Rogue Trader RPG Session 7: Magoros Prime

Lord Captain Regis Krell of House Xerxes (Rogue Trader)
Captain Mikkos Krell of House Xerxes (Rogue Trader)
Cort Gillam (Astropath Transcendent)
Torian Aurelius (Navigator)
Atticus Fidelus (Arch-Militant)
Brother Bron (Missionary)
Athena Veritas (Seneschal)
**CLASSIFIED**(Explorator)
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+++DATE 2720017 M41
+++REF 2410/LOG/RKX
+++AUTH RKRELLX 0823.74
+++RE MAGOROS PRIME
+++THOUGHT: THE EMPEROR'S MERCY IS NEITHER TO FORGIVE NOR TO FORGET BUT TO ACCEPT...
+++START LOG ENTRY
-INVESTIGATION OF MAGOROS SECONDUS, THE SOURCE OF THE ENGERY SIGNAL AND ORK SPACESHIP.
-SEVERAL STRANGE MAZE-LIKE STRUCTURES, SIMILAR TO WHAT IS FOUND ON MAGOROS PRIME.
-APPEARS TO BE BEAMING ENERGY READINGS TO THE PLANET.
-ELDAR USED THIS "ENERGY WEB" BUT THE STRUCTURES ARE NOT ELDAR-MADE. OFF-WHITE MATERIAL. FEATURELESS.
-PLANT LIFE DETECTED.
-NOT BREATHABLE ATMOSPHERE.
-FAINT ENERGY SPIKES AND VOLCANIC ACTIVITY.
-ORK SPACECRAFT APPEARS TO HAVE CRASHED. LARGE CRATER ON APPROACH.
-THERE ARE SEVERAL "TOWERS" CONSTRUCTED OUTSIDE OF SHIP. TRAIN TRACKS AIMED TOWARDS PLANET. ORK BUILT WITH BLACKENED/SCORCHED TOPS.
-MAGOROS PRIME: DUSTY PLANET WITH NO PLANT LIFE. SIMILAR BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES BUT PERHAPS A SIMPLER, MORE ELEGANT DESIGN.
-SOME PSY-WARP SENSATION DETECTED IN THE CITY LIKE STRUCTURES.
-AN UNIDENTIFIED LIGHTER TOOK OFF FROM NEAR THE SUPERSTRUCTURE UPON OUR ARRIVAL. TRACKS LEADING INTO THE MAZE.
-RAGS DISCOVERED. TORN COARSE CLOTH. POPPING NOISES HEARD IN THE DISTANCE.
-TEAM LEAD BY ATTICUS FIDELUS AND CORT GILLAM ENCOUNTER A GROUP OF SIX HUMANS FIGHTING SIX ORKS.
-THE LEADER OF THE HUMANS WAS LADY ASH OF THE FEL HAND.
-ENTERED LARGE CRYSTALINE STRUCTURE. AUDIBLE WIND-CHIME TYPE NOISES AND HUNDREDS OF SMALL LIGHTS FLOATING AROUND THE INTERIOR. BOTH LUMINOUS AND DARK, SEEING STRANGE ANGLES. INTERIOR IS VASTLY LARGER THAN IT SHOULD BE.
-MIRROR-SEA OF STARS AND PLANETS. CAN MOVE EVENTS FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS IN TIME. CORT GILLAM CONNECTS WITH THE PSY ENERGY IN THE STRUCTURE AND WITNESSES THE TREASURE SHIP CRASHING INTO THE SHARD HALO.
-WITH LOCATION NOTED, PARTY RACES BACK TO SHIP, LEAVING LADY ASH BEHIND...AND IT APPEARS THE FEL HAND LEFT HER BEHIND ON MAGOROS PRIME AS WELL.
+++END LOG ENTRY
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Rogue Trader RPG Session 3: The Court of the Dead

Lord Captain Regis Krell of House Xerxes (Rogue Trader)
Lord Captain Mikkos Krell of House Xerxes (Rogue Trader)
Cort Gillam (Astropath Transcendent)
Torian Aurelius (Navigator)
Atticus Fidelus (Arch-Militant)

