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Attack on Traitor’s Gate: The Scenario

November 2011·pp. 46–52

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The narrative mission gives defenders a broad fortified deployment area and lets Necrons approach from three sides and take the first turn unless the initiative is seized. Five objectives determine the result after five turns, with an additional reward if the Eldar kill Imotekh in assault. Mat Ward explains how lowering the bastions’ armour and adjusting an existing mission supports the story without requiring a wholly new game system.

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EditorialWD 383 · Inside cover

Editorial

Andrew Kenrick recalls the first Necron miniature arriving with White Dwarf 217 and introduces the race’s much larger return. A new Codex, elite infantry and elaborate vehicles lead into interviews, a painting showcase and a battle against Sicarius. The editorial connects that original surprise with the imagined terror of a tomb world awakening beneath its unsuspecting inhabitants.

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InterviewWD 383 · p. 22

An Audience with Sarah Cawkwell

Sarah Cawkwell discusses The Gildar Rift, in which the Silver Skulls confront Huron Blackheart’s Red Corsairs through naval war, ground fighting and politics. Their powerful Prognosticators and willingness to obey unfavourable omens distinguish the Chapter without removing it from Imperial conformity. She also previews Accursed Eternity’s investigation of a suspected daemon ship and her first stories set in the Warhammer world.

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LoreWD 383 · pp. 24–29

The Great Awakening

The Necrontyr’s short lives and bitter dynastic wars lead to the War in Heaven and the C’tan’s offer of immortality. Biotransference gives them enduring metal bodies but consumes their souls; the Silent King later shatters their former gods and orders the long sleep. The awakening now places reconquest in the hands of individual Overlords, with differing fortunes, personalities and losses making the surviving dynasties more than a uniform army of machines.

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