Warhammer Fantasy battles 8th Ed

That's it folks,
                      Games Workshop did it again, Warhammer Fantasy 8th Ed is released,  all pros and cons are pouring out all over the internet via blogs, forums, the fantasy wargamer community is on fire. I always had a thing for this game before ( the minis are so fantastic ) This new edition is also a sign of a new starter box, really good news but those looking to start in this game with dwarfs or goblins I suggest to grab the Battle for skull pass starter box. The rules in the box may be from previous edition but just for the minis it's still a great deal. See for yourself on the picture below. Of course all those pretty things come unpainted.

 To be honest with you dear readers I got to tell you "the why" I didn't started yet. This game has a reputation that does harm to it, sadly this is half true and don't get me wrong Warhammer Fantasy is a great game, just let me point it out. Initial investment for the starter box is around 100.00 Canadian dollars, pretty standard for a games workshop starter box ( 100 amazing minis, it's worth it in my book ) as seen on the photo above, the buyer or buyers ( in case of a splitbox purchase ) gets two skirmish sized forces, there is a catch...the game itself is not about skirmish, it's about armies, the itch for having a collection big enough to call an army will come over quickly and it requires more miniatures than most wargames out there. Let me do an example, a basic unit or squad in Warhammer 40000 is most of the time 10 guys to be fully functional and get the job done, Warhammer fantasy is 20. Double investment, between you and me, we better really, really, REALLY want to play that game. Warhammer fantasy been for a long time tagged to be the veteran's wargame, true to point that there is a learning curve less forgiving than other games, but that doesn't mean it's only for vets. Like everything else, practice makes perfect.

8th Edition, what for? What's new? The guys at the game studio did resolved many issues of previous edition and changed some mechanics to get the game a faster pace. For the new part, I can only say that some actions are now allowed to be pre-measured, kind of unusual and pretty nice at same time. Core rules changing all the time, personally I find it annoying and Warhammer Fantasy been revised 3 times in 10 years, not very stable core rule set in my opinion but business dictate that new rules is profits. What ever we say or argue about, Warhammer Fantasy, it still one of the most popular fantasy wargame out there if not THE most popular.