for all remaining markers, then continue placement.

Can Strategy Markers in Symbols of Authority be placed in a position where they cannot be scored? No. A symbol cannot be placed in a location where no model can legally stand in base contact with it. This is in the spirit of Unreachable Areas (See Gaining Grounds Season 3 Page 11).

What happens if a model holds the Lodestone and uses Take the Hit? The model using Take the Hit will become the new target of the attack but the place effect is ignored. The place effect and changing the target of the attack are not contingent on each other.

In Turf War, does a Turf Marker flip from Friendly to Neutral when an enemy model kills a friendly model summoned this turn? Yes. “Friendly schemes and strategies” should be understood to mean “friendly schemes and friendly strategies”.

Can models with LOS node abilities (such as Ice Mirror, Eyes in the Night, Refraction, etc) interact with strategy markers and strategy tokens through those abilities? The below is a Wyrd ruling from the Nov 2022 errata; it will apply to Carve A Path, Corrupted Ley Lines, and Cursed Objects (strategies that involve measuring a distance to a strategy marker or model when taking an interact action) for the MWS:

Carve a Path – Can a model drawing LoS and range from another object within 1" of a Strategy Marker in Carve a Path take the Interact Action to Push that Strategy Marker? Yes, the model is considered within 1" of the Strategy Marker for the purposes of that Interact Action, however the model’s physical position on the board does not change. It therefore would not be considered within range of any Auras, Terrain, or effects within range of the object it is drawing LoS from (unless the model’s base was also within range of those effects). For example,if Rasputina used Ice Mirror to Interact with a Strategy Marker in Carve a Path and that Ice Pillar was inside a Pyre Marker,Rasputina would not suffer the effects of the Hazardous Terrain. (Wyrd, Nov 2022)


However, strategy marker interactions that require you to be in base contact (Plant Explosives, Corrupted Idols, Recover Evidence, Symbols of Authority, Break the Line, and Turf War) will not be available via noding abilities for MWS events, using the FAQ’s language that “the model’s physical position on the board does not change” and “would not be considered within range of any Auras, Terrain, or effects within range [...] unless the model’s base was also within range of those effects”) and the core rules definition that “two objects are said to be in base contact if their bases are physically touching each other.”


For the endgame point of In Your Face, how is the highest-cost model determined, if models have been replaced or otherwise changed cost during the game? All models that had the highest cost when the list was originally hired are eligible. Models that became higher-costed over the course of the game are not eligible. (For example, a Mounted Guard that was the highest cost unit, and has replaced into a Guard patrol via demise would be eligible to score the point, as would a Coryphee that has been designated as the continuing model for schemes and strats after a Coryphee Duet uses Dance Apart to replace. An Emissary that began as an Effigy with upgrade and is only now highest-cost would not. A re-summoned model, such as Lord Chompy Bits in Dreamer, Insomniac, would not be the same model as the hired one. Etc.)

