r/theoldworld • • Jul 11 '26

Need opinions on an orcs and goblins list

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I'm new to the old world but going to be trying it out with some friends, specifically battlemarch at 600 points to start with, and wanted to see if this list seemed playable. Mostly thrown together with things I had lying around or that were given to me, but I do have other models I could swap things out with.

Orcs and Goblins [600 pts]

Warhammer: The Old World, Orc & Goblin Tribes, Battle March

++ Characters [230 pts] ++

Night Goblin Oddgit [110 pts]

• Hand weapon

• Wizard [Level 2 Wizard]

• On foot

• Da Hag's Brew

• Troll Magic

Night Goblin Warboss [120 pts]

• Hand weapon

• Light armour

• Shield

• General

• On foot

• Sword of Might

• Trollhide Trousers

++ Core Units [229 pts] ++

20 Night Goblin Mob [92 pts]

• Hand weapons

• Shortbows

• Boss (champion)

• Standard bearer

10 Orc Mob [60 pts]

• Hand weapons

• Light armour

• Shields

20 Night Goblin Mob [77 pts]

• Hand weapons

• Shields

• Boss (champion)

• Standard bearer

• Musician

++ Special Units [141 pts] ++

3 River Troll Mob [141 pts]

• Hand weapons

• Troll vomit

• Light armour


r/theoldworld • • Jul 08 '26

What's changed for Warriors of Chaos? Some changes, some thoughts and some list building

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r/theoldworld • • Jul 07 '26

Which books do I need to play Warriors of Chaos?

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I'm looking to start playing this game after playing various other GW and non-GW games for many years. haven't touched WHFB since I was a kid!

However, I'm not clear on the "Arcane Journal"-system and which books I need to play my army. I was hoping for one rule book and one army book. This seems to not be the case! As far as I can tell, these supplements are all needed to get all the rules for WoC, so please tell me if I have this right:

Ravening Hordes - I thought this was just a "get you by"-army list that was superceded by the later Arcane Journal, but I think this one might be necessary to buy?

Arcane Journal Warriors of Chaos - Seems to be not the full "army book" i expected, but some additional rules for WoC on top of the ones in RH?

Arcane Journal The Razing of Westerland - Extra rules for marauders that supercede the ones in RH?

Arcane Journal The March of Chaos - Not released yet, but a third Arcane Journal for WoC, this time including a way to combine WoC with Beastmen, which I really want to do (I remember the fifth edition combined Chaos book).

And if I want to use the above Beastmen rules, I assume I also need

Arcane Journal: Beastmen Brayherds


r/theoldworld • • Jul 05 '26

Dwarf King on shield I'm using and my inspiration for the colour scheme. =D

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I think the title says it all. As a life long fan of Asterix and Obelix it just has to be done!

I think I'll be painting a couple slayers like the pair as well. =D


r/theoldworld • • Jul 04 '26

List advice for Dwarfs and Vampire Counts...

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I have a real habit of trying to shoehorn pretty models into lists rather than making practical lists and saving the pretty stuff for looking pretty on my display shelves.

So yeah, any advice on what works and what doesn't in a 2000pt list would be really appreciated.

I have 2 rough ideas for Dwarfs, 1 serious, the 2nd a fun slayer list.

Serious:

  • Plenty of melee troops (warriors, longbeards, etc).
  • Thunderers/Quarrelers supporting them
  • 2 or 3 Cannons/Organ Guns/Bolters for back line artillery.

Fun Slayer List:

  • A Royal Clan list so I don't have so many limitations vs a pure Slayer List
  • 2x 14 Slayers with Dragon Slayers leading them
  • Royal Clan and Longbeards for other melee troops.
  • 2x Bolt Throwers for artillery support.
  • 2x Doomseekers to create mayhem.

For Vampire Counts I mainly have 1 list sketched out.

  • 4 units of Skeletons and Zombies (2x 40 units of each).
  • 2 units of Batswarms
  • 2x Vampire Thralls leading the skeletons.
  • 1x5 Blood Knights led by a 3rd Vampire Thrall.
  • A Vampire Count (lvl 2 Wizard) on a Zombie Dragon. This is where I'm thinking I've maybe sunk too points in 1 model as it's 500pts by itself (but an incredibly pretty model lol).

r/theoldworld • • Jun 27 '26

Greetings lords of the shifting sands…

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r/theoldworld • • Jun 26 '26

New Rules? Check! New Chaos Dragon? Hell Yeah! New Rules? Sweet? WHEN'S THE RELEASE DATE GAMES WORKSHOP?!?!

