New Quick Reference Guide & Test Units

I accidentally posted these over to The Back 40K, but here they are on the proper blog for posterity. :)

A Glossary of ChoM Terms

I'm currently working on evaluating a new software development package for our uses, but here's a glossary of ChoM terms that lays out a decent (and disturbing) skeleton of what it means to rise through the Church and the Fidelis. Which can be described as one part Masonic, another part Scientology, and a sprinkling of Mormonism on top.

A WarStrike Faction Census: Part I

Sorry for the long delays in posting. Been busy with taxes/insurance for my parents, the kids and wife have been sick, and I fell down something of a rabbit hole last week researching Scientology. I swear, the deeper you dig, the more batshit-crazy evil crap that you find on them. Such as a dying woman being eaten alive by cockroaches while being kept in isolation to "cure" a psychotic break. I. Kid. You. Not.

Anyway, while working on a glossary of Church of Mowen (ChoM) terms, and working out a basic structure of 'beliefs' for the Fidelis, I had to figure out how many Prophets there are running around in our universe. Which required O_N and I to work out the population of the Republic as a whole, and then I started breaking down that population (and that of the other factions) by stellagraphic region. Here's what I've come up with.

The Creation Myth of the Republic: Part V

And just as the wandering god finds a degree of happiness, the jealousy and betrayals begin. This, of course, will not end well for anyone. :)

The Creation Myth Of The Republic: Part III

Here's the next page of the Republic's creation myth.

It's not as easy being a god as some might think. :)

The Creation Myth Of The Republic: Part II

For all the work I've been doing chopping up and re-arranging the rules, I haven't had anything convenient to put up for review. But I have been adding to the first post I did on the Republic's creation myth, as a result of some loooong email exchanges on the game's fluff with O_N and Angus.

Testing Out The New Troop/Weapon Stats

CaulynDarr and I got together for another test game today, where we tried out the new weapon ranges/modifiers, the new (smaller) armor penetration chart, and the new model stats. Certain things felt better, but overall we were missing the range to hit things, and the more compressed armor stats just didn't feel right. On the bright side though, we did finally get into some melee.

The Creation Myth Of The Republic

Take the basic creation myth of the ancient Greeks, mix in a little modern cosmology, darken the origins/character of the creator, add a dash of female empowerment to his betrayal, and you've got how the Republic's Church of Man (or CHoM for a wink to Herbert fans) thinks that the universe came to exist. Which is to say that they think all of creation was screwed (quite literally) from the beginning. No, they're not a very happy people. :)

In A Nutshell: The Imperial Republic

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Hey, it's Oblivion Necroninja! I'm not dead! Really! And to prove it, here's the rulebook description for The Imperial Republic!

Suggested Faction: Nekrophants

I'm getting slammed with mundane family commitments right now. But Highlander Burial sent in a summary of a faction idea that he and Oblivion Necroninja have been working on. So let's take a look at what they've got.

The Words Of A Prophet Recorded

O_N's recent post on the Church got my creative juices flowing. I've had the following 'speech' knocking about my head for a while now, and it needed to get out. Enjoy!

Quick Thoughts On Sub-Factions

Here's some quick thoughts that I've had on our game's factions and their possible sub-factions, as I construct the master spreadsheet. Some of this could be expanded upon if anyone is interested in writing something up.

Some New Maps

Sandwyrm here. I've made a couple of new galactic maps. One for our section of the galaxy as a whole, and one for the extents of human colonization.

The Imperial Republic In Detail

Council of Judges, Spyders

O_N here! Today we're staring into the inner workings of the Imperial Republic of Centaurus.

Org Chart: The Imperial Republic

Sandwyrm here. O_N and I have been working on filling out more of the fluff for the Human Empire Republic. He'll be posting his detailed descriptions of the various power structures within the Republic very soon, but I thought that I'd share the nice Organization chart that I just finished.