We’ve spent a couple of days now running demo games of the new Warhammer Age of Sigmar rules from Games Workshop. We downloaded the warscrolls for all of the models that are in the Warhamer Fantasy box set, Island of Blood. We read through the rules sheet from Warhammer #75 and then sat down to play games with each player playing only 3 models on a small 24″x24″ game board. I’ve only played Warhammer Fantasy one time and it was several years ago so I was essentially starting out as a beginner, right along side everyone I demoed the game with. All of us who played have played Warhammer 40k and a modified version of Necromunda.

So what do I think of Age of Sigmar?

I’ve seen some bloggers bemoaning the simplified rules. Frankly, that is the number one thing that has drawn me to Age of Sigmar. The rules are a whole four pages long. That’s shorter than most of today’s newer boardgames. Masses and masses of rules, and having to buy new rulebooks every time some new model gets released is my biggest gripe with Warhammer 40k. Starting from scratch and reading the rules, we were up and playing within less than 5 minuets. Granted I expect setup on larger battles to take a significantly longer amount of time, but the simplicity of the rules makes Age of Sigmar a great entry point miniatures game.

That said, I do feel the game could use some tweaks. In it’s current form I have difficulty seeing the game doing well in a tournament format which can be an important income stream for a retailer like myself. The complete lack of a frame work for army construction means that you could quickly end up in games where the players have totally out of balance forces. In casual play this is fairly unlikely to be an issue as players will tend to discuss force size and come to general consensus on what they both feel will be fun to play. In a tournament setting however, there will be no agreements other than what the tournament organizer sets unless GW sets some tournament guidelines, and that depends on if GW is really interested in fostering tournaments for Age of Sigmar.

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But I can certainly see us adding a quick die roll that determines if I can use the ability or not or making it so that I have to choose between using this ability or another during play.

Overall the response that we have had at the store has been overly positive from our group of primarily Warhammer 40k players. Up until now we have seen little to no interest in Fantasy at Multiverse. After demoing the rules I have folks talking about which armies they want to build, talking about tactics, and wanting to learn more about the back story of  the fantasy game. While I don’t see it overtaking 40k in popularity at the store I do foresee it being a successful line and a lot of fun to play casually. I’ve even had a couple of folks talking about if they could find a way to adapt the Fantasy rules for 40k armies.