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Magnamaniac wrote:
Way back 10 plus years they gave away a free necron.

About issue 115 ish when they produced there first plastic dwarf they gave one away.

I hope WD goes back to the magazine I knew and loved, but to be honest, the only way it will improve is if it goes digital, that idea I hate, I have an iPad, and it's not my favourite toy lol.

The last one I got was the metal Mordheim Elf special character.

The problem with free minis is that GW would have to make a special sprue for a single model as their pretty much 4 to a sprue in most boxes. The alternative is a special character like the WHFB plastic single we can get these days.

They should commission a Rebecca Black flexi disk.

Good to hear. I hope they go digital as well.

 Atma01 wrote:
Does no one remember all the stuff they did for Firewarrior? Not only did they do a whole article for it, they made a La'Kais conversion, and scenario with special rules. I think they even did a little battle report for the scenario. One of the few times they got cross-promotion right. And it was wasted on that game.

They built a whole trench board for that game and invited the game's devs to play.

 English Assassin wrote:

Koppo wrote:
I'm waiting for the return of the bolt thrower flexidisk...

Well, Sabbat (who did the flexi-disc, by the way, not Bolt Thrower) have reformed, and I'll bet they'll be up for it if GW are...

I stand corrected, Bolt Thrower was the only name I could think of.

You needn't apologize, I was initially so enthused to be reminded that I failed to notice.

Unlike Bolt Thrower, it's worth pointing out that Sabbat weren't actually that bad; I've just dug out History of a Time to Come, and it's aged surprisingly well.

All the gak they did for Firewarrior and DOW sounds totally awesome. That's the kinda gak I'm talking about!

If this is actually true, I'l probably end up subscribing because I love reading about warhammer.

Here's another thought...

White Dwarf has changed drastically in the last couple of months (and not for the better IMHO). How do we know that the big "improvement" hasn't already happened?

So, has anyone heard anything about when where likely to see the new all singing, all dancing WD?

Wonder if they will make any reference to the changes, or if they'll just sneak it out and hope noone notices.

 Flashman wrote:
Here's another thought...

White Dwarf has changed drastically in the last couple of months (and not for the better IMHO). How do we know that the big "improvement" hasn't already happened?

That was my fear as well actually. You can imagine the conversation:
Exec A: OK, sales of White Dwarf have fallen. We need to pick them up again.
Exec B: Well, that's pretty simple. We can just increase their budget slightly, allowing more time on the magazine for the journalists writing articles.
Exec C: OR! We can just put some rules in for new models that are coming out, and make sure they are only available in the magazine. That way the fans will be forced to buy it, and we can keep running the magazine on the proceeds from Citadel water pot sales?
Exec A & B: Genius!!


Although, probably the easiest way is to check the editorial and other contributing staff?

 English Assassin wrote:
You needn't apologize, I was initially so enthused to be reminded that I failed to notice.

Unlike Bolt Thrower, it's worth pointing out that Sabbat weren't actually that bad; I've just dug out History of a Time to Come, and it's aged surprisingly well.

Heretic, Bolthrower are brilliant and still going strong even now.

I think WD's looking a lot better now than it has in the past (certainly it's been through worse patches than it's in now). I've got the first 50 WDs and every copy since about 83 and can tell you that there have always been complaints of some sort or other. To find a whole magazine's worth of orginal GW content every month is a very tall order and I think that the balance they strike now is pretty good. in terms of rules I remember the days when you not only had to have a rule book but a dozen WDs booked marked for the various rules, army lists and whatnot. Noone would want a return to that I'm sure...

One thing they could do more with would be getting some really quality painting in there - they went through a period of doing guides on specific figures and techniques that seems to have fallen by the wayside. Good, cheap content that I'm sure people appreciated.

On the point of subscriptions I cancelled mine a while back - delivery had been really ropey and when they took to delivering after the magazine came out in the shops it seemed that one of the biggest benefits became a drawback.

Still love WD, always will.

ithilmere wrote:I think WD's looking a lot better now than it has in the past (certainly it's been through worse patches than it's in now). I've got the first 50 WDs and every copy since about 83 and can tell you that there have always been complaints of some sort or other.

Other people have said this too, but I think it's true. There are plenty of gems to be found by pawing through old issues, but there are plenty of duds, too. It's like arguing about Saturday Night Live. Everyone always says the current cast/season is crap, and the old ones are better. Then a few years go by, and suddenly the new one is crap, and the old one is better.

One thing I will add is that I consider my collection of WD to be "greater than the sum of its parts". I don't play LotR and don't have any inclination to do so, and the related articles were always low on my list. Except when I wanted to compile different campaign rules, and went back to find that one Easterling campaign they did. And the time I was painting some big monsters and wanted to see what colors they used on the Mumaks. It's things like this that keep me buying it every month, instead of skipping issues that have mostly fantasy stuff, etc.

H.B.M.C. wrote:

 Atma01 wrote:
Even a freaking room, with rules and new gear, for Warhammer Quest. I hear HBMC salivating over that from here.

Hold up. What room? Skaven-based or Chaos Dwarf-based? Actually - search your issue 190-220 issues (if you have any) for any Quest articles. I've got part 1 or something but not part 2, and it's always driven me mad.

Not sure if you're serious, but you can check here to help figure out what you're missing. Also, I have almost all of those issues, so if you want to know something specific, I could help.

And that goes back to my last point. I never owned or played WHQ, so at the time I skipped all those articles. But then there was this big Kickstarter thing, and now I find myself looking for dungeon adventure stuff.

- H8

Hatemonger wrote:
Not sure if you're serious, but you can check here to help figure out what you're missing. Also, I have almost all of those issues, so if you want to know something specific, I could help.

And that goes back to my last point. I never owned or played WHQ, so at the time I skipped all those articles. But then there was this big Kickstarter thing, and now I find myself looking for dungeon adventure stuff.

- H8

Oh he was serious. Though it was more for the fact he wants to get those issues off me. But they are my babies, so I am opting to scan what I have instead. I will of course put it up later.

If you have the means to scan, and wish the help fight the good fight, PM me and we can (stop) collaborate (and listen).

Also in case others haven't seen it, and have an iOS device, there is a Warhammer Quest game being made by Rodeo. Here is the thread;
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/471306.page

The plot is thickening, posted on Warseer:

Desaster wrote:Hello,
I was at the local GW today (Halle, Germany) and was told that there will be an announcement of a "massive change" for the White Dwarf on September 29th.
Sadly that is all I got, therefore I want to ask if anybody else has heard something similar.

Sorry for the very vague post, I am not even sure if this is something only affecting the german issue or the WD in general.

So we have a date ... and some job openings in Halle

Sounds like a good move to me. WD has been pretty boring lately...

There was pretty much nothing to read in this month's issue, other than text describing the pictures above it and advertising.

There is a pic of the new cover in the CSM rumor thread.

 Flashman wrote:
Here's another thought...

White Dwarf has changed drastically in the last couple of months (and not for the better IMHO). How do we know that the big "improvement" hasn't already happened?

Well no, otherwise the announcement would have been several months ago... The new White Dwarf will be the next issue.

 Jayce_The_Ace wrote:
So, has anyone heard anything about when where likely to see the new all singing, all dancing WD?

 Kroothawk wrote:
The plot is thickening, posted on Warseer:
So we have a date ... and some job openings in Halle

Release date is September 22nd, just in time for UK Gamesday.
Don't know what that guy in Germany is on about, unless they're getting it at the normal time (last saturday of the month) and it's only UK getting it early for Gamesday.

Can we please keep the White Dwarf discussion to the newer thread?
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/210/476176.page

Yes, we can!