A Look At White Dwarf Weekly #22 – Meganobz!

The great 2014 Ork Waaagh! is not over yet. White Dwarf goes into week five of Ork releases, previewing new Meganobz and the Ghazghkull supplement to everyone picking up a new Ork Codex in person at a Games Workshop store today.

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#1 – New Meganobz

The White Dwarf – obviously – starts with the new Meganobz, which also builds a Big Mek with tellyport blasta or kustom force field. The result is another insane box, £38 for three miniatures, and more bits than anyone could ever hope to use with the three bodies provided.

I love my bits-box as much as the next hobbyist, but these things are getting ridiculous. Couldn’t the Mek – who comes with several options by himself – be a box to himself?

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#2 – The Ghazghkull Supplement

We get the first 7th Edition Codex today. Those who didn’t buy the limited edition will get their hands on the first 7th Edition Codex supplement next week: Waaagh! Ghazghkull.

• It clearly says “A Codex: Orks Supplement” on the front, so it seems that it will not be a “mini-Codex” like Militarum Tempestus that can be used without the “mother Codex”. A pity, as I thought that was a decent format for people to “try out” a new army.

• The preview does show some formations though – the ‘Da Vulcha Skwad‘ for example – so it won’t be organised like classic supplements, the last of which was the Crimson Slaughter. FoC-swaps also don’t make sense anymore in the days of “unbound”.

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#3 – Armies on Parade

Notably, there are no rules for the Meganobz (or anything else) in the White Dwarf (which makes sense, as the Codex is out today).

The upside is a 4-page “War Diary” about Games Workshop staff (I think) building dioramas for the Armies on Parade 2014 competition.

I found it very refreshing to see some non-Orks, non-’Eavy Metal miniatures (I know, they are out there on the internet aplenty… still made the White Dwarf better!).

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#4 – Codex: Apocrypha

Another interesting new addition was the “Codex: Apocrypha” part, which replaced the usual Johnson/Kelly/Vetock-column with a background-focussed article.

In this issue, Phil Kelly writes about the Night Lords.

Admittedly, it is very basic stuff. Nothing new for anyone familiar with the Traitor-Legion background (though the red “fluff-box” was new to me, at least the character of “Veteran-Brother Nadrak“).

This could be good or bad.

• Bad, if they are just milking the 40K-background for easy White Dwarf filler.
• Good, if we possibly get a glimpse of things that are on the various GW studio writers’ desk at the moment?

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#5 – Thoughts?

Not the best White Dwarf I’ve ever read. Not the worst either. My Orky-thusiasm is notably waning, so that might have something to do with it. And there will be more Orks next week!

Not that I don’t like Orks, but as they did establish the “weekly” format, why not use it to shake things up a bit every so often?

Anyhow, let me know what you think!

Z.