Forces of Fantasy

Happy Halloween, dear listeners! This time we're not diving into a White Dwarf. Instead, we're going to take a look at a Warhammer-adjacent horror story. So sit back, grab a nice mug of your favourite pumpkin spiced (or other) beverage, and enjoy a little tale about a faraway city in a bygone era.

This episode, I'm joined by Padre from BigSmallWorlds / Tilea's Troubles for a lovely chat about playing Warhammer Fantasy Battles 1st edition, both back in the day and more recently. Well, recent-ish anyway.  You can find Padre's stuff over at https://bigsmallworlds.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/@bigsmallworlds. If you want to learn more about Padre's Tilea's Troubles campaign, I can highly recommend the interview he did with Josh over at the Crown of Command podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Tj6bwnbgp1MZygV3hUvhJ and another one with Matthew at Bedroom Battlefields https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwoyv8hD1Sg.  

White Dwarf 99 has not a lot of Warhammer Fantasy content, but it does give you something to play with - which is exactly what we're going to do. We're given a preview of the (then) upcoming Realm of Chaos book with the infamous D1000 table of mutations, and rolling up a character with it ourselves. Oh, and there was also a preview or something... But MUTATIONS!!!

In White Dwarf 98 we get to unpack some Chaos goodies! From more Minotaurs (fetchez la vache!) to Thugs to Centaurs. It's not all Chaos though, there's also Dwarfs. But we've seen them already, so I'm juist going to skip over them. Chaos all the way today!

Well colour me forgetful. I completely missed this episode after coming back from my holidays and went straight into the continuation of the White Dwarfs. Here's the 3rd and final part of the Old World lore as set out in the WHFB 3rd edition rulebook. Enjoy!

Quality over quantity in this 97th issue of White Dwarf. There are not many Warhammer Fantasy (related) articles, but there is one. And it's a big one: a scenario with 4 opposing forces (2 a side), Dwarfs vs Greenskins. Looks fun to play. Now to find some Dwarf Pikemen...

No, dear listener, I'm not calling YOU a lobotomized human slave... Although... were I a Slann, I might. We unpack the Slann mercenary force and quite a bit more 3rd edition goodness (including a behind the scenes look by Richard Halliwell) in this look at White Dwarf 96.

We continue our Warhammer 3rd edition background section with a look at the timeline - divided into the Elder Age (covering Elves and Dwarfs) and the Age of Man. I wonder what race that last one is about. Probably Halflings. (Yes, there's Halflings in there, don't worry).

Alright, this should have been episode 60, or perhaps 59a. Either way, it should have come before the lore section. But it didn't. This is the audio of the video of me looking through the 3rd edition rulebook. A cursory glance only, mind you. You can find the video on my Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/forcesoffantasy/posts/warhammer-3rd-165440496?pr=true) and on my Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ul3gkNaQ-Y) if you want to have a look-see. And if you've already watched the video, then feel free to skip this episode and wait around a bit for the second part of the lore section.

The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. But mostly, I read it in the lore section of the 3rd edition WHFB Rulebook. We'll take a look at how the world has been changed (by the Slann and the collapse of their warp gates), as well as how the world has changed from 2nd to 3rd, and from 3rd to later editions. While a lot of pieces are in place, GW is still finding its footing with the development of the Warhammer World.