TheGM: If anyone looks closely at some of the battle reports of the past six months, they might notice that some of my battlefields are quite “terrain intensive.” There are several reasons for that. For one, I got into this hobby as a historical miniatures gamer. So, if […]
TheGM: A fanatic, a buffoon, a madman—whatever you think of his Holiness, Confessor Guidonis Bernard, this infamously unpopular member of the Ecclesiarchy will be at the center of my next three-battle, “mini” campaign on the Chaos-plagued world of Dozaria. Having alienated, denigrated, and condemned many of his fellow […]
TheGM: My five-battle solo campaign for control of the Thar Desert Basin, on the desert world of Morkai, has concluded. The mutants now control four of the five regions of the basin. So, what does that mean for the planet’s fate? And what did I learn from playing […]
“The mutants of Ungolath are preparing for war. Over the centuries, they have rebuilt the forges and manufactums of their ruined hive city, and the fires of industry—and a bitter hate for Imperial rule—has burned bright. We also must prepare for war—a war for control of our doomed […]
“To the shock and dismay of Imperial citizens across the Sculptor System, Imperial authorities announced today that the besieged city of Port Aruna on Dar Sai has fallen to the Tau scum. Imperial casualties are reported to be heavy, with the xenos bombarding the port’s harbor as Imperial […]
TheGM: Although the Cold Wars gaming convention is sponsored by the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society (HMGS), the Corvus Cluster hosted three Shadow War: Armageddon events. I opted to stay away from historical games because (1) I’d done all that work on the Shorehammer skirmish table and wanted to […]
A new year has begun, and with the turning of the calendar, the Corvus Cluster enters 740.M41. This is an exciting advance of the narrative campaign, as we are now just two years away from the momentous Damocles Crusade. (Shh! Don’t tell anyone. That’s a spoiler.) As this […]
Dar Sai also settles into uneasy status quo As the winter of 738-739.M41 turned to spring, Imperial forces on the agri-moon of Dar Sai launched an attack on the Tau-held Hawi Plantation, a large settlement north of the strategic Port Aruna. On 3 061 739.M41, In a river […]
Nowhere is safe in the Corvus Cluster. Scores of worlds must deal with war, civil unrest, and other horrors of the galaxy . . . News from other worlds AL’GEL III—Although illegal to discuss xeno activity, rumors spread that the Tau Empire is making progress in its three-and-a-half-year […]
“The Mystery of the Necrons” is one of eight narrative games that the Corvus Cluster is hosting at the Shorehammer Convention in Ocean City, Md., Nov. 21-24. These narrative hames are being offered as an option for attendees who have a few hours to kill during the convention […]
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