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Hobgoblins - WFB army book PDF (19th May 2012)
"The Great Horde cometh, they ride from the East sweeping away all that stand in their path!" the last words of the Empire's Eastern most outpost.Some of the more silver-haired amongst you might, like me, recall that hobgoblins were one of the first races ... Read More
Empire Army Book & Minis Released (2nd Apr 2012)
What no Wood Elves ! It seems that the Woodies and Bretonnians have finished each other off or simply had to retreat further into their own realms because... here comes Emperor Karl Franz !Games Workshop are following in their "big is best" policy (follow ... Read More
A new Fimir Army Book PDF released (9th Mar 2012)
From the mists they come... another version of the Fimir Warhammer Fantasy Battle army, this time from Mathias - the masterful WFB army book designer.Hot on the hairy heals of the amazing Halfling Army book pdf comes the fantastic Fimir Fantasy Army ... Read More
A new Halfling Army Book for Warhammer Fantasy Battle (24th Feb 2012)
The Warhammer Halflings PDF army book is ready for download or viewing online - the Hungry Horde are coming for dinner ! Another masterpiece from Mathias - he's probably contributed more to the unofficial World of Warhammer than anybody else - ever !!&nbs ... Read More
Killing Blow - a new forum game (24th Feb 2012)
There can be only one !We've just started a new Hurt or Heal forum thread game in the Battle Reporter forum for anybody interested. Just post your actions up to once per day. Here are the contestants :-ArachnarokBat SwarmBlack GuardChaos WarriorsDwarf War ... Read More
FAQ for Warhammer Beginners - can you help us complete it ? (20th Feb 2012)
New starters to Warhammer Fantasy Battle usually have a lot of questions and we'd like your help trying to answer them :- Fantasy Battle Beginner FAQs.Below are the initial questions :-1) Armies with the Most "Character"2) Army you most enjoy taking ... Read More
The most essential WFB Rare Units - Voting has Begun (17th Feb 2012)
From some old time favourites like the Steam Tank and Bretonnian Trebuchet through to the new kids on the block like the Ogre Ironblaster and Necrosphinx - which will you choose ?Here's the list folks, now get debating and voting :-)Note: you can change y ... Read More
Best Magic Item is a Dispel Scroll (16th Feb 2012)
Dispel scrolls were viewed by some as essential in 7th edition tournaments and even though 8th edition Warhammer rules limit you to one, it seems that the humble scroll hasn't lost it's appeal in Fantasy Battles.Here are the magic items* ranked in descend ... Read More
Essential Rare Warhammer Units (13th Feb 2012)
Another day, another Fantasy Battle tactica debate :) Nominate the most important rare unit in Warhammer fantasy battle - simple heh?!* when I say "most important" or (heaven forbid...) "best" I mean the most influential from the point of view of it's own ... Read More
Fozzrik's Folding Fortress to the Tormentor Sword (11th Feb 2012)
Vote for your favourite Warhammer Magic Items from the 8th edition Fantasy Battle rulebook.Here are the entries and forum members :-Fozzrik's Folding Fortress- Eternal KnightArabyan Carpet - TomscheThe Terrifying Mask of Eee! - MoskSword of Swift Slaying ... Read More
Outstanding Warhammer Promise (11th Feb 2012)
These guys have never lost a battle, they win all the painting tournaments they enter (which is all of them) and when they enter the prison canteen even the Chaos Gods shuffle to the side !These are... the Battle Reporters and we're inviting the min ... Read More
Ogre Rhino Cavalry - (11th Feb 2012)
Surely this fella should be called "Ogre on Rhinosaurus" ? He's named an "Ogre War Rhino" but I have to say that he looks a bit more "Dino" than "Rhino" to me. Still, it's a very cool mini.The whole model is excellent and the Ogre especially so - the faci ... Read More
Mantic, Avatars of War Undead Deal (10th Feb 2012)
Look what just appeared in my inbox ! A superb miniature deal by Mantic Games in association with - one of the all time best miniature makers - Avatars of War.Ok, you only get one Avatar Vampiress but nonetheless, look at the price (£75 GBP) for all tho ... Read More
Troublesome Warhammer Enemies ! (9th Feb 2012)
A debate on how to counter the most problematic Fantasy Battle enemy units. I'm hoping we can build this one into a bit of a general Warhammer Tactica FAQ.If you think you have good tactical advice to offer then please feel free to join the discussion, e ... Read More
The Best Fantasy Battle Magic Item (8th Feb 2012)
The latest Warhammer debate focuses on the best magic weapons, armour, talismans, standards, enchanted and arcane items in the 8th edition WFB rulebook.If you think you know which is the most essential, must-have magic item which beats all others hands do ... Read More
Warhammer Special Characters Ranked (8th Feb 2012)
The results are in, the "best" to the "worst" Fantasy Battle characters.Obviously, it's all very subjective and dependent on game conditions, your army selection, your enemy and how you use the units but in a general point-for-point competition, here is w ... Read More
the best WFB Special Character - voting has started (28th Jan 2012)