**CLASSIFIED**(Missionary)
**CLASSIFIED**(Explorator)

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+++DATE 2683017 M41
+++REF 0509/LOG/RKX
+++AUTH RKRELLX 0823.74
+++RE PORT WANDER
+++THOUGHT: BETTER CRIPPLED IN BODY THAN CORRUPT IN MIND.
+++START LOG ENTRY
-TOOK CUSTODY OF FOUR GUNMEN AND EIGHT LAB TECHNICIANS FROM OCSCURA MANUFACTORIUM FACILITY. WILL DETERMINE FATE OF SURVIVORS AT LATER DATE. CONSIDERING INCORPORATING TECHNICIANS INTO HOUSE XERXES OPERATIONS.
-ASTROPATH TRANSCENDENT CORT GILLAM WAS ABLE TO USE SANCTIONED PSYCHIC ABILITIES AND INTERROGATE TECHNICIAN, LEARNING THAT THIS WAS A PROJECT OF ONE MASON CAIRO, A NEPHEW OF NINA CAIRO, WHO IS ALWAYS FOUND WITH HIS BODYGUARD "CUZ."
-IT WAS KNOWN THAT THE ADEPTES ARBITES AND DEPARTMENT OF OECONONICA WAS INVESTIGATING THE CAIRO OPERATION FOR FAILURE TO FILE THE APPROPRIATE TITHES.
-DISPATCHED OUR MISSIONARY TO INQUIRE WITH LOCAL ECCLESIARCHY.
-NAVIGATOR TORIAN AURELIUS RETURNED FROM NAVIGATORS GUILD LEARNING THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO SOLD REGAN KRELL THE MAP WAS NAMED VARGO, WHO IS CURRENTLY UNACCOUNTED FOR.
-TORIAN AURELIUS MET WITH FELLOW NAVIGATOR PONTIUS, WHO OFFERED A COMMON QUALITY MAP TO FOOTFALL, WITH 4 JUMP POINTS: BATTLEGROUND, THE WITCH CURSED WORLD, THE TEMPLE, THE HERMITAGE AND FINALLY DEWAIN'S FOOTFALL.
-COMMANDER ILMAN PROVIDED A TOUR OF THE BATTLE DAMAGED SHIP, ICARUS SOARING. CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO WARP CAPABILITIES.
-POTENTIAL FOR REPAIR/UPGRADE
-RESPONDED TO MESSAGE TO MEET WITH DR. ORBEST DRAY AT LOCAL MARKET AREA KNOWN AS THE COURT OF THE DEAD. DRAY APPEARS TO BE A LOYAL HOUSE XERXES SERVANT, CURRENTLY DEALING IN SALVAGED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS. SERVED UNDER GREAT GRANDFATHER REMUS KRELL ON THE EMPEROR'S TESTAMENT WITH A CAPTAIN VOSS KARLORN. OFFERED GENE-SEALED SCROLL UNLOCKED UPON TOUCHING. RECEIVED A DISTRESS MESSAGE/ECHO FROM THE WARP ALLUDING TO THE FAMED TREASURE SHIP, RIGHTEOUS PATH.
-A CYBERNETIC BIRD DESCENDED AND TOOK SCROLL AND WE WERE AMBUSHED BY 4 INDIVIDUALS HIDING IN MARKET. NAVIGATOR AURELIUS AND ASTROPATH TRANSCENDENT GILLAM DETECTED PSYCHIC PRESENCE WATCHING INCIDENT FROM WALKWAY ABOVE. ROBOTIC RAVEN AND ASSAILANTS NEUTRALIZED, REVEALING SYMBOL OF HOUSE FEL AND HADARAK FEL.
-SGT. TARGOS OF LOCAL ARBITES OFFERS ESCORT BACK TO XERXES CHAPTER HOUSE. TARGOS INTRODUCES US TO HEAD OF LOCAL ARBITES, KYRA BALKYRAN.
+++END LOG ENTRY
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Skaven Weapon Teams - GF

A few of us have been playing Vermintide lately, a computer game similar to Left 4 Dead but with swarms of skaven instead of zombies. This got me thinking I should revisit some of my old Warhammer skaven. While I'm not sure how effective they are on the table, they certainly were fun to paint up.

Plaguebearers of Nurgle - GF

Finished up a set of 9 Plaguebearers of Nurgle that I picked up from Phoenix Games a few weeks back. According to Neil, a customer purchased them, painted one and didn't like it so they returned the remaining 9. Hopefully we'll get to use them in an upcoming Dark Heresy RPG. I think they'd make decent Deep Ones too, if we ever need for some H.P. Lovecraft adventures.

Creepy.

The Hobbit Goblin Warriors - GF

A few months ago I picked up some clearance Lord of the Rings/Hobbit miniatures from Phoenix Games. While I didn't really need these goblin warriors, the price was too good to pass up. I'm thinking of using these guys for a mutant warband in the new skirmish game This Is Not A Test from Worlds End Publishing. The models have a suitable Fallout sort of vibe. Plus, they'll still work perfectly in LotR:SBG should we ever venture beneath the Misty Mountains and find ourselves in Goblin Town!

Lord of the Rings (Kings of War) and XCOM

Kings of War rules available here (FREE). Thank you Mantic Games!

Lord of the Rings army lists for KoW available here. Thank you Crucium Giger!


FORCES OF GOOD
Heroes:
Gandalf
Aragorn
Theodin
Boromir
Faramir
Gamling
Standard Bearer

Units:
Rohan Infantry Regiment (16)
Rohan Archers Troop (8)
Rohan Eored Regiment (8)
Peasants (Rohan) Warrior Regiment (32)
Gondor Warrior Horde (32)
Gondor Archer Horde (32)
Gondor Warrior Horde (32)
Gondor Warrior Regiment (16)
Gondor Archer Troop (8)
Warriors of the Dead Horde (32)
Dwarven Warriors Regiment (16)
Dwarven Ranger Troop (8)
2535 points (247 models)



FORCES OF EVIL
Heroes:
Nazgul on Felbeast
Goblin King
Orc Chief on Warg
Orc Banner

Units:
Mordor Orcs Horde (32)
Mordor Orcs Regiment (16)
Mordor Orcs Tracker Regiment (8)
Mordor Orcs Tracker Regiment (8)
Morannon Orcs Half Horde (24)
Warg Riders Regiment (8)
Warg Riders Troop (4)
Uruks Regiment (16)
Uruks Regiment (16)
Wild Warg Regiment (8)
Wild Warg Troop (4)
Goblin Bows Regiment (16)
Goblin Spears Regiment (16)
Goblin Warriors Regiment (16)
Troll (1)
Troll (1)
2600 Points (198 models)

 

After it was clear Good was going to come out on top, we switched gears and jumped over to the new XCOM board game by Fantasy Flight Games.

Placed in command of the elite military organization known as XCOM, you and your friends must find some means to turn back an escalating alien invasion. As UFOs appear in orbit and worldwide panic threatens to undermine national governments, the game’s free companion app and its push-your-luck dice rolling mechanics immerse you deep in the tension and uncertainty of a desperate war against an unknown foe.

You are humanity’s last hope…

You're welcome humanity.