Cubicle 7

What an amazing game. To me, Warhammer, especially in this fourth edition, is the epitome of a great heroic fantasy RPG. Its genius stems from the familiarity of its world, which relates to Europe’s ending Middle-Ages, with the Old Empire echoing the Holy Roman Empire and neighbouring kingdoms having their lookalike with Bretonnia (France), Tilea (Italy), etc, combining with a quasi-Renaissance feel with technology adding an interesting flavour, and the sheer brutality of dark heroic fantasy elements (Chaos? Check. Greenskins? Check. Undead? Check. Monsters? Check) and the classical references of fantasy like Elves, Dwarves and Dragons.
Hence Warhammer creators processed (probably without realizing it) a mythological European Middle Age like Tolkien did, but Tolkien’s poetic vibe was replaced by sheer fun and brutality, everything what typical RPG players are usually after…
And Unlike D&D, Warhammer puts you in the shoes of the average Joe in such epic and dangerous world. The result is a game of constant struggle where life has a worth and a cost. In my view it only makes the journey more fascinating as it brings an interesting tension and playing a low-class opens immense possibilities for storytelling.
As everybody knows, Warhammer 4th edition got back to its famous percentage-based system. Its qualities may be debatable but in any case it will mostly appeal to fans of old school RPG systems as one shall not find an ounce of narrativism here. I found its complexity a bit excessive in some instances with for example damage location or the quite heavy combat rules (especially advantage). However it will not scare off the players hungry for colourful adventures.… (plus d'informations)