white dwarf 519 (december 2025) (english)

white dwarf 519 (december 2025) (english)

released on friday 19th december 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 december issue:

planet warhammer
models, letters, and questions sent in by readers. plus, a bloomin’ big dragon!

warhammer quest: darkwater

a new quest
john is our guide on a deep (dark, dank) dive into the rules of warhammer quest: darkwater.

of heroes and villains
a new cast of questors – and their loathsome adversaries – await! the designers reveal all.

paint splatter
emily paints our bold heroes up all nice. shame they’re about to plunge into the muck.

battle report: breach the abbey
stop me if you’ve heard this one: two knights, a duardin, and a mage walk into an abbey…

warhammer 40,000

new year, new army
which army will you lead into the grim, dark future of m3.26? let our flow chart decide…

new army, new story
a smorgasbord of imagination-sparking prompts for your new army’s epic narrative.

escalating conflict
ready to step up from patrol to incursion? we’ve got some tips on expanding your forces.

galactic war hosts: astra militarum
it’s a regular regimental parade, as the studio’s astra militarum armies roll out in force.

the golden throne
ever wondered how the master of mankind’s favourite piece of furniture works? yeah, us too.

warhammer age of sigmar

brush tips
the ’eavy metal ’elsmiths are ’ere (eh?) to talk us through the zharrdron’s paint schemes.

a tale of four warlords
two challenges in and the points are racking up. what’s the latest news from our warlords?

other articles

access granted!
here you will find painting challenges and the latest bunker news.

festive grotto
a veritable banquet of seasonally appropriate minis! the pudding looks a bit dodgy, though.

the vanishing of the emberwing
news from the studio’s ravaged coast campaign. warning: may contain emberstone.

bunker bingo!
have the team stuck to this year’s hobby resolutions? and what will their new ones be?

each copy of white dwarf 519 also comes with a double-sided card featuring the warhammer 40,000 and warhammer age of sigmar scenarios of the month. this issue also includes a 2026 bunker bingo card to track your hobby progress over 2026.

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