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1d4chan>Phantom Dusclops'92: /* Back to monthly */

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Back to monthly

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	In 2020, due to the Covid-19 lockdown, White Dwarf issues got the kinda hilarious penchant to keep promoting stuff that isn't out yet as if they were out, such as the May issue (which ended up being released in late June) saying "Hey, want to try the new [[Lumineth Realm-Lords]] in [[Warcry]]? Go and buy a box of the basic troop guys!" except that the basic troop guys aren't going to be released outside of the limited release big box before September.		In 2020, due to the Covid-19 lockdown, White Dwarf issues got the kinda hilarious penchant to keep promoting stuff that isn't out yet as if they were out, such as the May issue (which ended up being released in late June) saying "Hey, want to try the new [[Lumineth Realm-Lords]] in [[Warcry]]? Go and buy a box of the basic troop guys!" except that the basic troop guys aren't going to be released outside of the limited release big box before September.

			2022 had another reboot, with the content now being more focused on narrative and campaign content that expands on whatever new campaign books are coming out at the time.

	==D&D Crossover==		==D&D Crossover==

1d4chan>Zimriel at 01:26, 23 September 2022

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	== The Old Times ==		== The Old Times ==

	In the beginning, ~~it was just~~ a rubbish magazine from London that advertised whatever games GW had the rights to publish in the UK, including [[Dungeons & Dragons]] (several monsters were actually born out of White Dwarf's "[[Fiend Factory]]" article, where fans submitted new monsters - this is where the [[Githyanki]] came from), [[Traveller]], and [[RuneQuest]]. When they produced their own game, [[Warhammer]], it became a primary focus of their magazine. Issue 93 (from 1987) is a big one in /tg/ history, because that's when they announced [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]].		In the beginning, [[Ian Livingstone]] (not yet knighted) founded this as a rubbish magazine from London that advertised whatever games GW had the rights to publish in the UK, including [[Dungeons & Dragons]] (several monsters were actually born out of White Dwarf's "[[Fiend Factory]]" article, where fans submitted new monsters - this is where the [[Githyanki]] came from), [[Traveller]], and [[RuneQuest]]. When they produced their own game, [[Warhammer]], it became a primary focus of their magazine. Issue 93 (from 1987) is a big one in /tg/ history, because that's when they announced [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]].

	The halcyon days were around 1998-99, when 3rd edition 40k was shiny and new and Adrian '[[Ork\|WAAAAAAGH]]' Wood worked there on a reasonably frequent basis. The general level of grimdark was pretty low and they even included battle reports for the good specialty games as and when they got released, most notably [[Mordheim]] and [[Battlefleet Gothic]]. Oh and they used to actually put army lists before all of their battle reports, and gave the actual turn-by-turn play. They stopped doing the former because people with calculators were able to backwards engineer army lists from them and thus not buy [[codex\|codices]] (luckily the internet came along, making buying anything that can be stored in a PDF strictly optional), and they stopped the latter because it meant that their flavor-of-the-month army could get humiliated. Sales fell from here. It was a depressing time for Games Workshop.		The halcyon days were around 1998-99, when 3rd edition 40k was shiny and new and Adrian '[[Ork\|WAAAAAAGH]]' Wood worked there on a reasonably frequent basis. The general level of grimdark was pretty low and they even included battle reports for the good specialty games as and when they got released, most notably [[Mordheim]] and [[Battlefleet Gothic]]. Oh and they used to actually put army lists before all of their battle reports, and gave the actual turn-by-turn play. They stopped doing the former because people with calculators were able to backwards engineer army lists from them and thus not buy [[codex\|codices]] (luckily the internet came along, making buying anything that can be stored in a PDF strictly optional), and they stopped the latter because it meant that their flavor-of-the-month army could get humiliated. Sales fell from here. It was a depressing time for Games Workshop.

1d4chan>Zimriel at 12:15, 31 July 2021

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	[[File:White Dwarf 1st edition.png\|400px\|thumbnail\|left\|The good old times when [[Games Workshop\|GeeDubs]] was something...]]		[[File:White Dwarf 1st edition.png\|400px\|thumbnail\|left\|The good old times when [[Games Workshop\|GeeDubs]] was something...]]
	'''White Dwarf''' is a monthly magazine from [[Games Workshop]] which has quite frankly gone to the fucking dogs. The name is a reference to both fantasy [[Dwarf\|dwarves]] and white dwarf stars, as the magazine's original tagline was "The Science Fiction and Fantasy Games Magazine." Later they created a mascot, [[Grombrindal]] the White Dwarf, a dwarf with a white beard.		'''White Dwarf''' is a monthly magazine from [[Games Workshop]] which has quite frankly gone to the fucking dogs. The name is a reference to both fantasy [[Dwarf\|dwarves]] and white dwarf stars, as the magazine's original tagline was "The Science Fiction and Fantasy Games Magazine." Later they created a mascot, [[Grombrindal]] the White Dwarf, a dwarf with a white beard.
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	== The Old Times ==		== The Old Times ==

