AN INDEPENDENT WARHAMMER REFERENCE ARCHIVE ONLINE // EST. M026
Index Obscura.THE WHITE DWARF ARCHIVE

RULES·WHITE DWARF 496

Break the Redoubt

January 2024·p. 111

THE SHORT VERSION

Two objectives define the siege, with the defender again committing roughly half its units to a delayed relief force. Reinforcements begin arriving individually from the second round rather than as a single column. Holding both sites earns either side a major victory, but preserving one is enough for the defender’s minor victory, creating different priorities for a breakthrough and a stubborn last stand.

FOLLOW A THREAD

Sieges Battleplan Reinforcements

Back to the original

Find this article in White Dwarf 496, p. 111.

This is an original summary. Refer to your magazine for the complete article, rules, images and painting steps.

KEEP EXPLORING

Another page to turn.

Back to the archive →
CommunityWD 496 · pp. 4–7

Contact

Sam Wright presents an expanded Ultramarines Fourth Company built around the narrative of Uriel Ventris, and Daniel Vallejo describes painting the Lion’s reflective black armour and green cloak. Other letters discuss the Imperium’s seemingly endless decline and the Blood Angels’ Secoris tragedy. The final painting question returns to Jes Goodwin’s colourful Hive Fleet Eumenides scheme.

Warhammer 40,000Age of SigmarUltramarines15 paint colours
January 2024Read summary
CommunityWD 496 · pp. 8–9

Access Granted!

Lyle reflects on the end of the Slidecrown Sundering and the pleasure of seeing players’ armies appear in a campaign organiser’s concluding fiction. The next shared event is introduced as a three-team Warhammer 40,000 Crusade campaign that also recognises Combat Patrol games. Painting new units will contribute, but an existing force is enough to join the campaign from its opening stage.

Warhammer 40,000Age of Sigmar
January 2024Read summary
RulesWD 496 · pp. 12–13

Scattered Deployment

Each arriving unit is randomly assigned to one of two separated deployment areas, disrupting carefully planned formations before the fighting begins. Most early points come from establishing a foothold on ordinary objectives; the central Prime marker becomes increasingly valuable in rounds three to five. Armies must therefore solve their scattered starting positions while preparing to regroup for the decisive late contest.

Warhammer 40,000
January 2024Read summary