The Traveller - part 1: Tarot

An ancient void ship known as The Blasphemous Voyager has breached from warp space, sparking rumours of priceless artefacts and untold riches hidden within its perilous, ruined hull. Drawn by hope and ambition, travellers bound for the Cyclix Quadrant — a sweeping arc of strange and singular worlds — now find their journeys disrupted as the ship’s arrival throws the dark pathways between stars into chaos. Amid the whispers of fortune and death, a final rumour persists: a giant clad in ancient armour has appeared alongside the Voyager, raising the question of whether this is mere coincidence, or the deliberate hand of fate.

I've been invited to a "grimdark / 40k adjacent" gaming event in Manchester, in February, called The Traveller.

Sam (Cupboard_of_shame) is organising it and it looks like there are about 20 to 30 people going, some are even flying in from the US.

It's set across a handful of backwater-planets in a forgotten corner of the 40k universe, but it's going to be played using OPR Games Grimdark Future: Star Quest rules, with custom / homebrew factions, for a hybrid roleplaying and wargaming experience.

It's the closest I've come to having any interest in 40k, since 2nd edition Kill Team completely evaporated my last grimdark gaming avenue.

I already have my little warband built and painted so, at Sam's request, I'm making some tarot cards for it.

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The group of weirdos from which I'll draw my characters for The Traveller.

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Tragek Hierigos, techno-barbarian adventurer 

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Atrak Hexcowl, mystic and psionic witch

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Ar-Pask, machine-cult pilgrim

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Dekker-Fel, machine-cult pilgrim

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Hekle-Tov, machine-cult pilgrim

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Edit: 2026-02-17

I just completed an NPC for the event.

The Knight of Hob

The Traveller - Part 2: Dust, is here.

The Cleavermaw

I started building the Cleavermaw in March 2020! Although I lost momentum on the project I kept coming back to work on it for short periods and I eventually completed the build in July 2022

For some reason the hyperfocus never really seemed to kick-in and I struggled to get it over the finish line. But I found some juice for it and I'm calling it done now.

I was planning to use it as a Maw-Krusha (and I still might!) as it's on the same sized base - the massive 160mm round.

But with the recent news about Path to Glory: Blighted Wilds including a system to create warscrolls for custom faction terrain, I might try them at some point.

The Ironfang Pirate Fleet - The Ogresuns, part 5

The Ogresuns have recently been joined by a new crew-member named Borzag, a Brute from the wild hinterlands of Thondia.