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Preparing for the Storm: Blood for the Blood God

June 2004·p. 38

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Adrian Wood adapts his existing Chaos army for Archaon’s Horde. Chosen units occupy Special slots, allowing a tougher concentration of elite troops, while the unequal Halting the Tide scenario offers room for a much larger force. Khorne becomes the focus for new Warriors and Knights after experiments with Tzeentch. A Hellcannon supplies early long-range pressure that his army previously lacked.

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CommunityWD 294 · pp. 6–7

Games Workshop News

Fanatic’s second issue promises updated Spyrers, Inquisitor’s Vindicare Assassin, an Epic campaign and piratical fleets for Battlefleet Gothic. Storm of Chaos web coverage and northern European events receive further notices. Forge World’s new Warhammer inn, themed clothing and forthcoming price changes round out the news. These announcements are retained as publication-era context rather than current availability information.

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InterviewWD 294 · pp. 20–30

The Eye of the Storm

Gav Thorpe presents Storm of Chaos as the first of a planned series of campaign sourcebooks. Narrative, variant armies, heraldry and scenario material are intended to make a specific conflict playable beyond isolated battles. Designers then explain the ten army concepts, including Archaon’s mortal horde, Middenheim, Slayers, Eshin assassins, Sylvania and Daemonic Legions. Their choices connect background restrictions to distinct tactical identities, while the global campaign map gives reported battles a shared objective.

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ReviewWD 294 · pp. 30–31

Reading for the Storm

Paul Sawyer surveys fiction that gives the approaching campaign a more personal scale. Riders of the Dead and Magestorm explore northern warfare, while the Karl Hoche novels reveal cult activity and corruption within the Empire. Swords of the Empire adds several linked short stories. Notices for The Ambassador, Ursun’s Teeth and Sacred Flesh broaden the reading list; Sawyer distinguishes books he has read from publisher descriptions of the remaining titles.

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