Warhammer
Kail:
So, during the lockdown, when I had a bit more time and money and less to do with it, I ended up picking up some Warhammer stuff for the first time. Seems pretty fun, I haven't actually played a game yet but I am enjoying the painting (though I suck at it).
One of the things that confuses me is the fluidity of the rules, though. I picked up core books for both Age of Sigmar and 40k and both of them have had new editions since then, plus a mountain of other books. I was watching some Youtube stuff to get a feel for the rules, and a lot of comments are talking about FAQs and erratas and different sourcebooks (Psychic Awakening, Warzone Charadon, General's Handbook, etc.) on top of the core book and all the codexes and codex supplements, I get the impression that there are rules updates scattered all through about a trillion books which aren't really super obvious about their contents. Is there anywhere that tracks this stuff? Somewhere with, like, one completely up-to-date set of stat sheets and rules? Or do I seriously have to buy every single book they put out just in case there's some point cost change for one of my units, and frankenstein my stat sheets together from all of that?
Trippy:
For building armies there are programs / apps that can help you put those together and many of them will include all the special rules for those units as print outs. For the general rules, yes GW expects you to spend hundreds of dollars to acquire all the relevant books made even more confusing by the fact for WH40K some armies have 9th edition rules and others still are on 8th edition. There's also an official app for 40K with an official army builder but it requires a monthly subscription and only includes the base rules (you can unlock codexes in the app if you own the printed codexes).
Rendakor:
Army Builder is the program we used to use for Warhammer, but that was for WHFB 8th edition. You should be able to download the FAQ or errata somewhere on GW's site, and it should be available on a per-army basis.
Kail:
Unless I'm missing something, the FAQs and errata are on a per-book basis, and they're written in that really awkward "Page 74: Replace sentence 107 with 'Select any allied unit wholly within twelteen inchometers'" style. So, I'd still need all the books and then I'd need the errata for every book on top of that.
The Warhammer app would be ideal (minus the subscription, but I guess we gotta monetize every damn thing these days), but it's got an average user score of 1.8 stars, so I'm thinking there miiiiight be some problems.
Oh, well, I guess that's the benefit of playing a tabletop game rather than a PC game: I don't have to give a crap about keeping up to date unless I want.
BobtheSomething:
Which game, specifically, do you want to play? If you want to keep current and play pickup games, you’ll need to keep up with the latest rules. If you want to play WHFB, or have a group willing to play older editions of 40k, you can get the rulebooks and codices for a specific edition—say, 5th or 6th for FB and 3.5 or 5th for 40k—and never have to worry about buying newer rules (or minis, I guess). Or if you are okay using unofficial rules you can even go with One Page Rules or one of the many WHFB successors for a tiny fraction of the cost.
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