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The Narrative Forge: Making Your Own Characters, Part 1 – The Rules

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - May 26, 2020

There’s more to gaming life than the endless core gameplay loop of rulebook missions and ITC events! In the Narrative forge, we explore Narrative Play, looking for ways to tell stories on the tabletop and enhance play experiences by...

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Summertime in Astradus: A Campaign Update

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - July 1, 2019

If you’ve been following Goonhammer since the beginning, you may remember me as the guy who writes about campaigns, and maybe even that I wrote about a campaign I’m running. If not, here’s the brief rundown: After wrapping up...

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The Astradus Campaign: Starting the Campaign

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - March 11, 2019

Welcome back, everyone! In my previous article, I wrote about the rules and mechanics of the campaign and how we created custom warmasters for players to use. This time I'm going to talk about setting everything up for the...

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The Astradus Campaign, Part 2: Warmasters

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - February 25, 2019

In my previous article about the campaign, I wrote about the campaign's basic setup and the card system we're using for conquered assets throughout the campaign. This time, I'm going to talk about the custom warlord mechanics that we're...

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Introducing the Astradus Campaign

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - February 3, 2019

Hello again, readers! You may remember my article series on running campaigns in 40k. You may also remember that I've only posted 2 articles in the series, short of my original promises. Well, I'm back with a new article...