Long Live the Old World

Unofficial Arcane Journal: Daemons of Chaos

Unofficial rules for Daemonic Pacts, Exalted Daemons, the Reign of Chaos and Armies of Infamy for the Daemons of Chaos in Warhammer: The Old World.

Unofficial Arcane Journal: Ogre Kingdoms

Unofficial rules for Maneater Cultures, Gnoblar Pets, new magic items and Armies of Infamy for the Ogre Kingdoms in Warhammer: The Old World.

Unofficial Arcane Journal: Dark Elves

Unofficial rules for Cults of Excess, City Garrisons, new magic items and Armies of Infamy for the Dark Elves in Warhammer: The Old World.

Unofficial Arcane Journal: Lizardmen

Unofficial rules for the Slann Generations, Sacred Spawnings, and Armies of Infamy for the Lizardmen in Warhammer: The Old World.

Unofficial Arcane Journal: Skaven

Unofficial rules for the Verminlords, Clan Schemes, and Armies of Infamy for the Skaven in Warhammer: The Old World.

Unofficial Arcane Journal: Vampire Counts

Unofficial rules for Vampiric Archetypes and Armies of Infamy for the Vampire Counts in Warhammer: The Old World, including the Pirates of the Vampire Coast.

Old World Diplomacy

The rules for creating Allied Armies from the Warhammer Rulebook assume there are multiple players per side. The same rules can be used for a single player with an army drawn from multiple forces by adding the following clarifications and changes.

Army Composition

Each force in an Alliance must consist of the following:

1+ Lord or Hero choices

1+ Core or Special choices

Any other choices following the normal restrictions for duplicate choices.

In addition, the total points cost for each category across all forces in the Alliance must fit within the normal percentage restrictions. So the total cost of all allied Lords must not exceed 25% of the Alliance’s total points cost, and so on.

Generals and Battle Standard Bearers

Because an Alliance will consist of multiple Generals and Battle Standards, the enemy may be awarded The King is Dead and Seized Stadards victory points multiple times.

The first time one of the Generals in an Alliance is slain, the Alliance counts as a Fragile Alliance for the rest of the game.

Fragile Alliances

Only a single roll must be made at the start of each turn to determine if a Fragile Alliance deteriorates.

If all of the Generals in a Fragile Alliance are still alive, the D6 roll for determining the state of the alliance may be rerolled.

If all of the Generals in a Fragile Alliance have been removed as casualties, successful fragile alliance rolls (rolls of 4+) must be rerolled.

Force-specific Rules

Beastmen / Daemons of Chaos / Warriors of Chaos

Except where noted, all of the following changes apply to both Warbands and Rogues.

Bretonnia

Ignore the requirement to include a Paladin Battle Standard Bearer.

Beastmen

Ignore the requirement for a unit of the same type and size to be included for Beastman Ambush. Instead, up to half the units of any type with the Beastman Ambush rule (rounding up) may ambush.

Daemons of Chaos

Use the two lowest dice rolled for Winds of Magic for determining the result on the Reign of Chaos table instead of the two highest.

Treat results of 11 or 12 on the Reign of Chaos table as 10 instead.

Whenever a Reign of Chaos result requires a D6 roll for each unit, roll once for the entire Warband and apply any affects to the model with the highest Leadership that fulfils the roll requirements.

Dark Elves

Assassins may only choose to be deployed using the Hidden rule in units that are of at least Standard Size.

Dwarfs

The Personal Vendetta result of the Ancestral Grudge rule grants Hatred against the opposing Warband’s Leader, or against the opposing Rogue.

Characters with the Slayer Cult rule may be the Warband Leader.

High Elves

Use the highest D6 of the two remaining Winds of Magic dice for determining the effects of the Phoenix’s Attuned to Magic special rule, not the highest of all four dice rolled.

Lizardmen

A Bastiladon in a Rogue force may also include up to 3 Jungle Swarms.

Ogre Kingdoms

Ignore the requirement for at least one Butcher or Slaughtermaster to choose spells from the Lore of the Great Maw.

Orcs and Goblins

Animosity applies as normal.

Units must be of minimum size before they can be concealing units for Nasty Skulkers or Fanatics.

Skaven

A Screaming Bell or Plague Furnace in a Rogue force may also include a single unit of Clanrats, Stormvermin, or Plague Monks as required to push the model.

Assassins may only choose to be deployed using the Hidden rule in units that are of at least Standard Size.

Weapon Teams may only be purchased if the unit to which it is attached is of at least Standard Size.

The Empire

The Detachment system works as normal. In addition, if a Regimental Unit is of less than minimum size, the unit and all its Detachments may join together to form a single unit with a mix of weaponry:

The Regimental unit must form the front ranks of the unit.

The units then count as a single unit for all rules purposes.

When combined, the unit may exceed the Standard Size of the Regimental Unit, but if it does it loses the Free Reform rule.

Archers that join a combined unit lose the Skirmishers rule.

If they remain seperate, Detachments may make Support Fire and Counter-Charge actions as normal. They may also take an initiative test to gain Quick to Fire, and therefore can Support Fire at any distance, unless they are also Slow to Fire.

