Editor in Chief Bill | 04 Jul 2015 7:50 p.m. PST |
With Age of Sigmar here, what do you plan to do with your pre-Sigmar Warhammer armies? * continue to play under the old rules * sell them off * switch to another rules system * etc. |
Garand | 04 Jul 2015 7:55 p.m. PST |
Probably convert entirely to Oldhammer. 8th ed or maybe 6 ed if I can find players. Also maybe solo gaming. I noticed there was no "use them in Age of Sigmar…" :) Damon. |
Editor in Chief Bill | 04 Jul 2015 7:57 p.m. PST |
With the new basing, can they be used in AoS? |
liborn | 04 Jul 2015 8:12 p.m. PST |
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Dave Gamer | 04 Jul 2015 8:18 p.m. PST |
Continue to base them for HotT or maybe Fantasy Rules! |
f u u f n f | 04 Jul 2015 8:26 p.m. PST |
continue to use them for 4th edition use them in Age of Sigmar Basing has no effect in the game. Though we may house rule that one instead of measuring from spear and sword tips etc. |
The Beast Rampant | 04 Jul 2015 8:29 p.m. PST |
I haven't played for fifteen years, but all this recent talk of Oldhammer has gotten my interest up. Which is why I was even paying attention when the AoS thing broke. I'm feeling the itch to dust off some old minis and get back to…something. But either way, I've held on to hundreds and hundreds of WH minis this long, so the current furor isn't going to cause me to storm off to ebay with 'em anytime soon. So, "etc", then? |
Mithmee | 04 Jul 2015 8:36 p.m. PST |
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Mithmee | 04 Jul 2015 8:38 p.m. PST |
With the new basing, can they be used in AoS? Nope because the new AOW mini's are far larger than the standard WFB mini's. GW planned it this way so you can't. |
Pictors Studio | 04 Jul 2015 9:00 p.m. PST |
I'm going to use mine in AoS. |
Knob | 04 Jul 2015 9:04 p.m. PST |
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D6 Junkie | 04 Jul 2015 9:22 p.m. PST |
Yep, use them with the new and so to be free PDF next Friday, of Kings of War. |
Tgerritsen | 04 Jul 2015 9:35 p.m. PST |
Yes you can use your old minis. They even released stats on their we page for all the old armies. Basing is not relevant in the new rules. The amount of misinformation being bandied about is mind blowing when you can get the new rules and the old stats right now, for free, on their website. I will try the new rules with my old armies, play Oldhammer, and play my own custom rules. I also use my warhammer figures for Song of Blades and Heroes. Painted fantasy armies always find a way to the table. |
Xintao | 04 Jul 2015 9:57 p.m. PST |
Still weighing my options but it should be one of the following 1 WFHB 3,6,7 or 8 2 Kings of War 3 War and Conquest 4 Write my own 5 Anything but AoS, perhaps Checkers, Tic Tac Toe, Watch paint dry. Xin |
Winston Smith | 04 Jul 2015 10:06 p.m. PST |
Anyone who would get rid of their armies just because the "official" rules now in place don't "support" what they have is a KoolAid drinker. And what's wrong with continuing to play with the edition you like? |
Intrepide | 04 Jul 2015 10:13 p.m. PST |
I will probably pull some SAGA sized warbands out for Savage Orcs, Goblins and possibly Beastmen, and keep them individually mounted for skirmish games (NOT AoS) All the rest are going to be mixed into diorama style bases for Kings of War, with any other manufacturers I wish. |
ForeverGame | 04 Jul 2015 10:58 p.m. PST |
"With Age of Sigmar here, what do you plan to do with your pre-Sigmar Warhammer armies?" Well, play Aos of course? The old armies don't need rebasing, the new rules are for free … pretty good I'd say. The lists are nice and fun. The rules are different, sure, but more engaging. Big models go down in effectiveness just like big units, that's good. And yes, no point costs, but so what? You can agree on the number of scrolls each will use, or else be the underdog and try to win by Sudden Death. Plus it will still be a great tournament set, just not like it was before. Cheers |
Lazyworker | 04 Jul 2015 11:19 p.m. PST |
I've been using my painted Warhammer and Lord of the Rings figures for learning games of Lion Rampant while I work on my Perry Brothers War of the Roses figures. |
Muerto | 04 Jul 2015 11:45 p.m. PST |
Unfortunately the tide of cheap armies on eBay has not materialised. Too few erroneously think they need to rebase or are unable to cope with change. It is nice to see that, after several years of almost complete silence on the topic here, Kings of War is getting a leg up. |
