What is "malifaux"

Malifaux is a skirmish-level miniatures wargame manufactured by Wyrd Miniatures involving gang warfare in the ruins of a crumbling city. According to the game's backstory, the city of Malifaux was discovered through a portal into another world. This world is a source of the valuable mineral known as "soulstone" which allows for magical effects. Games pit masters and their crews against one another for control of this resource.

Released at Gen Con in August 2009, Malifaux uses a card mechanic in lieu of dice. Numbers are randomly generated by drawing numbered cards from a "Fate Deck". A number of mechanics in the game allow for manipulating this draw. The game also has the three expansion rulesets Rising Powers, Twisting Fates and Storm of Shadows. A second edition of the game ("M2E") was released in October 2013, with a pre-release at Gen Con in August 2013.