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WARHAMMER

WARBANDS

Guidelines for Playing Small-Scale Games of Warhammer, Revised for Seventh Edition, September 2006

Written by Eric Sarlin, Layout by John Shaffer, Based on an Idea by Jeremy Vetock

Since their first publication in White Dwarf

296-298 in 2004, the guidelines for playing

Warhammer Warbands have become popular

in clubs, home games, GW Hobby Centers,

independent retailers, and elsewhere. Since

that time, the members of the U.S. White

Dwarf staff have played a lot of games of

Warbands, and we have also received a slew

of feedback from gamers all over the world.

Armed with a wealth of information and new

ideas as well as the new rules for Warhammer

Seventh Edition, we felt that a revision to the

Warbands guidelines was warranted. While

these Warbands guidelines are not official

rules, this document presents the definitive,

streamlined Warhammer Warbands Seventh

Edition guidelines in a single download for

gamers everywhere to enjoy. Waaagh!

WHAT ARE WARBANDS?

Warbands are simply scaled-down

Warhammer armies. In essence, Warbands are

the same as standard, tournament-sized

armies but are simply in a growing stage. For

our purposes, the term Warband describes a

Warhammer force in the range of 100 to 500

points. Warbands are not quite large enough

to be called armies but are big enough for

unit-level gaming (as opposed to gaming on

the individual-warrior level, as is the case

with games like Warhammer: Skirmish or

Mordheim). Players can imagine their

Warbands as patrols, reinforcements, special

contingents sent off to accomplish specific

tasks (e.g., raids, sabotage, assassinations), or

simply a small force in the growing stages.

When you think about the characteristics of

the different armies of the Warhammer world,

it’s easy to imagine stories for the various

types of Warbands: an aspiring Orc Boss and

his small mob of recruits, a young High Elf

noble out to prove himself with a band of

loyal volunteers, or a Captain leading a patrol

through the wilds of the Empire.

WARBANDS RULES

The rules for doing battle with Warbands

are exactly the same as those for playing

standard games of Warhammer. Units fight

in formation; ranks, standards, flanks, and

so on count toward combat resolution; and

only units with the Skirmish rule may adopt

a skirmish formation.

The only differences, beyond specific

scenario rules, are in the minimum sizes for

each unit and the selection of your troops

and characters. Once Warbands have been

assembled per the Warband composition

rules, play progresses exactly as it does in a

standard game of Warhammer. The

following lists explain how to create

Warhammer Warbands at the 1- to 199-

point level and the 200- to 500-point level

in conjunction with the standard

Warhammer Army books.

FOR SMALL WARBAND

GAMES (1-199 PTS)

• Warbands must include at least two Core Units

FOR LARGE WARBAND

GAMES (200-500 PTS)

• Warbands must include at least two Core units.

• Warbands may not include more than eight units

• Warbands at this scale may NOT include

• Special or Rare Units

• Lord-Level Characters

• War Machines

• Chariots

• Flyers

• Magic Items of any kind

• Warbands may not include more than 10 units.

• Warbands may include up to one Special and up to one Rare

choice. However, if the controlling player does not select a Rare

choice, he may select an additional Special choice instead.

• Warbands may include 0-2 Hero-level characters, though their

combined points cost (including all equipment, upgrades,

abilities, and the like) may not exceed 150 points. Warbands may

never include Lord-level characters.

• Warbands must include one Commander model (see the rules

and restrictions listed in For Small Warband Games). If a Hero-

level character is chosen as the Commander, his point cost counts

against the 150-point maximum described above.

• Warbands may include 0-1 war machine or Chariot. (Note that

this rule applies even when the Army book allows more than one

such item per selection. For instance, 1-2 Goblin Wolf

Chariots normally count as only 1 Special Unit choice.

However, an Orc & Goblin Warband could include only one

Goblin Wolf Chariot.)

• Warbands may include one flying unit or creature.

• Warbands must obey the army list restrictions placed on the

maximum number of certain unit types as described in For Small

Warband Games .

• Warbands must include one Commander model, which is

nominated by the controlling player. This model can be either a

Hero-level character worth no more than 75 points (including all

equipment, upgrades, abilities, and the like) or a Unit

Champion. If a Unit Champion is selected as the Commander,

he must remain with his unit at all times. The Commander

functions as the Warband’s General in all respects. (Vampire

Counts and Tomb Kings armies, which normally require a

spellcaster of some sort to animate the Undead, need not include

such a model in a Warband. Assume that the Undead have been

animated by some spellcaster near the battlefield. See Army-

Specific Rules for more details.)

