Game 2 - Warriors of Chaos - 2026/08/23

Greetings!

It's been more than two years since my first and only battle of Warhammer the Old World. The system has evolved in the meantime, with a steady stream of supplements and updates. There have been quite a few moments when I thought I can finally make it happen to play again, but life has always had different plans.

Fortunately, my amazing friend Jimmy had a very convincing argument that helped me enormously in organizing things at last and play my second ever game of Warhammer the Old World.

Beautiful Dragon from Highland Miniatures.

 

Jimmy has mastered the art of 3d printing and surprised me with a wonderful gift in the form of a great looking High Elf Lord on Dragon (design by Highland Miniatures). What is more, he has supplied me with an airbrush, compressor and all accessories needed to start and paint this wonderful model. The photos show the results of my first ever attempts at airbrushing. I must say I really love the experience. The smooth effect and very neat layers of paint is something I have never been able to achieve with brushes. It also comes in very handy when painting large models.

Thanks to Jimmy I hope to get back to hobby, both in terms of painting and playing!

It was also quite a good timing because my brother needed a sparring partner before his local tournament as he felt quite rusty as well. As always, we played our game over Universal Battle 2 online platform.  

The tournament used Squared Based Comp rules, which meant I had 2,400 points to spend on my High Elves, while my brother had 2,200 to build his Warriors of Chaos army.

Game 1 - Warriors of Chaos - 2024/03/04

 

Greetings!

It's been quite a long time since I played any game and wrote a battle report. However, with the release of the Warhammer the Old World, I really wanted to organize something as soon as possible to test the new game. Fortunately, my brother was also very interested in trying out a new army and we played our very first TOW game online on Universal Battle 2. 

Warhammer the Old World

When I read the rules for the first time, my impression was that Warhammer the Old World is a different game to what I have known so far through all the editions of Warhammer Fantasy Battles. It is because there are so many, often subtle, changes to the rules that only look familiar on the surface. And quite a lot of completely new ones. 

At the same time I really wanted to see if I could come up with the version of the 8th edition army that I really liked playing with. Hence, the army I used in the very first game is very much an early idea. I assumed that there will be a lot of changes to be made afterwards. I simply considered it as an experiment, hoping that some of the prior experiences would still help in learning the new game. 

Outcasts in the Old World

We decided to build armies at 2000 points. I don't know what will be the new standard yet but I thought it is a good starting point. I should have enough models painted for such army so if I settled on something, it should be easier to re-base it. We also assumed that with the new rules, there will be a lot of time spent on checking them during the game. Hence, we hoped 2000 points would be a good balance between how many different things we could include in a single army and time spent on a game.