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It's unknown what brought this around, if it was the general hatred Age of Sigmar has never been able to lose, [[Total War: Warhammer]] and [[Vermintide]] doing so well, or some other reason, but for now, it looks like the sun will rise upon Warhammer Fantasy once again. | It's unknown what brought this around, if it was the general hatred Age of Sigmar has never been able to lose, [[Total War: Warhammer]] and [[Vermintide]] doing so well, or some other reason, but for now, it looks like the sun will rise upon Warhammer Fantasy once again. | ||
From what interviews and little hints that GW have released, it is implied that this incarnation of Fantasy will be framed as a prequel to AOS, with the End Times and everything after still being considered canon, with authors and developers stating in interviews that they wish to give it a similar treatment that 30K received during the run of the Horus Heresy series. This is coming at a time when the Horus Heresy series as a whole is beginning to wrap up with its final act in the Siege of Terra, which will begin to free up a significant portion of Black Library and GW staff to move on to the next big project. With this in mind, there is the possibility of not only the Old World to still be an active setting to be fleshed out and added to, but also the possibility of the End Times possibly being "cleaned up", or at least altered to not be as painfully atrocious as it was on release. While this most certainly does not forgive the original sin of the act, it at least may possibly make it a sliver more bearable. | From what interviews and little hints that GW have released, it is implied that this incarnation of Fantasy will be framed as a prequel to AOS, with the End Times and everything after still being considered canon, with authors and developers stating in interviews that they wish to give it a similar treatment that 30K received during the run of the Horus Heresy series. This is coming at a time when the Horus Heresy series as a whole is beginning to wrap up with its final act in the Siege of Terra, which will begin to free up a significant portion of Black Library and GW staff to move on to the next big project. With this in mind, there is the possibility of not only the Old World to still be an active setting to be fleshed out and added to, but also the possibility of the End Times possibly being "cleaned up", or at least altered to not be as painfully atrocious as it was on release. While this most certainly does not forgive the original sin of the act, it at least may possibly make it a sliver more bearable. But really how many people do you see playing Age of Sigmar? | ||
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Revision as of 22:56, 17 November 2019
"Only after disaster can we be resurrected"
- – Tyler Durden
"Soon"
- – /tg/'s reclusive soon poster
Warhammer: The Old World is a... "thing" GW is creating.
That's all we really know. It exists, it is set in the Old World and it should have square bases. We don't even know when it's coming but the Community site stated it will take a few years (3-5).
Most people have taken this news that Warhammer: The Old World will just be Warhammer Fantasy 9th edition with a fancy name, but it could be a brand new game type. The biggest hope being it revives and updates factions squatted during the End Times and Age of Sigmar, like the Tomb Kings, Bretonnia and Dwarfs.
It's unknown what brought this around, if it was the general hatred Age of Sigmar has never been able to lose, Total War: Warhammer and Vermintide doing so well, or some other reason, but for now, it looks like the sun will rise upon Warhammer Fantasy once again.
From what interviews and little hints that GW have released, it is implied that this incarnation of Fantasy will be framed as a prequel to AOS, with the End Times and everything after still being considered canon, with authors and developers stating in interviews that they wish to give it a similar treatment that 30K received during the run of the Horus Heresy series. This is coming at a time when the Horus Heresy series as a whole is beginning to wrap up with its final act in the Siege of Terra, which will begin to free up a significant portion of Black Library and GW staff to move on to the next big project. With this in mind, there is the possibility of not only the Old World to still be an active setting to be fleshed out and added to, but also the possibility of the End Times possibly being "cleaned up", or at least altered to not be as painfully atrocious as it was on release. While this most certainly does not forgive the original sin of the act, it at least may possibly make it a sliver more bearable. But really how many people do you see playing Age of Sigmar?