GW dropped a huge FAQ for every army in Warhammer The Old World, the core rules, Arcane Journals, and even the Legacy armies.
Well, this is quite a nice surprise. GW said they would never update the rules for Legends (even if it’s just fixing stuff), and maybe this is a hint that the Legacy factions will be more supported than we expected. They also dropped FAQS for basically every other part of the game, which isn’t anything out of the norm for a newer game with new armies.
GW Drops Huge FAQ For Warhammer The Old World Including Legacy Armies!
Here is the latest Warhammer The Old World FAQ from Warhammer Community. They mentioned in the first FAQ in January 2024 that they hoped this FAQ would become bi-annual, and so far, they are on the right track for that to happen!
Warhammer: The Old World has been out for just over two months, and it’s safe to say that it’s been a great success. Now that people have had the chance to get to grips with quite a complex set of rules, the team have released their first set of community-driven FAQs – for the Core Rules, Forces of Fantasy, and Ravening Hordes, on top of some corrections to errors in the Legacy PDFs, all of which you can download below. Here’s what the team has to say.
This is pretty par for the course with GW; they release a new game or army, and big FAQS come about a month or two later. However, they promised nothing they did would make significant changes to the gameplay since the game is so new.
Legacy FAQS
…we’ve updated the Legacy army lists, strictly in order to correct some errors that had crept in when we wrote them. If you’re using one of those, please make sure you have the most up-to-date version downloaded.
They say it’s just errors being corrected, but that’s more than we were promised, so we’re fine with it. If you play any of these armies, be sure to check these changes out.
Core Changes
Armed with your questions, we’ve updated the initial Old World FAQ document (which included a combination of questions the designers and playtesters anticipated would come up) and added two more; one for Ravening Hordes and one for Forces of Fantasy. Both of these incorporate the relevant Arcane Journals. In all of these we’ve addressed the questions asked most often and, where appropriate, added commentary in order to add clarity.
This time around, the core rules have five pages of changes. The majority of them are corrections and clarifications to the special rules and who can use which universal rules.
Arcane Journals
This past weekend heralded the release of the third Arcane Journal, giving the Orc & Goblin Tribes two exciting new Armies of Infamy, two special characters, several new units, and loads more brand new content. This expands upon the rules in Ravening Hordes, allowing Orc and Goblin players to enjoy a similar amount of content to the Kingdom of Bretonnia and Tomb Kings of Khemri. Along with full army lists for the nine core factions and Legacy rules for seven more, that’s a lot of content released in a short amount of time for a brand new game and a lot for players to get to grips with!
As with any newly released game, we’ve had plenty of questions from players, and we’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who has taken the time to get in touch. We’ve genuinely enjoyed receiving feedback via the Old World FAQ inbox.
These aren’t in magenta, as they aren’t changes to an existing sheet. This is the first one, and it’s mainly an errata, meaning GW is just answering questions people had about the rules. They also added a lot of rules to units, such as Countercharge to the Chaos Steed.
Click Here to Download the Full FAQ!
The release of the new FAQs for Warhammer The Old World, including the Legends armies, has been somewhat expected, but it’s great to get clarification on a game with a lot of rules. While many armies only received minor corrections, they seemed to be pretty needed!
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