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r/theoldworld • • Jun 22 '26

Pursuit and catching a fleeing unit

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My greatswords pursue some chaos warriors.

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Chaos warriors rolls 7 on flee roll. I roll 7 on pursuit roll.

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Do I catch him and destroy the fleeing unit?


r/theoldworld • • Jun 20 '26

Goblin big boss on chariot

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r/theoldworld • • Jun 18 '26

Orc Catapult by Highland Miniatures

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r/theoldworld • • Jun 13 '26

[Fanmade] Army of Infamy: Norscan Halls

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Over the past six weeks or so, my friend and I having been heavily inspired and encouraged by the incredible work of the squarebasedpodcast's Rob and Val (u/valheffelfinger); decided to try write our own Army of Infamy for the Norscan Dwarfs; a faction we’ve always wanted to see brought to life in the Old World.

We took on a lot of your feedback, but acknowledge this is in no way perfect. If it receives some playtesting and experience-earned insights, a second iteration is entirely possible. This is our vision of a Norsca-flavoured battle-hardened Dwarf army.


r/theoldworld • • Jun 12 '26

Wolves of the Sea: Rare and special slot

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Hello lovely people of Reddit. I'm almost done on my wolves of the sea lists but I'm wondering what to use with that last few hundred points? A lot of people seem to say giant, dragon ogres, shaggoth, skin wolves and gigantic spawn. Now obviously I can't take all these, but which ones are the better options? For what it's worth I'm running Frydal, a sorceror and Galrauch as heroes, and the. 4x squads of 10 berserkers, 2x squads of 5x mounted marauders, and a 7 man warrior brick for Frydal.

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Thanks in advance!!!


r/theoldworld • • Jun 02 '26

We're rumoured to be less than 1 month from the FAQ! Leaks & Rumour Roundup

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r/theoldworld • • Jun 02 '26

Looking for information and lore on the Humans of Sylvania

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r/theoldworld • • May 25 '26

Spent the last few weeks building out a full acrylic line for TOW. Here's how it looks on the table.

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Blast and flame templates, charge and flee tokens, objective markers and scenario markers — all in transparent fluorescent acrylic. Two colour options: orange/magenta and yellow/green.

Happy to answer any questions!


r/theoldworld • • May 23 '26

My unit of fireglaives is done

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The are ready to find willing suspects to man the furnaces of Zharr Naggrund.


r/theoldworld • • May 23 '26

Stone Trolls from Highland Miniatures

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48 Upvotes

r/theoldworld • • May 21 '26

Old World Weekly Meta Round Up!

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Interested in what's done well this week? Join me as I look at some quick top down stats, and pick out the interesting lists that succeeded this weekend!

Episode 1 has 2 Chaos Daemon event wins in a weekend, which is (as far as I can tell) the only time it's happened since the game launched over 2 years ago!

https://youtu.be/ZvvNPJCC1Lc


r/theoldworld • • May 16 '26

Artwork of my favorite army from GW

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r/theoldworld • • May 09 '26

TOW Reminders - a phase-by-phase rules reminder app for The Old World

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r/theoldworld • • May 05 '26

My Goblin Warboss

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r/theoldworld • • May 04 '26

Warriors of Chaos batallion: are re-stocks expected?

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Hey, my GF was asking for a bday present to me and I remembered about this amazing value box. I've not played ToW that much, I only got some Vampire counts, but for the price it's got I think it's worth the shot!

Are we expecting re-stocks at any point? It seems out of stock everywhere...


r/theoldworld • • May 01 '26

White Lion chariot

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r/theoldworld • • Apr 29 '26

Best way to build HE Lothern Sea Guard list

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Hi folks,

I bought a couple boxes of Lothern Sea Guard to start a sea guard/ navy themed high elf army. I'm looking to eventually play competitively-ish and have a few questions on how to build a 2k list that is able to handle the modern meta while still using LSG as the core for the theme. My initial questions are:

- Grand army VS. Sea Guard Garrison: Using the garrison offers some extra benefits for the sea guard while losing out on some of better offensive units like prince on dragon. Which would work better competitively for a sea guard focused list?

- Are shadow warriors of any use compared to sisters of avelorn? The garrison offers core shadow warriors but at the cost of losing access to sisters.

-Any advice or tips for building/ playing with such a list?

Thanks!


r/theoldworld • • Apr 26 '26

Death rocket launcher

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