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August 2019·pp. 4–7

THE SHORT VERSION

Readers praise the magazine’s renewed features and discuss practical and personal benefits of the hobby. Simon Adams explains glossy Khorne flesh, while Giuseppe Chiafele’s converted ghostly Blood Bowl team pairs inventive ball-carrying figures with blended spectral blue robes.

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LoreWD 445 · pp. 8–11

Worlds of Warhammer: Reasons for Battle

Phil supplies ways to explain unlikely matchups and civil wars without breaking the setting’s atmosphere. Geography, travel, misunderstandings and competing loyalties can all provide motives, and discussing those ideas with an opponent turns an ordinary game into a shared story with consequences worth remembering.

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EditorialWD 445 · pp. 14–17

Rules of Engagement: Following Rules Upstream

Jervis recommends rereading the exact text, then tracing its dependencies back through the wider rules before looking for a contradiction. Worked questions about Fanatics, Aetherwings and objective control demonstrate the method, while commentaries and a temporary dice roll remain tools for genuinely unresolved cases.

Age of Sigmar
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LoreWD 445 · pp. 18–23

The Tome Celestial: The Sempiternals

The Anvils of the Heldenhammer bring ancient souls and funerary traditions into Sigmar’s armies, while their Sacrosanct warriors wield storm magic against undeath. The defence and fall of Lethis’s Midnight Tomb defines the Sempiternals’ present burden, turning a failed sacred duty into a determination to recover what escaped.

Age of SigmarStormcast Eternals
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