Fiction

After nearly twenty years the epic Horus Heresy series finally wrapped up this year. Dan Abnett was there both the day Horus slew the Emperor and, well, let’s not spoil the end just yet. John Power Jr. caught up with the author to discuss endings, imagination and where Warhammer goes from here.

Few names send a shiver down the spine quite like that of Ravenloft. Ever since this mist shrouded domain of dread debuted in 1983, its windswept moors, eerie castles and dark rulers have fired our imaginations. But what of its inspirations? Jack Shear, goes in search of Ravenloft’s literary roots.

With more than 30 Warhammer novels to his credit Guy Haley has spent much of his career mapping out our grim dark future. Willard Foxton Todd speaks to him about his early experiences with wargaming, his career and the, often brutal, reality of being a fiction writer in the 21st century.

40 years on from its release Peter Bebergal casts his mind back to Tom Moldvay’s Inspirational Source Material Basic D&D’s answer to Gygax’s Appendix N