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COMMUNITY·WHITE DWARF 431

Getting Started with Warhammer Age of Sigmar

June 2018·pp. 120–121

THE SHORT VERSION

The new edition provides an entry point for choosing an army, discovering its background and preparing a first force. Staff approaches range from reading battletomes to building lists around preferred miniatures, with open, narrative and matched play offering different ways to begin.

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The Soul Wars: Across the Mortal Realms

Nagash’s great working sends deathly omens across the Mortal Realms. Short accounts of Aqshy, Ghyran, Ghur, Chamon and Shyish show how their inhabitants interpret the rising dead, from desperate defence and magical suspicion to the orruks’ enthusiastic search for a final battle.

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CommunityWD 431 · pp. 8–31

Planet Warhammer

The Soul Wars launch introduces the Sacrosanct Chamber, Nighthaunt processions and a new edition of Age of Sigmar. Malign Sorcery and fresh Knight engines expand the month’s possibilities, alongside Forge World releases, licensed games and fiction that connect the new miniatures with their wider settings.

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CommunityWD 431 · p. 31

The Reader’s Guide: The Age of Sigmar

Five recommended stories provide different routes into the Mortal Realms, from the first Stormcast battles to urban intrigue and skyborne adventure. Fyreslayer culture, Kharadron expeditions and a quest for legendary weapons demonstrate how varied the setting’s fiction has become.

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