Warhammer: The Game of Fantasy Battles
The game is played with fantasy races such as humans (The
Empire, Bretonnia), Elves, Dwarfs, Undead, Orcs and Goblins, Vampires, as well as some more unusual types such as Lizardmen,
Skaven, etc. Each race has its own unique strengths and flaws; Wood Elves, for example, have the most powerful archers in
the game but have poor overall defense and Bretonnia have the strongest cavalry but weak peasants.
Since first appearing in 1983, Warhammer has been
periodically updated and re-released with changes to the gaming system and army lists. The current official version is the
seventh edition, released on 9 September 2006.
Warhammer is just one of many games set in a fictional
universe. Warhammer is notable for its "dark and gritty" background world, which features a culture similar in appearance
to Renaissance Germany crossed with Tolkien's Middle Earth.
