White Dwarf 489
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White Dwarf 489 is the official Warhammer magazine, packed with amazing monthly content – including new rules and background, short stories, regular columns, special guests, and more.
Editorial
- CONTACT!
Letters, questions and pictures of miniatures sent in by you, our readers.
- WORLDS OF WARHAMMER
It’s pronunciation 101 with Callum Davis. This time the Leagues of Votann are in the spotlight
- INSIDE THE STUDIO
What have we been painting and playing in the studio recently? Find out right here!
WARHAMMER 40,000
- A TALE OF FOUR WARLORDS
The 2023 series begins! Meet the warlords for the new series and see their first models.
- FLASHPOINT HERALD OF MISERY: THE IRON CRUSADE
- With the Key-fragment secured, Warsmith Czagra begins a new crusade of destruction. - Includes rules for using Corrupted Floor Tiles and a brand new Boarding Actions mission with six different Map layouts.
- ECHOES FROM THE WARP
How are missions created for Boarding Actions? Have a peek behind this curtain…
- GALACTIC WARHOSTS: THE UNFORGIVEN
A gallery of green-armoured (mostly), robe-wearing (sometimes), secretive Dark Angels!
- THE MAZE OF MALYS
A Skysplinter Assassin negotiates a web of lies and deceit in this short story.
WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR
- FLASHPOINT RONDHOL: ALL-CONSUMING EARTH
- Ka-rokk’s Waaagh! has disappeared. Everquake City is saved! Or is it? - Includes the ending of the Great Stomp Campaign, alongside the Siege of Everquake City battleplan. Also includes a linked Warcry battleplan named Subterranean Sabotage that can be played with the tiles from Warhammer Quest: Cursed City.
- CONSTRUCTING EVERQUAKE CITY
- A modelling guide showing you how the duardin built the walls of Everquake City. - Provides a guide for scratch-building Everquake City terrain, detailing the construction and painting of the walls, broken walls, gateways and stairs.
- BATTLE REPORT: DA GREAT SIEGE
- Six armies clash in this 5,000-point battle to decide the fate of Everquake City. - A massive battle report sees the Stormcast Eternals, Cities of Sigmar, and Kharadron Overlords defend Everquake against the Orruk Warclans, Gloomspite Gitz and Sons of Behemat.
KILL TEAM
- APPREHEND THE PRISONER
- A new three-player narrative mission for Kill Team featuring the Cult of the Unshackled! - The Cult of the Unshackled receives two Datasheets, three Strategic Ploys, and three Tactical Ploys.
WARCRY
- BUILT UPON BLOOD
- New quests for Soulblight Gravelords in Warcry. Blood is a common theme throughout. - Includes three Soulblight Gravelords Quests, with each one providing the player with either Relics, Heroic Traits, or bespoke Battleplan. - Also included are Soulblight Gravelords Background Tables for first names, last names, origins and leader background.
- WARCRY BATTLE REPORT: THE EVERQUAKE VAULT
- Da Choppas infiltrate the vaults of Everquake City. - The Stormcast Eternals take on the Ironjawz in Subterranean Sabotage with the Warhammer Quest: Cursed City tiles in use.
WARHAMMER: THE HORUS HERESY
- LINE BREAKERS
- The Vindicator Siege Tank rumbles to the fore with three Age of Darkness missions.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- BLACK LIBRARY – GROMBRINDAL: ANCESTOR’S BURDEN – NO GOD’S LAND
- Old Rigo and his ragtag band reach the ancient Karak Thorga. But what lies within? - Part 5 of the Grombrindal short story series by Chris Thursten.
- Each physical copy of issue 489 also comes with a sheet of game tiles for Boarding Actions games.
Sources
- 1: Games Workshop White Dwarf 489 (last accessed 13/6/2023)
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