EditorialWD 375 · Inside cover
Andrew Kenrick welcomes the largest plastic Warhammer monster yet, the Arachnarok Spider, and the first full-colour hardback army book for the new edition. The release shapes the issue’s enormous battle, painting workshop and Karak Eight Peaks campaign, while Dol Guldur and Armageddon offer other linked games. The editorial also bids farewell to Adam Troke as he returns from White Dwarf to games development.
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CommunityWD 375 · pp. 14–17
Golden Demon preparations include studio painters’ work on their Open-category entries and a forthcoming display of the previous year’s winning miniatures. Games Day announces its Skaven Warlord miniature, subscriber seminars and the new Armies on Parade competition. Other news previews The Frozen Reaches for Rogue Trader, the Wood Elves’ arrival in the Morrslieb card-game cycle, and the website’s growing archive of scenarios and hobby guides.
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LoreWD 375 · pp. 40–45
Phil Kelly explains how Commorragh’s gladiatorial spectacles feed the Dark Eldar’s withered souls while containing the violence that would otherwise destroy their society. Succubi combine sporting celebrity, political patronage and raiding leadership, using theatrical vulnerability and impossible agility to humiliate their opponents. The accompanying cult histories show how this common institution produces radically different philosophies of betrayal, flight, sacrilege and ritual frenzy.
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