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Awesome Lies is where I share my thoughts on Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and related matters. The focus is on WFRP’s first edition, but I also touch on WFRP’s fourth edition, Warhammer Fantasy Battle’s first three editions and other old-school tabletop games.

Below are links to some of the most popular posts of the past. New readers might find them a useful place to get started. Alternatively, you could just start at the very beginning….

THE ENEMY WITHIN

My list of tips for running the campaign is the best starting point for WFRP4 GMs interested in my Enemy Within content.

Other useful posts are:

• suggestions for tying parts of the campaign together better;
  
  
• a gamesmaster’s companion for Enemy in Shadows;
  
  
• flowcharts for The Horned Rat;
  
  
• alternative ideas for the finale.

My reviews of the Enemy Within also contains suggestions for GMs.

My unofficial companion to the The Enemy Within consolidates most of my advice and supplementary material for the WFRP1 version. Much of it is still also relevant for the WFRP4 edition of the campaign.

Other posts of potential interest include:

• the development history of Power Behind the Throne;
  
  
• early plans and drafts for Empire in Flames;
  
  
• alternative ideas for the finale.

WARHAMMER HISTORY

‘The WFRP Story’ is an ongoing series tracking the development history of WFRP1 from its earliest origins. It also encompasses a history of WFB1-3. A list of all the posts to date can be found here.

Some of the more popular parts include:

• the emergence of the Warhammer world;
  
  
• the creation of the skaven;
  
  
• Chaos snakemen, zoats and fimir;
  
  
• Kaleb Daark and the lost Chaos god Malal;
  
  
• the origins of Warhammer‘s gods.

My ‘Lost Warhammer‘ posts uncover unpublished material for WFRP1 and WFB1-3. Many include recovered draft texts. A full list is here.

Among the most popular are posts on:

• the third Realm of Chaos book;
  
  
• Richard Halliwell’s Lustria supplement;
  
  
• Flame Publications’ later Lustria supplement;
  
  
• Flame’s unpublished Marienburg supplement;
  
  
• the original finale to the Doomstones campaign.

OTHER

I have written many role-playing reviews. Particularly popular are my Enemy Within reviews:

• Enemy in Shadows;
  
  
• Death on the Reik;
  
  
• Power Behind the Throne;
  
  
• The Horned Rat;
  
  
• Empire in Ruins.

A number of gaming professionals have very kindly given up their time to speak with me, including:

• Graeme Davis;
  
  
• Paul Cockburn;
  
  
• Dave Morris.

A full list of my interviews is here.

I have written several discursive articles on topics such as:

• WFRP‘s Britishness;
  
  
• originality in role-playing games;
  
  
• the history of gamebooks;
  
  
• the real-world origins of goblins.

Other posts of possible interest are:

• the origin of the Chaos symbol;
  
  
• a previously unpublished article by Rick Priestley on the nature of Chaos;
  
  
• Old World primers for players;
  
  
• conversion notes for running the Enemy Within for Call of Cthulhu;
  
  
• a conversion of Night’s Dark Terror for WFRP1.

You can also find posts related to games other than WFRP and WFB in the following links:

• Warhammer 40K;
  
  
• Dungeons & Dragons;
  
  
• Call of Cthulhu;

• Fighting Fantasy;
  
  
• RuneQuest;
  
  
• Paranoia.

Title art by Ian Miller. Internal art by JG O’Donoghue, Ian Miller, John Sibbick, Ralph Horsley, Wil Rees, Christos Achilleos, Chris Foss, Larry Elmore and Iain McCaig. Used without permission. No challenge intended the the rights holders.