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**Bronzefists42**

Found a WD #98 in a thrift shop. It had more content in one issue than WD has had in the years I have played the hobby (5 total)

**Talys**

Bronzefists42 wrote:
Found a WD #98 in a thrift shop. It had more content in one issue than WD has had in the years I have played the hobby (5 total)

I dug through my WD box, and I have this one!!! It has ultramarines on the cover, and sold for $2.50 USD

Frankly, flipping through it, minus photos of miniatures, it has more content in one issue than like..... the last 20 issues of White Dwarf hahaha. Even the 'Eavy Metal article was awesome. Someone actually WROTE a whole article.

Look at this little side tip:

"A brush reaches its height, in terms of usefulness, when enough bristles have dropped out to leave only those that come to a point. Eventually, of course ,too many bristles drop out, but to ensure as long a life as possible for your little sable familiar, revolving the tip of the brush as it rests lightly on the end of your tongue helps to keep the bristles coming to a point by wrapping them around each other. Or, moistening the bristles and running them through the folds in a curled palm will have a similar effect."

When was the last time you saw something that useful in a WD?!

**ciaotym**

Remember hen Finecast was the hot new thing with super detail - never mind the bubbles in the moulds.

**AdeptSister**

I remember when GW gave the rules for SoB for free on their website...and they were awesome!

**Azreal13**

I remember when this was all fields.

**Furyou Miko**

Bronzefists42 wrote:Found a WD #98 in a thrift shop. It had more content in one issue than WD has had in the years I have played the hobby (5 total)

Hee. I have #2 on a shelf at my parents' house. It had rules for my favourite DnD monster in it and the most broken magic item ever (the Needle of Incalculable Power).

AdeptSister wrote:I remember when GW gave the rules for SoB for free on their website...and they were awesome!

I remember when we had to pay for the SoB rules from their website... and they were awesome! :p

Azreal13 wrote:I remember when this was all fields.

Heh. I live in a village whose name literally translates to "undeveloped land".

**Talys**

ciaotym wrote:
Remember hen Finecast was the hot new thing with super detail - never mind the bubbles in the moulds.

+1

Remember when miniatures were cast in lead? That was by far the best material.

**Nevelon**

Talys wrote:
ciaotym wrote:
Remember hen Finecast was the hot new thing with super detail - never mind the bubbles in the moulds.

+1

Remember when miniatures were cast in lead? That was by far the best material.

Fun times. A number of years ago (but after they stopped making stuff with real lead) I was cleaning the mould lines off of an old mini with a file. ZIPPPPPP. Took off a lot more then I meant to. I was so used to the harder alloys, going back to the soft lead was a shock.

Made sure to wash up good after that one. Don’t lick the minis kids.

**Da Butcha**

I remember when a subscription to White Dwarf netted you a free box of miniatures (I think the limit was a $30 box, which would get you 20 Catachans).

I remember cardstock terrain, both in White Dwarf, and in separate products.

I remember Games Days (yes, days, as in it lasted more than one day) which had seminars with product leaks for stuff that was months down the road, and clearance sales on stock.

I remember bitz ordering.

I remember converting models and creating terrain and buildings being featured and emphasized in WD and the rulebooks.

I also remember fairly straightforward output from Black Library (i.e. regular edition and special edition with cool tat), rather than offering things in six different formats and compilations.

I remember (in fact, I HAVE) White Dwarf mags advertising "every Games Workshop miniature ever made is available--nothing is unavailable!".

**frozenwastes**

When I was 16 or so, my grandmother came to town for Christmas and heard from my parents that I was into this "warhammer" thing, so on the way from the airport she stopped in a local comic/rpg shop that had a few GW items and got me a present. Like many gift buyers to this day, she had no idea what army I was interested in so she got something she thought I'd find interesting. She ended up getting me the screamer-killer carnifex:

While I played marines and orks, I absolutely loved it and ended up making a tyranid force with lots of metal warriors and the first plastic genestealers.

Spoiler:

I spent hours painting the screamer in the evenings and managed to get it done before she left in early January. It was the first time I ever tried wet blending. With my grandmother passing away earlier this year, I realized the early 90s carnifex is the only miniature I regret selling when I got out of 40k.

**docdoom77**

I love that old Carnifex model. One of the best models in the entire history of the Tyranid model range.

**madtankbloke**

I remember a campaign where...

Inquisitor was played to discover a chaos cult on an imperial planet. and the fact the planetary governor is the leader

Battlefleet Gothic was played as the local marine chapter fought through the planetary defences in answer to the inquisitors call for support to..

