Warhammer: The Old World - Forces of Fantasy

Warhammer: The Old World

by Games Workshop

It is a dark age, a bloody age, an age of strife and war, of Chaos and sorcery. Yet amidst all the fire and fury it is a time too of mighty heroes, of bold deeds, and of great courage.

Warhammer: the Old World – Forces of Fantasy is your indispensable guide to the armies of order and civilisation.

This book, used in conjunction with the Warhammer: The Old World Rulebook, provides you with all the information required to command your collection of miniatures on the field of battle.

Inside this 192-page hardback book you will find army lists containing profiles and special rules for every model available for the following factions, alongside magic items and unique spells:

– Dwarfen Mountain Holds
– Empire of Man
– Kingdom of Bretonnia
– Wood Elf Realms
– High Elf Realms

Each army list includes the Grand Army composition list for that faction, along with an introduction to the faction and a full description of each of the many characters and units it contains. Alongside this is a showcase of beautifully painted armies from the talented painters of the world-famous ’Eavy Metal team.

This is an expansion to Warhammer: The Old World – you'll need a copy of the Warhammer: The Old World Rulebook, available separately, to use the contents of this book.

Genres: Fantasy

192 pages, Hardcover

Published January 20, 2024

About the author

Games Workshop Group PLC (often abbreviated as GW) is a British miniature wargaming manufacturing company. Games Workshop is best known as developer and publisher of the tabletop wargames Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000 and The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game.

Reviews

[T R Alexander · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book includes all the unit rules for the five civilised factions involved in Old World’s narrative storyline, the Dwarfen Mountain Holds, the Empire of Man, the Kingdom of Bretonnia, the Wood Elf Realms and the High Elf Realms. As with the book covering the evil factions, this book has a brief overview of the setting and factions before moving on to the individual factions with a brief introduction to their lore, and the rules for their general units, magic, and special rules.

As with the evil book, the lore is more of a basic introduction than anything else (due to the more in-depth faction lore being in the Arcane Journals), this was a reasonably good book with rules that were easy to understand. I was glad to see that the Dwarfs have kept the ability to create custom magic items, and that the Bretonnians are back to using a proper lance formation (I seem to remember that some versions of the rule had them two-abreast rather than in an arrowhead). As with the other Old World sourcebooks, the artwork in the book is a nice mix of old artwork from Warhammer Fantasy Battles and Warmaster, most of which are in the nice sepia tones that some old editions used. The model showcase section for each faction was also reasonably good, but I do wish they had been a bit longer and shown more models.

[J.G. Cully · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book. Just enough detail on the Old World without over whelming. All the right information for the various armies. Reminds me of the army books of old. Good job 👍