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INTERVIEW·WHITE DWARF 447

Glory Points: Beastgrave

October 2019·pp. 88–91

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Dave Sanders explains the move from Shadespire to a living mountain in Ghur and the mechanical changes accompanying it. Larger faction-specific card sets, lethal feature tokens, revised Guard and new objective categories support the setting, while competitive card cycling aims to keep the pool manageable without retiring old warbands and their own cards.

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