Appendix A: Changelog

5 March 2023 Added Ruling that hazardous-prevention effects prevent the generation of hazardous, but not its resolution, for abilities such as Hazard Pay or Heaps of Trash. 13 February 2023 Added general rule for misprinted Abilities and Triggers in Madness of Malifaux to match existing versions Added FAQ that friendly effects controlled by an enemy CAN remove Assault Markers placed by Rain Hellfire, where relevant. Added FAQ clarifying that Assault Markers not placed by Rain Hellfire do not benefit from Rain Hellfire’s “cannot be removed by enemy controlled effects” language Added FAQ describing the interaction of Eye of the Hurricane and Gravity Well on placements Added Ruling that Life and Death triggers declared directly against friendly targets (with no target to be damaged) will not perform a damage flip. 18 January 2023 Added FAQ for interaction of Exorcism trigger with replace effects 6 January 2023 – Pre-Season MWS III Updates Adjusted wording of Vendetta/A Por El ruling to clarify multiple implications from the Wyrd FAQ Nov 2022 Added specific description of which timing steps are controlled when a model is obeyed or controlled to take an action. Added ruling that the model controlling a Carve the Path push is the model that removes any markers pushed through Added ruling that models buried by Tyrant’s Cage may take the Unlock Action given to them while buried, overriding core buried rules. Added ruling for Whether Dropping a Tide Marker counts as Coming Into Base Contact for Use Em As Bait 14 Dec 2022 - Wyrd Errata/FAQ updates Replaced shockwave/pulse order with Wyrd Errata language Math section changes ruling on half-health – no longer rounded Updated Gunfighter and Engagement to reflect Wyrd FAQ Replaced Discussion of Obey + Execute (below) with relevant Wyrd ruling If an enemy model (model X) is obeyed into Seamus's engagement range, generating an attack from “Why Hello, Love,” which player controls the defense flips and choices (eg, whether to discard a stone or card for an Execute trigger) for model X during that attack? Model X’s owner. The obeyer only controls model X for actions generated by the Obey and any actions specifically generated by that action. “Why Hello, Love” generates its own action separate from the Obey. The obeyer does not maintain control of model X while it is targeted by Seamus's "Why Hello, Love" attack. Replaced Discussion of A Por El + Vendetta (below) with relevant Wyrd ruling What is the timing order when declaring both Vendetta and A Por El at the end of a model's activation? For the MWS, we are applying a Rules As Intended structure, in which Vendetta should be declared after A Por El has been declared and resolved. Therefore: if Francisco has Vendetta against a Dead Rider, and uses A Por El to give Santiago an action: Example 1: Francisco deals 1 damage to bring the Rider to 6/9 wounds, then Santiago attacks via A Por El and brings the Rider to 5/9, Francisco MAY declare Vendetta Example 2: Francisco deals 1 damage to bring the Rider to 5/9 wounds (satisfying Vendetta's conditions), then Santiago attacks via A Por El and kills the Rider: Francisco may NOT declare Vendetta. (As a reminder, if Santiago had been the secretly chosen friendly model, he cannot declare Vendetta in Example 1, because Vendetta requires the secret friendly model to deal damage to the enemy model during the friendly model's own activation.) Adjusted rulings on Noding abilities and Strategy markers to reflect the Carve a Path FAQ from Wyrd Updated ruling about auras and base contact with Wyrd errata ruling Updated Ruling about using Configuration Cards while Obeying a Model with Witness the In Between to match Wyrd Explosive Turn of Events ruling language matched to Wyrd’s Removed ruling for the timing of when discarded cards are placed in the discard pile because it is now in the core rules Removed Vassal guidelines for falling (core rules now declare 50% of base must be supported) Removed FAQ that Walk can leave an ignored engagement range (obsolete) Removed ruling on Burrowed into the Spine proc count (errata’d ability) Removed ruling on control of an obeyed model disengaging from a model with Wicked Removed interaction between Tipsy Slide and Perverse Metabolism (errata’d ability) Removed obsolete ruling on Seamus/McMourning/Cremation instant kill combination Added ruling that understands models can be in base contact with impassable terrain. 22 November 2022 Added ruling for determining highest-cost eligibility for end point of In Your Face

24 October 2022 Added ruling for Inkfingers / Ceaseless Advance combo Added ruling for timing on when Talent Scout applies distracted Added ruling for Obey interacting with enemy Damian’s Configuration

21 September 2022 Added ruling for White Rabbit Co.’s Local Haberdashery model count

7 September 2022 Added ruling for Expose Flaws (Damian, Aspirant) and Temper Steel Added ruling for timing of Vendetta and A Por El Added ruling for interaction of Seamus, AKA Sebastian Baker’s Alone in the Dark trigger and Eye of the Hurricane. May it be known by this footnote that this ruling was nicknamed, “preventiest prevent wins.” Added ruling for Explosive Turn of Events duel count per markers

21 August 2022 Updated ruling about interacting through LOS node abilities. Replaced previous ruling with consistent ruling preventing noding across all strategies. Added ruling that Burrowed into the Spine only generates once per parasite. 26 May 2022 Added ruling preventing insta-kill via Seamus1, Obey, and Execute. Added ruling clarifying the interaction between Obey and Wicked. 7 March 2022 Added ruling for the interaction between Tipsy Slide and Perverse Metabolism. Added ruling for “another” on Broodmother’s melee attack. Added ruling for Trail of Slime and aura-based terrain. Added rulings for whether bonus actions from Through the Mountain, Food’s Up, and “Hold These for Me” ignore the once per activation restriction on bonus actions. Removed rulings redundant or obsolete with the Feb 2022 FAQ and Errata: Does the Shadow Marker removed in the cost of Ninja Vanish need to be friendly? Yes. The language is ambiguous, but most effects that interact with shadow markers require the marker to be friendly. It appears that is the intent in this case as well. Take The Hit/Protected Rulings How does Collete, Smuggler’s Routine Performance work with engagement, focus, auras, etc? While resolving the generated action, treat Collette as standing in the position of the Decoy Marker or Mechanical Dove. Measure engagement and auras to the new position. Her old position can block LOS to her new position. It is Colette that takes the generated action. It uses her own focus, she may interact, etc. Which models can Nellie, Voice of Disorder target with Spreading the Word? Nellie is a legal target for gaining the second instance of the condition. The initial model gaining a condition is not eligible to gain it a second time, even if it is an enemy model or a friendly journalist. "Another," in this instance "should be determined based on the context of the sentence," in which we read the ability as affecting "models other than the model to gain the initial condition." If Titania, Autumn Queen has multiple minions upgraded with Titania’s Chosen, where do you measure auras with Herald of Autumn? Measure from each Chosen minion and Titania herself. It is one aura that covers multiple locations. Does Klaus ignore the restrictions and costs of a trigger chosen to resolve via Pocket Full of Personalities? Temporary ruling through New Years Retribution II: Yes. This will be reviewed and revised after the NYRII event. How many times can Maxine, Monomaniacal’s Breachburnt ability heal if multiple Tomes are discarded at once during Calculate the Possibilities. Breachburnt heals 1 per card discarded matching her Reconfigure (Tome). For example, if Calculate the Possibilities discarded 3 Tomes, Breachburnt generates three separate effects that each heal 1. If an action or ability uses the language "would heal," regarding a heal effect targeting a model at full hp, does the "would heal" effect still take place? Yes.


