Warhammer The Old World Rumors: Core Rules Whispers

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Nov 15 2021

There’s new scuttlebutt doing the rounds on Warhammer: The Old World’s core rules. Take a look.

We’ve all been waiting with bated breath for any word onthe big relaunch of Warhammer Fantasy in some form. It’s been two years since GW first announced it would be returning in November 2019.

Previous News From GW

They already answered the BIG burning questions regarding Bases and Scale of the new game:

Bases – Square or Round?

“Definitely square! Warhammer: The Old World is a reinvention of the classic rank-and-file game of Warhammer Fantasy Battles. Regiments move in ranked-up units, and strategic manoeuvring into position to launch or receive a critical charge will be as much a key part of the game as it ever was.”

This is a BIG deal. In fact, it’s so big, they reinterated this answer again in the same post. Seriously, it’s going to be square bases again and it’s going to rely on the old school rank-and-file game play of Warhammer Fantasy.

Scale – 10mm or 15mm?

“What? No! What madness is that?! The scale will remain the same as it ever was. We want people to be able to use their old armies if they wish, or to start new ones, or to add new miniatures to old armies – whatever they want.”

Then Nottingham showed off a lot very detailed maps here. So it’s not a shock that they have been nose to the grindstone, creating away. Onto the latest:

Previous Schedule Rumors

“I have some (not so positive” Rumors) about Warhammer – The Old War…

As said in an earlier mail, there will be no miniature previews before mid 2022.

Model Ranges are already in the Work, but the most progressing Part of the Reboot is the Backstory and the Freerooms they have because the different timeline.

Early Factions for the Game will be no brainers and all time community favs like the Empire, Orcs and Goblins, Dwarfs and Chaos. Those factions are focused the most but others are in the work, but do not expect Cathay or other niche factions too early, those will need years after the reboot to come to light.

Release could be Summer 2023, but that Date isn’t finally set. Covid brought more trouble for GW than everyone believes…”

New Core Rules Rumors

This latest comes via Gary:

“The Ruleset for Warhammer the Old World will be 7th Edition to the core, but with smaller influences from the 5th, 6th and 8th Editions. They understood that the 8th was too big in the sense of Army building, even for GW Games.

The Core Rules are more or teaser completed and work on the Starter Sets written content and early expansions will soon starting but Miniatures are still in Work

There will be a new concept of Expansions Books and three Compendium-like Tomes for 8th Edition Armies before The End Times in a format like Ravening Hordes from the early 6th Edition.

It looks like that the concept of Armybooks will stay and continue and The Old World becomes something like the 9th Edition WHFB.”

Thoughts

The use of WFB 7th Edition as a basis makes a lot of sense. 8th Edition ruffled a lot of feathers and in particular the extra large model “Horde” units pushed the game perhaps past its breaking limit. A cleaned up and modernized version of 7th would work for The Old World’s Core Rules (please make combat resolution not take an advanced math degree).

The talk of Expansion Books and Tomes feels like the Index books from 40K’s 8th Edition. Perhaps a small set of multi-army books to bring everyone up to speed right away, followed by individual army tomes focussed on the individual armies – just like the good old days. The mention of something like Ravening Hordes is right in line with that.

The talk of miniatures still being under design tells me we still have a ways to go.

I firmly believe The Old World will be worth the wait!

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Author: Larry Vela

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