Editing White Dwarf (magazine) (section)

=== 1970s ===
[[Steve Jackson (UK)|Steve Jackson]] and [[Ian Livingstone]] initially produced a newsletter called ''[[Owl and Weasel]]'', which ran for twenty-five issues from February 1975 before it evolved into ''White Dwarf''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brannan |first=Timothy S. |title=Owl & Weasel Wednesday #6 July 1975 |url=https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2014/08/owl-weasel-wednesday-6-july-1975.html |access-date=2024-10-22}}</ref>

Originally scheduled for May/June 1977,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Livingstone |first=Ian |author-link=Ian Livingstone |date=April 1977 |title=White Dwarf |journal=[[Owl and Weasel]] |publisher=Games Workshop |issue=25 |pages=6}}</ref> ''White Dwarf'' was first published one month later. According to Shannon Appelcline, "Issue #1 ... was a 20-page magazine printed on glossy stock with a two-color cover."<ref name="Appelcline2014">{{cite book|last=Appelcline|first=Shannon|title=Designers & Dragons: The '70s|year=2014|publisher=[[Evil Hat Productions]]|page=2795 |location=Silver Spring, MD|isbn=978-1-61317-075-5}}</ref> The magazine had a bimonthly schedule, with an initial (and speculative)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eidosinteractive.co.uk/ian_livingstone/biography/part4.html |title=eidosinteractive.co.uk |access-date=28 August 2008 |archive-date=15 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915090841/http://www.eidosinteractive.co.uk/ian_livingstone/biography/part4.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> print run of 4,000. ''White Dwarf'' continued the fantasy and science fiction role-playing and board-gaming theme developed in ''Owl and Weasel''. Due to the increase in available space, there was an opportunity to produce reviews, articles and scenarios to a greater depth than had been possible in ''Owl and Weasel''.