Doctor X | 04 Jul 2015 11:46 p.m. PST |
Have not played since 6th edition. If I get time to play again I'll play again. Right now too many games to play and not enough time for WHFB. |
thabear | 05 Jul 2015 12:08 a.m. PST |
Continue to play KoW with them . cheers Tom |
Wonkothesane | 05 Jul 2015 2:47 a.m. PST |
Your old army can be used with the new rules for the price of a drop or 2 of printer ink. There's no law been passed to stop you playing WFB……..or Oldhammer………or Mordheim…….etc, etc – just as the existance of Impetus does not preclude anyone playing WRG 7th edition, or 6th edition for that matter. In fact, I remember the flap when WRG introduced flaming pigs and some gamers thought they'd have to start melting down there cataphracts. Presumably there are still some of these people around, wondering what happened to the 'tartan paint' they ordered from that MilMod ad one April 1st…..? |
blacksmith | 05 Jul 2015 2:55 a.m. PST |
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Mute Bystander | 05 Jul 2015 4:40 a.m. PST |
Since I never played the old rules or collected GW miniatures I am choosing "None of the above!" Lord above, a tempest in a teapot! Sounds like people are reacting to non-problem here from the "outside the addiction" zone. |
Ney Ney | 05 Jul 2015 4:42 a.m. PST |
Lion Rampant and Dragon Rampant Kings of War Possibly Saga |
mgdavey | 05 Jul 2015 5:08 a.m. PST |
Well the first thing I'm going to do is try playing AoS with them. |
etotheipi | 05 Jul 2015 6:04 a.m. PST |
Since I never played the WH game with them, this doesn't make a lot of difference to me. Except, please PM me if you want to dump your "useless" armies cheap! :) |
kallman | 05 Jul 2015 10:10 a.m. PST |
It is kind of a moot point with me. I have not played Warhammer Fantasy Battle in a long time. If I were to play it would be with the 6th or 7th edition rules if I can find like minded players. Baring that I have options to use them with Dragon Rampant, Kings of War, Warmaster in 28 mm, or there is a new playtest set of rules based on Hail Caesar I would like to give a go. There are also other rules systems out there that might be a good use of my Old Hammer armies. Clearly there is not a viable second hand market for the figures any more as I attempted to sell off a good chunk of my painted Chaos Mortal army last year and I received almost zero takers or folks who wanted me to break up the army and sell it piece meal for cheap. So I ended up keeping the majority of my Chaos Army. In the end I am glad I did not sell it as I do plan to find a way to use these figures. They are some the first collections of miniatures I ever bought and I've had a great deal of fun with them. Yes GW jumped the shark with WFB and 40K some time ago and I long ago stopped being their target market. Regardless, I still have the figures and they will see battle again in some form or fashion. Just not in Age of Sigmar which from what I have seen is not going to be my particular cup of beverage. |
Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 05 Jul 2015 10:50 a.m. PST |
I will continue the course I have been heading gor close to ten years now, I plan to paint them and use them in whatever game takes my fancy. My beastman are up next, they will be Broo for my new Glorantha collection. |
Dentatus | 05 Jul 2015 12:09 p.m. PST |
I find the furor over AOS odd. Like punkrabbitt returns, Why not play whatever edition/figs you want? I'm sure people can /will figure out how to slot old forces into the new rules. They're just toy soldiers. Even more odd is I actually broke down and purchased AoS. I'm no GW fan but it seemed a quick and easy introduction to fantasy games for my current gaming group. |
nazrat | 05 Jul 2015 12:19 p.m. PST |
* continue to play under the old rules |
Frederick | 05 Jul 2015 12:39 p.m. PST |
Like Nazrat sez Continue with the old rules Although I will probably try out the Age of Sigmar rules – as noted, no need to re-base Plus I can use a lot of them for Hail Caesar (the advantage of Empire and Bretonnian armies) |
IronMike | 05 Jul 2015 12:46 p.m. PST |
I'll be giving AoS a try. I for one am more than sick of games being won on the spreadsheet instead of on the table. If AoS can get rid of that endless number-crunching and rules-lawyering to skunk your opponent, followed by 'but it was a fair game! the points matched!' as an excuse, I'm all for it! |
