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Blood and Sand: Valley of Death

November 2009·p. 40

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Five objectives and a variable ending encourage a mobile skirmish. Moving close to the valley’s rocky walls adds the threat of falling stone. The larger battle changes deployment and ambush options according to the preceding result. Both games make the surrounding landscape part of the tactical problem.

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Editorial: The Vermin at the Door

Mark writes as an increasingly alarmed Imperial scribe hearing rats outside his study. Jeremy Vetock’s new Skaven book becomes a forbidden scholarly account that confirms the rumours. References to Middle-earth and distant armoured heroes offer brief diversions from the threat. The playful introduction makes Imperial denial part of the issue’s launch theme.

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