Battle Reports: Old School White Dwarf Ones

David Leonard, a French fanatic of Warhammer 3rd, emailed me a while ago about the possibility of scanning the battle reports, the old third edition ones that were published in the late 80s/early 90s. I thought they may be of passing interest to others so I included them as my blog for today!

So here they are;

1) 24 Hours at Carik Mound (WD107) appears to be the very first battle report published in WD (please correct me if I am wrong) but doesn't appear to have been GW's idea in the first place. Reading the article, the battle was fought literally over twenty-four hours for charity (as part of ITV's Telethon '88 - no I don't remember it either!) and was written by Robin Dews ( who would later serve as a long standing editor of WD itself!) Its very basic, but puts 'modern' battle reports to shame. Russ Nicholson (follow him here) provides some nice illustrations indeed.

24-Hours-at-Carik-Mound

2) The Best Laid Plans (WD 117) is a look at a closely fought game from Games Day '89 concerning a battle between Skaven and High Elves. Again, this looks written by an outsider but does contain some interesting examples of 3rd edition army lists with a few more pretty pictures (that look specifically drawn for the article).

The-Best-Laid-Plans

3) The Clash of Evil (WD 123) is a battle (in house this time) between a Chaos Army and an Orc and Goblin Horse. Again, quality army lists are provided as are some equally nice illustrations by Gary (Lone Wolf) Chalk.

The-Clash-of-Evil

Enjoy!

Orlygg.