The free ride is coming to an end in less than a week as GW will paywall their 40k army builder app with a Warhammer+ subscription.
To be fair, they never said it would be free for a long time, but this is faster than many people expected. Luckily this time, parts of the app will remain free, meaning you should be able to still see the rules for all armies, but just not use the army builder portion.
Fortunately, other 3rd party army builders have made a lot of headway for their 10th Edition apps, and you can see the list of alternatives here!
Let’s jump into the announcement from GW.
1 Week Left Until GW Paywalls 40k Army Builder App
The Games Workshop Army Builder App Paywall announcement comes from Warhammer Community.
The Battle Forge tool really helps you to plan army lists quickly and easily, and share them for printing or reference. That element of the App is currently free, but it will only remain so until the end of August.
From the 30th of August, you’ll need to subscribe to Warhammer+ in order to access the full features of Battle Forge. The other tools in the app will remain free, and it will continue as an excellent reference for the most up-to-date rules for Warhammer 40,000. The Index datasheets, Combat Patrol rules, and Core Rules references will remain accessible even without a subscription.
We thought they might slowly turn this into a paid subscription, such as when an army gets a codex, then you have to pay for that.
However, that’s not the case, and you will have to pay for the army builder portion of it starting on August 30th. The other big change from the last edition is that there is no option to get the app on its own, you have to subscribe to Warhammer +, and judging by comments online, people have quite mixed opinions about it.
Either way, the good news is the rules will remain free (but we’re assuming only until that faction’s codex comes out).
You have one more week of free access, but it might be a good idea to get used to one of the alternative free builders from the list below now.
Click Here For Free Alternative Warhammer 40k Army Builder Apps!
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