the narrative forge

The Narrative Forge: Building Our Crusade Armies

We've been talking about Warhammer 40k 9th edition’s new Crusade game mode for the past few weeks, which has players build their own unique armies that evolve and grow over time, accruing relics and experience, amassing upgrades, and building a...

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

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...

The Narrative Forge: The Pivotal Duels of Black Legion

The Warhammer 40,000 universe is a massive place, and the “Narrative Forge” hobby articles encourage thinking outside the box (literally) when putting models together and stretching yourself out in the hobby. They aim to make hobbyists and players comfortable...

Narrative Forge: A History of Campaigns in the Mortal Realms

Age of Sigmar was created, somewhat infamously, to allow narrative battles to occur. While the game would eventually go on to build the three game types that have become associated with Age of Sigmar and Warhammer 40k (Open, Narrative...

The Narrative Forge: Writing Better Battle Reports

Editor's Note: This is an updated version of an article originally published in 2018. Some battles are so great they deserved to be immortalized in writing. The ups, the downs, the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat -- anyone...

Narrative Forge: The Path to Shame

The Warhammer 40,000 universe is a massive place, and the “Narrative Forge” hobby articles encourage thinking outside the box (literally) when putting models together and stretching yourself out in the hobby. They aim to make hobbyists and players comfortable...

The Narrative Forge: Campaigns, Part 6 – Experience and Levels

The Warhammer 40,000 universe is a massive place, and the “Narrative Forge” hobby articles encourage thinking outside the box (literally) when putting models together and stretching yourself out in the hobby. They aim to make hobbyists and players comfortable...

The Narrative Forge: Building Narrative Armies

The Warhammer 40,000 universe is a massive place, and the “Narrative Forge” hobby articles encourage thinking outside the box (literally) when putting models together and stretching yourself out in the hobby. They aim to make hobbyists and players comfortable...

The Narrative Forge: Battlezones (With Updated Zone Mortalis Rules!)

The Warhammer 40,000 universe is a massive place, and the “Narrative Forge” hobby articles encourage thinking outside the box (literally) when putting models together and stretching yourself out in the hobby. They aim to make hobbyists and players comfortable...

The Narrative Forge: Campaigns, Part 5 – Escalation

The Warhammer 40,000 universe is a massive place, and the “Narrative Forge” hobby articles encourage thinking outside the box (literally) when putting models together and stretching yourself out in the hobby. They aim to make hobbyists and players comfortable...