I thought I would try a different approach for this review and just detail the contents instead of offering my biased opinion.
I will give this issue 1.7 out of 5
Including the font cover and the back side of the back cover this issue contains 156 pages.
MISCELLANEOUS: 35 pages 22.73%
1 page of meet the team
1 page of editorial
2 pages detailing the contents
17 pages of stuff that is available to buy or available to pre-order in April
2 pages of letters submitted to White Dwarf.
12 pages of adverts
WARHAMMER 40K: 3.9%
A Tale of Four Warlords: Six pages detailing the efforts of the four Warlords building and painting their chosen armies. Black Templars, Astra Militarum, Iron Warriors and Craftworld Iybraesil are the armies of choice.
AGE OF SIGMAR 20.13%
Kharadron Overlords: 12 pages detailing the history and units of the Kharadron Overlords.
Kharadron Overlord Designer’s Notes: 6 pages of the miniatures designers and battletome writers providing their insight on the Overlords.
Battle Report: “A Grudge to Settle” – 13 pages of the Kharadron Overlords versus the Flesh-Eater Courts.
LORD OF THE RINGS: 2.6%
New Rules: War On the Long Lake, White Dwarf Exclusive – 4 pages of new rules that allow you to interact with the boat, barrels, baskets of fish, slippery walkways and the outhouse bits that are part of the Lake-town House kit.
SPECIALIST GAMES: 16.23%
Shadow War: Armageddon Battle Report: 12 pages of a battle report between two kill teams of Orks versus a kill team of Blood Angel Scouts and a kill team Cadian Veterans. The battle report took place on an 8’ high (when placed on a table) tower called Ferro-Giant Alphus that had been built from the new Sector Mechanicus terrain pieces.
New Rules: 12 pages of new rules that allow you to include Skitarii Rangers and Genestealer Cult Hybrid kill teams in your games of Shadow War: Armageddon.
Spike Magazine: 1 page of a jocular article covering the “big guys” of a Blood Bowl team such as Ogres, Trolls and Rat Ogres.
MODELLING AND PAINTING: 20.78%
Golden Demon: 4 pages of world-class and award-winning miniature painting including the Slayer Sword winner with a theme of enemies of the Imperium.
Army Showcase: 4 pages of a Dark Eldar force called the Sky Serpents.
Realms of Battle: 8 pages detailing how to assemble and paint the new Sector Mechanicus terrain.
Paint Splatter: 6 pages on how to paint the Arkanaut Frigate and its crew in the colours of Barak-Nar plus colours schemes for Arkanauts of the Barak-Zilfin and Barak-Zon sky-ports.
Parade Ground: 6 pages of AoS monsters or constructs painted by members of Games Workshop HQ.
Reader’s Models: 4 pages of photo’s featuring models painted by readers of White Dwarf.
OTHER: 13.63%
Temporal Distort: 2 pages covering White Dwarf 196 from April 1996. Notable content includes the release of 2nd edition Space Hulk, the first appearance of Wood Elf Dryads, Warhammer Quest supplement Seaport and the release of the 5kg white metal Thunderhawk Gunship.
Destined Duel: 4 pages detailing a new minigame. A new minigame played by two players and their choice of one model from the Warhammer 40k range. The game is played in a space of 12” using a normal pack of cards. The cards determine your attack, defend and sidestep actions.
Illuminations: 8 pages of artwork with the theme of “Enemies of the Imperium”
Blanchitsu: 4 pages detailing the House Marguardt warband of Kari Hernesniemi’s that was
used in the Pilgrym project . Kari’s warband is at the very heart of the Pilgrym project as it includes the titular character.
In The Bunker: 3 pages of goings on in the White Dwarf bunker.