Another GW price increase is here- this time for the White Dwarf magazine and it looks like the September issue is delayed as well.
About a week ago we saw the first official GW price increase in over a year, it honestly wasn’t terrible. Seeing how natural sable hair has been increasing in price so it sort of made sense that brush prices would go up.
However this week when retailers received their pricing sheets, the cost for September’s issue of White Dwarf Magazine had increased by $2. Still, the issues are only $11 now but that was a price increase of over 20%!
White Dwarf Price Increase & Delay in North America
Also of note in the fine print of a recent Warhammer Community article, they stated that you won’t be able to Pre-Order this month’s issue in North America or Japan until October.
Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, September’s issue will not be available to pre-order in Northern America or Japan until next month.
Pretty disappointing for all those Slaves to Darkness players out there as a big rules update for them is inside. Plus, the Space Wolves are grabbing a successor chapter in the way of the Wolfspear Chapter. Let’s check out the new edition and then get into the rest.
White Dwarf Slaves to Darkness Rules
Tome Celestial: Slaves to Darkness is a huge boon to Chaos worshippers. Including rules updates spanning six pages, this considerable battletome update presents revamped allegiance abilities and core battalions, as well as new rules for open and matched play formats, and a suite of rules for using Slaves to Darkness in Path to Glory campaigns.
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This bevy of official rulings comes straight from the game designers. An official, tournament-legal update to Battletome: Slaves to Darkness itself – so don’t get caught without them when you bring your forces of the Everchosen to your next event.
These will be tournament official rules, so if you play Slaves to Darkness, then you need to pick this up. 6 pages of rules is honestly a lot and who knows when they will actually grab their new book. So this might be a stop-gap for a while.
Wolfspear Chapter
One of a very few known successor Chapters of the Space Wolves, these cold and taciturn Primaris Space Marines revel in hunting the enemies of the Emperor. This issue of White Dwarf contains not only lore, squad markings, and a full codex supplement, but also a rather handsome transfer sheet and three Stratagem cards for the Wolfspear.
Usually, these supplements are a few traits, relics, and a couple of character datasheets. In this one though, you’ll also even get their stratagem cards, meaning they’ll have 3 new stratagems.
Even though it’s not a ton, it’s always cool to learn about the lesser-known chapters.
If you were excited about the issue, unfortunately, you have another month to wait, and it will cost you a bit more at the register too.
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About Travis Pasch: Travis has been a Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the 1990s, playing the game since Third Edition. Through extensive traveling, he’s seen a lot of the miniatures hobby from across the world, giving him a unique perspective on the latest gaming topics and trends.
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