EditorialWD 314 · Inside cover
Owen Rees welcomes the Easterlings as worthy opponents for his Gondor cavalry and introduces the staff campaign around Mordheim’s Temple of Morr. His first evil force centres on a Vampire whose suitably dramatic name becomes a running joke. Tournament qualification, doubles preparation and several unfinished armies illustrate the competing demands on his hobby time. He also previews free reference sheets and the return of Jervis Johnson’s column.
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EditorialWD 314 · p. 13
Gav Thorpe returns to the game after an absence and finds its familiar basic rules easy to recover, but effective play much harder to master. Studio opponents teach him new interactions by using them against his own forces. Reading the Easterling tactics becomes preparation for the issue’s battle report. His account distinguishes remembering how to move pieces from understanding when to spend Might or combine spells for a useful result.
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EditorialWD 314 · p. 63
Gav Thorpe credits Grand Tournaments with showing that competitive games could also celebrate painted armies, good scenery and sportsmanship. He welcomes disagreement about composition systems, scenarios and scoring as evidence that players enjoy different kinds of events. Comparing more conventional tournaments with distinctive gatherings such as Necronomicon and DogCon, he argues for a varied calendar rather than a single imposed model of organized play.
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