Sunday, May 3, 2020

Reference: Battle Reports from 2nd Edition

The following is a list of the battle reports featured in White Dwarf magazine during 2nd edition.  This list may be expanded (see below).

Issue 166 "Angels of Death": Blood Angels vs. Orks

Issue 167 "Bridge of Death": Space Marines vs. Orks

Issue 171 "Witch Hunt": Eldar vs. Orks

Issue 175 "Dawn Raid": Ultramarines vs. Orks

Issue 177 "Hold the Line": Space Wolves vs. Eldar

Issue 180 "A Bitter Harvest": Howling Griffons vs. Orks

Issue 182 "Blood and Fire": Ultramarines and Imperial Guard vs. Orks

Issue 187 "Heretic": Space Marines vs. Imperial Guard (Traitors)

Issue 189 "The Great Devourer": Tyranids vs. Imperium and Eldar

Issue 194 "Redemption": Dark Angels vs. Orks

Issue 196 "Civil War": Eldar vs. Eldar

Issue 200 "Kneel Before Me!": Chaos vs. Orks

Issue 202 "A Warrior's Duty": Imperial Guard vs. Eldar

Note: It was at this point that White Dwarf magazine changed into a bad acid trip.  The layout became absolutely terrible and it looked as if a child had discovered photoshop for the first time.  White Dwarf had changed in the previous 10-12 issues, but then it went completely off the rails.  This list may be updated in the future - but the "proper" battle reports disappeared in favour of short cliff-note game articles with...every graphical layer they could add.  This includes meaningless grids over everything, typeface over dark pictures, and if you like neon and random colours; all of them are included in almost every page.

Issue 213 (Abbreviated)
  • "Defend the Shrine": Chaos vs. Sisters of Battle
  • "Liberate the Relic": Eldar vs. Sisters of Battle
  • "Pierce the Darkness": Orks vs. Sisters of Battle

Issue 215 (Abbreviated) "Shadows in the Night": Space Marine Scouts vs. Orks

Issue 216 (Abbreviated) "Wings of Darkness": Eldar vs. Chaos

...at this point I stopped going through my available White Dwarf magazines.  My eyes hurt.  The battle reports were now four pages total (including huge intrusive graphics).  I'll check the rest sometime soon and see if anything changed before the launch of 3rd edition.  I doubt it.
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  1. PacificNovember 28, 2020 at 1:31 AM

    Just to say have just spent a very enjoyable hour looking through the articles on this site. Am just getting back into 2nd edition and this will be invaluable. Thanks and keep up the good work!

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    1. OscarNovember 30, 2020 at 12:44 PM

      No problem! I hope you find some useful content. We're actually starting to play a bit more proper 2nd edition, so anything I can find, I'm adding.

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  2. AndrewCNovember 11, 2023 at 10:30 PM

    Hi, I know this post is a few years old, but thought you may want to update your index for issues of WD after 216.

    Thankfully, 216 was the last with the abbreviated battle reports. After that, they went back to full sized reports and a few appeared before the release of third edition (with WD 226)

    Issue 218 – Massacre at Sanctuary 101 (10 pages) Sisters of Battle vs Necrons

    Issue 219 – Ambush at Volsci Gorge (15 pages) Blood Angels vs Eldar

    Issue 222 – Last stand at Glazer’s Creek (17 pages) Orks vs Imperial Guard, with a scenario based on the Battle of Rorke’s Drift

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