• Warbands must obey the army list restrictions placed on the

maximum number of certain unit types (e.g., Vampire Counts

Warbands may include 0-1 Bat Swarm, and Empire Warbands

may include 0-1 unit of Huntsmen).

FOR SMALL AND LARGE WARBAND GAMES

WHAT COUNTS AS A CORE SELECTION FOR WARBANDS? All Warbands must include a minimum of two Core

selections. Core units that do not count toward the minimum number of Core units in the regular army list (e.g., Warhounds in a Chaos army or

Huntsmen in an Empire army) do not count toward the minimum two Core selections for a Warband. Of course, these units can still be

included in a Warband; they simply don’t count toward the minimum Core units required.

WHAT COUNTS AS A MAGIC ITEM?

Per the basic Warbands rules, Warbands of 199 points or less cannot take magic items. Exceptions to this rule are magic items that are

available to regular troops (i.e., not exclusive to character models) and that are not listed in the magic item list of the Army book (e.g., Wight

blades, Chaos armor, tomb blades, and Skaven warp weapons). It is permissible to take models with these items in small Warbands, and the

items count as magical per the normal Warhammer rules.

UNIT SIZES AND OPTIONS

The minimum unit sizes in a Warband are smaller than those in a standard Warhammer

army to reflect both the small size of the force and the Warband’s tactical flexibility. See the

Warband Unit Size Table.

However, no Warband regiment may take any unit options, other than weapon and armor

upgrades, unless the regiment meets its normal unit minimum listed in the Army book.

Thus, only when the unit meets its regular unit minimum listed in the Army book can it

take normally available options such as:

• Command models

• Magic standards (only available to units in Warbands of 200+ points)

• Upgrades in status such as those that promote Empire Knights to Knights of the

Inner Circle, Orcs to Big’Uns, Chaos Warriors/Knights to Chosen, Chaos units to a Mark of Chaos other than Undivided, Saurus

Warriors or Skink Cohorts to a Sacred Spawning, Grave Guard to Drakenhof Guard, and the like.

Exceptions to these restrictions can be found in Army-Specific Rules .

Note also that some units have a maximum unit size. Of course, these unit maximums apply to Warbands just as they do to regular

Warhammer armies.

WARBAND UNIT SIZE TABLE

Base Size of

Models in Unit

Minimum Unit Size

(Not Unit Strength)

20 x 20 mm

25 x 25 mm

25 x 50 mm

40 x 40 mm

or larger

3 models

2 models

1 model

ARMY-SPECIFIC RULES

BRETONNIANS

Bretonnian Knightly units may take the

free upgrade to champion (i.e., Cavalier,

Gallant, or Paragon) only if the unit

meets its regular unit minimum listed in

the Army book.

Bretonnian Warbands need not include

two characters, one of whom is the

Battle Standard Bearer. Bretonnian

Warbands can include 0-2 Hero-level

characters like normal Warbands if the

controlling player wishes; however,

points limitations will prevent one of

these Heroes from carrying a Battle

Standard. Bretonnian Warbands are

NOT allowed one more character than

most other Warbands, as are regular,

full-sized Bretonnian armies. Thus, the

only way to include an Army Standard

Bearer in a Bretonnian Warband is to

have a Unit Champion act as the

Warband commander and to include a

Paladin as the Battle Standard Bearer.

Bretonnian warbands are devastating on the charge.

HORDES OF CHAOS

AND BEASTS OF CHAOS

Chaos Warbands, like Chaos armies,

must be Beast, Mortal, or Daemon

Warbands. Each type of Chaos Warband

may include troops from the other types

(e.g., a Chaos Mortals Warband can

include Beasts of Chaos) per the

normal rules.

One Spawn of Chaos counts as a single

Rare choice. Two Spawn can never be

included in a Warband.

Hordes of Chaos Daemon Warbands are

possible. However, as there are no

Daemon characters in the Hordes of

Chaos Army book under 150 points,

Hordes of Chaos Daemon Warbands

must be led by a Bloodhowler or, if the

Warband totals 200+ points, a Mortal

Hero equipped with the Chalice of Chaos.

As such, Daemon players may find it

more practical to use the Daemonic

Legions list from the Storm of Chaos

campaign sourcebook to create

Daemon Warbands.

Units of Horrors less than 5 strong cannot

include Flamers; units 5-9 strong can

include up to 2 Flamers; units 10 or

stronger can include up to 4 Flamers.

