White Dwarf 7

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White Dwarf #7
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Cover Date: June / July 1978 Cover Price: 60p << | >>

Notes

This was the first issue to have a full colour cover image. The Issue price has also increased to 60p

Contents

Pages Title Category Author Description
1 Cover John Blanche First colour cover
5 Contents Editorial Ian Livingstone Colour cover, more pages, more adverts, first readers poll.
6-7 Feudal Economics in C&S Chivalry & Sorcery Ed Simbalist Starting Off: Economic status of beginning characters

Inheritance

7 News News What's happening in the Sci-Fi & Fantasy world:
  • Starships & Spacemen
  • Castle Plans
  • Broadsword miniatures
  • Sorcerer's Cave
  • Thieves of the Fortress Badabaskor
  • Monster Manual
  • Space Marines & Orbit War Fantac Games
  • GW to produce Ral Partha
  • Starcast Miniatures
  • Games Dav IV
08-10 Fiend Factory D&D Don Turnbull (ed.) An assortment of readers' monsters

All illustrated by Polly Wilson

11 Letters Review Readers' views and comments
12-13 Treasure Chest D&D A miscellany of D&D additions
  • Carrying Capacity - John Sapienza
  • Equipment cost (gp) & weight (kg)
  • The Ashbury System, Part III: Experience system Brian Asbury
    • Table I - Weapons
    • Table II - Armour and Protection Devices
    • Table III - Bonus Modifications
    • Table IV - Modification for Special Powers
14 -15 Molten Magic Review Sci-Fi & Fantasy figures
  • Minot's Miniature Armoury
    • TT51 Unhooded Monk with Pack Mule
    • TT46 Abbot with Large Cross
  • Oracle Miniatures
    • OR10 Stone Giant hurling Stone
  • Wargames Publications
    • MA1 Ghoul Attacking
    • MA5 Witch on Broomstick
  • Archive Miniatures
    • 2045 Texican Space Rangers
    • 2040 Frinx in Power Armour
  • Asgard Miniatures
    • T4 Trimote with sword
    • T5 Trimote in Plate
  • Ral Partha
    • ES19 Angel of Death
    • ES10 LArge Hill Troll
    • ES9 Barbarian Hero
    • ES16 Beowulg
    • ES6 Patriach
    • ES20 Mummy
  • Miniature Figurines
    • VFW67 Skeleton Rider w. Spear
    • VFWH1 Skepeton Horse
    • VFW56 Skeleton w. Sword
    • VFWM5 Gian Man trapped in coffin with rats
    • VFW99 Shouting Head walking on arms
  • Greenwood & Ball
    • St17 Armoured trooper advancing
    • St16 Trooper Captain w. pistol
16 -18 Open Box Reviews
19 Kalgar Comic David Lloyd Sword & Sorcery adventure
20 -21,23 Lair of the Demon Queen D&D Don Turnbull A mini-dungeon complex (A difficult but rewarding section of the Greenlands Dungeon
22 -23 Thoughts on the Proliferation of Magic Items in D&D D&D Gary Gygax Advice on the use of magic items
24 Classifieds Classifieds Classifieds & Help!
27 Art Fangorn
28 Cover Ad for boardgame The Sorcerer's Cave by Ariel

Adverts

Page Title Category Description
2 The Model Soldier Shop (nottingham) Miniatures Asgard producing McEwan
  • McEwan
  • Asgard SF
  • Greenwood & Ball
  • Reaper Fantasy Rules
2 Hinchliffe Models Miniatures
  • Der Kreigspeilers Fantasy [7]
  • Heritage Fantasy[8]
  • Valiant Stardate 3000 [9]
3 Greenwood & Ball Miniatures
  • Cliff Sanderson 54mm [10]
  • Al Charles 80mm [11]
  • Garrisson 28mm Startroopers [12]
3 Games Centre Retail "The Wargamers Arsenal"
4 Lilliput Gaming Convention Guildford, Surrey.
4 Games of Liverpool Retail
4 Dungeons & Starships Retail/Mail-order 'Dungeons & Dragons'
24 Chris Harvey Games Mail Order Overkill Games Service
25 SD&VM Games (Esdevium) Mail Order
25 Forever People Comic Retail
26 Dragon Miniatures Miniatures UK distributors Clyde Models
26 Wargame Publications Scotland Ltd. Miniatures

Magic Miscellany & Arabesque [16]

26 Lou Nisbet Zine & Miniatures

Underworld Oracle & Oracle Miniatures [17] (Aly Morrison)

26 Trevis Tools Clamp for holding miniatures whilst painting them
26 Tally Ho Games Retail Fantasy Posters - Big O - Rodney Matthews and Roger Dean.
23 Games Workshop Mail Order