When Games Workshop released the rule book for Warhammer: The Old World they released two army books. Ravening Hordes covers the forces of evil and the Forces of Fantasy cover the forces of good. For those of you who might not have been playing Warhammer in 2000 Ravening Hordes was the name of the get you by pamphlet that came in the 6th edition starter box so the evil book name is a fun throw back for those of us who have been playing for a while.

Ravening Hordes contains the rules to create armies for Orc & Goblin Tribes, Warriors of Chaos, Beastmen Brayherds, and Tomb Kings of Khemri. The Forces of Fantasy contain the rules for Dwarfen Mountain Holds, The Empire of Man, Kingdom of Bretonnia, The Wood Elf Realms, and The High Elf Realms.

Each army has about 30 pages devoted to them in their respective army book. Each army has a page or two of background fluff, two or three pages of magic items, and race specific lore’s of magic.

Lizardmen, Dark Elves, Vampire Counts, Ogre Kingdoms, Skaven, Demons of Chaos, and Chaos Dwarfs are not featured in these books and are classified as Legacy Armies, the rules can be found over on the Warhammer Community website. With the exception of Chaos Dwarfs these Legacy Armies feature heavily in the Age of Sigmar. The Old World is supposed to occur at a time when these races were either not discovered or not in a position of power. I hope The Old World picks up in popularity and these become full armies, but for now they appear pretty well fleshed out as compared to the armies in the two books.

Much like the core rulebook these supplements contain full color army pictures and sepia tone artwork.

At the time of this writing Games Workshop has released faction specific army books for the Kingdom of Bretonnia, the Tomb Kings of Khemri, and the Orc & Goblin Tribes. I haven’t had a chance to look through these lists yet, but once I do I’ll be sure to share!

-Wachtmeister