June 2026 – Page 2

The Order of Saatti

Honor. The spear and the lance. The colour blue. Saatti was a legionnaire — a soldier of foreign birth who led an army of foreign recruits in the empire’s early expansion. His name is remembered for the defense of Talins. Having taken the city, Saatti learned that a far larger enemy army was marching toContinue reading “The Order of Saatti”

The Stone Bond

What it is to live inside the armor. A Palatine Knight does not wear their armor. They become it. The bond begins with a touch and a word. Laying a hand on the golem of enchanted stone and speaking a personal command phrase — known only to the bonded knight — the warrior merges intoContinue reading “The Stone Bond”

Chaos on Chahar

For the BattleTech Clan Invasion kickstarter, my friendly local game store (Hangar 18 Hobbies) was selected to be one of the kickoff event hosts. They had some BattleTech events lined up, but I offered to do an Alpha Strike game as part of it.I wanted to do something similar to the BattleTech Grinder, an eventContinue reading “Chaos on Chahar”

Succession Wars

I am a big fan of the old Succession Wars board game, a strategic conquer the Inner Sphere game released by FASA in the long ago times. The rules had some clunkiness, and some hard to decipher sections, but did an excellent job of meeting my hopes to conquer the Inner Sphere. I played aContinue reading “Succession Wars”