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COMMUNITY·WHITE DWARF 434

Temporal Distort: November 2001

September 2018·pp. 30–31

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The retrospective returns to the beginning of The Lord of the Rings gaming journey and its arrival in White Dwarf. Memories of the 2001 hobby also include the T’au and the Dark Shadows campaign, placing a landmark licensed game alongside the other major changes of its original year.

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CommunityWD 434 · pp. 4–27

Planet Warhammer

A new Middle-earth edition arrives with Pelennor Fields, while Rogue Trader takes Kill Team into ships and enclosed chambers. Space Wolves, Canis Rex, Nurgle footballers and smaller-scale Reavers broaden the month’s releases, with supporting scenery, licensed games and fiction offering several possible new projects.

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CommunityWD 434 · p. 27

The Reader’s Guide to Ciaphas Cain

The guide introduces the long-running adventures of Commissar Ciaphas Cain through novels and related fiction. His mixture of self-preservation, reputation and dangerous service offers a distinctive way into the Imperial Guard’s world, with suggested reading helping newcomers approach an established series.

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CommunityWD 434 · pp. 28–29

Contact

Reader letters discuss painted models, old grudges and plans for future collecting. The replies connect practical colour choices with broader questions about Warhammer’s settings and the new Middle-earth journey, preserving the personal side of a month dominated by large new releases.

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