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{{Short description|Role-playing game magazine}}

Warpstone Magazine is the the fanzine for [[Warhammer Fantasy Role-Playing]] that has been adopted and published by [[Hogshead]], who currently have the licence for this game from [[Games Workshop]].

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'''''Warpstone''''' was an independent magazine that covered the topic of [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]]. The magazine was in circulation from 1996 to 2014.

The name was derived from warpstone, a fictional [[mutagen]] in the ''Warhammer'' fictional universe and also in the ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' universe during the first and second editions. ''Warhammer'' materials described warpstone as solidified dark magic with transmutatory and alchemical powers.

==History==

''Warpstone'' was an unofficial ''Warhammer'' magazine.<ref name="designers">{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7}}</ref>{{rp|307}} Launched in 1996 by John Foody and John Keane, it featured reviews of official products, interviews, comment pieces, and fan-written material. Some ''Warpstone'' articles have been collected into the book ''Corrupting Influence - The Best of Warpstone: Volume 1'' published by [[Hogshead Publishing]].

From April 1999 until their closure at the end of 2002, Hogshead Publishing assumed control over distribution of ''Warpstone'', which made it possible for them to publish material that they were unable to use in official ''Warhammer'' publications.<ref name="designers"/>{{rp|307}}

Despite being published by the game's published the editorial integrity of the publication has been assured.

Around the publication of Issue 28, the decision had been made to end the magazine's run with Issue 30. This happened to coincide with a Cease & Desist letter from GW, which delayed further publication while this was resolved.

The final issue 30 was eventually released in November 2014, as a bumper farewell edition.<ref>{{cite news|title=Issue 30 The Final Issue|url=http://warpstone.org/|accessdate=13 December 2015|work=Warpstone}}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==

* [http://www.warpstone.org/ Official website]

[[Category:Defunct game magazines published in the United States]]

[[Category:Magazines established in 1996]]

[[Category:Magazines disestablished in 2014]]

[[Category:Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]]

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