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Publication History
Derived from Gateway to the Indexes, Wikipedia, and White Dwarf Issue 229 (U.S. Edition)
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Milestone
Issue |
Date | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-WD | ~1977 | Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone produced a magazine called "Owl and Weasel" which ran for twenty-five issues until April 1977. | |
| 1 | June/July 1977 | According to Ian Livingstone, one of the founders of Games Workshop, the name White Dwarf was chosen because it refers to fantasy (a Dwarf is a Tolkienesque character) but also to science fiction (a white dwarf is a dense star). 4000 copies are printed. | |
| June/July 1978 | First color cover, painted by John Blanche. The full title changed to "White Dwarf, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Games and Miniatures Magazine". | ||
| June/July 1982 | Full title changed to "White Dwarf, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Games Magazine". | ||
| August 1982 | White Dwarf becomes a monthly publication. | ||
| March 1983 | Cover logo changed and full title changed to "The Role Playing Games Monthly White Dwarf". | ||
| September 1983 | First Warhammer article. | ||
| February 1984 | First Warhammer supplement, Talisman released. | ||
| June 1985 | Slottabase miniautres, Citadel 60mm Fighting Fantasy plastic minis. | ||
| May 1986 | Ian Livingstone setups down as editor. | ||
| June 1986 |
Full title changed to "Games Workshop presents White Dwarf the Role Playing Games Monthly". |
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| October 1986 | At the height of its popularity as a role playing magazine, Games Workshop announced its own role playing game, Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play. | ||
| February 1987 | Magazine includes card insert for Skaven team to accompany Blood Bowl release. | ||
| April 1987 | Full title changed to "Games Workshop Role Playing Monthly White Dwarf". | ||
| May 1987 | Last "saddle-stiched", staple bound issue. | ||
| June 1987 | 10th anniversary issue, first perfect bound issue, Mike Brunton is editor. | ||
| August 1987 | First Golden Demon competition. | ||
| September 1987 | Last AD&D article and first Warhammer 40,000 article, RTB01 plastic "beaky" Space Marines boxed set released. | ||
| April 1988 | Cover logo changed to metallic appearance, Games Workshop logo added to cover, and full title changed to "Games Workshop present their monthly games magazine White Dwarf". White Dwarf content becomes exclusively in-house for Games Workshop games, and editor Sean Masterson introduces the miniatures focused concept that will become the Games Workshop Hobby. | ||
| July 1988 | Warhammer Armies and first Citadel plastic vehicle kit, Rhino, is released. | ||
| May 1989 | White Dwarf stops taking external advertising. Space Hulk released, Warhammer Colleges introduced. | ||
| December 1989 | First Battle Report. | ||
| April 1990 | Jes Goodwin introduces the Eldar. | ||
| August 1991 | Robert Dews becomes editor and introduces computer technology into the publication process. | ||
| September 1992 | Warhammer Fantasy Battle 4th Boxed set released with two armies. | ||
| December 1992 | U.S. and French editions launched; U.S. issue number matches UK edition, but U.S. cover is one issue ahead of UK cover; current French issue cover matches UK edition with same cover minus 172 (for example, UK issue 330 has the same 30th anniversary cover as French issue 158). | ||
| February 1993 | First Warhammer Armies book released, Empire, sections of the book featured in White Dwarf. | ||
| August 1993 | Full title changed to "Games Workshop presents its monthly hobby supplement White Dwarf". | ||
| October 1993 | Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition, Boxed game released. | ||
| November 1993 | Full title changed to "Games Workshop presents its monthly hobby supplement and miniatures catalogue White Dwarf". | ||
| December 1994 | Spanish and German Editions launched. | ||
| October 1995 | White Dwarf becomes known as "Fat Dwarf", with 128 pages. | ||
| April 1996 | Ultramarines Chapter displayed at Games Day with three Thunderhawk gunships. | ||
| August 1996 | 144 pages with four-page card insert. White Dwarf character named Grombrindal. | ||
| September 1997 | Italian Edition launched. | ||
| December 1997 | Paul Sawyer becomes editor. | ||
| January 1999 | Black Gobbo cover. | ||
| July 1999 | Australian Edition launched. | ||
| June 2000 | Games Workshop 25th anniversary. | ||
| November 2001 | The Fellowship of The Ring for Lord of The Rings game launched. | ||
| January 2005 | Paul Sawyer steps down as editor of UK White Dwarf. White Dwarf's true identity revealed as once King Snorri Whitebeard. | ||
| April 2005 | Games Workshop 30th anniversary. | ||
| April 2006 | Worldwide content team forms; plastic Giant (GW's biggest monster kit) released. | ||
| September 2006 | Canadian Edition of White Dwarf Magazine launches with issue 1. | ||
| May 2007 | Northern European Edition launched. | ||
| June 2007 | White Dwarf Magazine 30th anniversary issue. |
Publication History of other GW Periodicals
The Town Cryer's issues 1
thru 6 were originally published in the White Dwarf Magazine, as
articles describing the game of Mordheim and later compiled in
The Best of Town Cryer. Issues 7 thru 29 were published as
their own separate publications as soft-cover magazines with
information, articles, campaigns, rules, background and stories
dedicated to the game. Covers (inside and out) are in color, while the
inside pages were printed in black and white.