Warhammer is dead. Long live Warhammer!

Never been interested in Warhammer, the only time I've rally experienced it is when a mate was working at the factory and was getting the sets for ridiculously cheap, but as an outsider it does seem a really good idea as last time I was in a Games Workshop store it was confusing as hell.

I think that's the main problem for me, it can seem so confusing and over bearing for people like me who doesn't play with that kind of thing. If a mate said to me now here's an army and a four page instruction booklet then I would give it a go.

Presumably, Cal, there's nothing to stop players playing old Warhammer fantasy battle?  In which case, why are some players whining?

This seems business sense from GW to me - I figure the money is in the figures and in reducing the cost of entry you attract new players.  Like giving free cigarettes to schoolkids

As long as you can use your old figures I cant see the issue... apart from there will be clever sods who preferd the rules to be complex...but the books and such will still exist so if they really want to play to those rules then let them do that together away from the masses.

I remember when we used to play there were pages on the undead in the rulebooks which were highly confusing, basically whole passages saying they were unstoppable and couldn't die which kids tried to use to make them an army which couldn't be stopped... there was then pages in follow up rule books saying that while they never ceased to be they could be crippled to a point in game terms they were effectively a dead playing piece and couldn't be used...

It is in part people being upset that Fantasy Battle is dead and is no longer being supported by GW. As in you will no longer be able to take your figures to a GW store and play Fantasy Battle. You can use them to play Age of Sigmar but that is a stop gap really as they are meant to be doing new figures and designs for all the races featured in the new setting. 

The other main gripe is currently the new rules are not currently conducive to competitive play. Which surprise, surprise is how angry people on the internet prefer to play. There is no points system or hard limits on the number of troops you can bring into a battle. It is all down to the players agreeing on what they will be playing with beforehand. Also the focus is now on creating epic stories and playing out the narrative of Age of Sigmar around the battles you fight rather than just simply winning via rules exploits and min/maxing the points value of your army. 

It is an active move away from the somewhat antisocial behaviour of doing anything to win that pushed me away from the hobby years ago. The rules end with a short bit on that no matter what both players should be having fun and it reminds me of the Games Workshop I grew up enjoying and throwing my parents' money at

Made a deal with my wife that sees me cancelling my Collector's Ed. of Metal Gear V to help cover the cost of the new starter box. So expect updates as I dive head first into Warhammer again!

For people wanting to get an idea of what the new miniatures look like: (Note these are just the good guys the Chaos army that comes in the box has more miniatures!)


I've had to order a load more paints for the colour scheme I want for my Stormcast Eternals and should hopefully be able to start painting them properly in a week or so!