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== Content of ''White Dwarf'' relevant to ''40k'' == | == Content of ''White Dwarf'' relevant to ''40k'' == |
Revision as of 11:36, 26 July 2014
White Dwarf is Games Workshop's monthly magazine. It is produced in a number of countries, with the U.K. being considered the "mother" magazine.
Contents
- 1 Background
- 2 Articles
- 3 English Editions
- 4 Other Editions
- 5 List of White Dwarf Magazines
- 5.1 White Dwarf Issues for Warhammer 40,000 1st Edition
- 5.2 White Dwarf Issues for Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition
- 5.3 White Dwarf Issues for Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition
- 5.4 White Dwarf Issues for Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition
- 5.5 White Dwarf Issues for Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition
- 5.6 White Dwarf Issues for Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition
- 5.7 White Dwarf Issues from 2014 year (new edition, weekly issue, new numbering)
- 6 Content of White Dwarf relevant to 40k
Background
White Dwarf began as a bi-monthly magazine covering roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons. Its first issue, June/July 1977, introduces its subject to the various types of roleplaying companies and different companies that produce miniatures. Its editor, Ian Livingstone begins the magazine by describing the creation of roleplaying games and how there are over fifty games, with ten miniature production companies, spanning many different ideas and concepts at the time.
The original publisher was the Pentagon Printing Group and they produced the magazine for Games Workshop. It was later, when Games Workshop started producing miniatures for their own game and branched off completely from the Dungeons & Dragons format, that White Dwarf became a monthly magazine devoted just to Games Workshop products.
When Games Workshop's products took over, White Dwarf was turned into a magazine and a "catalog". The "catalog" section featured new miniatures that were released by Games Workshop/Citadel Miniatures and even had a place where they could be ordered. It was with this incarnation that White Dwarf became a true Games Workshop-only magazine. This was fully expanded beyond miniatures in the 90s to include the new releases of Black Library, the literary publisher for Games Workshop. From then on, short stories and other literary works played an important role in articles.
Later, when Games Workshop bought the license to produce miniatures for the Lord of the Rings series, White Dwarf expanded. It was the first time in over 200 issues that a non-Games Workshop concept would be featured in the magazine.
Articles
There are many standard feature articles for Warhammer 40,000:
- "Chapter Approved": These articles introduced new rules and units for play. They are collected into books called Chapter Approved.
- "Index Astartes": These articles describe the founding of the Space Marines. They are collected into books called Index Astartes.
- "Index Xenos": These articles offer background information on different non-human species.
English Editions
You can read the first issue of White Dwarf (no Warhammer 40k content, but surely an historical release!) here.
United Kingdom
Currently the edition is divided into four sections; Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, The Lord of the Rings, Hobby, and Frontline. While the first three sections are self-evident, Hobby is dedicated to the hobby community, painting and hobby advice; Frontline also contains a list of all hobby centers and independent stockists, an events calendar and miniatures available to order. The current U.K. Editor is Mark Latham. There is an official database of White Dwarf (from issue #100 onwards) available on the Games Workshop website at Games Workshop Database.
United States
The magazine covers Warhammer (Fantasy Battle; WHF), Warhammer 40,000 (40k), and Lord of the Rings. It also has articles on the hobby aspect of the games (modeling, painting, etc.). Current editor for the U.S. edition is Guy Haley. While the U.S. version has many articles in common with the U.K. edition, it often will also have U.S.-only sections by the U.S. White Dwarf and web teams.
The cover art is different from UK and US editions.
Also note that the U.S. White Dwarf edition numbers are one behind their U.K. counterparts.
Other Editions
White Dwarf has been issued and translated in many different countries. Some dates are reported to give you an idea of when it started in each country and how many numbers are available today.
- Australia (AU)
- Canada (CA)
- German (DE)
- #1 December 1994 - January 1995
- Spanish (SP)
- Italian (IT)
- #30 Mar. 2001
- #62 Feb. 2004
- #80 Oct. 2005
- #112 Jul. 2008
- French (FR)
- #190 Feb. 2010 (UK 362)
List of White Dwarf Magazines
Parallel issues are listed together; however, there may be differences between issues published in different countries.
White Dwarf Issues for Warhammer 40,000 1st Edition
- U.K. issue if not specified.
- The first Warhammer 40,000 article was in White Dwarf #93, published September 1987, presented as a preview.
