Narrative Play

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...

White Dwarf 459 Review: The Argovon Campaign, Phase 3

Between the Core Rules and Beyond the Veil, there are plenty of missions for your Crusade campaign to play through. But what if you wanted something different? The Argovon Campaign is the first of Games Workshop’s new Flashpoints, which...

Crusade Focus: Codex Supplement: Blood Angels

Welcome back, Narrative Players! Codex Supplement: Blood Angels is releasing this weekend and if you happened to read our review of the rules last week, you’d have noticed that we teased an upcoming Crusade Rules review - we’ll be...