White Dwarf: Issue 491 - August 2023 (GER) (WD08-04)

• Packed with Bunker content, including new scenarios for Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar, plus new articles for Blood Bowl, Warcry and more
• Also featuring: articles on Terminator armour, T'au Septs, a dramatis personae of Hammerhal, and a free short story
• Plus, you'll find a Warhammer 40,000 rules summary, Bunker scenarios and cards, all printed on card!

The White Dwarf is Games Workshop’s premium Warhammer magazine, packed with amazing content every month such as new rules and background, short stories, regular columns, special guests and more.

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

Contact
Letters, questions and pictures of miniatures from our readers.

Warhammer Worlds
What inspires the start of a Warhammer collection? Andy Clark looks to the past for inspiration.

Inside the Studio
What we've been painting and playing in the studio this month.

WHITE DWARF BUNKER
Access Granted!
An essential guide to the White Dwarf Bunker and its many exciting activities.

Challenges
What leaders and heroes will you paint for the challenge?

Combat Patrol League
The Studio Club Combat Patrol League is in full swing. How are you getting on?

Scenario of the Month
New scenarios for Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar, plus a new Warhammer Underworlds league.
Includes ‘In the Maelstrom’ for Warhammer 40,000 and ‘Battle of the Black Skies’ for Warhammer Age of Sigmar. Plus, how to run a month-long league for Warhammer Underworlds: Wyrdhollow.

Basic Training
Game-play and tactical advice. This month, it’s all about creating a battle plan in Warhammer Age of Sigmar.

Hobby Lookback
Regular painting advice. This issue, we get Space Marines ready for battle.

Satellite Uplink
News and painting challenge entries from Bunker Satellite Clubs across the globe. This month's Bunker of the Month is Eton College, followed by Leaders and Heroes from staff and readers' painting tables.

WARHAMMER 40,000
Four Warlords
The Warlords complete their Combat Patrols and get their first games in.

Galactic Armouries: T’au Septs
Embrace the Greater Good and dive into this glorious gallery of beautifully painted miniatures.

Crux Terminatus
A treatise on the pinnacle of protective garb, the Tactical Dreadnought Armour.

WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR
Arcane Apocrypha: The Grand Conclave
A depiction of the Grand Conclave of Hammerhal's structure, traditions and personalities. A huge background article detailing many Hammerhal personalities.

Rules of Engagement
How do the settings of the Warhammer universes influence the rules of the game? Louis Aguilar, Warhammer Age of Sigmar game designer, finds out for you.

Illuminations: Celestial Enlightenment
The Illustration team explains how it approaches the illustration of the fabled Seraphon.

Harbingers of War
The Miniature Design Team tells us about the creation process of the four new Harbinger models.

The Turning of the Wheel
A loyal soldier of Hammerhal brings news from the fronts of the Dawnbringer Crusades.

WARCRY
Might and Madness
Quests and Campaign Rules for Stormcast Eternals and Flesh-eater Courts in Warcry. It contains Warcry rule content from Nightmare Quest and provides three quests for both the Questor Soulsworn and Royal Beastflayers, the associated rewards and a collection of background tables. You will also find the rules for the Gnarlwood Realmshaper Engine terrain piece here.

WARHAMMER: THE HORUS HERESY
War-born
Introducing the Inductii – with a gallery of new recruits for The Horus Heresy.

BLOOD BOWL
The Forge Bowl Continues
In part two of this series (or should we say season?), we find out who won the league.

SPECIAL FEATURES
Black Library – The Emperor’s Light
In this short story by Darius Hinks, the Ultramarines protect a group of faithful from raging Tyranids.

Every copy of Issue 491 includes cardboard extras: a double-sided play aid for the new edition of Warhammer 40,000, two new Bunker scenarios (one each for Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar) and a set of cards for the Warhammer Underworlds Bunker League, as well as two Bunker achievement cards.