	In the beginning, it was just a rubbish magazine that advertised whatever games GW had the rights to publish in the UK, including [[Dungeons & Dragons]] (several monsters were actually born out of White Dwarf's "[[Fiend Factory]]" article, where fans submitted new monsters - this is where the [[Githyanki]] came from), [[Traveller]], and [[RuneQuest]]. When they produced their own game, [[Warhammer]], it became a primary focus of their magazine. Issue 93 (from 1987) is a big one in /tg/ history, because that's when they announced [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]].		In the beginning, it was just a rubbish magazine from London that advertised whatever games GW had the rights to publish in the UK, including [[Dungeons & Dragons]] (several monsters were actually born out of White Dwarf's "[[Fiend Factory]]" article, where fans submitted new monsters - this is where the [[Githyanki]] came from), [[Traveller]], and [[RuneQuest]]. When they produced their own game, [[Warhammer]], it became a primary focus of their magazine. Issue 93 (from 1987) is a big one in /tg/ history, because that's when they announced [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]].

	The halcyon days were around 1998-99, when 3rd edition 40k was shiny and new and Adrian '[[Ork\|WAAAAAAGH]]' Wood worked there on a reasonably frequent basis. The general level of grimdark was pretty low and they even included battle reports for the good specialty games as and when they got released, most notably [[Mordheim]] and [[Battlefleet Gothic]]. Oh and they used to actually put army lists before all of their battle reports, and gave the actual turn-by-turn play. They stopped doing the former because people with calculators were able to backwards engineer army lists from them and thus not buy [[codex\|codices]] (luckily the internet came along, making buying anything that can be stored in a PDF strictly optional), and they stopped the latter because it meant that their flavor-of-the-month army could get humiliated. Sales fell from here. It was a depressing time for Games Workshop.		The halcyon days were around 1998-99, when 3rd edition 40k was shiny and new and Adrian '[[Ork\|WAAAAAAGH]]' Wood worked there on a reasonably frequent basis. The general level of grimdark was pretty low and they even included battle reports for the good specialty games as and when they got released, most notably [[Mordheim]] and [[Battlefleet Gothic]]. Oh and they used to actually put army lists before all of their battle reports, and gave the actual turn-by-turn play. They stopped doing the former because people with calculators were able to backwards engineer army lists from them and thus not buy [[codex\|codices]] (luckily the internet came along, making buying anything that can be stored in a PDF strictly optional), and they stopped the latter because it meant that their flavor-of-the-month army could get humiliated. Sales fell from here. It was a depressing time for Games Workshop.

1d4chan>Raton-Laveur at 07:38, 16 April 2021

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	[[File:White Dwarf 1st edition.png\|400px\|thumbnail\|left\|The good old times when [[Games Workshop\|GeeDubs]] was something...]]		[[File:White Dwarf 1st edition.png\|400px\|thumbnail\|left\|The good old times when [[Games Workshop\|GeeDubs]] was something...]]
	'''White Dwarf''' is a monthly magazine from [[Games Workshop]] which has quite frankly gone to the fucking dogs. The name is a reference to both fantasy [[Dwarf\|dwarves]] and white dwarf stars, as the magazine's original tagline was "The Science Fiction and Fantasy Games Magazine." Later they created a mascot, [[Grombrindal]] the White Dwarf, a dwarf with a white beard.		'''White Dwarf''' is a monthly magazine from [[Games Workshop]] which has quite frankly gone to the fucking dogs. The name is a reference to both fantasy [[Dwarf\|dwarves]] and white dwarf stars, as the magazine's original tagline was "The Science Fiction and Fantasy Games Magazine." Later they created a mascot, [[Grombrindal]] the White Dwarf, a dwarf with a white beard.

			== The Old Times ==

	In the beginning, it was just a rubbish magazine that advertised whatever games GW had the rights to publish in the UK, including [[Dungeons & Dragons]] (several monsters were actually born out of White Dwarf's "[[Fiend Factory]]" article, where fans submitted new monsters - this is where the [[Githyanki]] came from), [[Traveller]], and [[RuneQuest]]. When they produced their own game, [[Warhammer]], it became a primary focus of their magazine. Issue 93 (from 1987) is a big one in /tg/ history, because that's when they announced [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]].		In the beginning, it was just a rubbish magazine that advertised whatever games GW had the rights to publish in the UK, including [[Dungeons & Dragons]] (several monsters were actually born out of White Dwarf's "[[Fiend Factory]]" article, where fans submitted new monsters - this is where the [[Githyanki]] came from), [[Traveller]], and [[RuneQuest]]. When they produced their own game, [[Warhammer]], it became a primary focus of their magazine. Issue 93 (from 1987) is a big one in /tg/ history, because that's when they announced [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]].

