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Designer’s Notes: Kill Team Commanders

November 2018·p. 17

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Simon Grant introduces important characters whose missions and abilities raise the stakes of a skirmish. Commander levels, traits and stronger specialisms offer several ways to spend a larger points allowance, with familiar aura effects represented through tactics rather than automatic army-wide benefits.

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CommunityWD 436 · pp. 4–31

Planet Warhammer

Orks take over the month’s releases with a new codex, six racing vehicles and the Speed Freeks game. Kill Team Commanders, Space Marine Heroes and fresh hobby equipment accompany the greenskins, while Forge World, digital games and Black Library broaden the issue’s news.

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InterviewWD 436 · p. 10

Designer’s Notes: Speed Freeks Rules

James Gallagher explains a simple vehicle game with difficult choices about allocating dice between initiative, movement and shooting. Different rukks and campaign formats support repeat play, while optional clan abilities and Kustom Jobz give racing mobs character without changing the core rhythm.

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InterviewWD 436 · p. 21

Designer’s Notes: Space Marine Heroes Miniatures

Ed Cottrell builds a Tactical Squad whose members express both brotherhood and individuality. Poses, equipment, armour variations and alternative bare heads suggest different duties and temperaments, while sculpted ruined bases give the figures a common place in the same ongoing battle.

Warhammer 40,000Space Marines
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