Unskippable: Warhammer Battle March
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Warhammer Fantasy is pretty much based on medieval/renaissance world, mostly Europe. Empire being the Holy Roman Empire(Germany), Kislev being Poland/Lithuania, Bretonnia which is mix of Britain and France, plenty of Chaos guys come form Norsca - land of Vikings, etc.Jeffrey Ross said:
And damn, i almost managed to forget about this game, why did you have to remind me of it, why? On the plus side it involved Skaven... but it was the only plus side i can think of.
They aren't cliché... they created it, 23 years ago. It's everyone that copied from them who should be labelled as cliché.Zhukov said:
How old is this game? I couldn't help but notice that their mouths never matched what they were saying, the characters I mean.
If I still had quick access to my father's White Dwarfs I'd dig through for the one where 6th ed Armies book for Chaos that had the full time line on Fantasy Battle, but since I don't I'm forced to use Wikipedia on this one.Keava said:
"The first edition, written by Bryan Ansell, Richard Halliwell and Rick Priestley was published in 1983 and consists of a boxed set of 3 black and white books illustrated by Tony Ackland: Vol 1: Tabletop Battles, which contains the core rules, turn sequence, creature lists and features an introductory battle 'The Ziggurat of Doom'. Vol 2: Magic which explains rules for wizards of 4 different levels. Higher level wizards have access to more powerful spells. In this system, a wizard picks his spells at the start of the game, must have the correct equipment (usually Amulets), and as he casts each one it depletes a store of 'constitution' points, until at zero points he could cast no more. Vol 3: Characters introduces 'personal characteristics' statistics, rules for roleplaying (including character advancement through experience points and statistic gains, random encounters, equipment costs, and alignment) and has a sample campaign "The Redwake River Valley".
Very little world background is given at all and the race descriptions are kept to a minimum, and most of the background given is in describing the origins of magic items. Some notable differences to later editions are the inclusion of Night Elves (later Dark Elves), the appearance of Red Goblins - and that Citadel Miniatures order codes are given."
For what it's worth I dug out my copy of Slaves to Darkness, and that was printed in '88.
Edit: I probably should point out that I'm just trying to show just how old Fantasy Battle is. Thank you Keava for keeping me from engulfing the board in flame, but it is 27 years old, not 23.
It was more to the point than many other cinematics we've seen here.. weird chaos people fight humans in renaissance armour - neatly encapsulates a large deal of the warhammer fantasy experience. It's obvious what kind of game this is.. unlike with some other intros.
"Our cannons you see, it's terribly clever".
I loved that line.
also I loved how those men getting slaughtered at the begining were hitting those chaos warriors with swords, halberds, spears and rifles and yet didn't kill one of them (the warrior priest being the exception) and yet in strolls the elf and hacks down about five of them with a blade half the size of the humans!
I loved that line.
also I loved how those men getting slaughtered at the begining were hitting those chaos warriors with swords, halberds, spears and rifles and yet didn't kill one of them (the warrior priest being the exception) and yet in strolls the elf and hacks down about five of them with a blade half the size of the humans!
That accent also makes me want to hate him.
But I laughed at the "Canons you see, terribly clever." Haha!
But I laughed at the "Canons you see, terribly clever." Haha!