Hey everyone! If any of you remember Astro-Hammer back from issue 2 you will remember a really clunky program with a few bugs. I have managed to re-do everything into a simple C program which is now available for download here!  It comes as a .zip file and make sure you read the included README file.  If there are any problems please post them up here or email me.  I will be including close combat in the next version!

Also, keep working on those datasheets, our donations total is up to $40 so someone will get some shiny new plastic at the end of the month!

-Kevin

Finally, I can release the details for the Datasheet competition!
To keep it simple, here’s how it breaks down:
Download the .doc or .jpeg (the Word document file will be much easier for you to create the Datasheet, though) available a little further down this post, on the right under “Supplements” or, if you hold your cursor over “Astro Mag Database” you can click the Supplements tab there.  At any rate, they’re all the same file.
Next, you just create your datasheet (limit is three per person)! But Kevin, what does that entail?  Well, my panel of judges will be grading them using this rubric:

Points Effectiveness - is the model/unit overpriced, underpriced or just right?
Rules – Do the rules make the unit overpowered, underpowered, etc?
Fluff – Is the fluff well thought out and interesting (and true to the 40k universe!)?
Originality – Does this look like something we’ve seen before or is it a brand-spanking-new-knock-your-socks-off model/unit?

There will also be bonus points which you DO NOT have to do to qualify, but it may give your entry a little extra boost to the top!  Read more... (453 words, 1 image, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

That’s right, we have finally finished Issue 4! Please leave comments telling us what you thought of this issue or send us an email at theastromag@gmail.com.

Also, make sure you check back here this weekend for info on our datasheet competition where we hope to give away a Stormlord or Stompa as the first place prize (as long as we get enough donations of course!)

Enjoy, and please give us your feedback! We really appreciate it all!
-Kevin

Well, we at the Astro Mag are nearing completion of Issue #4. If all goes as planned, we should be done this week.
Figured I’d give you all a little update on that (and to give us more motivation to get the thing done!)

Also, keep on the lookout for a contest that will be formally announced in the mag with details following in a post on here. We are going to try and give away great prizes for it, but that depends on how much in donations we receive. Hopefully we can get enough to give a shiny new toy away, but I’ll save all the nitty gritty details for later

-Kevin

Hey guys. This is the first of many “live supplements” for The Astro Mag. Instead of including them in the mag themselves, I will post them up here for immediate enjoyment!
So “Captain Kellen” over on the Astronomican forums finished a project meant for fun games that brings the Dark Angel’s codex “up to snuff” for 5th edition, making them a bit more fun to play. A lot of people don’t agree with this sort of thing, but I suggest giving it a read as it is very professionally laid out and has some cool stories in there as well! If you guys have any input, feel free to post comments and I’ll forward them over to Kellen.

Enjoy! (click the image to download!)