A debate to find the most powerful and influential (on a point for point basis) Special Warhammer Fantasy Battle characters.You have a week to debate and vote and then change your mind and re-vote ! I thought it could be tough deciding so you can vote for ... Read More
Warhammer Painting & Modeling Motivation (27th Jan 2012)
A free-for-all fantasy miniature painting / conversion competition which might help to get you to finish your army ! Look no further because we're even accepting 40k, LoTR and others - booo !Everyone's invited, we're just looking for some more f ... Read More
Warhammer Special Character tactica debate (23rd Jan 2012)
So, which is the best Fantasy Battle character in the Warhammer world ?It might sound a bit of an impossible question to answer because, of course, it relies on so many factors but we're going to have a crack at it :)This is one of the Battle Reporter Mas ... Read More
Join the best Warhammer forum? (22nd Jan 2012)
A Friendly Fantasy Battle forum with no trolls - we have troll slayers instead ;-), no flame wars (the Nautican's extinguish them) and no nonsense that you find on larger forums.We're seeking new members to try to boost our activity and hammering fun.We o ... Read More
Best and Worst 8th Edition Armies (19th Jan 2012)
The strongest Warhammer Fantasy Battle Armies under the 8th edition rulebook - poll results. We had over 500 people voting and here's the outcome.Note that: new Orcs & Goblins, Tomb Kings, Ogre Kingdoms and Vampire Count army books were released durin ... Read More
The best Warhammer Allies - time to debate & vote (18th Jan 2012)
Master Tactica #6 is underway - time to vote for your favourite allied commander combinations (most importantly, those Warhammer Allies you think would be strongest on the battlefield). Feel free to join in the debate and support or argue against the entr ... Read More
Pistoliers are the best WFB Cavalry unit (16th Jan 2012)
It's official (as far as the Warhammer Battle Reporter community is concerned) - Pistoliers are the best cavalry, closely followed by the Kislev Griffon Legion and Chaos Knights.We had a good turnout with almost 100 votes, thanks to everyone who took part ... Read More
The Sea Creatures re-Group... (13th Jan 2012)
Storm clouds are gatherin','n the waves are a crashin',the Old Worlde will weep,when they come from the deep...Part of an old Empire sailor's song foretelling the rise of the ocean dwellers.The time is coming, follow their ascent from the depths...The Nau ... Read More
Best Fantasy Battle Cavalry Unit - Voting has started (8th Jan 2012)
The debate and voting to find the best and most influential Warhammer cavalry unit has begun.This competition will run for a week (poll closes 15 Jan 2012 5:38 pm GMT). You can select up to 5 of the 14 entries (and change your votes at any time) :-Dark Ri ... Read More
Best Warhammer Battle Cavalry Unit (7th Jan 2012)
A quick no nonsense Warhammer tactica debate about the best Fantasy Cavalry unit (excluding Monstrous Cavalry). Voting begins in a day or so.Enter the competition or just have your say and cast your vote.This is just a one week quick forum filler before t ... Read More
Warhammer Fantasy Tactica Contest (2nd Jan 2012)
We now have 6 entries into our Warhammer Battle Character & Army Selection competition and there's still time for you to join in the fun.Deadline extended:- Sunday 15th January 2012The competition has two parts, a quick entry one (where you enter two ... Read More
Mortis Engine & Coven Throne Rules for 8th Edition Vampires (30th Dec 2011)
Vampire Counts 8th edition Rulebook extracts for the Coven Throne & Mortis Engine from, I presume, White Dwarf - from a Facebook member. I'm not sure what to make of these yet (although the presentation is, as always excellent). You can join the ... Read More
New Vampire Counts Army book and miniatures (27th Dec 2011)
Games Workshop will be announcing a new Vampire Counts rule book and quite a few new models in the January 2012 edition of White Dwarf.I'm sure that Wood Elves and Bretonnia were meant to be the next army books released, or at least that has been the rumo ... Read More
One million Warhammer hits ! (21st Dec 2011)
My humble Fantasy Battle blog just hit 1,000,731 page views :OOne million was my original objective (yes, I am that shallow !) and, while I suspect GW gets that number every week, it has taken me 4 years !Anyway, I was going to quit all this after the big ... Read More
Tactics Master - Warhammer Allies Competition (17th Dec 2011)
The Battle Reporter Master Tactician #6 Competition - "A Grand Alliance" is open for entries.It's a Christmas Special (for extra festive Hammering !)I've tried to create an character design / army unit selection competition that everyone can enjoy irrespe ... Read More
Dwarf Cannon voted best artillery piece (15th Dec 2011)
If you like gunning your enemy down form a distance in Warhammer Fantasy Battles then go for a Dwarf Army.The Master Tactician #5 competition results are in and the Dwarf Cannon crew just snatched the prize (and are now holding it tightly to their rotund ... Read More
Best Warhammer Artillery - Tactica Competition (6th Dec 2011)
Number 5 in our Fantasy Battle Master Tactician series of competitions - choose the most influential artillery piece (that is, any Warhammer Warmachine with a ranged attack).Debate has been raging in our forum and it's got very interesting. The contenders ... Read More