1d4chan>Raton-Laveur at 07:38, 16 April 2021

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	[[File:White Dwarf Grombrindal.jpg\|300px\|thumbnail\|right\|[[Grombrindal]]. The dwarf that's the magazine's mascot <s>and the one after which it's named</s> akshyually the magazine came first.]]		[[File:White Dwarf Grombrindal.jpg\|300px\|thumbnail\|right\|[[Grombrindal]]. The dwarf that's the magazine's mascot <s>and the one after which it's named</s> akshyually the magazine came first.]]

			== We weekly now boys ==

	In January 2014, it became known that Games Workshop would reinvent White Dwarf again in February. White Dwarf was announced to became a $4, 32-page weekly magazine which would focus on the hobby, featuring, for example, model and book releases, rules updates, and modeling features. Games Workshop would also release a monthly 236-page "Warhammer Visions" magazine at $12, which would also be available for iPad. GW would convert all remaining White Dwarf subscriptions to this "Warhammer Visions" magazine. This magazine would focus on wider hobby news, Citadel model painting examples, various articles to deal with conversions, etc.		In January 2014, it became known that Games Workshop would reinvent White Dwarf again in February. White Dwarf was announced to became a $4, 32-page weekly magazine which would focus on the hobby, featuring, for example, model and book releases, rules updates, and modeling features. Games Workshop would also release a monthly 236-page "Warhammer Visions" magazine at $12, which would also be available for iPad. GW would convert all remaining White Dwarf subscriptions to this "Warhammer Visions" magazine. This magazine would focus on wider hobby news, Citadel model painting examples, various articles to deal with conversions, etc.

			== Back to monthly ==

	In late 2016, WD went back to the monthly model. Warhammer Visions died, but now we got a new magazine with batreps, painting tutorials, news, joke segments, and most oddly, FREE SHIT. Issue one came with a fucking SLAUGHTERPRIEST for FREE. A model that costs £7 more then the goddammed mag.		In late 2016, WD went back to the monthly model. Warhammer Visions died, but now we got a new magazine with batreps, painting tutorials, news, joke segments, and most oddly, FREE SHIT. Issue one came with a fucking SLAUGHTERPRIEST for FREE. A model that costs £7 more then the goddammed mag.

1d4chan>Nubnuber at 02:15, 16 March 2021

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	In 2012, GW re-released it. It became a decent magazine, but not worth ten dollars.		In 2012, GW re-released it. It became a decent magazine, but not worth ten dollars.
	[[File:White Dwarf Grombrindal.jpg\|300px\|thumbnail\|right\|[[Grombrindal]]. The dwarf that's the magazine's mascot and the one after which it's named.]]
			[[File:White Dwarf Grombrindal.jpg\|300px\|thumbnail\|right\|[[Grombrindal]]. The dwarf that's the magazine's mascot <s>and the one after which it's named</s> akshyually the magazine came first.]]

	In January 2014, it became known that Games Workshop would reinvent White Dwarf again in February. White Dwarf was announced to became a $4, 32-page weekly magazine which would focus on the hobby, featuring, for example, model and book releases, rules updates, and modeling features. Games Workshop would also release a monthly 236-page "Warhammer Visions" magazine at $12, which would also be available for iPad. GW would convert all remaining White Dwarf subscriptions to this "Warhammer Visions" magazine. This magazine would focus on wider hobby news, Citadel model painting examples, various articles to deal with conversions, etc.		In January 2014, it became known that Games Workshop would reinvent White Dwarf again in February. White Dwarf was announced to became a $4, 32-page weekly magazine which would focus on the hobby, featuring, for example, model and book releases, rules updates, and modeling features. Games Workshop would also release a monthly 236-page "Warhammer Visions" magazine at $12, which would also be available for iPad. GW would convert all remaining White Dwarf subscriptions to this "Warhammer Visions" magazine. This magazine would focus on wider hobby news, Citadel model painting examples, various articles to deal with conversions, etc.

1d4chan>Nubnuber: Slaad did not come from Fiend Factory.

2021-03-16T02:12:04Z

Slaad did not come from Fiend Factory.

