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EDITORIAL·WHITE DWARF 453

Founding Fathers

April 2020·p. 1

THE SHORT VERSION

White Dwarf introduces its own canonical Space Marine Chapter, the Tome Keepers, and invites readers to follow the creative process. The editor hopes that seeing background and imagery developed together will make inventing a personal Chapter more approachable and encourage others to begin their own.

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EditorialWD 453 · pp. 30–33

Rules of Engagement: Iterative Games Design

Jervis Johnson uses Meeting Engagement deployment rules, points values and revised warscroll wording to explain how repeated testing changes a design. Large bases, undesirable edge cases and reader feedback lead to successive refinements; deadlines pause the process rather than ending it, and published wording continues to evolve as lessons accumulate.

Age of Sigmar
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EditorialWD 453 · pp. 126–129

Glory Points: The Evolution of Underworlds

Dave Sanders reflects on the lessons learned since Shadespire, from clarifying cards and improving setup choices to rotating the card pool. Magic, lethal terrain, scatter and generic counters open new design space, while playtester feedback and organised events expose interactions that development games could not reveal.

Warhammer Underworlds
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EditorialWD 524 · Inside cover

The Hobby Pillars

The editorial uses modelling, painting, gaming and reading as the four pillars that support the hobby. It introduces the issue through concrete examples of each, from converted Knights and Battlemages to Speed Freek painting, a vehicle-heavy battle and the concluding instalment of the Chronicles of Bain.

May 2026Read summary