White Dwarf 517 – Okt 2025

White Dwarf is the official Warhammer magazine, packed with amazing monthly content – including new rules and background, short stories, regular columns, special guests, and more.

Here’s what you can look forward to in the October issue:

Planet Warhammer
Models, letters and questions sent in by readers. Plus, scenery!

Worlds of Warhammer
Exploring the planets of the 41st Millennium through their battlefields.

WARHAMMER 40,000

Cavalry Engagement
Sound the bugle! Rev your horses! Charge into a new suite of rules for cavalry battles in the grim darkness of the far future.

Aethon Shaan Master of Shadows
Shhhh! You haven’t seen the new Chapter Master of the Raven Guard.

Retaliation Cadre
A well-weathered, war-torn army from the T’au Empire painted by Gue’vesa Gordon Miller.

Space Marine Operations
In part three, your Space Marines come face-to-face with a Carnifex. That escalated quickly!

WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR

A Tale of Four Warlords: Blighted Wilds
The classic series returns with four new warlords, four new armies, and a thrilling narrative to drive their gaming endeavours.

Warfront Ayadah
A Kharadron report on the conflict in the Spiral Crux (and its impact on their bottom line).

War in the Skies
Draconiths, sky-vessels, daemons – it’s time for aerial combat in the Mortal Realms.

OTHER ARTICLES

Hobby Hangout
Check out this rocky montage of hobby tips for building and painting big ol’ boulders!

The Defence of Inwit
As part of our scenery special, we show off an inspirational Warhammer: The Horus Heresy battlefield.

Winter in the Westfold
Another board-building feature, this time for a winter wonderland. There’s snow way you’ll want to miss it.

Battle Report: The Long Winter
The Defenders of the Hornburg – led by a half-mad Helm Hammerhand – sally forth to fight Wulf’s raiders in a wintry snowstorm.

Tattered Sails
Sunshine, flowers, happiness and peace. None of these are present in this horrifying short story that’ll have your insides squirming.

White Dwarf Bunker
Welcome to the Bunker, a worldwide Warhammer club made for you!

Access Granted!
Here you will find painting challenges and the latest Bunker news.

Battles in Middle-earth
We feature some of our favourite collections from the studio’s Middle-earth league.

Tombs Beyond Counting
New Kill Team rules for fighting on Necron Tomb Worlds. Beware the Flayer curse!

Battlefield Biomes
Eight pages of inspirational scenery projects created by members of the studio.

Satellite Uplink!
The Rusty Nurgling hits Dallas-Fort Worth, while Mr Pink shows off a Tyranids diorama.

Bunker Bingo!
Will you complete your Bunker Bingo sheet by the end of the year?

Each copy of White Dwarf 517 also comes with a cardboard insert containing the scenarios of the month for Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Terminus threat Level Enemy cards for the Space Marine Operations mini-game, and Kill Team: Tomb World event cards are also included.