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	'''White Dwarf''' is a monthly magazine from [[Games Workshop]] which has quite frankly gone to the fucking dogs. The name is a reference to both fantasy [[Dwarf\|dwarves]] and white dwarf stars, as the magazine's original tagline was "The Science Fiction and Fantasy Games Magazine." Later they created a mascot, [[Grombrindal]] the White Dwarf, a dwarf with a white beard.		'''White Dwarf''' is a monthly magazine from [[Games Workshop]] which has quite frankly gone to the fucking dogs. The name is a reference to both fantasy [[Dwarf\|dwarves]] and white dwarf stars, as the magazine's original tagline was "The Science Fiction and Fantasy Games Magazine." Later they created a mascot, [[Grombrindal]] the White Dwarf, a dwarf with a white beard.

	In the beginning, it was just a rubbish magazine that advertised whatever games GW had the rights to publish in the UK, including [[Dungeons & Dragons]] (several monsters were actually born out of White Dwarf's "[[Fiend Factory]]" article, where fans submitted new monsters - this is where the [[~~Slaad~~]] came from), [[Traveller]], and [[RuneQuest]]. When they produced their own game, [[Warhammer]], it became a primary focus of their magazine. Issue 93 (from 1987) is a big one in /tg/ history, because that's when they announced [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]].		In the beginning, it was just a rubbish magazine that advertised whatever games GW had the rights to publish in the UK, including [[Dungeons & Dragons]] (several monsters were actually born out of White Dwarf's "[[Fiend Factory]]" article, where fans submitted new monsters - this is where the [[Githyanki]] came from), [[Traveller]], and [[RuneQuest]]. When they produced their own game, [[Warhammer]], it became a primary focus of their magazine. Issue 93 (from 1987) is a big one in /tg/ history, because that's when they announced [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]].

	The halcyon days were around 1998-99, when 3rd edition 40k was shiny and new and Adrian '[[Ork\|WAAAAAAGH]]' Wood worked there on a reasonably frequent basis. The general level of grimdark was pretty low and they even included battle reports for the good specialty games as and when they got released, most notably [[Mordheim]] and [[Battlefleet Gothic]]. Oh and they used to actually put army lists before all of their battle reports, and gave the actual turn-by-turn play. They stopped doing the former because people with calculators were able to backwards engineer army lists from them and thus not buy [[codex\|codices]] (luckily the internet came along, making buying anything that can be stored in a PDF strictly optional), and they stopped the latter because it meant that their flavor-of-the-month army could get humiliated. Sales fell from here. It was a depressing time for Games Workshop.		The halcyon days were around 1998-99, when 3rd edition 40k was shiny and new and Adrian '[[Ork\|WAAAAAAGH]]' Wood worked there on a reasonably frequent basis. The general level of grimdark was pretty low and they even included battle reports for the good specialty games as and when they got released, most notably [[Mordheim]] and [[Battlefleet Gothic]]. Oh and they used to actually put army lists before all of their battle reports, and gave the actual turn-by-turn play. They stopped doing the former because people with calculators were able to backwards engineer army lists from them and thus not buy [[codex\|codices]] (luckily the internet came along, making buying anything that can be stored in a PDF strictly optional), and they stopped the latter because it meant that their flavor-of-the-month army could get humiliated. Sales fell from here. It was a depressing time for Games Workshop.

1d4chan>Nubnuber at 21:27, 10 March 2021

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	'''White Dwarf''' is a monthly magazine from [[Games Workshop]] which has quite frankly gone to the fucking dogs.		'''White Dwarf''' is a monthly magazine from [[Games Workshop]] which has quite frankly gone to the fucking dogs. The name is a reference to both fantasy [[Dwarf\|dwarves]] and white dwarf stars, as the magazine's original tagline was "The Science Fiction and Fantasy Games Magazine." Later they created a mascot, [[Grombrindal]] the White Dwarf, a dwarf with a white beard.

	In the beginning, it was just a rubbish magazine that advertised whatever games GW had the rights to publish in the UK, including [[Dungeons & Dragons]] (several monsters were actually born out of White Dwarf's "[[Fiend Factory]]" article, where fans submitted new monsters - this is where the [[Slaad]] came from), [[Traveller]], and [[RuneQuest]]. When they produced their own game, [[Warhammer]], it became a primary focus of their magazine. Issue 93 (from 1987) is a big one in /tg/ history, because that's when they announced [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]].		In the beginning, it was just a rubbish magazine that advertised whatever games GW had the rights to publish in the UK, including [[Dungeons & Dragons]] (several monsters were actually born out of White Dwarf's "[[Fiend Factory]]" article, where fans submitted new monsters - this is where the [[Slaad]] came from), [[Traveller]], and [[RuneQuest]]. When they produced their own game, [[Warhammer]], it became a primary focus of their magazine. Issue 93 (from 1987) is a big one in /tg/ history, because that's when they announced [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]].