InterviewWD 393 · pp. 22–27
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 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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FictionWD 393 · p. 31
C. Z. Dunn’s first-person extract follows Sergeant Constantin Raphael as a fight with apparently insignificant Cultists turns costly. Autogun fire kills Regulus and knives find the gaps in Selaphiel’s armour, forcing Raphael to confront losses that dwarf his squad’s previous decades of service. His heightened perception of the fighting becomes grief and anger, revealing how easily the Dark Angels’ pride and desire for vengeance can shape a battlefield decision.
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