Narrative Play

Kill Team: Killzones Review

Lost in the shuffle a few weeks ago with the release of Kill Team: Pariah Nexus was the release of Kill Team: Killzones, a stand-alone book/expansion that collects the missions, tactics, and narrative content from six prior Kill Team...

Battle Bros: Season Two, Chapter II: Dangerously Close to a Plan

Battle Bros is an ongoing bi-weekly column where Drew (PantsOptional) teaches his brother Chris (head58) how to play Warhammer 40,000 but somewhere along the line they lost that thread and this is what we ended up with instead. Catch...

White Dwarf #461 Flashpoints: Charadon Phase 2 Review

In the Narrative Forge, we talk about playing games with more of a storytelling focus in mind. From bespoke missions to Crusade armies to sweeping campaigns, we cover the ways to add flavor to games. In today’s article, we’re...

Battle Bros: Season Two, Chapter I: Guess Who’s Back, Back Again

Battle Bros is an ongoing bi-weekly column where Drew (PantsOptional) teaches his brother Chris (head58) how to play Warhammer 40,000 but somewhere along the line they lost that thread and this is what we ended up with instead. Catch...

Necromunday: Lost Zone Advancements

Good morning Scummers, and a happy Necromunday to all (on time this week, too)! We’re diving into the Advancements system today for our Lost Zone module, the Goonhammer-made add-on to Necromunda campaigns that focuses on narrative play amongst the...

Koronus Expanse: Skirmish at Salvation’s Gate

Over the next months to a year, four players will duke it out over the region of space known as the Koronus Expanse beneath the faint glow of the Halo stars.  As we move forward with the campaign, we will...

Codex: Dark Angels Crusade Rules Review

Codex: Dark Angels dropped last week and while there are lots of incredibly strong rules in it for competitive play, we’re also just as pumped about the book’s Crusade rules. In this review, we’re going to talk about the...

Automated 40K Crusade Roster upgraded to V1.3

Crusade is awesome, but does entail a lot of bookkeeping. Back in September 2020 I made an automated Crusade Roster to mitigate this. It's designed to suit tracking your Crusade force on your mobile phone using Google Sheets. As...

Necromunday: Lost Zone Gang Comp and Recruiting

Howdy Scummers! Today we’re continuing to create content for our Lost Zone module for Necromunda! A quick reminder: the Lost Zone module is a set of optional rules that Necromunda groups can use to enhance narrative and gradual play...

Necromunday: The Lost Zone Trading Post and Black Market

Welcome to Necromunda, Scummers! This week, we’re getting a little conceptual! This is the first in our series of Lost Zone articles, where we introduce our Goonhammer-made module for Necromunda players to use if they see fit. Let’s see...