The Aranthian Succession: Cinderak Burning

Necromunda: Game Books

by Games Workshop (Brand)

NECROMUNDA: THE ARANTHIAN SUCCESSION - CINDERAK BURNING

Necromunda is the tabletop skirmish wargame of anarchy and violence, where players control rival gangs of fighters battling each other for supremacy in the nightmare depths of the Underhive or out in the blasted Ash Wastes.

Necromunda: The Aranthian Succession - Cinderak Burning continues to expand on the game, advancing the timeline and introducing a new campaign and new rules to add even more variety, scope and excitement to your battles on Necromunda.

INSIDE YOU WILL FIND
The Great Darkness: Details of the events which unfolded on Necromunda following the opening of the Great Rift, which split the Imperium in two and caused the great heat sinks in the heart of each hive city to cool, plunging Necromunda into turmoil.

The Succession Campaign: Rules for playing the first of a series of linked campaigns that take players through the events of the Great Darkness and the start of the rebellion against Lord Helmwar's rule.

Narrative Scenarios: 12 narrative scenarios that reflect the events of the Great Darkness and the following crisis.

Dramatis Personae: Four new Dramatis Personae to use with your gang: Lady Haera, 13th Daughter of Lord Helmawr; Athera, the personal champion of Queen Adina; Gorshiv Hammerfist, the leader of Shiv's Crushers and Vespa 'Minx' Merdena, the wild child of Slate Merdena.

Additional Rules: Additional rules for use in games of Necromunda, including Escher and Goliath crew, the agile Escher Cutter and brutal Goliath Mauler. Also included are new vehicle gang tactics for both House Escher and House Goliath gangs.

Genres: Science Fiction

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2022

About the author

Games Workshop Group PLC (often abbreviated as GW) is a British miniature wargaming manufacturing company. Games Workshop is best known as developer and publisher of the tabletop wargames Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000 and The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game.

Reviews

[T R Alexander · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Aranthian Succession brings the lore of Necromunda up closer to the current Warhammer 40,000 timeline by detailing the events the followed the opening of the Great Rift. The plot of this campaign book follows the chaotic fallout from an attempted assassination attempt on Necromunda’s ruler, Lord Helmawr, as various Houses and factions attempt to seize power. This is a very interesting storyline that threatens to shake up the lore of the game a lot as full scale House warfare engulfs every part of both the Ash Wasters and the Hives themselves. The main focus of this part of the story is the conflict between the Escher and Goliath (my favourite two Clan Houses) that has a nice back and forth element to it. The artwork in the book is also great, as usual for a Games Workshop book, with some nice character portraits (particualy Lady Hera Helmawr’s), and some nice double page spreads of locations on Necromunda.

The rules section of the book includes rules for Succession Campaigns where the players have to pick sides for or against the Imperial House Helmawr that seem quite interesting as you fight over supporters rather than territory. The book also includes rules for a number of Dramatis Personae who appear in this section of the story including the Goliath Bounty Hunter Gorshiv Hammerfist, Athera the bodyguard of the House Escher leader, and Lady Hera the youngest daughter of Lord Helmawr. The book also includes some fun looking scenarios that allow people to replay important events from the lore.

[Henric Wiktor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice bit of development of the main story on Necromunda. Check out part II and III too