I tend to get a lot of use out of the game books I buy, and Pariah Nexus is no exception. I bought this Crusade book for $100 NZD and I've read 44 pages of lore and then spent a whole 2 months playing through its 15 missions in order. This is my review of the Pariah Nexus Crusade book's missio...
I'm playing through the missions in the Pariah Nexus Crusade book, in order of appearance. The fifteenth and final mission is called Final Acquisition.
After some reflection, I've decided that the previous mission was the logical and definitive conclusion to the Pariah Nexus story I was tellin...
I'm playing through the missions in the Pariah Nexus Crusade book, in order of appearance. The fourteenth and penultimate mission is called Reawakening.
In this mission, there are 5 objectives. The outer 2 are objectives A, the inner 2 are objectives B, and the centre one is objective C.
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I'm playing through the missions in the Pariah Nexus Crusade book, in order of appearance. The thirteenth mission is called Into the Tomb.
Before starting this mission, I took time to assemble the archeotech my Adeptus Mechanicus army has [finally] found. I'd mistakenly recalled that you neede...
I'm playing through the missions in the Pariah Nexus Crusade book, in order of appearance. The twelfth mission is called Nullification field.
In this mission, there's a Nullification Field, 12" in diametre, emanating a from the centre of the game board. There are objectives north and south of...
I'm playing through the missions in the Pariah Nexus Crusade book, in order of appearance. The eleventh mission is called Interdimensional clash.
A designer's note in this mission advises you to use so much terrain that you create a maze of corridors. I've used this trick in the past in my own...
I'm playing through the missions in the Pariah Nexus Crusade book, in order of appearance. The tenth mission is called Tortured worldscape, and it is as dangerous as it sounds!
In this mission, the ground is opening beneath the feet of the armies. There are 3 fissures splitting the battlefield...
I'm playing through the missions in the Pariah Nexus Crusade book, in order of appearance. The ninth mission is called False intel.
In this mission, there's just 1 objective in the dead centre of the warzone. Armies deploy in the northeast and southwest corners of the battlefield. The twist i...
I'm playing through the missions in the Pariah Nexus Crusade book, in order of appearance. The eighth mission is called Amidst the miasma.
In this mission, there are 5 standard objectives (1 in the centre, 4 at equidistant orthogonal points around it). There are penalties to all Hit rolls due...
I'm playing through the missions in the Pariah Nexus Crusade book, in order of appearance. The seventh mission is called Polarising Energies.
In this mission, there are 4 objectives in No Man's Land, 2 with positive polarity and 2 with negative polarity. Each round, the polarities reverse. A u...
I'm playing through the missions in the Pariah Nexus Crusade book, in order of appearance. The sixth mission is called Unstable Archeotech.
The goal of the mission is to claim an objective, and then to sacrifice your shooting and charging phases to move the objective into the enemie's deployme...
I'm playing through the missions in the Pariah Nexus Crusade book, in order of appearance. The fifth mission is called Overwhelming dread.
Another typical capture-the-objective mission, this one adds in an environmental effect as a complication. I'm not convinced the complication is as severe...
I'm playing through the missions in the Pariah Nexus Crusade book, in order of appearance. The fourth mission is called Outflanking.
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The Blood of the Omnissiah regiment has broken through the defenses of a combined Tyranid and Genestealer Cult. After making their way to a dig site...
I'm playing through the missions in the Pariah Nexus Crusade book, in order of appearance. The third mission is called Quantum siege.
This is an interesting mission, with 3 objectives (including one within the Defender's deployment zone.) Each objective is the control panel for a quantum shiel...
I'm playing through the missions in the Pariah Nexus Crusade book, in order of appearance. The second mission is called Dig site raid, and it's a testament tothe Pariah Nexus crusade book that I was excited for this mission by the second paragraph of the mission briefing. The reason is simple....
I'm playing through the missions in the Pariah Nexus Crusade book, in order of appearance. The missions don't have to be played in order, and in fact the book provides random tables for selecting a mission to play. I want to play through each one, though, so I'm just starting at the first in print...