Splendor of Fire is the online journal of the In Hoc Signo Society, a union of Christian wargamers and adventure gamers.
Splendor of Fire is a throwback to the Golden Age of the Internet, when everyone had their own websites and centralized platforms with their pay-for-play and algorithmic censorship were only a glimmer in the bright, dead, alien eyes of the technocrats. We are dedicated to the hobbies of miniature wargaming and tabletop RPGs, not shilling for big companies. We use miniatures from ‘unapproved’ manufacturers, make our own army lists, and play out of print games and ‘obsolete’ editions.
Here you will find hobby journals, tactical studies, battle reports, miniature and book reviews, essays on gaming philosophy, commentary on the passing scene, and whatever else our membership finds notable. We will also host periodic online wargaming campaigns and chronicle them here.
Membership & Submissions
Christian Wargamers?
Submissions are only accepted from members of the In Hoc Signo Society. Membership is open to any Christian wargamer or tabletop adventure (RPG) gamer who will profess the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed. You may apply by joining our Guilded server.
All organizations need an ethos, something our membership can cohere around and identify each other by. Tabletop gaming is only a theme, and says nothing in particular about the kind of people we are. Our ethos is belief in the Lord Jesus Christ, particularly the profession of faith as set out in the First and Second Ecumenical Councils. On this common bond we base our fellowship.
And open profession of faith in God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit helps guard against infiltration by the weirdo anti-cultural political activists that are trashing our hobbies, too.
Where there is beauty, there is God. Our hobby is small effort at contributing to the world’s beauty, whether through miniature spectacle and the camaraderie of family and friends gathered around the game table.
Our Namesake
The name Splendor of Fire is taken from the the Lorica, or Breastplate, of St. Patrick, an ancient prayer of protection composed by the Irish saint.