A Hordes of Chaos warband has many elite and deadly warriors.

Chaos Warbands, except those led by a

Daemonic Commander, can include a

Dragon Ogre Shaggoth, which will use up

both the Special choice and the Rare

choice. The Shaggoth cannot be promoted

to a Shaggoth Champion.

A Beasts of Chaos warband uses cunning tactics and great mobility to emerge victorious.

DARK ELVES

Use the updated rules for Dark Elves

published in WD286 (also available at

us.games-workshop.com/warbands/

darkelves/). Otherwise, there are no

army-specific rules that apply to Dark

Elf Warbands.

HIGH ELVES

The Intrigue at Court rule works a bit

differently for High Elf Warbands. If the

Warband includes two Heroes, dice off as

normal to determine the Commander of the

Warband. If the Warband includes a single

Hero, he is the Commander. If the Warband

includes no Heroes, the controlling player

may nominate a Unit Champion to be the

Commander, and no Intrigue at Court roll

is made.

This Druchii warband takes great advantage of Elven speed.

Pure of Heart is not a mandatory Honor

for High Elf Warbands but may be

selected for a character at the controlling

player’s discretion.

DOGS OF WAR

Dogs of War Warbands need not include

a Paymaster.

Dogs of War Warbands may include a

single Regiment of Renown, which

counts as a Core, Special, or Rare

choice per the normal rules for that

Regiment. However, the normal unit

minimums and maximums for unit size

for Regiments of Renown are never

adjusted by the Warbands rules. Thus,

for instance, you must take a minimum

unit size of 10 for a unit of Ricco’s

Republican Guard, whereas a normal

unit of Pikemen in a Dogs of War

Warband has a minimum unit size of 3.

Dogs of War Warbands that include a

Regiment of Renown that comes with a

character or characters may include no

other characters in the Warband, and the

character who leads the Regiment of

Renown will act as the Commander of

the Warband.

No other types of Warbands may include

Dogs of War units or Regiments of

Renown (except where they are

mentioned specifically in the army

list, such as Long Drong’s Slayer

Pirates in the Slayer Army of Karak

Kadrin or Ruglud’s Armored Orcs in

Grimgor’s ’Ardboyz).

High Elven warbands are highly skilled and have good Leadership.

Dogs of War warbands have a large variety of units at their disposal.

OGRE KINGDOMS

Ogre Warbands must include at least

one unit of Bulls.

Per the normal Warbands rules, Ogres

have a minimum size of 1, and Gnoblars

have a minimum unit size of 3.

Ogre Warbands of 199 points or less

must be led by a Unit Champion

(though not a Groinbiter or

Snarefinger) per the normal Warbands

rules. Warbands at this size cannot be

led by an Ogre Hero, as all Ogre

Heroes’ point costs exceed the 75-point

Warband maximum.

Ogre Warbands of 200+ points may

be led by a Bruiser or a Unit

Champion (though not a Groinbiter

or Snarefinger) per the normal

Warbands rules.

In addition, Ogre Warbands of 200+

points may be led by a Maneater, who

may join only units of other Maneaters

but otherwise acts like a normal

Warband Commander/General.

If a Maneater or Unit Champion acts as

the Commander/General, Warbands of

200+ points may include a single

Butcher or Hunter. This character may

not act as the Warbands Commander,

and his total cost (including all

equipment, upgrades, abilities, and the

like) may not exceed 150 points.

Ogre Warbands of 200+ points

may include a single unit of one

Leadbelcher OR a Gnoblar

Scraplauncher OR a Hunter with

Harpoon Launcher. Any one of

these choices counts as the one

war machine choice the Warband

is allowed.

In Warbands campaigns, Ogre

Maneaters acting as Commanders may

adopt the Archetypes indicated on the

Archetype Table. Note that this rule is

an exception to the normal practice,

whereby only character models can

adopt Archetypes. Also, in Warband

campaigns, Maneaters acting as

Commanders recover from injury

as characters.

An Ogre Kingdoms warband uses brute strength and resilience to overcome its lack of numbers.

Orc & Goblin warbands are flexible, characterful, and fierce in combat.

ORCS & GOBLINS

Units of Common Goblins and Night

Goblins need be only 10 models strong

before they qualify for command models.

Night Goblin units under 10 models strong

cannot include Fanatics; units 10-14 models

strong can include one Fanatic; units 15-19

models strong can include up to two

Fanatics; and units 20+ models strong can

include up to three Fanatics.

Tomb King warbands have unique tactics that can be both unexpected and deadly.

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