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Canterbury

via the GW site :

Note they have a new FB page too :

https://www.facebook.com/White-Dwarf-1638842299695711/?fref=nf

16.6.16 extra info :

via FB


So, after yesterday’s announcement, it seems there are a few questions some of of you are asking. Well, here’s the info…
1. What’s the price of the new White Dwarf?
White Dwarf will have the following cover prices (so, as you can see, the early-bird subscriptions really are a great saving. Check them out at www.games-workshop.com):
UK £5.99 | Euro €8 | Poland 30zł | Switzerland 14CHF | Sweden 70kr | Norway 65kr | Denmark 60kr
USA $9 | Canada $12 | Australia $15 | New Zealand $18
Japan ¥1,400 | China ¥60 | Hong Kong HK$82 | Malaysia RM37 | Singapore SG$14
2. Will there be a digital edition?
Yes, absolutely! More news coming soon.
3. Will I be able to get White Dwarf in my local newsagents?
White Dwarf will be available from all Games Workshop and Warhammer stores, independent stockists and – as the old saying goes – the better sort of newsagents everywhere. Ask them to order it.
4. What languages will the new White Dwarf be published in?
English, French and German.

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Will they make their mind up? Hopefully it'll be available in normal newsagents and such again.
   
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Hm. The point of a weekly WD was to promote weekly releases. So what does this mean for the release pace?

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Were advertising for a new editorial position a wee while back


Also note :

http://jobs.games-workshop.com/2016/06/14/online-managing-editor-community-team-nottingham-uk/


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You will be responsible for the content and delivery of an all-new Warhammer Community website. You will need to be an experienced editor, with outstanding copywriting skills and a deep understanding of Warhammer hobbyists and the types of articles they enjoy reading. You will be able to build great working relationships with key members of the Warhammer community and work with them to develop exciting, consumer led content. Working as part of the wider Communications & Marketing team, you will champion editorial standards and advise on both online and offline content strategy.

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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
 
   
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Warwickscire

Interesting and not entirely unexpected. Will they continue with the new numbering or revert back to the original numbering?

Hopefully, they'll make it more relevant - unique rules, previews and designer interviews are all welcome. Not endless glossy photos.

Also, presumably, that embarrassment: Warhammer visions is being taken out and shot?

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Sioux Falls, SD

Since I buy only about one in six issues of White Dwarf, this is probably a good thing. I might actually subscribe. I want it to have rules info, and in fairly large quantities.

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So it took them 2.5 years to conclude that the weekly format was a mistake. I give AoS till 2018 before it's dropped like a toxic asset.

I also wonder whether the release schedule will revert to monthly; hopefully it will, there've been quite a few "empty" weeks this year anyway, and Orcs were released all at once in a week. And if the new magazine looks to cover Golden Daemon, this might mean Warhammer Vision is getting Old Yellered (finally!).
   
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We all long for the good old days of white dwarf. Now if they can put some good content in it, instead of shallow adverts for the new releases I might start buying it again.

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My questions were already mentioned. Visions (which delivers what it says it wants to) will stay the same? What about weekly releases, do we now get two magazines already outdated at their release? Or will they advertise weekly online and we also get a magazine with hobby content (rules, minigames) in addition to it? With the current monthly price of four combined WD weekly issues I think they will have to surprise me a lot with the quality of the content to pay that amount of money each month. Currently only a few issues here and there are worth the cover price.
   
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Will definitely subscribe!

 -DE- wrote:
So it took them 2.5 years to conclude that the weekly format was a mistake. I give AoS till 2018 before it's dropped like a toxic asset.

I also wonder whether the release schedule will revert to monthly; hopefully it will, there've been quite a few "empty" weeks this year anyway, and Orcs were released all at once in a week. And if the new magazine looks to cover Golden Daemon, this might mean Warhammer Vision is getting Old Yellered (finally!).


Please refrain from AoS gakposting in a WD thread, plenty of places you can go to whine.
   
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 Mymearan wrote:
Please refrain from AoS gakposting in a WD thread, plenty of places you can go to whine.


I'll be sure to do exactly the opposite just to trigger your thin skin. No need to thank me.

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Please don't.

This thread has a topic and AoS is not it.




Well, you’ve been waiting, you’ve been asking, and now we have a very special announcement for you all…

It’s back! From September, White Dwarf is returning as a monthly magazine and it’s bigger and better than ever before!

That’s right, from September White Dwarf will be back as a glossy 156-page, A4 monthly magazine with all the news, features and pictorials you know and love and a whole chunk of new stuff you never imagined. News, Golden Demon, Battle Reports, Painting Masterclasses, Designers’ Notes, exclusive games, new rules and more! And, of course, gorgeous photographs of the best miniatures in the world.

The first issue is out on Friday 2 September and comes with our most amazing cover mount ever – a special gift to you to celebrate the glorious return of monthly White Dwarf.

Want to be one of the first to get hold of it? Subscribe before 14 August and get an exclusive pre-launch price – and subscribers get their copies mailed early. Head on over to www.games-workshop.com for details.


