These replace the multiple human armies of previous editions and bear a striking resemblance to Warhammer 40,000’s Space Marines - Games Workshop’s best-selling line of miniatures.
The most notable change is the addition of the Stormcast Eternals faction – an elite force of human warriors elevated to the service of the god Sigmar. Where previous editions of the game pitted rival empires against one another in a world reminiscent of the works of JRR Tolkien, Michael Moorcock and Robert E Howard, the new version seeks to establish a more distinct universe. Photograph: Games Workshop What’s changed in the new edition?Īge of Sigmar rewrites the Warhammer setting from the ground up. Warhammer players collect, paint and fight battles with armies of miniature troops. Players spend hours building and painting their miniatures, a process that requires patience, dedication and, sometimes, considerable artistic skill. Building an effective army, utilising your force’s strengths and exploiting your opponent’s weaknesses are the keys to victory.īut the Warhammer hobby extends beyond the game itself. Plenty of children and young teens play Warhammer, but the game has always involved a heavy dose of strategy that appeals to adults as well. So it’s toy soldiers? Is it just for kids? If you go into a Games Workshop store, you’re very likely to see large Warhammer battlegrounds set up in the shop, usually beautifully modelled to resemble real landscapes. Its science fiction spin-off, Warhammer 40,000, has proved phenomenally popular with its armies of Space Marines, war machines and vicious alien hordes. In its lifetime the game has gone through several editions, tweaking rules and adding new units and creatures for players to deploy in their armies. Unlike a board game, where players’ moves are restricted to defined areas, Warhammer commanders freely manoeuvre their units set distances using rulers and resolve shooting and hand-to-hand combat by rolling dice. Players collect forces of miniature plastic models, all with different stats and abilities, and use them to play out clashes on a tabletop battlefield. Warhammer is a tabletop battle game which puts players in command of armies of valiant humans, noble elves, savage orcs or a variety of twisted and monstrous creatures.
So what has changed, and why did Games Workshop bring the curtain down on their iconic world of fantasy warfare? What is Warhammer? Warhammer: Age of Sigmar is a complete overhaul of the game’s rules and fictional background. Now the company has unveiled the game’s new incarnation.
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