The Most Embarrassing Player Death…

This is the story of how I (almost) died in session three of the on-going Rogue Trader campaign I’m playing in. It was, at least, a glorious near-death experience. The only reason I wasn’t rolling up a new character there and then, was use of the fate point mechanic and a Teleportarium.

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It was [...]

The Year in Awesome 2009

I have been a bit remiss with Games of State of late. My post-graduate course is leaving me with little time for socialising away from books, let alone sitting down to blog regularly. Hopefully 2010 will see my post rate pick up again, but with the taught part of my course not ending until the [...]

Rogue Trader Character Profile: Serafina Heinstein-Fueller

I got a little bit carried away when I was writing my character bio for Rogue Trader. I quite like the idea of a megalomanic heretic who believes she can fix the entire Imperium.

Background

During the period in which The Tempest (the Party’s ship) was commandeered by the Mechanicus, a member of the Heinstein-Fueller dynasty [...]

Review: Rogue Trader

Rogue Trader, is the second core rule book in the Warhammer 40K Roleplay series. While it’s predecessor, the extremely successful Dark Heresy, followed the adventures of a group of Inquisitorial Acolytes, Rogue Trader returns to the roots of Warhammer 40K by putting you in the shows of a Rogue Trader and his crew as they [...]

Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader Going Cheap!

While I’m slightly annoyed at Fantasy Flight Games for the delay of Rogue Trader – it has had a positive upshot.

Amazon are now selling it for £26 or $38. That’s getting pretty close to being half of the original price, and with the date of release continually slipping, it could get even lower.

While I do [...]