The new, updated rulebook and Battle March: General’s Companion book for Warhammer: The Old World hits the shelves tomorrow, and today we’re revealing five new army boxes designed to get you into this fast-paced game mode.
Battle March is the best way to play quick-fire games of Warhammer: The Old World using armies of between 400 and 750 points, with rules tweaks made to ensure a great game experience at compact sizes. You get all of the strategic manoeuvring, tactical depth, and pivotal charges of the full-size game, played in enough time to fit a couple of games in before tea.
While you’re free to come up with your own force, the book contains balanced example armies to get you started, and soon you’ll be able to get four of them in their own boxed sets – plus a fifth, because everyone loves a good Wood Elf war party.
Empire of Man
The Empire sends a classic regiment of disciplined troops, with plenty of gunpowder and some fast cavalry support to carry the day. This Battle March army box contains:
One Commander of the Empire with great weapon
20 State Troops with a choice of weapons
10 Flagellants
10 State Missile Troops armed with crossbows or handguns
10 Empire Archers
Five Outriders who can alternately be built as Pistoliers
Beastmen Brayherds
Beastmen hordes stampede from the trees to pillage the civilised world, and they’ve brought a fast and dangerous force to the Battle March arena. This army box contains:
One Beastman Chieftain with two hand weapons
One Beastman Shaman
10 Ungors with a choice of weapons
10 Bestigors
20 Gors with a choice of two hand weapons or a hand weapon and shield
10 Chaos Warhounds
Orc and Goblin Tribes
Let’s face it, the Orcs were never going to be left out of a good scrap, and their Battle March force is a highly mobile wrecking ball of big green energy. This army box contains:
One Orc Boss on a warboar
One Goblin Shaman
One Battle Standard Bearer
15 Orc Boys with a choice of weapons
Five Goblin Wolf Riders with a choice of weapons
Five Boar Boys with a choice of weapons
One Orc Boar Chariot
High Elf Realms
Highly skilled elven warriors are used to fighting outnumbered, and are excellent combatants in small-scale conflicts – perfect for this game mode. This Battle March army box contains:
One Sea Guard High Elf Lord
10 Lothern Sea Guard
Five Shadow Warriors, who can alternately be built as Sisters of Avelorn
Five Ellyrian Reavers
One Lothern Skycutter
One Tiranoc Chariot, which can alternately be built as a Lion Chariot of Chrace
Wood Elf Realms
Though mostly content to defend their forest realms, the Wood Elves can be roused to war, and their swift but powerful attacks are deadly in smaller-scale battles. This Battle March army box contains:
Araloth, Lord of Talsyn
10 Eternal Guard
Five Sisters of the Thorn
Four Glade Riders with longbows
Eight Glade Guard with longbows
All five of these boxes will be going up for pre-order soon, so pick up your Battle March: General’s Companion book tomorrow and start planning for some fast and fun games in the World of Legend.
