White Dwarf 359 (November issue)

[cheminhaler]

All you subscribers have all been gutted by the evil postal strikes dogging the UK. Right now Postman Pat is wiping your copy of WD all over his unwashed groin ...(?!?) At least this month's copy is wrapped in extra cellophane, because there is a mini catalogue/pamphlet/thingy in it. All I'm saying is - Pink army case, somebody slide down a Chimera pole and inform general ssgtdude..

Please don't kidnap me, or bite me in the face this time!

Skaven. There is a 3500 point Dwarves vs. 4000 point Skaven special Battle Report scenario. No prizes for guessing who wins... this is White Dwarf, not the White Skaven.

New clanrat kits, new Stormvermin kit - the clanrats look very squeaky indeed. Ratling Cannon? Punisher Ratling Cheese Cannon.

LoTR - Skirmish Rules + free army list for the Haradrim raiders, including the King being borne aloft by a couple of large dudes. Not really a complete list. There is also a list for the Black Guard (orcs).

The lid is lifted on the new White Dwarf subsciption mini - it is the WD in space, with a Grobi scanner on his back. You see the studio's strongest man breaking the mould for last years WD mini... actually this saddens me. This man has the job of breaking old moulds. Now I want my pal Doctor Who to take me back in time so that I can save the Imperial Army moulds from being destroyed. You must save us, Doctor!

40k - army showcase : Dom Murray's Space Wolves.
Scenario for the Space Wolves. Not really much 40k in this issue. It happens sometimes. Next month has the Dark Angely Fortress of Deceit being released, so hopefully more 40k then..

'Eavy Metal showcase - shows off well painted minis by Mike Andersson, Darren Latham and several others, including Luke McFarlane from Australia (whose Eldar look spectacular).

[ElegaicRequiem]

No kidnapping? No face biting?

Hmm... May I shoot you with a sandblaster then?

[nicholasakira]

Why aren't the armies in the battle report of even value?

[halosnachtariff]

I'm going to assume there's some sort of special scenario going on, I'll find out when I get my hands on my copy...

[Rolling Thunder]

Because GW is making damn sure the Skaven win.

[ElegaicRequiem]

Or lose utterly.

[halosnachtariff]

The Skaven force is two 200o points armies, each controlled by a different person, and they have to keep betraying and backstabbing each other.

[ElegaicRequiem]

Such an arrangement sounds like it would detract from the fun...

[halosnachtariff]

I think it's supposed to be in keeping with the Skaven's theme, I'm not sure as I haven't gotten round to reading it yet...

[cheminhaler]

Battle Report

Yes, the 2 Skaven Generals fought both each other and the Dwarves. Glenn More took a Grey Seer on the Screaming Bell and a huge (42 strong) clanrat regiment. The ultimate Skaven magician worth well over 500 points.
Andy Hall took a Plague Priest on Plague Furnace (the same kit as Screaming Bell), and 50 Plague Monks.. (together they are Unbreakable).... again well over 500 points.

The objective was a sorcerous Tower, and whoever has a regiment closer to it controls it. If they are Skaven they get random magical attacks dictated by a special chart.

The Skaven lost - but if they really allied together they would have won easily. Glenn More had very bad luck with the Grey Seer. There is a new high level spell called the Dread Thirteenth Spell ,which is devastating. It turns an enemy regiment into Clanrats under your control...
Unfortunately he failed to cast it ALL GAME.
Although they lost Skaven have great potential for a horde army. Neither player wanted to play horde - they wanted the ultimate Plague Furnace/Screaming Bell combo instead.
I want to get back into Fantasy - if I wasn't so committed to a new Chem Guard army I would choose Skaven. Who knows... I may buy the army book to read up on the ratmen... making cheesy lists (excuse the pun..please!) can be a laugh!



40k Special Scenario

This pits Space Wolves against their worst enemies - the Thousand Sons of Magnus. While I've seen SW armies - soon we'll be seeing loads of them- I've never really seen Thousand Sons... has anyone seen the Thousand Sons?

[nicholasakira]

I thought the featured army always won their battle report in White Dwarf. I can't, off the top of my head, recall a single time when they lost the battle. I surmised that White Dwarf was trying to make the army appeal to readers by manipulating the dice (or fabricating the whole battle) so they would win.

[cheminhaler]

Yes, normally the new army wins. Normally they play 3 or 4 games, and choose the best result for the chosen army. This game was very unlucky for the Skaven, but if Glenn had turned Graham Davey's Hammerers and Dwarf King into Clanrats ...then the victory would have been for the Skaven.

It was more of a fun scenario than a competitive match. If I was designing a Skaven tournament army then the lists would have been different.

Oct 30, 2009 12:46:14 GMT -5 ElegaicRequiem said:

No kidnapping? No face biting?

Hmm... May I shoot you with a sandblaster then?

Only once, though!