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17th November 202212th March 2026

Chapter 2: Lost Hope | Inquisitor battle report | Scenario 5

This is the second Chapter mission battle report of the Crown of Bones Inquisitor campaign, where three warbands clash in the lost colony of Fengel’s Hope. All are pursuing leads to the Crown of Bones, some picked up from their investigations on the Ius Soli. One warband has beaten the others to the area and has laid a cunning trap…

This is fifth scenario in the campaign, the others being Annex side missions like last week’s Silent Choir. The stakes are higher in Chapter missions, as it costs a precious Resource to buy in to the scenario. Fail too many Chapter missions, and your warband might lose its place in the finale for control of the Crown of Bones…

Inquisitor board setup of a lost colony in a barren wasteland

13th October 202212th March 2026

The Silent Choir | Inquisitor battle report | Scenario 4

This is the fourth instalent of the Crown of Bones Inquisitor campaign, and it’s another annex mission battle report (similar to last week’s Sundown on Skathi) between two new warbands in the campaign lead by rival Inquisitors.

In this battle report, both warbands are looking for the source of the encrypted message that catalysed the Crown of Bones investigation, and they have traced it to an abandoned astropathic spire in the middle of nowhere. They quickly realise the spire isn’t as abandoned as they’d hoped…

Star map with other briefing material, including an encrypted message that reads "Esteemed Inquisitor, I risk everything to send you this message. Something is rotten in House Dacien. I fear my peers have gone too far in their attemtps to reclaim our Household's former glory. Meet me at the time and coordinates encrypted in this message. Navigator Silvius Dacien." — Bottom left: the encrypted message in question

22nd August 202212th March 2026

Sundown on Skathi | Inquisitor battle report | Scenario 3

This is the third scenario battle report of the Crown of Bones Inquisitor campaign. It’s another Annex mission, similar to Dust-up at Distro-19, and not as plot-critical as Chapter missions like last week’s No Souls On Board.

Despite it being a side-step from the core drama, the moon of Skathi had its fair share of drama. In this battle report, Explicator Stigg and his entourage get a tip-off from a Mayweather Guildmaster and meet him at his secure compound on Skathi to secure the information. Unfortunately for them both, Genetor Vacillus had different plans for the Guildmaster.

Player handout including star map and two messages. First messages reads "From Guildmaster Von Horne. Explicator, I have ship logs from the Ius Soli. I have a terrible secret to reveal too, but I daren't over vox. You never know who's listening. Meet me on Skathi. I'll give you both in exchange for protection." Second message reads "This is an opportunity I don't want to miss. My contact in House Dacien will provide us with a tracker to get into the compound. Find someone with plausible deniability and get those ship logs. Perhaps that gullible Vacillus could be persuaded if you dangle the promise of trinkets in front of him. Vanth."

6th August 202212th March 2026

Chapter 1: No Souls on Board | Inquisitor battle report | Scenario 2

This is the first Inquisitor battle report of the Crown of Bones campaign, the first plot-driven instalment of a five-part story. This is the second game played in the campaign so far, as we kicked off with the Dust-up at Distro-19 annex mission last week.

Chapter missions are higher stakes – you have to spend a Resource (in-campaign currency) to ‘buy in’, with higher Resource rewards for finding evidence and completing objectives. Failing to secure any leads in Chapter missions means your warband might not be able to attend later Chapter missions. These warbands might need to do some Annex missions on the side to keep up with the others…

In this scenario, two warbands stumble into each other while exploring the ghost ship Ius Soli. Both are looking for a lead to the Crown of Bones, and according to our source at House Dacien, there is a cargo manifest somewhere on the ship with coordinates of exactly where to find it.

Inquisitor board setup showing a cargo bay filled with crates and racking with some access tunnels and ducts running around the outside

26th July 202212th March 2026

Ghast Harvest deposit terrain for Necromunda

Necromunda glowing blue ghast deposits made from sea urchin shells — Finished product first!

As part of a misguided attempt to build every kind of scenario objective or narrative prop mentioned in every Necromunda scenario (which at time of writing is about a hundred), this time I turned my hand to one of my favourite scenarios, Ghast Harvest.

19th July 202212th March 2026

Forklift and flatbed truck MDF vehicle kits for Necromunda

a grimdark teal forklift and yellow flatbed truck made from MDF kits — Finished product first!

Eagle-eyed viewers noticed a narratively-important piece of getaway scenery in last week’s Inquisitor battle report, and here it is in its full glory!

These forklift and flatbed truck MDF kits from the australian company MiniatureScenery.com, which aside from having an awful name to try and remember, has the best MDF vehicle kits on the market.

16th July 202212th March 2026

Dust-up at Distro-19 | Inquisitor Battle Report | Scenario 1

It is the first Inquisitor battle report of the Crown of Bones Inquisitor 54mm campaign, and we’re starting with a bang.

21st June 202212th March 2026

Tarpaulin-covered cargo scatter terrain

Several tarpaulin-covered crates and barrels in blue and yellow with a 54mm Inquisitor guardsman for scale — Finished product first!

As part of my “build a honking great 54mm warehouse” project I envisioned some large scatter pieces to fill the aisles and cargo holds of the far future, but weren’t scale-dependent like cargo containers.

I shamelessly stole this idea from a regular at my FLGS Asgard Wargames many moons ago and I’ve kept it in the memory bank ever since (Thank you Ben Cane!). Now I had the time and justification to give it a go.

23rd May 202212th March 2026

Inquisitor-scale STC habs for 54mm wargaming

Three 54mm Inquisitor-scale STC habs, the nearest is the original commercially available hab, the other two are scratch built to look similar — Finished product first!

I’ve been on an Inquisitor kick recently, working on finishing some bits for an upcoming campaign with some chums. I’ve been finishing ancient WIP projects like Archmagos Quinne or Von Koppola, as well as building new pieces to furnish future battlegrounds.

This time I turned my hand to something different – building something new out of something old.

17th May 202212th March 2026

“Face-off” Von Koppola – 54mm Inquisitor-scale landsknecht guardsman

40k 54mm landsknecht guardsman holding a las rifle and smoking a pipe under a big floppy hat — Finished product first!

2022 is the year of Inquisitor. It divides perfectly by 54 (don’t look that up, just trust me) and I’ve got a big summer campaign planned that can’t possibly be stopped by another pandemic.

In anticipation I’ve been tidying up some long-standing WIP projects and building some 54mm scenery, like last week’s warehouse racking. The first to get photographed was this fancy lad, Nikolai ‘Face-Off’ Von Koppola, leader of the Koppola Independents and personal bodyguard to House Dacien.