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COMMUNITY·WHITE DWARF 317

Fuel for the Furnace

May 2006·p. 120

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Readers discuss how the magazine influences their collecting and solves practical hobby problems. A cabinet-maker tackles the storage demands of seventeen family armies, an Ultramarines painter shares progress and a new Dwarf collector responds to Nick Kyme’s battle-report success. Grombrindal also directs an impatient Elf player to the newly available Battle Company rules, with shorter replies giving the page the feel of an ongoing conversation between hobbyists and the magazine.

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EditorialWD 317 · Inside cover

Editorial: Evil Stirs in Mirkwood

Grombrindal introduces the Necromancer as Sauron’s weakened identity between his defeat by the Last Alliance and the War of the Ring. His occupation of Dol Guldur corrupts the forest and provides the setting for the White Council’s campaign. New Castellans, monstrous servants and Elves supply both sides with characterful miniatures, while the editorial’s playful distrust of Elves keeps the announcement in the magazine’s familiar Dwarfen voice.

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CommunityWD 317 · pp. 16–17

New Warhammer: Coming This Autumn

The preview announces the successor to the 2000 sixth-edition rules as both a hardback rulebook and the Battle for Skull Pass boxed game. Existing army books will remain valid, while the new starter brings complete plastic Dwarf and Goblin forces, a condensed rulebook and introductory material. Photographs reveal upcoming Wood Elf characters and returning Spider Riders, linking the rules announcement to continuing support for established collections.

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CommunityWD 317 · p. 18

News: Orcslayer and Tournament Correction

Gotrek and Felix return to the Old World in Orcslayer, where a Dwarf prince’s ancestral promise draws them towards a greenskin-held mountain stronghold while Chaos attacks the Empire. The short preview places the new novel as the eighth instalment in the series and hints at dangers beyond the Orc occupation. A separate correction clarifies that the Strategy Battle Game Grand Tournament has a final only, correcting the heats advertised in the preceding two issues.

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