Mixed Signals

Straight-forward gaming

I recently listened to the Calculus of Battle audio drama, written by David Guymer for the Warhammer 40,000 Black Library. It's a short production at just a little over 20 minutes, but it's a proper audio drama, like a radio play. This review contains minor spoilers.

This story is about the I...

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I'm playing through the missions in the Pariah Nexus Crusade book, in order of appearance. The tenth mission is called Tortured worldscape, and it is as dangerous as it sounds!

In this mission, the ground is opening beneath the feet of the armies. There are 3 fissures splitting the battlefield...

I'm playing through the missions in the Pariah Nexus Crusade book, in order of appearance. The ninth mission is called False intel.

In this mission, there's just 1 objective in the dead centre of the warzone. Armies deploy in the northeast and southwest corners of the battlefield. The twist i...

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