CommunityWD 287 · pp. 2–3
The news pages introduce Liber Chaotica: Nurgle, a limited Ragnar Blackmane diorama and a competition for the Fire Warrior video game. The new Horus Heresy card game promises to explore the early Imperium through both play and artwork. Notices also record the forthcoming magazine price increase, changes to direct sales support and the results of an earlier film competition, alongside the month’s organised events.
Warhammer 40,000Warhammer Fantasy Battles
CommunityWD 287 · pp. 18–19
Ian Huxley reports a day of Eye of Terror gaming at Waterstones in Manchester, where a cityfight table represents the threatened naval world of Vigilatum. A failed Cadian counter-offensive leads into a desperate defence of the administrative palace against proliferating Plague Zombies. Late Space Marine reinforcements finally rescue the defenders, although the fictional commander pays for his failures. The event combines campaign storytelling with demonstrations for newcomers in an unusual retail venue.
Warhammer 40,000Astra Militarum
LoreWD 287 · pp. 20–22
The profile links Catachan’s hostile ecology to the initiative and fieldcraft of its soldiers. Predatory plants and animals make daily survival a form of training, while accounts of river crossings, tunnel fighting and elaborate traps illustrate how that experience becomes a military advantage. Descriptions of traditional knives reinforce the regiment’s close-combat reputation. Its doctrine selection supplies a contemporary rules expression of an identity built around veterans and jungle warfare.
Warhammer 40,000Astra Militarum