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EDITORIAL·WHITE DWARF 335

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November 2007·pp. 66–68

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Jervis explains why an army’s identity should guide its design from the outset instead of being reconstructed around isolated fixes to underused units. High Elf infantry, elite warriors and dragons become the central themes of the new list, just as the Dark Angels revision restores the Deathwing’s established organisation. Rules and miniature design then reinforce those choices together. The aim is a flexible army that rewards collecting and playing the force described in its background.

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