The community reception towards the End Times was pretty bad, the idea was good but the execution left a lot to be desired, especially due to how it was written, Age of Sigmar also received a lot of criticism from the community, though it´s improving over time and right now its a pretty decent game/setting.Īs you can probably notice, the majority of people still have a preference towards the original Warhammer Fantasy setting and most games are set on it too, so recently Games Workshop announced they are reviving the original Warhammer Fantasy setting with a new game called Warhammer: The Old World, though it´s still a ways off from being released. It is based on Warhammer Fantasy, the world you see in TW: Warhammer and the Vermintide games is the Old World from Warhammer Fantasy, a lore event called the End Times resulted in the destruction of the Old World and the death of most characters in the setting, this officially ended development of the original Warhammer Fantasy, giving way to it´s sequel, Age of Sigmar. Now, age of sigmar isn't going anywhere (and it's actually gotten pretty cool too- it was just complete garbage in first edition but has gotten waaaaay better in 2nd after Games Workshop cleaned house internally and fired a bunch of idiots), but this is just going to be more stories of things that happened before the world blew up. Kind of dry to just read through a wiki though.Īnd if you like the warhammer fantasy world, I'm glad to be able to say that it's coming back. You can go to the sources to find specific novels or army books you may want to look into. The Book of Choyer is another good one - they do some neat 'reenactment' videos using footage from total war as a voiceover narrates historical events in the warhammer universe.Īnd there's the wiki if you want to read that. It marked the beginning of the Realmgate Wars. That long night ended with the breaking of Sigmar’s Storm, for the God-King’s crusade was so violent it shook the stars themselves.

Gone was the Age of Chaos, an aeon of oppression and fear that saw the peoples of every realm subjugated and enslaved. In short, there’s everything you need to get started in one box Both the Stormcast Eternals and Nighthaunt armies offer a strong mix of units to.

Both are very solid and do a great job covering big events and smaller stuff. Across the Mortal Realms a thousand battles raged. The ultimate Warhammer Age of Sigmar boxed set includes two armies that can be quickly assembled without glue, plus a full-sized, hardback core rules book, dice, measurers, and a set of reference cards and booklets to get you to the table quickly. I'd also take a look at The Great Book Of Grudges and the Inept General. You can ask him what a specific dwarf lord's hammer was made out of and he'll probably give you the answer and double check in a book to make sure it's correct. Loremaster of Sotek is probably the most thorough, and besides his Q+A series and specific videos covering individual characters, his livestreams are more or less open Q+A sessions. Good way to get a feel for the major players and basic history of the world. (click the link for the full gallery - there's links to overviews for each race at the end).

Here's a quick rundown of the warhammer world.

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