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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 4:38 am
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Okay, why? Why not?! This place could use more activity and seeing as I've got a subscription until the end of times (thanks for nothing Viks) I might as well make the most of these printed pieces of crap and tell you what to expect for the June 2009 issue.
Generally speaking this is the UK* / NE** version however seeing as the WD is written centrally the content will be the same in the US*** and OZ****.
* United Kingdom / England / Dear Old Blighty ** Northern Europe = Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and other countries able to speak and understand English because they don't dub everything they come across *** United States / America / Yankee Town / The Good Ol' South **** Oceania = Australia, New Zealand and other prison colonies of semi-importance
I'm not sure on the format for reviewing a rag like this so I'll be making things up as we go along.
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What does the cover promise? The cover proudly shows an Empire army led by an Empire captain holding aloft a severed Beastman head. "THE EMPIRE MUSTERS FOR WAR" is the title of this issue so to say. The little box on the side tells us that the War of the Ring has the Galadhrim and 40k has a new Liber Apocalyptica article about Valkyries. Oh boy!
Editorial? Mark is having the same drivel as always about how happy he is that GW has yet again released a new slew of FANTASTIC plastic kits, books and whatnots.
Monthly Releases The Empire is getting a crapton of mixed bag plastic kit releases, some metals and a spiffy book about their uniforms. Chaos gets a terrain set dubbed the Temple of Skulls which is a ruin dotted with huge skulls. Surprisingly Blood Bowl gets a redesigned star player model, the MIGHTY ZUG and finally War of the Ring gets several boxed sets and blisters of Elves known as Galadhrim.
News Not a whole lot but it can be summed up: - Planetary Empires is revealed and officially announced as coming soon - A new BL series is announced revolving around the Empire - Space Wolves are hinted at as being the next 40k project
Articles Most of this month's issue is dominated by the Empire and articles about historical campaigns involving surprise surprise the new models. Six pages about the new stuff, some background etc followed by the new Steam Tank kit, its rules and some simple tactics. Further in the issue we're treated to a massive 26 page article made up of background, several battle reports and other titbits. In the back of the issue another eight pages dedicated to some fun and useful examples of simple Empire conversions.
Twenty pages are dedicated to War of the Ring, mostly going on and on about the new Elf releases plus a battle report involving them.
As for 40k? Six pages of this issue are dedicated to 40k. Which is a let down as last month the Imperial Guard was released in all its glory and already its being dropped. These six pages detail the two new datasheets for Apocalypse involving the Valkyrie. One is about using Valkyries and Vendettas as flyers in Apocalypse while the second datasheet is of "Steel Eagle", a Catachan valkyrie with snipers instead of heavy bolters and other upgrades. Nice but really disappointing.
The monthly Standard Bearer is another pointless waste of space and yes, Jervis is still a c**t. Pardon the language here but that man has written nothing but pointless drivel in his article.
Other than that there isn't much else of interest.
NEXT MONTH Planetstrike! This might be reason for the rather pathetic 40k presence in this issue. War of the Ring will publish rules for the newly released elven warriors and Warhammer is delving into magic as the 'Eavy Metal team paints an Empire wizard for each college of magic.
Verdict? This issue is really for the Empire players or people who enjoy reading about how to add flavour to fantasy campaigns with little hooks and snares. Other than that I rate this issue "MEH" as it really puts a heavy focus on just two things this month (Empire and WotR Elves) with very little room for other things.
Granted, I am an Empire player so this was right up my alley but I doubt a lot of the 40k players will love this issue.
So let her rip boys and girls.
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 6:25 am
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 10:12 am
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 11:56 am
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 12:50 pm
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 1:05 pm
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 1:25 pm
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 1:34 pm
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 1:44 pm
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 1:52 pm
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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 12:52 am
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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 1:47 am
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