Welcome to back Genre police, a new series of articles where I take a look at a genre or sub-genre, how it has been handled in gaming and how we can implement that in our games. This column we are going to take a look at Grimdark, the new weird kid that moved into town. […]
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
Warhammer is the fantasy roleplaying game created by Games Workshop as the companion to Warhammer Fantasy Battle.
There have been a few license holders and companies responsible for publishing Warhammer FRPG. The latest is Cubicle 7 who published the 4th edition in August 2018.
Warhammer FRPG 4th edition delayed
This year Cubicle 7 picked up the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay license from Games Workshop. Today they’ve shared the front covers for the 4th edition and announced they’ll be publishing the game later than planned. Warhammer FRPG is now expected mid-2018. According to design lead Dominic McDowall; The initial plan was to make some small updates […]
Cubicle 7 team with Games Workshop for new Warhammer Fantasy RPG
There’s a new edition coming of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and it’ll be a partnership of Games Workshop and Cubicle 7 behind it. Cubicle 7 CEO Dominic McDowall told press, “Like so many gamers I grew up on Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. It’s an iconic setting and I’m thrilled to be working on this new edition of […]
Has Cubicle 7 just scored the Warhammer FRP license?
The expression ‘where there is smoke there is fire’ comes to mind. There’s lots of smoke here but and it all points to UK RPG publisher Cubicle 7 picking up a Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay deal. Grim and Perilous first raised the rumours last month when Cubicle 7 refused to comment on the rumours that they’d […]
Steampunk style Warhammer Witch Hunter Hat
Vin Diesel and Elijah Wood have a movie called the Last Witch Hunter coming up. I have to wonder whether we’ll see any iconic “witch hunter hats”. I rather like this one from Spanish Etsy store PropCornShop. [I need this] My first glance of this hat made me think steampunk but it’s actually a Warhammer […]
Pre-alpha gameplay sneak at Warhammer: End Times Vermintide!
Fancy a look at what Fatshark and Games Workshop are putting together? Warhammer: End Times Vermintide is a first person shooter-meets-melee combat game. This is very early footage and the final game almost certainly will not be like this. In this clip we see the heroes on the streets of Ubersreik in an attempt to […]
Is Games Workshop about to completely reboot Warhammer Fantasy Battle?
Rumours are swirling that Games Workshop are about to reboot Warhammer Fantasy. Not only that, some sleuths suggest the company will stop supporting the previous generations. It is suggested that for the 9th edition of the game some factions will vanish. One rumour insists the final factions will be Chaos, Elves, Empire, Undead, Orcs & […]
Click and Kill: A review of Warhammer Quest
The original Warhammer Quest is a popular iOs game. This review is of the PC, Mac and Linux adaptation that’s now available through Steam. I played on the PC. I’ve had plenty of time to play this new version and it’s an enjoyable way to spend up to an hour distracting your brain. It’s a […]
Warhammer Dark Elf sorceress cosplay
This is a brilliant and bold first effort cosplay from Captain Izzy. The costume is a dark elf sorceress from Warhammer and it was worn for the first time at the Montreal Comic Con in September. She won an honourable mention and the “Novice: Glamour Armour award” at the Con. Photos by Lexa One Photography. […]
Games Workshop and Chilled Mouse will release Warhammer Quest
On the 7th of January on Windows, Mac and Linux Chilled Mouse, Rodeo Games and Games Workshop will bring Warhammer Quest to Steam. The download is based on the classic Games Workshop board game and set in the Warhammer Fantasy world the turn based game has players explore dungeons in the Empire. The tactical game […]
