The new(est) world: Read our Age of Sigmar armies guideĪnd I’d expect Cathay to be first in line. But even if I’m right, venturing into the wider world is the obvious next step if the first releases sell well. Perhaps I’m being pessimistic and we’ll be pleasantly surprised. There’s been little in the Old World teaser articles so far to suggest that the game, at least at launch, will expand beyond the titular Old World – the Warhammer equivalent of Europe, where most, but not all, of its races have a presence (a few Warhammer Community posts have mentioned the wider world-that-was, but only in general terms). Given that Total Warhammer’s army lists have always closely mirrored their tabletop equivalents, Old World fans should expect their faction to bear a very strong resemblance to whatever appears in Warhammer 3. Given GW and CA’s continuing collaboration, it came as little surprise to see these brand-new troops in Warhammer 3’s announcement trailer, and the most obvious implication of CA’s new game is that this should work the other way around. That article showed off a concept for a new Kislevite unit: the Ice Guard. Total Warhammer’s army lists have always closely mirrored their tabletop forms Total War developer Creative Assembly (CA) confirms that the new content is “legit”, co-created with GW directly, while GW’s Old World project lead Andy Hoare hails CA as “very familiar with Warhammer, very respectful of it, they entirely understand it, so we’re all talking the same language”. Now the third in that trilogy has been unveiled, will explore factions and territory never before seen in Warhammer, and, as ever, carries GW’s seal of approval. It’s also likely that the runaway success of videogames like Total War: Warhammer (which that announcement names) also helped prod GW to resurrect the so-called ‘world-that-was’. Lifted by the rising tide of a global nerd renaissance and the runaway success of Warhammer Fantasy Battles (WFB)’s replacement, Age of Sigmar, a resurgent Geedubs announced Warhammer: The Old World in November 2019 – a new game in the destroyed setting, to be to Age of Sigmar as the Horus Heresy is to Warhammer 40K. This was odd timing, because it was roughly a year after Games Workshop (GW) canceled the complex, expensive, unprofitable game upon which it was based – and blew up its setting in the process. The first Total War: Warhammer released in May 2016.
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