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EDITORIAL·WHITE DWARF 394

Opening Salvo

October 2012·p. 1

THE SHORT VERSION

New editor Jes Bickham introduces the redesigned White Dwarf and its expanded team. He presents the change as a response to the growing variety and detail of the miniatures, books and games, and promises a monthly view across the Design Studio, Forge World and Black Library. Chaos Space Marines lead the first issue, while readers are invited to help shape the magazine through their own hobby work and feedback.

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EditorialWD 394 · pp. 58–59

Jervis Johnson: Limiting Limitations

Jervis explains why modern army lists use fewer unique-unit restrictions than their predecessors. Limits still support enjoyable games and plausible armies, but each restriction also prevents someone from using models they want to collect. He describes collecting as the foundation of the hobby and encourages carefully agreed experiments that remove restrictions, while cautioning that extra house limits can exclude favourite models without improving the game.

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EditorialWD 394 · pp. 118–119

Jeremy Vetock: The Perfect Battlefield

Jeremy imagines a monument world whose sacred Imperial statues become targets for destruction and replacement with ruined versions. The idea joins several ambitious projects involving underground battles, Forest Goblin camps and ship boarding, all conceived as settings with stories and bespoke objectives. He acknowledges the preparation these games require and argues for enjoying ordinary battles with friends while gradually building the elaborate terrain and scenarios that keep his imagination active.

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EditorialWD 524 · Inside cover

The Hobby Pillars

The editorial uses modelling, painting, gaming and reading as the four pillars that support the hobby. It introduces the issue through concrete examples of each, from converted Knights and Battlemages to Speed Freek painting, a vehicle-heavy battle and the concluding instalment of the Chronicles of Bain.

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