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EDITORIAL·WHITE DWARF 497

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February 2024·p. 1

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Lyle welcomes the Insidious Infiltrators, an eleven-model Tyranid patrol built around fast Lictor-type creatures. Its small size makes it appealing as both a new Combat Patrol and the core of a Crusade force. The editorial connects collecting, painting, campaign participation and Bunker achievements as several ways the same modest project can develop.

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CommunityWD 497 · pp. 4–7

Contact

A reader takes White Dwarf to Antarctica, while another celebrates the Aranthian Succession’s narrative view of Necromunda. Toni Garcia explains Lyrior Uthralle’s luminous green and yellow palette, a painting answer gives the studio Gryph-chargers’ natural markings, and Grombrindal describes lasgun focusing crystals and rechargeable power packs. The gallery adds reader models from several settings.

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CampaignWD 497 · pp. 12–13

Access Granted! Bunker on Crusade

The Bunker launches a three-team Crusade campaign using either Tyrannic War or Pariah Nexus. Additional rules let Combat Patrol games support the wider struggle, award campaign points for building and painting units, and prevent friendly infighting from improving a team’s standing. Individual awards for slain warlords, accumulated victory points and wins grant rare relics, giving different kinds of participation their own goals.

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RulesWD 497 · pp. 16–17

Mobile Warfare

Every unit can shoot and charge after falling back, making the mission a fluid contest rather than a struggle to lock opponents in place. Each player nominates a Prime objective every round, and choosing the same site doubles its value. Destroying enemies around these priorities can generate command points, but control of the wider battlefield still earns a separate reward.

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