First Look: White Dwarf 76 & Age of Sigmar Big Book

These two actually came in a few days ago, but with my preparations for Gen Con and delving deeper into my previous releases, I didn't have a chance to really sit down and take a look at these. So here's my First Look.

White Dwarf 76

Now that the hype of a brand new game is out of the way, what was White Dwarf going to have this run? Well we get some more lore, again, all very basic starter information. We're still early in the line, so we can't go deep yet. I do hope that eventually they'll use WD to cover very specific topics, now that the Starter Set and Big Book has laid out the first part of the storyline.

We get a few glory shots at the first new models that came out that week as well as our first painting guide for a Stormhost other than the Hammers of Sigmar. The Hallowed Knights get a basic color layout this time, it's nice to see them and a few other stormhost colors scattered throughout the issue.

Age of Sigmar Big Book

I think this is officially just called Age of Sigmar Book, but I like adding the term Big because it's big. Also, helps separate it from the other books about Age of Sigmar out there.

I went with the Limited Edition because I'm crazy, it does look nice though.

Big Book is quite accurate because this guy has some weight to him. It's a heavy hardcover book much like the standard hardcover rule books GW has put out before. But this is not a rulebook, this is a fluff book that has scenarios and a few warscrolls in it.

Right off the bat, the art in it is absolutely gorgeous, there are some fantastic pieces in here, especially the maps of Realms under siege, I love maps and these are presented in a wonderful way. But all of the art is fantastic, including the shots with models once again.

This book is mostly backstory in broad strokes to get us to the current events. It picks up where the Starter Set left off, with the Eternals beginning their attack to take back the Realms. The book provides a look at several of the major battles happening, each is then given Scenarios so you can play out these events. It's a fun way to present that game, breaks up the "two sides fight!" standard battles and moves the story forward while still letting you play in it.

The Big Book is the one I'm most looking forward to diving into, as it's just like that first Campaign Setting book to a good RPG.