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INTRODUCING THE NEW FANATIC MAGAZINE

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ThiS month White Dwarf's younger
and slightly more rebellious (she'll
grow out of n) sister publication,
Fanatic magazine, enters the fray.
Andy Hall, Fanatlc~ editor explains.
AIdy: Many 01 you who read our
small but perlectly Iormed game-
C81lbic magazines will be aware of
their disappearance of late. This is
because they have been bought
togeIher. rlpped apart and
reformed into a monster -
someIhing thel truly is greater than
the sum 01 its partsl
The Fanatic Studio has been
around supporting the Specialist
Games Range for a few years now.
As the department has grown we
have wanted to Increase the qualliY
of our output.
This Includes the figures we
produce as well as our online
presence and paper product.
Fanatic magazine Is the resuli 01
that evolution.
Fans 01 the Specialist Games
Range can now look forward to a
monthly (from issue three) full
colour, White DwarI-siZed
magazine. This new Iormal will
ellow US 10 Increase the quality 01
the content as well as how II is
presented. It's also worth noting
thel Fanatic magazine is aimed at
older hobbytsls and so some
content may not aJways be sullable
lor younger readers.
So, aller talking Ii all up I bel your
dying to know what's In the 1I1S1
lew issues? Well, we start the ball
roiling In issue one wIIh Storm 01
Chaos scenariOS and badtground
lor warmaster. This is part one in
our ongoing series of Storm 01
Chaos articles that will mirror
White DwarI's own warllammer
support. Mordhelm ptayars not
only get a _led overview 01
Os1ermark by White Dwarf's very
own Nick Kyme, but a complete
game In the form of Pli Aghler.
The game is wrmen by Jervis and
uses figures from the Mordhelm
range, though not the traditional
set 01 rules, This Is someIhlng we
plan on experlmentlng wIIh in
Iulure Issues - using model ranges
In different ways. Jervis has
already mooted his Ideas lor an
Epic air force gamel
Wtthln the IantastIc covers of Issue
two expect 10 see the Spyrers lor
Necromunda, including the new
Matriarch and Patriarch, the
VWIIcare Assassm lor Inquisitor. the
IlIood Bowl Rules Review and the
first part 01 Prtvaleer - a brand new
supplement lor Ilat1IelIeet Gothic.
Every Issue will contain a stable 01
regular features, Including: lefters
pages, events, news, Splkel
magazine - home of the ever-
popular Ask Lord Borak, the
elusive Town Cryer classified ads
page and a regular column called
The Last Word in which I InvIIe
prominent members from the
hobby and games design teams 10
have a good rant!
JInII: It's been about three and a
hall years since I joined FanatIc,
and 10 say a lot has changed In the
way we support the Specialist
Games Range over those years
would be a massive
understatement! When I joined
Fanatic, the team consisted of
roysell, warwtck Kinralde, and the
late, great. Steve Hambrook. The
three 01 us were tasked wIIh
supporting the whole Spec:iallst
Games Range anyway we could,
but mainly by publishing smaJI
bIad< and white 'lanzines'lor eaclI
game system, and brlnglng out a
lew new miniatures lor the games.
From that smail, Inexperlenced,
three man team of the early days.
the department has more then
trlpled In siZe, so that II'S now a ten
rnan team, fully capable 01
providing top quality support lor
our games. More Importantly.
Fanatic has changed from being a
hybrld studio/sales team Into a
pure design studio. This change
has allowed us to focus purely on
the design and development of the
Specialist Games Range. We
produce new miniatures and
(nowl) a full colour magazine
coverlng the speclaIist range. and
have recently expanded !hiS output
10 Include a yearly annual for eaclI
game, and a commitment to
produce updated rulebooks and
game supplements when they are
required~ In an average month
Fanatic will brlng out hall-a-dozen
or so new miniatures, a!l6-page
magazine. and every two-three
months Fanatic will also brlng out
a!l6-page annual.
As long as you are playing the
games in the Specialist Range !hen
Fanatic will keep on supporting
them and brlnging out new
material lor them (and in some
cases we may keep on supporting
them even II you're not playing!).
watch out for details of new
Specialist Games Range releases
on the news page in Whhe Dwarl
every month, and, of course, In the
pages 01 Fanatic magazine.

NEW FROM
BLACK LIBRARY!
Dan Abnett's latest hardback novel ,
Double Eagle, will be available in
stores from next month.
It follows fhe daring missions of Ihe
Phantine Fighter Corps as they
struggle to halt a massive Chaos
counter-a«ack in the blood-soaked
Sabbat Worlds Crusade.
This isn't a Gaunt's Ghosts novel-
it's a brand new series set in the
same campaign, but sharp-eyed
fans may spot one or two
familiar faces.
Double Eagle is priced at £16.99.

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