Warhammer 8th ed using 10mm figs

[Luddite]

However, if you go for WFB 1st Ed., it was crude but not a bad game.

In general though, i like the idea of using 10mm on WFB basing.  2-4 figs per 20x20mm base would look exceptionally cool!

[Ithoriel]

WHFB 1st Edition army.

1 Liche

10 Skeletons

Liche is immune to normal weapons. Cast spell to create circle of protection which makes him impossible to melee with and immune to magic. Summon Greater Demon (basically a Balrog), then summon lesser demons every turn until the Balrog dies, summon new Balrog. Rinse. Repeat. Profit!

[Luddite]

Yep.   

Great days!

[getagrip]

For me, I think the best edition was the 3rd (was that the one with Ravening Hordes?); many happy hours spent playing that 

[Bodvoc]

Yes, Warhammer fantasy went downhill after 3rd edition.

[getagrip]

Yes, Warhammer fantasy went downhill after 3rd edition.

Round about the time the bean counters moved in; funny that 

[Leman]

I could never cope with the attack etc factors of a cavalryman, and then how powerful were the hooves of his mount. I mean, behave.

[Ithoriel]

I could never cope with the attack etc factors of a cavalryman, and then how powerful were the hooves of his mount. I mean, behave.

As said, skirmish mechanisms in a supposedly battle game ... yuk!!

[GordonY]

Yeah try mounting an Elf general on a dragon. always strikes first, almost never misses, 4 attacks from him, 6 from the dragon,

Run him into pretty much any unit and its goodbye front rank, rinse and repeat for any following ranks, he's pretty much a one man army, rest of the army only need to be elven bowmen with the minimum amount of spearmen to protect them.

As a massed battle game it sucked, but at the time it was pretty much the only show in town.

I for one dont miss it one little bit, nor do I miss its little brother 40K, for massed battle FWC in 6mm and for skirmish Gruntz in 15mm, job done.

[Fenton]

I remember seeing a WFB competition and the winning army had one figure in it...Some wizzard on a dragoon dragon/ No idea what edition it was

[getagrip]

I remember seeing a WFB competition and the winning army had one figure in it...Some wizzard on a dragoon dragon/ No idea what edition it was

Bet that annoyed GW's suits

[Fenton]

I think it was well before the 'suits' got invloved

[Bodvoc]

I remember having a High Elf Mage who cast a spell that could move mountains. So I dropped a mountain on my opponents army in the first turn, game over!
Also when High Elves could always strike first I destroyed an enemy army without suffering a single casulaties.
(I only recall these games so well as i normally lose at every game I play! ).

[Dunnadd]

Warhammer's a quite fun rules system, but imo armour saves for cavalry and flyers should be reduced by 1, not increased by 1, unless they're on steel plate barded mounts. And possibly even reduced by 2 against bowmen at short range or if standing and firing to represent how much arrow volleys injured and panicked horses.

Charge bonuses of cavalry and flyers against spears or halberd armed infantry could be reduced by 1 if charging them to the front - and to hit reduced by 2 if charging pikes to front.

Morale is also a bit too random, but still quick and fun.

[Ithoriel]

It's Fantasy, not Historical.

Cavalry are queen of the battlefield, peasants with sticks (ie infantry with spears and halberds) get stomped into the ground by them.

Pikes are just peasants with big sticks ... and no advantage over the guys with shorter sticks.

Nobody has ever heard of a skirmisher.

Monsters can devastate whole armies but will be swiftly despatched by a thug with a sword in his hand, a fur nappy round his loins and a prayer to a god he doesn't believe in on his lips

[getagrip]

Yep,  it's storybook stuff; pure and simple 

[petercooman]

I remember having a High Elf Mage who cast a spell that could move mountains. So I dropped a mountain on my opponents army in the first turn, game over!

'assault of living stone' was the name i think. Once got a unit of bowman, and halberdiers trashed by that in turn 1 

[Dunnadd]

There have been skirmishing rules in almost every edition of WFB. It's going to remain fantasy even if you make cavalry less effective against pole-armed infantry / more vulnerable to archery unless steel plate bared (or equivalent), because it's full of wizards , spells, heroes, magic weapons and banners, orcs, elves, goblins, dragons, wolf, boar and giant lizard mounts etc.

Some of the spells and heroes and mounts have been ridiculously overpowered in some editions.

[getagrip]

There have been skirmishing rules in almost every edition of WFB. It's going to remain fantasy even if you make cavalry less effective against pole-armed infantry / more vulnerable to archery unless steel plate bared (or equivalent), because it's full of wizards , spells, heroes, magic weapons and banners, orcs, elves, goblins, dragons, wolf, boar and giant lizard mounts etc.

Some of the spells and heroes and mounts have been ridiculously overpowered in some editions.

3rd edition got it right for me, after that, phooey

[Dunnadd]

  3rd edition was the worst for over-powered heroes, spells and gigantic motherloving critters. I did like the outflanking force, scouting etc rules though