thechirurgeon

Terrain Project: Deathworld Forest

I recently finished a piece of deathworld forest terrain and felt it would be cool to show off the project. I built this using a tutorial that noted goon savant BuffaloChicken put together for the SomethingAwful forums a short...

How to Run a Campaign Part 2: Narrative Campaigns

So my previous article of 5,000 words on the basics of campaigns didn’t scare you off, huh? Well, here’s a shitload more. This week I’m going to be discussing Narrative Campaigns. Narrative Campaigns are the type you most commonly see...

The Paulus Campaign Apocalypse

Hello again! This is a follow-up to my last post, wherein I talked about the big ending to the campaign I've been running and the game setup. If you're interested in the mechanics of this five-player game and the...

Organizing an Apocalypse

One of the most important things to know about running a campaign is when to end it. So, after more than a year, it was finally time to end the Paulus Campaign. As many of you know, I’ve been running...

Battle Report: BLOOD AND ICE: World Eaters vs. Space Wolves

A lot of really salty, bitter 40k gamers will tell you dumb things like "combat in 8th edition is no good" and "it's too hard to murder things with axes" and "World Eaters are bad" but I'm here to...

Writing Better Battle Reports

Battle reports are great. They’re a great way to talk about the game we love, show off cool models, and discuss the kinds of cool moments that drive us to play. At their best, battle reports tell a great...

How to Run a 40k Campaign, Part 1: The Basics

At some point, I think just about every 40k player thinks about running or playing in a campaign. After all, what's cooler than the idea of having sweeping battles, where your army competes with others for the fate of...

Hobby Log: Slaughterknight, Part 2

Part 1 is here I'm back with part 2 of the conversion work on my second Chaos Knight. The goal is to finish this bad boy before October 6th, so it was time to get cracking. After looking at the...

Eighth Edition Zone Mortalis Rules

As soon as I saw the new Necromunda Underhive tiles, I knew that I wanted to incorporate them into my ongoing 40k campaign somehow (more on that in a future post). While ship-based combat has been well fleshed-out in...

Hobby Log: The Slaughterknight

Even I'm not immune to the knights bug. While I already have one Chaos Knight and a pair of Helverins I converted, I split the Renegade box set with a friend right after the re-release and have been wanting...