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/