Drop in and take out the cult leader in a game of 40k (they failed)

Battle fleet Gothic was played as imperials and chaos rush to take the planets orbitals

Culminating in a game of epic as a marine chapter (half of one) with titan support tries to breach the capital city against the PDF (space marines versus Imperial Guard)

The game of epic was a draw, so back to 40k as an eversor assassin rips through the governors bodyguards in an effort to kill him in an orgy of bloodshed in a custom game, only to find out he is a lord of change (Assassin dies spectacularly)

the Grey knights drop in to try to take him out, but fail,

Then the PDF realises whats up, another game of epic with IG, space marines and Titans versus lots of cultists, daemons and some word bearers (eek). imperials win a decisive victory. but the story isn't over yet.

our inquisitor tracks down the last remaining cultists and their word bearer leader, and with help from a Deathwatch marine, some 'questionable' weapons and a lot of luck, stamp out the chaos leader and his last supporters.

Eldar intervene to try to kill the inquisitor (he will go bad) in a game of 40k...

and then orks attack the now weakened imperial planet

Lots more games of epic, 40k, BFG and so forth followed

**Fenris Frost**

PhillyT wrote:
Remember waiting half a decade for your book to be released or some model for it?

Other than cost, pretty much everything is better about the game right now.

Seconded. I love the current game. I started in 4th edition and I remember nothing but bad things about it.

**lliu**

Brennonjw wrote:
My thoughts on the first post. Also, I still have my first model: Warrior of Chaos Lord old old sculpt

Spoiler:

Remember when GW taught us how to paint in their rulebooks? -
WHFB does this along with the painting book they put out, it cost me like 30 bucks
Remember when rulebooks cost $30? -
agreed
Remember when GW recommended painting models in batches? -
still do in WHFB and paitning book
Remember when GW showed us how to make terrain instead of saying "RoB lel" -
still do in WHFB
Remember when there was no Overwatch? -
I like overwatch
Remember when CC was good? -
still is IMO, its just harder to get there
Remember when Rulebooks included showcases of fan and developer armies? -
agreed
Remember when GW gave us free Bunker and Ruin templates we could scan and trace? -
WHFB still does
Remember when campaign running strategies were part of the Rulebook? -
agreed
Remember when there was individual model XP in campaigns? -
agreed, but you can still do that in campaigns, the rules exist for 7th
Remember when Golden Demon winning models and conversions were in the back of the rulebook? -
in WHFB
Remember when Serpent Shield was represented by giving Wave Serpents AV14? -
lul
Remember when free templates were included with the Rulebook? -
WHFB
Remember when there were 10 armies? -
glad there are more
Remember when community members were honored on the last page? -
agreed
Remember when GW encouraged playing only one army? -
either way I would play more then one
Remember when Codex: Sisters of Battle was the most recent Codex? -
lul
Remember when the Grey Knights were in Codex: Daemonhunters? -
lul
Remember when a LRMBT cost $35? -
agreed
Remember when GW did sales? -
whats a sale, agreed
Remember when the central pic for Space Marines was a Crimson Fist? -
eh.
Remember when Ordnance Barrages were a thing? -
agreed
Remember when the player being shot at chose who died? -
I feel current way is more tacticaly soudn and better. no super sergant who never died untill the end.

That's true! When was 3rd ad anyways?

**docdoom77**

lliu wrote:
Brennonjw wrote:
My thoughts on the first post. Also, I still have my first model: Warrior of Chaos Lord old old sculpt

Spoiler:

Remember when GW taught us how to paint in their rulebooks? -
WHFB does this along with the painting book they put out, it cost me like 30 bucks
Remember when rulebooks cost $30? -
agreed
Remember when GW recommended painting models in batches? -
still do in WHFB and paitning book
Remember when GW showed us how to make terrain instead of saying "RoB lel" -
still do in WHFB
Remember when there was no Overwatch? -
I like overwatch
Remember when CC was good? -
still is IMO, its just harder to get there
Remember when Rulebooks included showcases of fan and developer armies? -
agreed
Remember when GW gave us free Bunker and Ruin templates we could scan and trace? -
WHFB still does
Remember when campaign running strategies were part of the Rulebook? -
agreed
Remember when there was individual model XP in campaigns? -
agreed, but you can still do that in campaigns, the rules exist for 7th
Remember when Golden Demon winning models and conversions were in the back of the rulebook? -
in WHFB
Remember when Serpent Shield was represented by giving Wave Serpents AV14? -
lul
Remember when free templates were included with the Rulebook? -
WHFB
Remember when there were 10 armies? -
glad there are more
Remember when community members were honored on the last page? -
agreed
Remember when GW encouraged playing only one army? -
either way I would play more then one
Remember when Codex: Sisters of Battle was the most recent Codex? -
lul
Remember when the Grey Knights were in Codex: Daemonhunters? -
lul
Remember when a LRMBT cost $35? -
agreed
Remember when GW did sales? -
whats a sale, agreed
Remember when the central pic for Space Marines was a Crimson Fist? -
eh.
Remember when Ordnance Barrages were a thing? -
agreed
Remember when the player being shot at chose who died? -
I feel current way is more tacticaly soudn and better. no super sergant who never died untill the end.

That's true! When was 3rd ad anyways?

I want to say 1998?

**Furyou Miko**

Yeah, 3rd came out in '98, a few months after Necrons.