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Clan Loyalties

January 2009·pp. 28–33

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Phil Kelly distinguishes a warband’s immediate loyalty to its boss from the older cultural identity supplied by an Ork clan. Clans recur across the galaxy and shape dress, tactics, wealth and attitudes even when their members fight together in the same Waaagh! Six illustrated profiles explain the Snakebites, Goffs, Death Skulls, Evil Sunz, Bad Moons and Blood Axes as recognisable traditions within the apparently chaotic greenskin horde.

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News: Super-heavy Tanks and Fantasy Flight Games

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