Matakishi's Tea House

Have you ever wished to play a bold Imperial Inquisitor facing down the enemies of man with a brave retinue of warriors around you? Or perhaps lead a sinister coven of chaos cultists in an effort to undermine the deluded followers of the Corpse-Emperor?

The Forge of War Development Group are proud to announce the release of their newest rules: In The Emperor's Name. A skirmish game where each player plays a Hero or Villain with his or her Retinue of five to ten figures.

Like many of our games the rules of play are simple and concise, but with enough detail to give a fun evening's gaming.

Within the game are a full set of rules for scenarios, solo campaigning and lists for using:
The Servants of the Emperor, an Inquisitor and his retinue.
The Enemies of Man, a Chaos Agent and his foul followers.
The Adeptus Astartes, including all the famous Chapters.
The Ecclesiarchy, including the Martial Sisterhoods.
The Imperial Guard, in all its glory. Now you can be Commissar Gaunt or Col. Schaeefer on a do-or-die mission.
Ordo-based Inquisitor Retinues, for those who hanker after being a hunter of Witches, Xenos or Daemons.
The Adeptus Arbites, the watchmen of the Imperium.
An Imperial Navy Landing Party, for those who wish to cry 'Avast Ye Lubbers!'
A Rogue Trader and his crew of mercenaries and misfits.
The Traitor Legions, including each of its foul legions.
A Blood Pact Death Brigade infiltration team.
A Blood Axe Ork Warband.
The Genestealer cult, complete with Patriarch, Magus and Hybrids.
A Tau Incursion Team.
A Squat Brotherhood, lost but never forgotten.

Retinue lists for other forces are in the process of being prepared, as are various scenarios and campaigns.

All this is free to download from:

http://thegamesshed.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/in-the-emperors-name/

For an excellent example of play try:
http://saxondogwarband.blogspot.com/2011/06/pleasant-little-

chat-in-emperors-name.html

You've been busy. Do you do a Mordheim ruleset?

Hi,

Mordheim huh? Do you need one? If so I can put some time into producing a Medieval version of In the Emperor's Name.

I have the Mordheim rules somewhere... now you've got me thinking you old cat you!

I like the setting, not the combat.

Hi All,

New blood brings new ideas. A new member on the Forge of War yahoo group has produced three new retinues for In the Emperor's Name.

We'll shortly be releasing a standalone supplement including Eldar Pirates, Craftworld Eldar and, straight out of left field, Ancient Slann! Have any of you any Zoat figures sitting at the back of the shelf, well now you can use them again

He's now working on a Harlequin list, so as soon as we've done a review of each list we'll be issuing a pointey-eared and ancient toad supplement.

Hi All

The Forge of War Development Group are currently reviewing the ItEN rules in light of all the playtesting and excellent feedback we have had from around the globe

We intend to publish a second edition in the near future as three separate booklets; the Core Rules; the Retinues, and; the Campaign System. This will make the system both easier to handle, and easier to update

Most of the changes are clarifications or tightening of the rules. One though will affect the points system and I'd like to give you fair warning of this, especially if you are creating cards

There seems to be general agreement that Grit, possibly the most important troop characteristic, is under-costed. The current thinking is that we should recost it as follows:

Grit Points
6+ 1
5+ 2
4+ 4
3+ 9
2+ 1

In line with this the recommended points cost for a retinue has been lifted from 120 to 150 points. I have recosted all the forces in the Retinues booklet and the points system seems to work with very few of the example retinues having to change to meet the 150 point limit

I am hopeful that the second edition is not far off, certainly no more than a couple of weeks away

As always your feedback on these ideas is much appreciated

Cheers,

Craig