Yeah, there are a rew regulars. Wednesday is the official day at dl, but i have been meeting my friend Gwendolyn on Tuesday the last couple of weeks since she has an odd schedule. Wonkos has a thing on Monday nights, but i haven't been, so not sure how many people turn up.
I had started a fb group ages ago, but i passed that on to Robert since i don't check it regularly. I think he has been mainly posting there, so look for Austin malifaux if you want to check that out.
It is a completely different game idea compared to others. You build your crew once you know the objectives, so there really are no uber lists. Some people seem to think arcanists are one of the stronger factions, they have a lot of different options. I had said in the past that gw are my just roll dice games and malifaux is the game i play if i really want to think. Which is a little tongue in cheek, but i do think it is a great game.
Don't know much about warmachine, except that it is totally different from malifaux.
You should check out the wyrd forums, probably the friendliest gaming forum on the net. Also, wyrd always does their big release at gencon, so they just announced this year's lineup.