I watched the second episode in Penitence on Warhammer TV, a show about the Adepta Sororitas of the Order of the Sacred Rose. This is my review of it, with only minor spoilers, most of which we got from the early trailers of the show.
This episode starts where the previous one left off, with the...
A new show's out on Warhammer TV, and it's all about the Adepta Sororitas in the Order of the Sacred Rose. Oh, and Orks. It's called Penitence and I've started watching it this week. This is my review of episode 1, with only minor spoilers.
Thesion IV is presumably a planet that was once under I...
In the early days of the Horus Heresy, there was much confusion about how widespread Horus's betrayal was. Sergeant Stheno of the Iron Hands had heard enough confirmation that the Warmaster had betrayed the Emperor to force himself to believe it that it was true, but the extent and impact of the bet...
Miniature wargames require miniatures, and the biggest wargame out there is Warhammer 40,000. The same company that publishes 40k also happens to manufacture miniatures (branded as Citadel). As a player and hobbyist painter, I appreciate the alignment between the miniatures and the rules. However,...
I backed the Battletech Mercenaries Kickstarter and have [at long last] received the box and add-ons. The box, as sold on the shelf, contains 8 mechs and 4 support vehicles. Because I was a backer, I also got a few bonus support vehicles (some tanks and airplanes), a nice collector coin (which I u...
I applied for a community grant from an organisation called Creative Communities to run a free miniature painting workshop. As the name of the organisation suggests, it's a grant specifically to foster creativity in your community, and luckily the committee agreed with me that the admittedly niche...
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.
- O...
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...
One of my all-time favourite monsters is lizard people. They're classic villains, deceptive and insidious, deathly fatalistic, and they fit neatly into fantasy, modern settings, and sci-fi. For that reason, it's no surprise that when I was in the market for an alien army to add to my roleplaying and...
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...
For many people, there was a singular gateway into the tabletop roleplaying hobby. Regardless of whether you started tabletop roleplaying games after playing a solo game book, a cRPG, as a graduation from board games, after watching live plays, or by being inducted into somebody's gaming group, it a...