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CAMPAIGN·WHITE DWARF 311

The Return of the Lichemaster: The Field of Bones

November 2005·pp. 92–101

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Mat Ward concludes the Cairns campaign with Kemmler’s full army advancing deep into winter-bound Athel Loren. Sceolan’s desperate defence supplies the historical frame for a grand final scenario, followed by a complete variant list of ancient kings, skeletal warriors, statues and tormented spirits. Unit backgrounds, archaeological magic items and practical model substitutions turn the campaign’s burial landscape into a distinctive undead force rather than simply renaming a standard Vampire Counts army.

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