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COMMUNITY·WHITE DWARF 517

Planet Warhammer

October 2025·pp. 2–7

THE SHORT VERSION

The readers’ pages foreground scenery with Christian Lemmen’s Necromunda board, Adrien Feroc’s industrial Kill Team battlefield and Elliot Prowse’s illuminated west gate of Moria. Elliot explains foam-and-bark rocks, wire trees, layered tinted resin and backlit Doors of Durin built to open into the mine interior.

A returning Tyranid collector describes rediscovering old models and magazines, while Ask Grombrindal answers a question about T’au interstellar travel. The reply distinguishes older gravitic drives, the ZFR Horizon accelerator, experimental Slipstream technology and the resulting Startide Nexus.

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LoreWD 517 · pp. 8–11

Worlds of Warhammer: Imperial Battlezones

Colin explores how familiar terrain kits can suggest the history and purpose of an Imperial battlefield. Fronteris bunkers, landing pads and auspex shrines imply isolated communities, fragile supply links and sometimes older secrets, while manufactorum buildings and cargo connect a small gaming table to a much larger industrial network.

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RulesWD 517 · pp. 12–16

Cavalry Engagement

A variant game mode pits 500-point armies composed of Mounted units against one another on a compact battlefield. It replaces normal Enhancements and Stratagems with a bespoke selection focused on mobile firepower, manoeuvre, reserve arrivals and replenishment, while allowing a force without a Character to select a Warlord.

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RulesWD 517 · p. 17

Cavalry Engagement: Death Road

Mounted forces race through a ruined transitway to recover functioning war machines and reopen supply routes. Advance re-rolls help them exploit gaps, while players can move an objective during their Command phase to change the next engagement. Scoring rewards control of several objectives, penetration into the enemy deployment zone and killing the opposing Warlord.

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