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We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
 
   
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Liverpool!

Wonder how much it'll be.

Last monthly release was £5.50, always thought that was too much for the content.

Ah so £50.00 for a twelve month subscription or £12.50 quarterly via direct debit, works out at just over £4 an issue, that's not so bad.

No indication on gw.com as to how much it goes up to after the offer expires.

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But no change to weekly releases?

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The "ultimate" Warhammer magazine? So which one's the penultimate? Or does it indirectly suggest that if this one fails, the official Warhammer magazine will be no more?
   
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 -DE- wrote:
The "ultimate" Warhammer magazine? So which one's the penultimate? Or does it indirectly suggest that if this one fails, the official Warhammer magazine will be no more?


Or its just marketing talk.
   
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The magazine market has entirely changed since WD was begun in about 1977. Whilst typesetting and printing is much cheaper, the Internet, especially mini formats like Facebook and Twitter, has become the way to get news articles and advertorial to consumers.

A monthly magazine makes a lot of sense as a place to put in-depth articles, scenarios and so on, much as this first new cover shows. The one disadvantage will be that big chunks of each issue will be irrelevant to users who don't play all GW's core games.

Although it won't in itself tempt me back to 40K, it looks a positive move for serious GW fans. I take it as another sign of the Rountree Renaisance.

I'm writing a load of fiction. My latest story starts here... This is the index of all the stories...

We're not very big on official rules. Rules lead to people looking for loopholes. What's here is about it. 
   
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so people subscribed to weekly content will now get it monthly instead?

Will probably mean the end of visions, so people with subscriptions to both?
   
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Their FB page says Visions will stay and be changing slightly.
   
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Warhams-77 wrote:
Their FB page says Visions will stay and be changing slightly.
Hopefully by not taunting me constantly with the Space Marine Command Tanks every single issue. Seriously, GW, either sell them worldwide, or stop filling Visions with them every issue.

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^^ I dislike GW is only showing that draft instead of a proper pdf preview issue so we could get an idea what's really in it. I'm not subscribing to the new one before seeing actual content... so no sale for now
   
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Liverpool!

They appear to be dodging the pricing questions on their FB feed...

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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
But no change to weekly releases?


Perhaps they've finally come around to the inevitability of leaks. So in this format they'll announce the next four weeks of releases themselves. Beat the leaks; get high quality images out in the way they want too.
   
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 foostick wrote:
They appear to be dodging the pricing questions on their FB feed...


Standard UK magazine price is about £4 or £5, so expect something in that region.

Agree with Kilkrazy's point that this is another sign of the Rountree regime taking root.

If they really want it to succeed this time, they could add exclusive stuff, maybe a free miniature here and there, sneak peeks of new stuff etc etc

And on another note, I miss the days when you could read it for free at WH Smith.

Always had to cover it up with a motoring magazine though to avoid embarrassment


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 ShaneTB wrote:
 H.B.M.C. wrote:
But no change to weekly releases?


Perhaps they've finally come around to the inevitability of leaks. So in this format they'll announce the next four weeks of releases themselves. Beat the leaks; get high quality images out in the way they want too.


Are you seriously suggesting that GW might start controlling the news agenda, and undercutting leaks and grainy images by allowing people a look at high quality images of new stuff, instead, thus generating interest like any other business?

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 foostick wrote:
They appear to be dodging the pricing questions on their FB feed...


"Introductory" sub prices are on their various national webpages.

   
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 ShaneTB wrote:
 H.B.M.C. wrote:
But no change to weekly releases?


Perhaps they've finally come around to the inevitability of leaks. So in this format they'll announce the next four weeks of releases themselves. Beat the leaks; get high quality images out in the way they want too.


But, then we'll get grainy earthquake inspired pictures of the monthly White Dwarf with leaks 5 weeks ahead in some cases!
   
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 Kilkrazy wrote:
The magazine market has entirely changed since WD was begun in about 1977. Whilst typesetting and printing is much cheaper, the Internet, especially mini formats like Facebook and Twitter, has become the way to get news articles and advertorial to consumers.

A monthly magazine makes a lot of sense as a place to put in-depth articles, scenarios and so on, much as this first new cover shows. The one disadvantage will be that big chunks of each issue will be irrelevant to users who don't play all GW's core games.

Although it won't in itself tempt me back to 40K, it looks a positive move for serious GW fans. I take it as another sign of the Rountree Renaisance.


It's not a new cover though, it's from an old White Dwarf Weekly. Agree with your points though.

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 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:
 foostick wrote:
They appear to be dodging the pricing questions on their FB feed...


Standard UK magazine price is about £4 or £5, so expect something in that region.



The discounted sub is £50 for 12 issues, or £4.20

I suspect that it will be much closer to, or the same as, the visions cover price if you buy it from Smiths. That is £7.50.

Digital sub for £25 would get me interested.
   
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Is it? Well, it's the kind of stuff that ought to be in a monthly magazine in more depth.

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We will see, if its now worth it, again.....

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