Garand | 05 Jul 2015 1:39 p.m. PST |
Re: playing whatever rules you want… One of the nice things about GW games is that you are often guaranteed an opponent. I cannot say the same for other games. So with GW games it pays to play the current game if you want the convenience of almost always having someone available to play when you want to. I think it needs time to shake out what the local communities are going to do, whether they adopt AoS compeltely, or stick with 8th. THere are a few people sticking with 8th so far, and a few people jumping into AoS…. Damon. |
skinkmasterreturns | 05 Jul 2015 2:28 p.m. PST |
Theyre individually based,so whatever comes to mind. |
Dean AKI | 05 Jul 2015 3:15 p.m. PST |
Will try AoS with them at some stage, but mainly in order: Kings of War Lion/Dragon Rampant Warhammer 8th Oldhammer 3rd |
wizbangs | 05 Jul 2015 3:16 p.m. PST |
Continue playing 6th/7th edition. I never made the leap to 8th. Because I never went with the latest edition my gaming circle shrunk dramatically, so all 20 armies are on the shelf while I play FOW. However, if need be, I'll shift over to Kings of War. |
elcid1099 | 05 Jul 2015 11:59 p.m. PST |
Rick Priestly and Warlord Games. It's time for "Hail Sigmar" |
Albino Squirrel | 06 Jul 2015 7:52 a.m. PST |
Funny you should mention that, elcid1099. I just recently saw this blog by a guy who wrote some of the Black Powder supplements. He's written some fantasy rules for Hail Caesar, along with army lists for several of the Warhammer Fantasy armies. Check it out on his blog. link |
Chuckaroobob | 06 Jul 2015 9:39 a.m. PST |
Haven't played GW W$ Fantasy or 40K in about 5 years. Haven't sold any armies. Been thinking of doing the Oldhammer bit, since my armies have been around since 3rd ed anyway. Ah, those great days when Chaos Beastmen were 10 pts each and had 2 wounds! Of course, we'd have to fix the cannon rules for 3rd ed… |
Weasel | 06 Jul 2015 10:42 a.m. PST |
I feel that "Oldhammer" should only apply to like.. 3rd edition and earlier :-) |
elcid1099 | 06 Jul 2015 11:04 a.m. PST |
Albino, thanks for heads up, that is a great site. Might be a good time for Warlord to tart these up and get a book printed. |
PMC317 | 03 Aug 2015 3:21 a.m. PST |
Play 6th Edition. Like I have been since… er… 6th Edition. Actually, I'm expanding and completing my Warhammer armies now! |
GhostBear | 03 Aug 2015 4:10 a.m. PST |
Keep doing what I've been doing for a while now. Working on my own rulesets with some oldhammer flavour. But then, I'm never happy with any commercial ruleset and end up tweaking it, so the driving logic was "Well, If I'm not happy with what other do, let's see if I can do any better or worse :)" |
Centurio Prime | 05 Aug 2015 5:46 a.m. PST |
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Baranovich | 05 Aug 2015 6:36 a.m. PST |
I'm going to use them in AOS, 7th, 8th, and in between proudly display them in all their miniature army glory, as I have always done. This whole raucous over AOS is for me like someone hearing a fight outside and looking up over the top of the newspaper before going back to my reading. AOS doesn't change anything for me. It's just a new version of the world to play in along with all the others. |
Banned for Hating Trolls | 05 Aug 2015 7:08 a.m. PST |
I've got Orcs, Nurgle flavored Chaos, High Elves, and Dwarves painted up. I have not tried AoS yet, but I'm open to the idea. I'll also probably continue to use them for older editions of the game. I'm partial to third edition. |
Wealdmaster | 05 Aug 2015 7:16 a.m. PST |
Our club has tried AOS, not me personally, but I'm not too interested in the storyline of AOS anyway so don't plan on trying it. I liked the Old World as it was. I find "oldhammer" a bit complex as it was written in 80's this should be no surprise. I prefer 6th edition and feel it along with Ravening Hordes was the best balance ever achieved in WFB. That being said, most at our club are still playing 8th. |
wizbangs | 06 Aug 2015 8:12 a.m. PST |
Old Hammer 6th edition. Kings of War if enough of my opponents go that way. I'll also flush out the solitaire rules I started a few years back. |
Starman | 10 Aug 2015 11:05 a.m. PST |
Still playing 3rd edition always have always will!!! |