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[[Image:UKWD099.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Cover of ''White Dwarf 99''#99, March, 1988]] '''''White Dwarf''''' is [[Games Workshop]]'s monthly magazine. It is produced in a number of countries, with the UK U.K. being considered the "mother" magazine.

[[Image:UKWD100.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Cover of ''White Dwarf'' #100, April, 1988]] ''White Dwarf'' began as a bi-monthly magazine covering roleplaying games like ''Dungeons & Dragons''. Its first issue, June/July 1977, introduces its subject to the various types of roleplaying companies and different companies that produce miniatures. Its editor, Ian Livingstone begins the magazine by describing the creation of roleplaying games and how there are over fifty games, with ten miniature production companies, spanning many different ideas and concepts at the time. The original publisher was the Pentagon Printing Group and they produced the magazine for Games Workshop. It was later, when Games Workshop started producing miniatures for their own game and branched off completely from the ''Dungeons and & Dragons '' format, that ''White Dwarf '' became a monthly magazine devoted just to Games Workshop products.

When Games Workshop's products took over, ''White Dwarf'' was turned into a magazine and a "cataloguecatalog". The "cataloguecatalog" section featured new miniatures that were released by Games Workshop/Citadel Miniatures and even had a place where they could be ordered. It was with this incarnation that ''White Dwarf'' became a true Games Workshop -only magazine. This was fully expanded beyond miniatures in the 90s to include the new releases of [[Black Library (BL Publishing)|Black Library]], the literary publisher for Games Workshop. From then on, short stories and other literary works played an important role in articles.

Later, when Games Workshop bought the license to produce miniatures for the ''Lord of the Rings'' series, the ''White Dwarf '' expanded. It was the first time in over 200 issues that a non-Games Workshop concept would be featured in the magazine.

There are many standard feature articles for ''Warhammer 40,000'':

* "Chapter Approved": These articles introduced new rules and units for play. They are collected into books called [[Chapter Approved 2001|Chapter Approved]].* "Index Astartes": These articles describe the founding of the [[Space Marines]]. They are collected into books called [[Index Astartes]].

 You can read the first issue of ''White Dwarf '' (No no ''Warhammer 40K 40k'' content, but surely an historical release!) [http://www.scribd.com/doc/4691957/White-Dwarf-001 here].

Currently the edition is divided into four sections; ''Warhammer'', ''Warhammer 40,000'', ''The Lord of the Rings'', Hobby , and ''Frontline''. While the first 3 three sections are self -evident, ''Hobby '' is dedicated to the hobby community, painting and hobby advice; Frontline also contains a list of all hobby centers and independent stockists, an events calander calendar and minuatures miniatures available to order. The current UK U.K. Editor is Mark Latham. There is an official database of ''White Dwarfs Dwarf'' (from issue #100 onwards) available on the Games Workshop website at [http://uk.games-workshop.com/whitedwarf/database/ Games Workshop Database].

The magazine covers ''Warhammer '' (''Fantasy Battle''; ''WHF''), ''Warhammer 40,000 '' (40K''40k''), and Lord of the Rings. It also has articles on the hobby aspect of the games (Modelingmodeling, Paintingpainting, etc.). Current editor for the US U.S. edition is Guy Haley. While the US U.S. version has many articles in common with the UK U.K. edition, it often will also have US U.S.-only sections by the US U.S. ''White Dwarf '' and Web web teams.

Also note that the US U.S. ''White Dwarf '' edition numbers are 1 (one) behind their UK U.K. counterparts.

''White Dwarf '' has been issued and translated in many different countries. Some dates are reported to give you an idea of when it started in each country and how many numbers are available today.

** Number #1 December 1994 - January 1995

** Number #30 Mar . 2001 ** Number #62 Feb . 2004** Number #80 Oct . 2005** Number #112 Jul . 2008

==List of ''White Dwarf '' Magazines==

'''''White Dwarf '' Issues ''Warhammer 40K 40k'' 1st Edition''' (UK U.K. issue if not specified)

The first ''Warhammer 40,000 '' article was in ''White Dwarf '' #93 , published September 1987, presented as a preview.

'''''White Dwarf '' Issues ''Warhammer 40K 40k'' 2nd Edition''' (UK U.K. issue if not specified)

The 2nd edition of ''Warhammer 40,000 '' was introduced as a preview in ''White Dwarf '' #166 published October 1993.Then the new edition was launched in ''White Dwarf '' #167 published November 1993

'''''White Dwarf '' Issues ''Warhammer 40K '' 3rd Edition''' (UK U.K. issue if not specified)

The 3rd edition Edition of ''Warhammer 40,000 '' was introduced in ''White Dwarf '' #225 published October 1998.

'''''White Dwarf '' Issues ''Warhammer 40K 40k'' 4th Edition''' (UK U.K. issue if not specified)

The 4th edition Edition of ''Warhammer 40,000 '' was introduced in ''White Dwarf '' #296 , published September 2004.

'''''White Dwarf '' Issues ''Warhammer 40K 40k'' 5th Edition''' (UK U.K. issue if not specified)

The 5th edition Edition of ''Warhammer 40,000 '' was introduced in ''White Dwarf '' #342 , published July 2008.

== Content of ''White Dwarf '' relevant to 40K ''40k'' == In the following page you will find a list White Dwarf issues, all in one page, that contain [[White Dwarf 40K material|40K material]], in particular:* Warhammer 40K articles* Miniatures Catalogue