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Designers’ Notes: Dark Angels and Blood Angels

December 2017·p. 9

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Wade Pryce contrasts the Chapters’ reactions to the same reinforcements. The Blood Angels see a possible reprieve after their losses, while the Dark Angels remain guarded about admitting outsiders to their secrets; the discussion deliberately leaves open whether Primaris warriors will eventually share older curses or enter the most trusted circles.

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Chapter Approved 2017

Wade Pryce describes the annual supplement as a toolbox that groups can draw from according to their preferred kind of game. Land Raider construction, Apocalypse, expanded assault campaigns and updated matched-play material sit together, while revised points and terrain rules offer a way to respond to the new edition without waiting for every army’s next codex.

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InterviewWD 425 · p. 7

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The Angels of Death

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