Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
This is the third edition of very popular Warhammer Fantasy Battles wargame, with a complex movement system and new specialist troop types.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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This is the third edition of very popular Warhammer Fantasy Battles wargame, with a complex movement system and new specialist troop types. Warhammer Fantasy Battles is a tabletop game for two or more players where you command several armies from a huge range that goes from Humans, Dwarves, Elves, Undead, Orcs, Beastmen, Ratmen called Skaven, and other fantasy races. This starter set provides you with all the rules you need to play, a core for two armies, and guides you through collecting and painting your own army of Citadel miniatures. The Warhammer rulebook is a 304-page hardback book. Within its covers the book is divided into seven sections: Introduction, The Basic Game, Advanced Rules, Magic, The Warhammer World, The Bestiary, and Forenrond's Last Stand.