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BATTLE REPORT·WHITE DWARF 411

Death to the Alien

October 2016·pp. 82–93

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Dan Harden’s Deathwatch attempt to escape Erik Niemz’s Rusted Claw ambush on Cagalian IX. The Watch Master kills the Patriarch before dying to its brood, repeated cult reinforcements block the convoy and a final escape reward tips a tightly contested battle to the Deathwatch by thirteen points to twelve.

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The Hunter, Hunted Cult of the Rusted Claw

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The Evil That Lies Within

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Broodcoven

The release preview introduces the Patriarch, Magus and Primus as the cult’s psychic, political and military leaders. The plastic set combines all three with familiars, while the accompanying background explains how their authority emerges as the infected population grows through successive generations.

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Goliath Truck

The Goliath is described as an ordinary Imperial industrial vehicle pressed into cult service. The kit can build a troop-carrying truck or a lower, heavier Rockgrinder, whose drilldozer and repurposed mining weapons make a civilian workhorse dangerous to infantry and armoured opponents.

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