White Dwarf Issue 493

• Loaded to the rafters with articles, inspiration, and fiction to get you deeper into your favourite games
• Lore and short stories about the Tome Keepers, Idoneth Deepkin, and more
• Includes card inserts for Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Bunker scenarios, and more

White Dwarf is Games Workshop's premium 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 the October issue:

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

Worlds of Warhammer
We hope you like hot weather because we're taking a closer look at the Realm of Fire with Phil Kelly.

Inside the Studio
A look at the miniatures painted and the games played in the studio this month.

WHITE DWARF BUNKER
Access Granted!
An introduction to this month’s action taking place in the White Dwarf Bunker.

Challenges
Join in with our ‘Psykers, Sorcerers, and Supernatural’ painting challenge.

The Slidecrown Sundering
Join us on the Slidecrown Isle for the start of this Age of Sigmar narrative campaign!

Scenario of the Month
New scenarios for Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar, plus new gaming content for Warcry players.

Basic Training
Gaming and tactical advice. This issue is all about learning from your mistakes. Hopefully!

Hobby Hangout
Lewis Collins shows off the Tyranids he painted from the Leviathan box set. Spoiler Alert – They're very green!

Satellite Uplink
Lyle Lowry rounds up the studio’s Combat Patrol league, and we show off your wizards.

WARHAMMER 40,000
A Tale of Four Warlords
The warlords get creative with conversions as they add to their new forces.

Strike Without Mercy
A new short story about jump pack deployments that get you from space to planet in 60 seconds.

Book and Blade
Crusade Rules for White Dwarf's own Space Marines Chapter – the Tome Keepers.

Wings of Vengeance
An in-world treatise on the history, design, and application of Space Marines jump packs.

WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR
Traverse the Forests
A new battlepack set in the forests of the Slidecrown Isle.

The Vinters Mance
Claret has been spilled in this short story featuring Armand Callis and Hanniver Toll.

Fantastic Warhosts
Idoneth Deepkin Grab some flippers, because we're heading under the sea for this issue’s painting gallery.

WARCRY
Courage and Cruelty
New Warcry quests and artefacts for Vulkyn Flameseekers and Kruleboyz Monsta-killaz.

WARHAMMER: THE HORUS HERESY
Full-scale War
Rules for tying different-scale games of Warhammer: The Horus Heresy into one narrative campaign.

WARHAMMER: THE HORUS HERESY – LEGIONS IMPERIALIS
Battle Report: The Garmon Purge
The Blood Angels battle the Death Guard in the inaugural Battle Report for Legions Imperialis.

SPECIAL FEATURES

Black Library – The Garrulous Saint
A wholly disturbing short story written by J.H Archer. We recommend reading this one on an empty stomach…

Each copy of issue 493 also comes with card inserts, including a dial card to represent the balance of power in The Slidecrown Sundering club campaign, Bunker achievement cards, a paint recipe card and a double-sided card featuring the Bunker scenarios of the month for Warhammer Age of Sigmar and Warhammer 40,000.

Challenges
Grab your brushes and join in with our elite units painting challenge!

The Combat Patrol League
The studio satellite’s Combat Patrol league is at its end. But who has emerged victorious?

Scenario of the Month
Includes the Info-gheist Pursuit Scenario for Warhammer 40,000 and The Fluctuations of Power for Warhammer Age of Sigmar. Also includes a Kill Team mission that can be used in normal games or as part of a Spec Ops Campaign.

Basic Training
Features Steven Box from Vanguard Tactics and an Orders, Sir? section where the answers to the tactical conundrum are featured at the back of the issue.

Hobby Hangout
Emily Ridding takes over the Hobby Hangout this month and shows us how to paint terrain.

Satellite Uplink
We hear from the club at Warhammer Rio Rancho and check out some of your elite units.

WARHAMMER 40,000
Echoes of the Warp
We take a look behind the scenes at the creation of Combat Patrol with Warhammer 40,000 rules writer Duncan Waugh.

Faces of the Devourer
Inquisitor Drakkstein gives an account of some of the Tyranid swarms faced by the Imperium.

Brush Tips: Terminators
The ’Eavy Metal team are back – this time with a guide for Space Marine Terminators.

Suffer Not the Unclean
A Black Templars vessel is in danger of being overrun by Tyranids in this short story.

Battle Report: Sweeping Raid
Two veterans of our Combat Patrol league show off the new game as Scott Pire's Orks take on Paul Foulkes and their Astra Militarum.

WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR
A Tale of Four Warlords
Our four Warhammer Age of Sigmar warlords tackle their first major challenge – painting a Vanguard boxed set.

Bastions of Foulness
Looking for real estate in the Mortal Realms? We explore some of the greatest fortresses of the Age of Sigmar. Viewing advised.

The Spoils of the Waaagh!
Zoggrok Anvilsmasha tries to keep his orruks in line as they besiege a Sigmarite fortress.

Friends in Need
Rules for forging alliances in the Mortal Realms with a Battlepack for multiplayer games of Warhammer Age of Sigmar.

WARCRY
Wyrdhollow Bladeborn
Four new Bladeborn warbands make the transition from Warhammer Underworlds to Warcry – Ephilim's Pandemonium, Domitan's Stormcoven, Skabbik's Plaguepack, and The Headsmen's Curse.

WARHAMMER: THE HORUS HERESY
Born of War II
More Inductii as we showcase the remaining nine Legions from the Horus Heresy.

WARHAMMER UNDERWORLDS
Glory Points
What’s that smell? John Bracken introduces us to what he’s dubbed the ‘Pungent Prophets’.

NECROMUNDA
The Darkness Lifts
As the lights come back on in the underhive, our gang leaders take stock of the situation.

SPECIAL FEATURES
Black Library – Between the Lines
Chaplain Sephax uncovers a deadly plot against the Tome Keepers Chapter in a short story written by Callum Davis.

Each copy of issue 492 also comes with card inserts, including two new Bunker scenarios – one each for Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar – two Bunker achievement cards, five Kill Team cards, and a paint recipe card.