tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post1016667032155837224..comments2024-03-25T20:55:48.523+00:00Comments on Didcot Wargames Club: Fondly remembering White DwarfMike (Didcot Wargames Club)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-10551593927275146382016-03-02T12:06:46.514+00:002016-03-02T12:06:46.514+00:00Worthy Old Stuff Day entry :)Worthy Old Stuff Day entry :)40kaddicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763647828123242837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-63328802333748288682015-10-19T18:52:27.827+01:002015-10-19T18:52:27.827+01:00You're better off not reading it and keeping t...You're better off not reading it and keeping the good memories unsullied. Paul Sawyer was head of the mail order dept, think he's left now. Was mostly based of a fall out between him and the (at the time) new head of GW. (The one that mucked the company up)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-28323605785511240402015-10-18T22:50:34.731+01:002015-10-18T22:50:34.731+01:00Yeah, I don't think it was the same after he w...Yeah, I don't think it was the same after he went. I don't know how it is fairing these days as I haven't read it in a long time. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-67728896223000695782015-10-18T20:55:27.552+01:002015-10-18T20:55:27.552+01:00Mike Walker, the best writer that GW never payed. ...Mike Walker, the best writer that GW never payed. I started at 267, now looking for which issues he wrote for before that. Feel it went downhill after Paul Sawyer left.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-75020437270606458042015-08-17T09:44:05.709+01:002015-08-17T09:44:05.709+01:00Glad you liked it. I actually dug out the "Ru...Glad you liked it. I actually dug out the "Ruined" article again this week when I was basing up my gothic ruins, so there's still use in the old pile of magazines (at least that's what I tell myself when I see how much space they take up). Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-30422064630650270652015-08-17T03:01:44.193+01:002015-08-17T03:01:44.193+01:00Awesome thanks for the time-trip! I remember ALL t...Awesome thanks for the time-trip! I remember ALL those articles can hardly believe itizmerulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00306247094275482744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-77718942532048559392015-06-20T19:14:35.058+01:002015-06-20T19:14:35.058+01:00My memory of Inquisitor is not that good to rememb...My memory of Inquisitor is not that good to remember who was in the first issues :)<br />No idea what happened to the other writers. I assumed they moved up the corporate ladder or left the company entirely. A real shame, as they had some great talent writing back then. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-8545949140794804002015-06-19T23:30:21.466+01:002015-06-19T23:30:21.466+01:00Yes I think I remember that follow up too :) thank...Yes I think I remember that follow up too :) thanks for bringing back good memories!<br /><br />As for Inquisitor, Inq28 seems to be a thing these days. I guess it's easy enough to arrange with 3 people, if everyone has time to digest the rules & one choses to be GM. I don't know if this is right, but when Inq came out was Graham McNeil the GM for the White Dwarf reports? Or am I confusing him with some bald person on staff then? Or was it someone with hair?<br /><br />Also does anyone know what happened to Paul Sawyer? Or other writers from that period?Jarvalexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08416169959902156290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-49537627124055930702015-06-18T14:04:25.230+01:002015-06-18T14:04:25.230+01:00planetstrike is available as a dataslate, I bought...planetstrike is available as a dataslate, I bought it but have yet to arrange a game against anyone using those rules - mainly because they require a bit of forward planning...Triple Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002702481127525157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-85491160192100878252015-06-18T09:10:54.224+01:002015-06-18T09:10:54.224+01:00I was a big fan on Inquisitor, despite never playi...I was a big fan on Inquisitor, despite never playing it! I downloaded the rules when they had them on the website for free and always planned to run a game using 40k figures, but never got round to it. I made up rules for Gaunt's Ghosts, all my favourites were there. <br /><br />I also remember the Eldar vs Dark Eldar battle. In the next issue, they played a jungle-fight game between the remnants of Vect's army and the new catachans. It was really good. I wish the jungle fight, cityfight and planetstrike games would come back into mainstream, they were interesting systems to play once in a while. <br /><br />I do wish it could come back to form, but I am not too hopeful. They would need a drastic re-haul of the entire magazine (once again!). Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-33634277146569460612015-06-18T08:44:27.809+01:002015-06-18T08:44:27.809+01:00I remember these too! I'd add in the extra Inq...I remember these too! I'd add in the extra Inquisitor characters and models that debuted in WD, or indeed how they covered that game for a year and a half. It was very well done; perhaps the most adult range Citadel ever did. <br /><br />That battle report I remember too; although my first WD was the issue early in 3rd (perhaps the 2nd or 3rd issue after release) where one of the staff's Cadian Guard fought the Dark Eldar. I remember the commissar with the ogryns...I was quite bummed that in the eventual Guard codex you couldn't do that. I got a few back issues later on, but that first issue and battle report sold me. I also remember the big Craftworld Ulthwe versus Dark Eldar report sometime in 3rd too quite well (with Vect teleporing away). <br /><br />Other things from olden days - the vehicle design rules; the Chapter Approved articles with rules; the support for the summer campaigns (Albion, Armageddon and Eye of Terror especially). I also remember the free army book for 6th(?) edition fantasy they supplied...I would imagine armies for months with that. <br /><br />And yes, the humour. WD under Fat Bloke was excellent, fun and imaginative. Can it ever come back?Jarvalexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08416169959902156290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-43878093264577522042015-06-16T13:04:18.356+01:002015-06-16T13:04:18.356+01:00Looks like you got started about a year before me....Looks like you got started about a year before me. Lot of good things there too, I never saw the Eldar vs. Eldar match up, that must have been interesting. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-4685581934983122812015-06-16T12:00:50.639+01:002015-06-16T12:00:50.639+01:00I started with 195, and only this year got rid of ...I started with 195, and only this year got rid of all the boxed back issues that had been clogging up my loft for years (sorry, I stored them away but only rarely went back and re-read them once I got married)<br /><br />The one that really sticks in my mind though, aside from those you've highlighted, was a poem about an eversor assassin based on Edgar Allen Poe's 'The Raven', which inspired me to not only read and memorise the original (I can still recall the first couple of verses) but to start a Raven Guard army when I ditched my 'Tiger Legion' colour scheme after Uni.<br /><br />Other highlights were Egrimm van Horstmann vs Teclis and Prince Imrik battle report, the Ghazghkull and Yarrick arena of death (where Yarrick brought a Leman Russ to even things up!) and a battle report Eldar vs Eldar from 195, where the staff champion took on the grand tournament champion. Guardians even had lasguns at that time!Triple Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18002702481127525157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-21938461646812518112015-05-19T09:01:10.094+01:002015-05-19T09:01:10.094+01:00They do take up a lot of space, but I keep digging...They do take up a lot of space, but I keep digging into them every so often for inspiration.<br />Yeah, it's a shame its not as good anymore. Blogs and some other sites are fantastic for getting good tacticas and tips, but somehow, its just not the same. Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-49533506240462740302015-05-19T00:47:17.648+01:002015-05-19T00:47:17.648+01:00I have loads of old white dwarfs, going way back. ...I have loads of old white dwarfs, going way back. Occasionally I think about getting rid of them, but they go back nearly 15 years now (some of them!) and they were a big part of my growing up. I would love it if games workshop had kept them nearer to what they used to be. Luke Darksun https://www.blogger.com/profile/14416275320673777382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-29094355572715753772015-05-17T14:07:19.265+01:002015-05-17T14:07:19.265+01:00That's the one. Kemmler and the Zombie Dragon ...That's the one. Kemmler and the Zombie Dragon vs. Beastmen with that huge block of Minotaurs. Looked like a blinding good game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-20862850598508366192015-05-17T11:53:12.964+01:002015-05-17T11:53:12.964+01:00Yeah, the new undead army was way better than the ...Yeah, the new undead army was way better than the old studio one, the army had a much more unified, empire type feel to it than the previous Khemri-based one. I still think it looks fantastic. <br />I remember that battle report, wasn't it with Heimlich Kemmler vs the Beastmen army? Two great looking studio armies on a fantastic battlefield, again, what made White Dwarf great.Mike (Didcot Wargames Club)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04136576868354842829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668255476316917252.post-29362641861399731452015-05-17T11:29:30.520+01:002015-05-17T11:29:30.520+01:00White Dwarf 211 was the issue that doomed me. That...White Dwarf 211 was the issue that doomed me. That and 217, with that Undead army going into its first battle report, and the Chaos release, and the Necrons. I was locked into wargaming for life after that.<br /><br />As far as the 'illegal' scan-and-share goes, I say do it in the spirit of fair use: the magazines are out of print, after all. You could always weed it (have people pass it forward one at a time by e-mail) rather than uploading it if that felt safer. That said, Scribd is full of old White Dwarfs and nobody seems to be in trouble for it.<br /><br />I would really like to read the early 200s and the Mike Walker articles again. Just saying. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com