![]() ![]() Monsters (flying or not), pack animals and daemons were also available. ![]() The book contains many illustrations from Gary Chalk and photographs that illustrate troop's formations, movements, etc.ĭetermining the abilities of troop is easy: you choose their morale class (A = veterans, B = trained or C = militia) weapons and armour from 11 different races (Human, Elves, Dwarfs, Orcs.). 16 pull-out soft cards are attached at the back of the book, one for each racial type plus templates and orders counters. The book is divided in two parts: the first one covers the game's rules and the second part describes the fantasy world of Vortimax, where the battles take place. The Rulebook Content įantasy Warlord is a single softback book of 192-pages mostly printed in black and white with a Gary Chalk front cover. Gary Chalk and Ian Bailey created Fantasy Warlord (1990) to compete with Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy Battle. Only two issues of Red Giant magazine were released. Some supplements were expected, such as Armies of Vortimax (expected in 1992) Besieged or Fantasy Warlord Command Pack, but none were released. ![]() The game went out of print 18 months after first publication. There was also a related range of Fantasy Warlord miniatures cast by Alternative Armies, and a magazine called Red Giant. Much like Warhammer, the game had its own fantasy world, called Vortimax, in which the battles were imagined to take place. However the balance within the combat system reduced the opportunity to generate dramatic victories. It also featured balanced magic and troop choice systems. It was supposed to rival the Warhammer Fantasy Battle game that GW published.įantasy Warlord featured some unusual game mechanics such as simultaneous movement, an original command and control system (units are organised into brigades commanded by characters) and fog of war rules. The game was designed and published by two ex- Games Workshop (GW) employees who disagreed with the much more commercial direction that company was taking. It was written by Ian Bailey and Gary Chalk who also did the illustrations. Fantasy Warlord is a fantasy miniatures game released in 1990 by Folio Works. ![]()
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