Morkai: History of a dying world

  The Vengence System was reclaimed by the Imperium during the Great Crusade when elements of the Ultramarine Legion swept through the Corvus Cluster in 997.M30. The system’s third planet, Morkai, was populated by primitive desert tribes that welcomed the forces of Terra as gods. Imperial survey teams determined the […]

Inquisition strikes at Mora (Part 3)

MIXED SUCCESS TURN SIX: The death of the Tau Emissary was unfortunate, but there was still one member of the Water Caste—an assistant to the Tau agitator—who needed to be seized. Having crushed the Kroot battle line, the Knights of Altair raced across the field, but the Tau had […]

Inquisition strikes at Mora (Part 2)

MAYOR CIERZA CAPTURED TURN THREE: It took little effort to mop up the human traitors. My stormtroopers quickly eliminated the remainder of Cierza’s militiamen, while Cierza put up only token resistance—the traitor was dazed but largely unharmed as he stumbled out of the ruins of his transport. The main […]

Inquisition strikes at Mora (Part I)

NEWS REPORT—Imperial authorities announced that the mayor of Mora was arrested—and executed—yesterday for treason after allegedly negotiating with xeno representatives to surrender his community rather than face a possible military attack. Mora, a small plantation to the east of the beleagured city of Malati, is not strategically significant, authorities say. But […]

Imperial Guard retakes Iron Spires (Part 3)

Disaster strikes! The honor of rolling for game’s end is offered to the ork commander, who rolls low—the battle goes another turn. Drat, thinks the Imperial commander. TURN SEVEN In the ork deployment zone, the Warlord arrived to take his revenge. His Rokkit Boyz deployed and fired upon the […]

Hegira: Battle of the Sea of Dust

The Battle of the Sea of Dust took place on 3 413 735.M41 on Hegira, the fourth moon of Sculptor II. The battle, involving more than 15,000 orks and 10,000 Imperial Guard and Hegira PDF, was the second largest military action in the first two years of the xeno […]

Painting: Ratling snipers

  The Gaffer found a handful of old Games Workshop Ratlings in his bitz box and shared them with me, as I’m building an Imperial Guard army. Much of the paint had been stripped off, but there were a few patches where the paint had stubbornly refused to fall away. […]

Scenario: Ambush on Morkai

Ambush on Morkai is a three-player scenario that takes place on the world of Morkai, a planet in the Vengence System of the Corvus Cluster. The hero of this adventure is Adeon Drake, a swashbuckling, somewhat shady Rogue Trader. He has arrived in a remote desert town to […]