White Dwarf 453

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White Dwarf 453
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Released	April 2020
Preceded by	White Dwarf 452
Followed by	White Dwarf 454

White Dwarf is Games Workshop's premium Warhammer magazine, packed with amazing content each month such as new rules and background, short stories, regular columns, special guests and more.

Since January 2020, the magazine is again issued under a serial number, given the numbering from previous months.

Contents^[1]

Contact!

• Four pages of letters and photographs sent in by you, our readers. Plus, two pages of Kill Teams by Lars Sammet.

Worlds of Warhammer

• Phil Kelly presents forty fascinating facts about the 41st Millennium.

Inside the Studio

• What we've been building, painting and playing in the studio this month.

WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR

The Tome Celestial

• New rules and background for the Tithe Legion of Vokmortian, Master of the Bone-tithe and voice of Nagash, including three brand-new warscroll battalions.

Paint Splatter

• Four pages of stage-by-stage painting guides for the Mortis Praetorians. Classic and Contrast Methods, as well as Battle Ready and Parade Ready for your convenience.

Rules of Engagement

• Jervis joins us this month to chat about the iterative games design process. We assume it involves rolling a D6.

The War for Hallost

• The campaign in the Realm of Death continues this month in the Booming Scar, and it includes a new map!

Golden Aspirations

• Golden Demon winner Neil Hollis joins us to show off his latest project that he intends on submitting to an upcoming Golden Demon competition.

REALM OF CHAOS – WARHAMMER 40,000 & WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR

Realms of Chaos: Khorne

• Blood, so much blood! And some skulls, too, in this modelling and painting article for the goriest of all the realms.

Paint Splatter

• Four pages of painting advice for Khorne. If you don't like blood, look away now.

WARHAMMER 40,000

Echoes from the Warp

• Robin Cruddace and his rules-writing colleagues recount recent team tournament adventures.

Skyward

• The Great Rift dominates all in these two short stories by Aaron Dembski-Bowden.

Apocrypha Indomitus

• The Indomitus Crusade – the greatest and most noble of undertakings, yet fraught with dark deeds and terrible secrets …

Deathwatch Inbound!

• New rules for Deathwatch! Includes new Stratagems, Combat Doctrines and abilities for the alien-hunting elite of the Adeptus Astartes.

Creating a Monster

• Miniatures designer Maxime Pastourel and ’Eavy Metal painter Max Faleij talk about creating Ghazghkull Thraka, including specific detail on painting this monstrous miniature.

Birth of a Chapter

• The White Dwarf team talk about creating their own Space Marine Chapter. Ooooh!

Faith & Fire – Part III

• Sisters Miriya and Verity continue their hunt for Torris Vaun in the serialisation of James Swallow's novel.

NECROMUNDA

Back from the Dead

• Don't you just hate it when your leader dies? Well, perhaps they don't have to… Includes brand-new rules for bringing your favorite fighters back from the dead.

MIDDLE-EARTH STRATEGY BATTLE GAME

Rohan Shall Burn!

• This month’s Battle Report pitches the Uruk-hai of Isengard against a fortress of Rohan. Battering rams are involved.

WARCRY

Warbands of Carngrad – A Tale of Four Warbands

• Four members of the White Dwarf team, four warbands, four glorious campaigns into the wastelands of the Bloodwind Spoil.

WARHAMMER QUEST: BLACKSTONE FORTRESS

Xenos Hunter

• Brand-new rules for using the Deathwatch Watch Master as an Army of One in games of Blackstone Fortress. Alien scum beware!

WARHAMMER UNDERWORLDS

Glory Points

• Dave Sanders reminisces about the evolution of Warhammer Underworlds.

The Great Cycle

• The Wurmspat join the war in Beastgrave in this short story by Phil Kelly.

Sources

• 1: Games-Workshop - White Dwarf 453 (last accessed 26 June 2020)