White dwarf big changes!

[Jack Shrapnel]

will post in both 40k and WHFB sections due to this rumour having relevance for both!

From Faeit:

"White Dwarf Magazine as a monthly release is no more. Gone and replaced by a new weekly magazine called White Dwarf Visions. There is also a new monthly magazine called 'Warhammer' Visions. This will all happen immediately.



Gone is the iconic White Dwarf magazine, and the announcement is right around the corner coming as of this Saturday.



Two independent sources have confirmed this that have been reliable, but even so, this must remain a rumor until the official announcement.



This looks like a strong move towards the future with more hobby and community oriented material for White Dwarf and new possibilities for a new magazine, which right now we know very little. I will update with more information as I can.



via an anonymous source on Faeit 212

There will be an announcement this Saturday. The monthly White Dwarf magazine is history. There will be a small weekly white dwarf magazine and a new monthly magazine, called "warhammer: visions", 230 pages strong(!!!). This will start in February.



Also there is a meeting in February for every European "black shirt" in England. Maybe for the new GW website, including FW.



via a must be kept anonymous source on Faeit 212

As a heads up, you're going to be getting emails about "weekly white dwarf mini magazines."

It's called White Dwarf Visions and it's true.

They will focus on talking about the hobby and community more so than being a sales magazine."

[Jack Shrapnel]

From Faeit:


"The changes are here, and already we are getting some of the details that include White Dwarf being confirmed to start having rules in them again. Alongside that a new way to release models every month, changes the monthly release schedules that we are used to, to a weekly release schedule that is laid out in this rumor set.


Although these are considered to be rumors right now, these are very solid, as this is happening. Later today I expect an announcement from Games Workshop regarding White Dwarf magazine and Warhammer Visions. After all the cat is already out of the bag.

via an anonymous source from the Faeit 212 inbox.
I just got off the phone with the GW rep for my store.

He informed me that the new weekly white dwarf would be here for sale on the 31st. The new weekly dwarf will have rules again (a big deal for my customers) will have a retail cost of $4 US, GW will buy back unsold issues so we can get a bunch and not worry about how many are going to sell.

The new release schedule will break up the model and codex release for each month with the codex being in the second week.

week 1 Model,
week 2 codex+cards,
week 3 model,
week 4 model and black library;

is how my rep put it.

very exciting. "

[Jack Shrapnel]

The official GW announcement:

"White Dwarf magazine goes weekly!

Saturday 1 February sees the birth of the new, weekly, White Dwarf magazine.

Saturday 1 February sees the birth of the new, monthly, Warhammer: Visions magazine.

Yes, that’s right. We’ll be launching two new magazines on the same day, Saturday 1 February.

White Dwarf, now weekly.

From Saturday 1 February, White Dwarf will be available each and every Saturday exclusively in your local Games Workshop store, Independent Stockist and at games-workshop.com

White Dwarf will contain everything that’s new and exciting in the hobby that week, from news and information on all the week’s other new releases, to new columnists, interviews, painting, modelling, game rules and much more. And the price? The same as a pot of your favourite Citadel paint.

Warhammer: Visions, now monthly.

Warhammer: Visions will be available on the first Saturday every month in your local Games Workshop store, Independent Stockist, games-workshop.com and local newsstands in the UK, Europe and Australia.

Warhammer: Visions is a completely new monthly magazine, also from the White Dwarf team. It’s unlike anything we’ve ever done before and this super high-quality visual feast weighs in at a whopping 236 pages, each and every month.

Just 17 days to go and counting.

After months of planning and hard work, we’re really excited to be able to share this news with you. We were overwhelmed by all the support and feedback you gave us last time we relaunched White Dwarf back in September 2012 (and by your emails and photos that you send us every day – please keep them coming), and we’re even more excited by what we’ve got coming up for you in 2014.

If you can’t wait for Saturday 1 February and want to know more, then your local Games Workshop store manager has more info…"