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Issue 313 - February 2006
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UK Cover
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U.S. Cover
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- Oath and Honour: Dwarf Designers' Notes: Nick Kyme takes up his axe and ventures forth to talk to the design team behind the new Warhammer Armies: Dwarfs to get the full story of this tenacious race.
- Dwarf Sprues: The Warriors and Thunderers boxed sets enable you to build every Core unit in the Dwarf book, take a detailed look at them in this article.
- Battle Report: Into the Valley: Thorgrim Grudgebearer defends a deep valley with an army of Dwarfs against an Ogre horde led by Greasus Goldtooth. Goldtooth and Grudgebearer go belly to belly in a clash of the titans!
- By Axe and Gun: Dwarfs have some tried and tested strategies, most of which involve finding a hill and surrounding it with guns. But there are also other forms of warfare available to them. Here are a few examples of battle-winning 2,000 point armies utilising the new rules.
- Warhammer Chronicles: Small Games: In the Studio we've recently been playing lots of 500 points games, quick contests of might that have their own set of challanges and tactical puzzles to crack. Jervis Johnson explains why small is beautiful.
- Bretonnia, Land of Heroes: Mike Mason creates a brand new Bretonnian army from a Battalion boxed set.
- Painting Workshop: Metal Techniques: How to get good results painting with metallics.
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Guidelines and modeling ideas for tactical, low-powered,
dark fantasy games
**Expanded Article - Dogs of War Rules**
Strategies for selecting runes for your Dwarf army
A consideration of Dwarfen artillery
Techniques for painting diminutive, suicidal lunatics
New Dwarf models painted by GW’s experts
Tactics for getting the most out of those troops who
simply will not break
**Expanded Article - Empire Flagellants**
A history and scenario detailing a sad time in the Moot
**Expanded Article - Dogs of War Rules**
**Online Store - Halflings**
**Online Store - Lumpin Croop's Archers**
**Online Store - Dogs of War**
Ideas for creating models and game accessories for
grudge matches
**Expanded Article - Templates for Building your own
Book of Grudges**
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- Dok Butcha: World Eaters Terminators: Khorne Chaos Terminators occupy the Klinic this month.
- Chapter Approved: Daemon Worlds: This month, the notoriously depraved heretic, Scrivener Adam Troke, and his accomplice in heresu Archivist Hoare, provide rules for playing games of Warhammer 40,000 set within the nightmare landscapes of a daemon world.
- Rise to Glory: Each of the Black Templars is a hero, a warrior forged in the fires of the most deadly conflicts. Graham McNeil relates the tale of one such warrior, from his humble beginnings to his enduring legend.
- Tactica: Black Templars: The Black Templars have all the advantages power armour, great statistics and good weaponry can offer. They are also close combat monsters with a penchant for destroying the Emperor's foes face-to-face. But their zeal means they will often advance recklessly. Here seasoned generals offer tips on how to best use or destroy a force of these warrior-knights.
- Dragon Slayers: Well known for his vibrantly painted Ork tribes and tournament-busting armies, Geroge Dellapina takes us on a tour of his freshly completed Imperial Tank Company.
- Castellan Draco: A new Black Templats Special Character and an exclusive model!
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Some new critters and scenarios for your 40K
games
**Expanded Article - More Rules, Scenarios and
Modeling Ideas for Creatures**
Converting troops to face the featured creatures
Collecting a Word Bearers army
Tim Lison explains how he converted his amazing
Khornate Lord.
A sneak peek at the soon-to-be-released Codex
and models
Histories of some Templar personages and tips on
how to model them
Tactics for Necrons and tips for equipping
Necron Lords
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- A Shadow in the East Preview: In the war-torn land of Ithilien, a mighty army is preparing to descend upon Minas Tirith, an army not seen this deep into Gondor for many years. The Easterlings have arrived!
- The Return to Dwarrowdelf: Moria. Dwarrowdelf. Until Sauron came to Eregion to reclaim the Rings of Power, Moria was a great and powerful Dwarf kingdom that rivalled the cities of the Elves in splendour, but now it is a place of darkness. The article presents additional rules for games set in Moria.
- Modelling Moria: Moria terrain pieces are easy to build and can turn your table into a convincing segment of the Mines of Moria, especially when added to the scenery projects from The Fellowship of the Ring book.
- The Misty Mountains: Part 2: The foothills of the Misty Mountains ring to the clash of arms as we present the last of the three Battle Scenarios, and the finale of our campaign.
- The Ruin of Rohan: Mat Ward details a scenario recreating the Riders of Rohan's attempt to aid a village that has come under attack from a combined force of Orc Warg Riders and Uruk-hai.
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The forces of Gondor and the Easterlings do
battle.
Designer’s notes for the new supplement, A
Shadow in the East
A scenery workshop showing how to construct an
Easterling fortress
Collecting tips and tactics for Easterling
forces
Part two of the Moria campaign report
A painting workshop for two new Dwarf characters
Collecting an army of Minas Tirith |
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Games
Day and
Golden
Demon
2005: On
With The
Show!:
The most
prestigious
and
eagerly
anticipated
date in
the
Games
Workshop
gaming
calendar,
Games
Day and
Golden
Demon,
went
down in
grand
style
again
this
year.
Intrepid
reporters,
Nick
Kyme and
Owen
Rees,
found
out why.
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Warhhammer
World:
All the
great
events
happening
in
Warhammer
World,
plus the
Citadel
Miniatures
Hall and
Bugman's
Bar.
-
Clubs
and
Community:
The hive
of
hobbyjinks
happening
in UK
clubs
and
community
at
large.
-
Frontline:
Games
Workshop
Birmingham
is in
the
frame
this
month.
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