White Dwarf 502 - July 2024

White Dwarf is the official Warhammer magazine, packed with amazing monthly content – including new rules and background, short stories, regular columns, special guests, and more.

Here’s what you can look forward to in July’s issue:

Contact! – Letters, questions, and pictures of miniatures sent in by you, our readers.

Worlds of Warhammer – Leila enters the Bleak Citadels, where Stormcast Eternals face their final Reforging. Dark stuff, indeed!

THE WHITE DWARF BUNKER
Access Granted! – The White Dwarf bunker celebrates its first birthday!

Challenges – Attention! By the left... quick, march! It's time for a Rank and File painting challenge.

The Spearhead League – Join in with the Warhammer Age of Sigmar Spearhead League.

Scenarios of the Month – New scenarios for Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar, plus a Warcry campaign.

Basic Training – New Warhammer Age of Sigmar, new rules! Learn about commands and how to get the most out of them.

Hobby Hangout – Confused by painting terminology? Check out the Painting Lexicon.

Satellite Uplink – The Kumo-no-Ue Library introduces new hobbyists.

Bunker Bingo! – How's your bingo sheet going this year? And what have the White Dwarf team been up to?

WARHAMMER 40,000
Warzone Chalnath: The Xenowar – The Imperium deals with two very different enemies - the subversive Genestealer Cults and the enlightening T'au Empire.

Beyond Empire – In this short story, the T'au seem dubious of their carnivorous allies. Can they be trusted? Are they truly followers of the Greater Good?

Echoes From the Warp – The Warhammer 40,000 rules team introduces the Pariah Nexus Chapter Approved Mission Pack and why you need it in your gaming arsenal.

Pariah Nexus Crusades – Have you just picked up the new Pariah Nexus Mission Pack? Well, here's a set of Crusade rules for all you campaigners!

WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR
Battle Report: Hour of Ruin – Ben and Matt from the White Dwarf team play their first game of the new edition. But who will triumph - Skaven or Stormcast Eternals?

Rules of Engagement – A super-sized column from the Warhammer Age of Sigmar game designers talking about the exciting changes they've made to the new edition of the game.

Designer's Notes: Skaventide – And now it's the time for the miniatures designers! Here, they talk about the incredible miniatures introduced in the Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Skaventide boxed set.

Paint Splatter – Paint Splatter is back with new stage-by-stage guides for the Hallowed Knights and the Clans Verminus. More-more paint-paint!

OTHER GAMES
Middle-earth™ Strategy Battle Game
The Dead Marshes – Filthy Hobbitses in filthy swamps! Ash shows us how he made a battlefield for the Dead Marshes.

Each copy of issue 502 also comes with a cardboard insert, which includes 2x paint recipe cards, 2x bunker achievement cards, 3x double-sided quick reference cards for the new edition of Warhammer Age of Sigmar, a double-sided A2-sized poster showing the Mortal Realms on one side with a Warcry campaign on the back, and 1x double-sided card including the scenario of the month for Warhammer 40,000, and Warhammer Age of Sigmar.

Also included is a Warhammer Combat Cards code granting free access to Roboute Guilliman to White Dwarf readers along with more cards, plasma, and coins to spend in game.