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BATTLE REPORT·WHITE DWARF 393

Mission 3: Ambush

September 2012·pp. 46–47

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A five-man Dark Angels combat squad ambushes two Cultist units that can only fire Snap Shots and cannot charge in the opening turn. Matt uses cover and a plasma cannon to devastate the advancing Cultists, switches targets to finish their autogun support and defeats the last attackers in melee. The rematch illustrates the cost of a closer deployment: Andrew’s rapid-fire opening destroys one unit, but the other reaches combat and inflicts heavy losses before the Marines prevail.

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EditorialWD 393 · p. 2

Editorial

Andrew Kenrick introduces Dark Vengeance through the mutual hatred of its Dark Angels and Chaos Space Marines. His enthusiasm for the new push-fit Chosen and Helbrute leads into the issue’s designer interviews, campaign battles and hobby projects, with a Space Wolves parade army and rival Vampire Counts and Bretonnian collections broadening the coverage.

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InterviewWD 393 · pp. 22–27

Dark Vengeance

Simon Grant talks to Jervis Johnson, Jes Goodwin and Phil Kelly about a starter set whose named characters and opposing forces were designed around a connected story. Goodwin explains how a small elite Dark Angels force contrasts with numerous Cultists and warped, ancient Chaos Marines, while unusually intricate push-fit models retain dynamic poses with few components. Johnson describes the teaching booklet’s progression from basic lessons and solo missions to battles using the whole box; Kelly presents Cultists as the expendable mass that releases Chaos elites to attack.

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LoreWD 393 · pp. 30–35

The Hellfire Stone

The background to Bane’s Landing connects Master Balthasar’s pursuit of the Crimson Slaughter with the death of his predecessor, Zadakiel. Their quarry seeks a Khornate altar capable of opening a powerful daemonic gateway when fed Space Marine blood, so a personal vendetta also threatens a much greater catastrophe. The feature introduces the opposing leaders and squads as participants in that struggle, grounding the starter campaign in the Dark Angels’ oaths and the Crimson Slaughter’s curse.

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