White Dwarf Issues for Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition
- U.K. issue if not specified.
- The 2nd edition of Warhammer 40,000 was introduced as a preview in White Dwarf #166, published October 1993. Then the new edition was launched in White Dwarf #167, published November 1993.
White Dwarf Issues for Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition
- U.K. issue if not specified.
- The 3rd Edition of Warhammer 40,000 was introduced in White Dwarf #225, published October 1998.
225 | 226 | 227 | 228 | 229 | 230 | ||||
231 | 232 | 233 | WD234 | 235 | 236 | 237 | 238 | 239 | 240 |
241 | 242 | 243 | 244 | WD245 | 246 | 247 | 248 | WD249 | 250 |
251 | 252 | 253 | WD254 WD253us |
WD255 WD254us |
256 | 257 | 258 | 259 258US July 2001 |
260 |
WD261 WD260us |
White Dwarf 262 (AUS) | 263 | WD264 WD263us |
265 | WD266 | WD267 WD266us |
268 | WD269 | 270 |
WD271 | 272 | 273 | 274 WD273us |
275 | 276 WD275us |
277 WD276us |
278 | WD279 | 280 |
281 | 282 | 283 WD282us |
284 | 285 | WD286 | WD287 WD286us |
WD288 WD287us |
289 | WD290 WD289us |
291 | 292 WD291us |
293 | 294 | WD295 |
White Dwarf Issues for Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition
- U.K. issue if not specified.
- The 4th Edition of Warhammer 40,000 was introduced in White Dwarf #296, published September 2004.
296 | 297 | 298 | 299 | 300 | |||||
WD301 | 302 | WD303 WD302us |
WD304 | WD305 | WD306 | WD307 | WD308 | 309 | 310 |
311 | WD312 | 313 | WD314 | 315 | WD316 | 317 | WD318 | 319 | 320 |
321 | 322 | 323 | 324 | 325 | 326 | WD327 WD326us |
WD328 WD327us |
WD329 WD328us |
WD330 WD329us |
331 WD330us |
332 | 333 WD332us |
334 | 335 | WD336 WD336us |
337 | 338 | 339 | 340 |
341 |
White Dwarf Issues for Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition
- U.K. issue if not specified.
- The 5th Edition of Warhammer 40,000 was introduced in White Dwarf #342, published July 2008.
WD342 342 (US) |
WD343 | WD344 | WD345 | WD346 | WD347 | WD348 | WD349 | ||
WD350 350 (AU) |
WD351 351 (AU) |
WD352 352 (AU) |
WD353 353 (AU) |
WD354 354 (AU) |
WD355 355 (AU) |
WD356 356 (AU) |
WD357 357 (AU) |
WD358 358 (AU) |
WD359 359 (AU) |
WD360 360 (AU) |
WD361 361 (AU) |
WD362 | WD363 | WD364 | WD365 | WD366 | WD367 | WD368 | WD369 |
WD370 | WD371 | WD372 | WD373 | WD374 | WD375 | WD376 | WD377 | WD378 | WD379 |
WD380 | WD381 | WD382 | WD383 | WD384 | WD385 | WD386 | WD387 | WD388 | WD389 |
WD390 |
White Dwarf Issues for Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition
- U.K. issue if not specified.
- The 6th Edition of Warhammer 40,000 was introduced in White Dwarf #391, published July 2012.
WD391 | WD392 | WD393 | WD394 | WD395 | WD396 | WD397 | WD398 | WD399 | WD400 |
White Dwarf Issues from 2014 year (new edition, weekly issue, new numbering)
- U.K. issue.
[[WD Issue 1 | WD Issue 2 | WD Issue 3 | WD Issue 4 | WD Issue 5 | WD Issue 6 | WD Issue 7 | WD Issue 8 | WD Issue 9 | WD Issue 10 | WD Issue 11 | WD Issue 12 | WD Issue 13 | WD Issue 14 | WD Issue 15 | WD Issue 16 | WD Issue 17 | WD Issue 18 | WD Issue 19 | WD Issue 20 | WD Issue 21 | WD Issue 22 | WD Issue 23 | WD Issue 24 | WD Issue 25 | WD Issue 26 |
Content of White Dwarf relevant to 40k
In the following page you will find a list White Dwarf issues, all in one page, that contain 40k material, in particular:
- Warhammer 40k articles
- Miniatures Catalog