Malifaux is a skirmish miniature game in a horrorsteampunk setting each player builds a force of 5 7 figures from a faction to battle it out a force is composed of minions and at least one master malifaux involves elements of resource management as hands of cards are used instead of dice to resolve skill checks each check involves drawing a card from a deck and adding it to a figures statistic players can then use cards from their hands to raise the value he turn system is integrated with e