Tomb Kings

The Warband does not need to include a Heirophant, but if it doesn’t it must test at the start of every friendly turn in the same way as if the Heirophant had been slain. Note that the Leader’s Inspiring Presence can be used for this test.

In a Rogue force, assume the Rogue is being kept animated from afar, and don’t test at the start of each turn. However, if the owning player’s roll for Winds of Magic is less than the Leadership of the Rogue, it must take a Leadership test as though the Heirophant had just been slain.

Vampire Counts

The Warband does not need to include a Wizard, but if it doesn’t it must test at the start of every friendly turn in the same way as if the General had been slain. Note that the Leader’s Inspiring Presence can be used for this test.

In a Rogue force, assume the Rogue is being kept animated from afar, and don’t test at the start of each turn. However, if the owning player’s roll for Winds of Magic is less than the Leadership of the Rogue, it must take a Leadership test as though the General had just been slain.

Corpse Carts may be include in a Warband even though they are Chariots.

Warriors of Chaos

Re-roll results of 2 and 12 on the Eye of the Gods table. However, if the re-roll results in the same number, it must be applied as normal.

Wood Elves

The Ambush from the Worldroots special rule only applies if the Wood Elves are not part of an allied Warband.

While most of the game rules remain unchanged, unsurprisingly the biggest difference in a Warhammer Skirmish game is the composition of your army. In games of Warhammer Skirmish, use the following system instead of that in The Army List section.

Size of Game

In a Skirmish game, force sizes should ideally be limited to 300 points. However, if both opponents agree, a Skirmish game could be up to 600 points in size.

The Skirmishing Force List

Skirmishing Forces can be one of two types:

A Warband represents a party of heroic adventurers, or a small strike team on a special mission.

A Rogue represents a single powerful unit that can be the target of the strike team. This could be a rampaging monster, a mighty leader separated from their army, or some other kind of threat on a smaller scale than an entire Warhammer army.

Choosing your Warband

The Leader A Warband must include at least one Hero to be its Leader. If the Warband includes more than one Hero, the Hero with the highest Leadership must be the Leader. The Leader gains the Inspiring Presence rule as for Generals, except the range of Inspiring Presence is reduced to 6″.

Unit Categories You may not include any Lords, but may choose freely from any other unit category.

Troop Type Restrictions A Warband may not include any Monsters, Monstrous Cavalry, Chariots, War Machines, or Unique Units. A Warband may only include units with the Ethereal special rule if your opponent consents.

Unit Composition Each unit in a Warband follows different composition than normal.

The listed minimum Unit Size for a unit is called Standard Size.

Units in a Warband are free to ignore the minimum Unit Size and may be of any size from 1 model up to the listed maximum Unit Size (if any).

If a unit contains fewer models than Standard Size, the unit gains the Free Reform rule (as listed under the Fast Cavalry and Skirmishers special rules). Include any attached Characters when determining if the unit is below Standard Size.

Units may not take a standard bearer (nor can Heroes be the Battle Standard Bearer), but may take any other command model.

Duplicate Choices A Warband cannot contain more than 6 Core choices of the same type, 3 Special choices of the same type, and 2 Rare choices of the same type.

Alliances A Warband may be composed of units from different Army Books using a variation of the system outlined in the Allied Armies section of the Warhammer Rulebook.

Each army represented in an alliance is called a Contingent.

Contingents in a Warband may never start as Desperate Allies.

Each Contingent must contain at least one Hero. The Leader of the Warband must be the Hero with the highest Leadership across all Contingents.

If the Leader is slain, the Warband becomes a Fragile Alliance.

When a Warband is a Fragile Alliance, roll a D6 for each Contingent in the Warband at the start of the turn as normal: if any of the D6 rolls are a 1-3, the Warband’s alliance becomes one step worse. If all the Heroes in a Contingent are slain, any Fragile Alliance rolls of a 4+ for that Contingent must be re-rolled. If the Warband starts the turn as a Desperate Alliance, each unit in the Warband must take a Panic test.

Choosing Your Rogue

A Rogue force consists of only a single unit. Choose one of the following options:

A single Lord choice of any type, with any normally allowed upgrades (including mounts) and magic items.

A single Monster, Monstrous Cavalry unit, Chariot unit, or Unique Unit.

A single unit of any type with the Ethereal special rule.

One or more War Machines. Note this is an exception to Rogue forces normally being only a single unit. The Duplicate Choice limit as for a normal army still applies.

Warhammer Skirmish uses all the normal rules from the Warhammer Rulebook, except as follows. Add the following rules to the relevant sections of the rulebook.

Movement: Stand and Shoot

In smaller encounters, self-preservation instincts count for more than disciplined actions. In a Skirmish game, a unit being charged may take an Initiative test. If the test is passed, the unit gains the Quick to Fire special rule for the duration of the phase.

Magic: Roll for Winds of Magic

Warhammer Skirmish lets you play small-scale encounters with your Warhammer miniature collection.

The Rules

Choosing your Army