Orks stopped again at Barad Mine – Part 1

Standing beside the towering Icarus Cannon, Captain Caius Velaz watched his command squad as it hurriedly connected power cables and adjusted the auspices that would allow his command squad to target the xeno aircraft reportedly inbound. “Do we really need the mutant?” whispered the gray-haired sergeant at the […]

Confessor Bernard threatens holy war

Holy confessor, defender of the Imperial Creed … evangelical zealot, fanatic, madman—the decriptions of his Holiness, Confessor Guidonis Bernard, are many and paradoxical. Born to a wealthy merchant family on the Cardinal World of Opelia VII, Bernard grew into a hot-tempered, narrow-minded, but deeply religious young man. He […]

Review – Shadow War: Armageddon

TheGM: The Corvus Cluster is engaged in a small tournament-style mini-campaign using the recently published rules, Shadow War: Armageddon. so it seems worthwhile to review the rules. Let’s get to the bottom line: It is an adequate set of skirmish rules that provides players will all they need […]

Rumors of the Underhive (3 700 737.M41)

After a lengthy lull in military action in the Corvus Cluster, there is both fear—and optimism—that the Imperium is readying itself for a serious response to the growing xeno threat. Here is some of the news that is spreading out of earshot of arbiters and commissars: Imperial Navy […]

Fierce skirmish action outside Pradeep

The Tau invasion of Dar Sai is, by all measures, a tiny war on a backwater moon when measured against the sector-wide conflicts that rage across the Imperium. As a result, the high commands of both the Imperium and Tau Empire put a low priority on supporting their […]