Warhammer Armies Project is Back After GW Tries to Take Them Down

By Travis Pasch | July 15th, 2023 | Categories: Fantasy, Games Workshop, Tabletop Gaming News & Rumors, Warhammer The Old World

Warhammer Armies Project is back, and rules are returning just a couple of weeks after Games Workshop tried to take them down!

If you remember, back in 2015, GW made the switch from Warhammer Fantasy Battles to Age of Sigmar, leaving block units and the old ruleset entirely in the dust. However, despite not using any of the rules, they still own the IP of that game system and setting.

Warhammer Armies Project filled that gap with pretty amazing rules, updates, and actually had quite a balanced game. However, GW told them to take it down a few weeks ago, but it looks like things aren’t as grim as we first thought!

Warhammer Armies Project is Back After GW Tries to Take Them Down

So, GW didn’t say they can’t have the rules and games; it’s more the fact they were using GW IP, such as army names and images. Initially, they said it would be a little too much effort with life to rework everything and rewrite all the army books and core rules.

Luckily, it looks like they did a sample book, and things didn’t take as nearly long as they thought they would. Coming from their blog, here are some more details about the comeback.

After over a week of “WAP is now dead” I decided to see how much work it would require to at least get the Kislev update out in rules-form; and it does look like it will be fairly manageable. It still requires many hours of work, but not nearly on the same level as the old book versions did. As such, I’ve decided to start transferring all army books into the new “rules-only” system, starting with Kislev. This will likely result in PDF’s of around 50 pages in length or so for the larger armies and will contain all units, stats, magic items, special characters and lores of magic. I’m aiming towards getting one book update out every 1-2 weeks which should be manageable. The main rulebook will likely need to wait until I’ve gotten at least most of the armies out since that will take a lot longer.

This is great news, as people who have been playing this version of the game can keep doing so after nearly 8 years of updates and rules. An update every week or two seems like a good benchmark, as any more than that would be a little crazy. So, if you love the ruleset, you’re in luck!

As well as this; I’ve decided to launch my own Patreon for those who want to support me there, in tiers of $1, 3, 5 and 10. I’m not paywalling anything like the Discord or the downloads, but Patreons will be able to vote on the order in which I update the books. Do bear in mind that I will not make changes to the rules regardless of monetary support; the last thing I want is for the game to be “pay to win”.For those interested in supporting me; you can do so here: Patreon

WAP is back, baby!

If you love the game and want your faction done first, be sure to support them on Patreon, as you’ll be able to vote on what comes next. We’re also happy they aren’t paywalling anything; so if you can’t support it, you can still use the rules.

However, if you have a few bucks to throw around and love the ruleset, you might as well support the Patreon and help keep the rules flowing!

Click Here To Support WAP on Patreon

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About the Author: Travis Pasch

Travis Pasch

Job Title: Head Writer & Editor

Joined: 2019

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Bio: Dark Eldar Dracon and Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the third edition in 1998. He also loves camping because you can only paint so much! He joined the Spikey Bits team in 2019 and has been the main daily writer since 2020.

Maybe one day, he’ll finish converting all his Ad Mech models and turn into a true tech enjoyer, complete with sad and happy robot noises!