White Dwarf November 2009 magazine (WD359 UK edition)

Games Workshop's November '09 White Dwarf contents review

SKAVEN ! A great issue for Fantasy Battle players, enough of those silly bolters, lasers and chainsaws ! Roll in the Doomwheel, Plague Furnance and thousands of scurrying verminous Skaven.

Warhammer Fantasy Battle content

New Skaven Releases (5 pages)

7th Nov Releases

Skaven Army Book (£15 GBP, Euro 22.50), Clanrats (£20 GBP, Euro 26), Stormvermin (£30 GBP, Euro 39)

New Skaven Characters - Packmaster Skweel Gnawtooth Warlord Queek Headtaker, Deathmaster Snikch (prices: all £8 GBP, Euro 12.50)

21st Nov Releases

Skaven Screaming Bell / Plague Furnace (£35 GBP, Euro 45.50)

Skaven Doomwheel (£20 Euro 26)

Skaven Battalion (£55, Euro 85) Includes:- 40 Clanrats, 20 Plague Monks, 2 Rat Ogres, 6 Giant Rats, 3 Packmasters

Liber Chaotica (2009 Hardback) Black Library advert - a study of Chaos powers !

The Verminous Horde - Skaven Design Notes (10 pages)

Skaven 2 Page advert for plastic kits

a good Games Workshop Battle Report : Skaven vs Dwarfs 3,500 pts (20 pages)

Fantasy Battle battalions 2 page advert including all boxed contents / prices

Jervis Johnson's Standard Bearer feature about his opinion on the future of the hobby in relation to technology and the changing times - I couldn't agree more !

Special Report : painting masters - 8 pages of some awesome miniatures form some of the best painters in the world ! Fantastic.

Warhammer 40k Contents Summary

Black Library advert - 3 books (Blood Pact by Dan Abnett, Innocence Proves Nothing by Sandy Mitchell, Iron Company by Chris Wraight)

Forge World - a 16 inch high (!!!) Reaver Titan

Space Woves : The Battle for Fenris (8 pages Battle for the Fang - Campaign Rules for Apocalypse - not a battle report)

Battleforces - 2 pages advert showing boxed contents and prices

Battlefield Challenges by Jervis Johnson : Dawn Raiding - (2 pages) special rules for attackers and defenders somewhat different to meeting engagement rules.

Dom Murray's Space Wolves army (2 pages)

'Eavy Metal Masterclass - Space Marines (10 pages)

Lord of the Rings contents

Strategy Battle Game : In Sauron's Sinister Service - profiles for Haradrim, Easterling and Mordor forces released last month (6 pages)

LOTR War of the Ring: Campaigns in the South (8 pages)


Other Stuff

Small articles and adverts about clubs, Warhammer Invasion, the Games Workshop website, Christmas gifts and GW wish lists, Warhammer World visits, boxed subscriptions etc.

One last thing....

A small note on page 10 about a black Scorpion (a real one) attacking some Empire Halberdiers. Is this a cryptic clue suggesting that the next Rulebook 8th edition supporting boxed set will be Tomb Kings vs Empire or are GW just having a laugh ?!