Warcaster’s Spiky Dice System
It is obvious that Warcaster has a unique dice system, but not so obvious how big an effect this can have. In particular, there is a lot more potential for…
Divine Tempest Deep Dive: the Holy Storm
Time to deep dive into arguably the most potent and complex single model in the game: The Divine Tempest. This will focus on her stats, how to use her and…
Empyrean Faction Overview & first buys
We Are Cyriss Eternal The Empyreans, as celestial masters of the galaxy, once constructed the enigmatic Void Gate network to regulate the ebb and flow of arc. At the heart…
One Year down – 4999 to go! Best of the first year
It has been 1 year since the first article on Arcane Synthesis, and we've covered a lot. I have loved sharing the content from a wide range of contributors. If…
Iron Kingdom – Warcaster Connections: Which characters live on?
Looking more at connections between the old World (Caen) of War Machine and the Cyriss Galaxy of Warcaster: and which old Iron Kingdoms characters could still be influencing the Cyriss…
GenCon 2023 Void Wraith Scenario: Hostile Zone
A quick one to share one 'on the ground' reporter's photos of the Warcaster event at GenCon 2023, in particular the scenario, campaign rules, and new 'monster' card using the…
The Dragons of Cyriss – Iron Kingdoms connections
This is the first of a 2 part article exploring lore connections between the old Iron Kingdoms and the Cyriss galaxy. Both will have a healthy dose of speculation, but…
Rogue Skirmish – Randomised Skirmish Scenarios Proposal
And now for something completely different... I am proposing we develop a new community generated competitive scenario system, and need your help to do it! Community Generated? How can we…
New skirmish mission: Information Warfare
The second scenario from the Vancouver play group, the makers of Cold Storage, for use in Toss Yer Cabers 2023. Information Warfare is the second in a series of all…
Roadblock diplomacy – Warcaster Fiction
A short story by Alex John Carpel Bilayel The midnight orchard was quiet. The alien and wild looking trees set out in regimented rows made for a strange sight in…