Malifaux Rules Manual

About this board game

Malifaux Rules Manual is a comprehensive play aid for the two-player, 120-minute Malifaux skirmish game, bringing its rules, current errata, diagrams, examples, and encounters together in a compact reference.

In Malifaux, players lead Crews into battle for control of the Breach, a dark portal to a world of limitless magic. This character-driven 32mm tabletop miniatures game unfolds in a setting filled with monsters, necropunks, man-machine hybrids, gunslingers, and power-hungry politicos.

Each Crew is directed by a powerful Master, or by a Henchman leading a specialized Crew in the Master’s absence. Minions support their leader as fodder in wider schemes, while Totems extend magical abilities, increase spellcasting range, and provide additional aid during an Encounter. Soulstones give Masters the power to manipulate events and change their own fates.

• Strategies define a Crew’s main path to victory.
• Schemes offer simpler alternate routes to achieving a leader’s goals.
• Fate Decks resolve attacks, spell casting, and other game events.
• Players can manipulate played cards to alter the outcome of a Duel through Cheat Fate.

The manual explains how these elements combine as Crews clash in deadly Encounters. Success depends on using resources carefully, pursuing the right objectives, and keeping the cards needed when fate turns against you.

Whether you are learning the game or checking a frequently asked question, the Malifaux Rules Manual provides a focused reference for battles where wealth, power, magic, and survival are all at stake.