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BATTLE REPORT·WHITE DWARF 394

Battle Report: Chaos Space Marines vs. Space Marines

October 2012·pp. 60–75

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Andrew Kenrick tests the new Chaos codex against Adam Troke’s White Scars in a 1,750-point Big Guns Never Tire battle. Cultists screen the expensive units, Veterans of the Long War make Chaos Marines frightening in assault, and a Heldrake devastates infantry and even destroys a Dreadnought; the Forgefiend instead suffers repeated overheating. Both sides lose their scoring troops, but the White Scars win 4–0 through secondary objectives. The post-game discussion examines wasted Cultist opportunities, character equipment and the psychological effect of the new Daemon Engines.

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Black Library: Treacheries of the Space Marines

Jes Bickham surveys a Chaos anthology whose stories explore corruption through very different kinds of villains. Matthew Farrer’s unusual auction frames competing tales, Anthony Reynolds pits Word Bearers against Death Guard over a salvage claim, and other writers revisit Typhus, Huron and the Night Lords. John French’s Alpha Legion story supplies a counterpoint to overt slaughter through espionage, making the collection’s appeal the breadth of Chaos rather than a single Legion or patron.

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