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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

Cover of White Dwarf #99, March, 1988

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.

Background

Cover of White Dwarf #100, April, 1988

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.
WD093 WD094 WD95 WD96 WD97 WD98 WD99 WD100
WD101 WD102 WD103 WD104 WD105 WD106 WD107 WD108 WD109 WD110
WD111 WD112 WD113 WD114 WD115 WD116 WD117 WD118 WD119 WD120
WD121 WD122 WD123 WD124 WD125 WD126 WD127 WD128 WD129 WD130
WD131 WD132 WD133 WD134 WD135 WD136 WD137 WD138 WD139 WD140
WD140us
WD141 WD142 WD143 WD144
WD144us
WD145 WD146 WD147 WD148 WD149 WD150
WD151 WD152 WD153 WD154 WD155 WD156 WD157 WD158 WD159 WD160
WD161 WD162 WD163 WD164 WD165


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.
WD166 WD167 WD168 WD169 WD170
WD171 WD172 WD173 WD174 WD175 WD176 WD177 WD178 WD179 WD180
WD181 WD182 WD183 WD184 WD185 WD186 WD187 WD188 WD189 WD190
WD191 WD192 WD193 WD194 WD195 WD196 WD197 WD198 WD199 WD200
WD201 WD202 WD203 WD204 WD205 WD206 WD207 WD208 WD209 WD210
WD211 WD212 WD213 WD214 WD215 WD216 WD217 WD218 WD219 WD220
WD221 WD222 WD223 WD224


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