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BATTLE REPORT·WHITE DWARF 386

The Battle for Rynn’s World

February 2012·pp. 22–41

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The anniversary game recreates the Crimson Fists’ desperate defence through four simultaneous linked battles: an Apocalypse fight for New Rynn City and side games using Cities of Death, Planetstrike and Spearhead. Matt Hutson’s escape with Pedro Kantor and Tom Hibberd’s rapid armoured victory reinforce the Imperial line early, but Andrew Kenrick’s surviving Orks eventually arrive from the Stompa factory to restore the greenskins’ chances. The main table swings between devastating Stompa fire, a Reaver Titan, aircraft and a Thunderhawk, before a last Ork assault secures the objective needed for a draw. The report shows how timely reinforcements and local victories can change a much larger multiplayer battle.

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Anniversary section, printed XXII–XLI; numeric page fields represent these separate Roman folios.

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A Return to Middle-earth

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News

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