I started playing Warhammer when the 4th edition came out which included
the High Elf and Goblin plastic miniatures and I still think this is one of the
best games that Games Workshop has produced. The fifth edition kept most
of the same game mechanics but made some major changes to the magic system.
Well so far it seems that the magic is again the target of massive rewriting, and
not that this is a bad thing. I found that magic spells and items were the elements
of Warhammer that caused the greatest problems and I always had to make special
rules for them at my tournaments. Well I am sure that this won't be the case with
the new set of rules, but until we all have the 6th edition in our own hands I won't
speculate to much on this. The armies that I personally played the most were the
High Elves and the Skaven, but my favorite are the Wood Elves. Below I have
links to some of the armies that I have images of and I hope to add more in the
future and eventually write some tactical advise.
Oct. 1/10. So now that the new edition is out I will give my own feelings on the
updated rules. After running numerous demos at the Sentry Box I found that
the games played smoothly and everyone really enjoyed some of the changes.
I added a 2nd level wizard to each army so players could get a feel of how the
new magic system worked. Overall it was a great success and most people went
off to buy there own copy. There were a couple of issues that came up and I feel
that others will run into this too. Since magic comes before shooting then this puts
guess range weapons out of sequence because allot of times you have to check the
distance for spells. Now say you guess ranges first and then cast your spells and
the unit you wanted to fire at fled or was destroyed. Well there are all kinds of house
rules we can come up with but I think GW is going to have to straighten this one out
themselves. The best changes were definitely the unit strength, flyers, chariots, hatred,
stubborn, and overrun. After I have played a few more larger battles I will add some
more insight. I will try and get some images of the miniatures from the boxed set,
since being an outrider meant that I had to paint the complete contents. They turned
out pretty good and they will go nicely with my existing armies.
Updated May 7/11: Finally an update on my Warhammer page, added a link to my
Tomb Kings which have been a work in progress since they were first released with
their book in the 6th edition. I stopped playing them for the most part in 7th edition
waiting for a new book and finally now with 8th they got one.
Updated May 30/12 : Finally adding something new to the Warhammer page, my
Orge Campaign army. Started with 500 points and growing 200 points per month so
far I am happy with both the look and playability ot the army.