25 January 2022 Added ruling for using second activations to activate after Connected Conscience. Added ruling to confirm a model with TTH can TTH itself. Added temporary ruling for Klaus’ Pocket ful of Personalities trigger for New Years Retribution only. 19 January 2022 Added ruling for McCabe, Tomb Delver using Treasure Hunter to return an upgrade to himself.

13 January 2022 Added clarity about pairings timing.

4 January 2022 Added rulings for Cryosleep Added ruling for Breachburnt Added ruling for Routine Performance Added ruling for Amputation and demise markers Added ruling for Enraged by the Mage Added ruling for Why Hello Love and generated by trigger movement Added ruling for Students of All/Four-Winds Golem/Pouncing Strike range Added ruling for Basse using Caught in Quicksand against terrain aura creatures Added ruling for Geode Markers and Hazardous with intuitive interpretation Added ruling for stacking Join Us with Nexus, One of Many Added ruling for Herald of Autumn aura measurement Added ruling for the timing of shielded generation on Desperate Measures Added ruling for Walking out of engagement ranges via Covering Fire Added ruling for choosing not to activate models a second time it they have been given an effect to do so Added ruling for using the Armor Piercing trigger on Expert Marksman with Mimic or Gunfighter Added ruling for the timing of upgrade and card discarding for Raiding Operation and Gimmie That Back on Ophelia, Overloaded Added general ruling for the timing of when cards are discarded from the conflict Added general ruling for “would heal” effects. Added ruling for who gets credit for kills from the Catalyst ability Added ruling for “another” in Spreading the Word Added ruling for the order simultaneous simple duels resolve or the order Scatter targets are pushed Added ruling for who is “targeted” for the purpose of Take The Hit/Protected and effects like Quick Reflexes Added ruling to clarify that rounding rules apply to determining half HP Added a ruling to prohibit the McMourning, Insanitary, Seamus, and Cremation remove a model combo

25 August 2021 Added Vengeance to the Take The Hit/Protected timing chart. 14 August 2021 Added ruling for Drink Blood timing. 3 August 2021 Added ruling for double Patient Striking within an activation. Added ruling for Regret ending activations with pending actions. Added ruling for Climbing restricted to Walk action. Added ruling for Shouting Orders timing.

9 May 2021 Added breakdown of Terrifying / Take the Hit / Manipulative interactions. Added answer regardings summoned models flipping Turf Markers the turn they are summoned.

9 May 2021 Removed pre-March scheduling conflict guidelines. Updated to April 2021 Errata Removed ruling for pushing markers towards models and vice versa. Redundant with Toward and Away errata. Removed ruling for Take the Hit / Terrifying etc. Redundant with FAQ. Updated Ricochet based on FAQ. Ruling is maintained. Updated My Loyal Servent based on FAQ. Ruling is maintained. Removed ruling for Stun / Shrug off. Redundant with FAQ. Changed example for Laugh Off / Take the Hit. Phiona no longer has Take the Hit. Removed ruling for Face in the Crowd. Redundant with FAQ. Removed rulings for Obey / Staggered and Obey / Planted Roots. Overruled by FAQ. Changed ruling for Pig-Eating Grin to reflect new definition of Another. Removed ruling for Madenning Drums. Redundant with Towards / Away errata. Removed ruling for Will of Cadmus / Relenting. Redundant with FAQ. Removed ruling for We Are Legion / Healing at Full. Redundant with FAQ. Removed ruling for We Are Legion / Once per Activation. Redundant with FAQ. Removed ruling for Chronicle / Healing at full. Redundant with FAQ. Removed explanation for how Geode markers work. Made irrelevant by Hazardous errata. Removed ruling for scheme selection timing with sabotage. Made irrelevant by GG2. Removed ruling for what happens when a model with the Lodestone becomes insignificant. Overruled by FAQ. Updated procedure for what happens if a strat marker cannot be placed during encounter setup to reflect GG2.

9 March 2021 Added answer whether Cadmus models can relent via Parasitic Grasp. Added answer whether Face in the Crowd needs another model nearby. Moved vassal overhang issue from Events & Vassal section to Terrain section.

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