Warhammer Fantasy

Warhammer Fantasy Battles (often abbreviated as "Warhammer" or "WHFB") is a tabletop wargame created by Games Workshop and set in the Warhammer Fantasy setting. more...

The game is played with 'regiments' of fantasy miniatures . It uses stock fantasy races such as humans, elves, dwarves, undead, orks, lizardmen, etc. Each race has its own unique strengths and flaws. Elves for example have the most powerful archers and magicians in the game but have fewer specialised close combat units.

Warhammer is periodically updated and re-released with newer rules and changes to the gaming system to improve playability. The 6th edition of the game is currently the official one.

Warhammer Fantasy Battle has also been the made into computer games: the 1995 Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat and its 1998 sequel Warhammer: Dark Omen (also see Warhammer computer games).

Playing the game

Warhammer is a competitive tabletop wargame where two or more players compete against each other with "armies" of plastic and pewter miniatures. The rules of the game are contained in a series of books, which describe how to move miniatures around the game surface and simulate combat in a balanced and fair manner. Games may be played on any appropriate surface, although the standard is a 6' by 4' tabletop decorated with model scenery in scale with the miniatures. Any individual or group of miniatures in the game is called a "unit", whether represented by a single model, or group of similar troops.

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