The largest Fantasy Battle Army ever sold on eBay ?! (29th Nov 2011)
20,000 pts worth of Beastmen for
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Blood in the Badlands a new Warhammer Campaign (26th Nov 2011)
Games Workshop are really pushing Fantasy Battle this year. The rate of army releases and what with this supplement and the excellent Storm of Magic we've never had it better in terms of new content and miniatures (plus Finecast for the connoisseur).I hav ... Read More
The Mounted Chaos Lord takes pride of place... (23rd Nov 2011)
...as the new Battle Reporter Facebook logo.Thanks to everyone for taking part (we had 32 entries and 134 votes) and special thanks to "Dims" (Pascal Rooze - one of the expert GW award winning painters from the Battle Reporter forum and winner of our comp ... Read More
New Finecast Mangler Squigs (22nd Nov 2011)
A very Goblin-esque themed Squig Mangler unit (the French "Broyeurs" translates to "Crusher" or "Grinder" apparently, in fact it almost translates to "Garbage Disposal" - which I prefer :)It looks like a superb model - although I have to say I hate the da ... Read More
Cygor, Ghorgon, Jabberslythe - Official GW models (21st Nov 2011)
It looks like White Dwarf is show-casing some long and eagerly awaited Beastmen Rare units - hurray :) (Games Workshop finally got around to them!)From the look of it, the Ghorgon and Cygor are alternative assemblies of the same boxed set (although I coul ... Read More
New High Elf Finecast miniatures (4th Nov 2011)
Korhil (the almost there), Caradryan (the mostly there) and Tyrion (the absolute kick-ass there !) have just been released as Finecast models.I used to be a big fan of High Elves and, I guess, I still quite like them. Korhil once tried his best for me aga ... Read More
Battle Reporter's Logo VOTING (2nd Nov 2011)
Please help us to choose the next WFB Reporter Facebook logo to replace this one...We have 32 entries in the WFBR forum please vote for up to 8 of them, thanks fellow Hammerers :)The poll numbers for each entry:-Images used with permission of WFB Reporter ... Read More
Tribes of Norsca - a new WFB army PDF (29th Oct 2011)
The Army of Midgard is the second Norse Warhammer book that we're supporting in the Battle Reporter forum.To summarize; it's a really well thought out army list with plenty of original features, a lot of character (it really does feel Viking-esque) and th ... Read More
WFB Facebook Logo Competition (29th Oct 2011)
If you'd like your Fantasy miniature pic / diorama / artwork to be our new Facebook logo please post your photos in the album asap because we're going to start voting soon (Sunday probably)....Battle Reporter Facebook logo - COMPETITION ALBUMHere are the ... Read More
Fimir - a new Fantasy Army pdf (28th Oct 2011)
Warhammer Battle veterans might remember the Fimir from the early rulebooks way back in the late 1980's (up to the 3rd edition Bestiary and also in the Warhammer Armies compendium). Well these part daemonic (allegedly), one-eyed, mace tailed, bipods have ... Read More
Best Fantasy Battle combat unit - WINNER (26th Oct 2011)
The Battle Reporter forum contest to find the best 500pt Warhammer combat unit was won by Telepfenion and his Warrior Priest, Empire Greatswords and Militia detachment combo.It was a hard fought debate and the Herald of Khorne and 34 Bloodletters unit (by ... Read More
New Warhammer Fantasy Terrain (23rd Oct 2011)
Lair of the Astromancer - Skullvane Manse is a new scenery kit from Games Workshop for Fantasy Battle.It's £46 (I think) which seems pretty reasonable to me given the the size of the model. It looks like it goes on sale on November 19th (although the fon ... Read More
The best Warhammer Battle unit in close combat (14th Oct 2011)
Did you ever wonder which Fantasy Battle Army had the most effective combat unit ? Are you looking for a killer unit for a tournament or "unfriendly" game ?Well, if you like cheesy units we have a small Warhammer dairy for you here :) Our forum and Facebo ... Read More
Warhammer Mini Photo Competition (7th Oct 2011)
If you've got some good photos of Warhammer Fantasy miniatures, dioramas, battle scenes or even some of your own Fantasy Battle artwork then please enter our competition by posting them in the Battle Reporters Facebook album - it's as simple as that !The ... Read More
Fantastic Cygor Model (30th Sep 2011)
An excellent new miniature from Bane Beasts - they called it KERMORANNAC; SAVAGE OGHURÜC, I call it a Beastmen Army Cygor !Awesome model; totally insane, one-eyed, lots of horns, yummy pig lunch in one hand and sacrificial pointy rock in another and chec ... Read More
Warhammer Forum competitions (24th Sep 2011)
Forget the Orc spitters, High Elf show-offs, Empire tax collectors and Daemonic fashionistas (what !?) - there's no need for all that nonsense. Jump over to our Forum.Don't get me wrong, we still eat hobbit children and raise ancient undead zombie d ... Read More
Warhammer Painting Contest (22nd Sep 2011)
A reminder that the contest is open to Warhammer Fantasy, 40K and LOTR miniatures (characters, units or monsters / war machines), dioramas, buildings and even terrain and scenery.We're keeping it an open format to encourage as many entries as possible. Th ... Read More
