Cubicle 7 will be releasing a tie-in to Games Workshop's grand revival of the setting.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/7205732

The Old World is Games Workshop’s ongoing revival of the Warhammer Fantasy setting as a wargame, after its destruction in 2015 to make way for Age of Sigmar. The weird part is, Cubicle 7 already sells a TTRPG based in the Warhammer Fantasy setting, and has for years—it’s called Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, and is itself a continuation of a system that first came out in the '80s. This isn’t a new edition for that, and doesn’t seem to be replacing it—it’s a new, separate game. The obvious question is: why?

  • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
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    5 months ago

    Warhammer 40k is on its 10th edition after being created in 1987 and has over 20 factions with their own rulebooks, campaign books, mid edition updates, optional rules, updates rules, etc etc etc.

    DND is releasing Sixth Edition (they can call it whatever they want, it’s 6th) later this year. That will be effectively five editions released since WotC purchased the property in 1997.

    Games Workshop also split off a Horus Heresy setting which has some overlap but forces players into their premium system at Forgeworld.

    Warhammer Fantasy was ended and relaunched as Age of Sigmar because it wasn’t making enough money.

    It’s possible they streamline the return of WHFB but I very much doubt it. They’re going to squeeze that corpse of everything it’s got.