Warhammer The Old World Rumors: Timeline Whispers

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Nov 11 2021

There’s new scuttlebutt doing the rounds on Warhammer: The Old World’s timeline. Take a look.

We’ve all been waiting with bated breath for any word onthe big relaunch of Warhammer Fantasy in some form. It’s been two years since GW first announced it would be returning in November 2019.

Previous News From GW

They already answered the BIG burning questions regarding Bases and Scale of the new game:

Bases – Square or Round?

“Definitely square! Warhammer: The Old World is a reinvention of the classic rank-and-file game of Warhammer Fantasy Battles. Regiments move in ranked-up units, and strategic manoeuvring into position to launch or receive a critical charge will be as much a key part of the game as it ever was.”

This is a BIG deal. In fact, it’s so big, they reinterated this answer again in the same post. Seriously, it’s going to be square bases again and it’s going to rely on the old school rank-and-file game play of Warhammer Fantasy.

Scale – 10mm or 15mm?

“What? No! What madness is that?! The scale will remain the same as it ever was. We want people to be able to use their old armies if they wish, or to start new ones, or to add new miniatures to old armies – whatever they want.”

Then Nottingham showed off a lot very detailed maps here. So it’s not a shock that they have been nose to the grindstone, creating away. Onto the latest:

The Rumors

This latest comes via Gary:

“I have some (not so positive” Rumors) about Warhammer – The Old War…

As said in an earlier mail, there will be no miniature previews before mid 2022.

Model Ranges are already in the Work, but the most progressing Part of the Reboot is the Backstory and the Freerooms they have because the different timeline.

Early Factions for the Game will be no brainers and all time community favs like the Empire, Orcs and Goblins, Dwarfs and Chaos. Those factions are focused the most but others are in the work, but do not expect Cathay or other niche factions too early, those will need years after the reboot to come to light.

Release could be Summer 2023, but that Date isn’t finally set. Covid brought more trouble for GW than everyone believes…”

Thoughts

A lot of this is just common sense. If you recall it took years for Adeptus Titanicus to arrive after those teensy titans were shown off a gamesday of long ago. I would expect any game that would aim to justice to the size and breadth of ranges and units that Warhammer Fantasy would take several years to get up and running, with at least 2 more years of products already designed and in the pipeline to hit the ground running.

If that 2023 timeline rumor is correct that would put the ship date at three and a half years after announcement, or realistically four years since it was green-lighted internally. If you say that COVID caused 12 to 18 months of delays that’s is about right.

I have no doubt that GW will start off with the classic WFB bread and butter factions like:

Empire
Orks
Dwarves
High Elves
Warriors of Chaos

We can all at least take heart that some part of this entire game being relaunched has to do with the runaway success of Warhammer Total War, and with it the eventual inclusion of the “Armies of the East” into the game. Heck the last time we heard a peep from “over there” was the 1987 Nippon army list from Warhammer Fantasy 2nd Edition! That is until Grand Cathay blew the doors off everything this summer.

As for the time delays, GW is I’m sure not magically immune to to the severe workplace, personnel and logistics disruptions from COVID. Every company big and small has been affected and already several game companies in the UK have closed doors.

I firmly believe The Olrd World will be worth the wait!

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Author: Larry Vela

Dad, Gamer, Publisher, Pilot, Texan. All games all the time since junior-high. I started BoLS Interactive in 2006. I’m a lifelong tabletop & RPG gaming enthusiast, and internet publisher working to entertain and inform my readers every day. I've been playing RPGs and Tabletop Games since the 1970s. I'm been playing and covering Warhammer and Warhammer 40K for over 35 years.

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