Warhammer Age Of Sigmar’s New Core Rules Free To Download
June 15, 2021 by brennon
The new Core Rules for Warhammer Age Of Sigmar's latest edition are now free to download. All you have to do is offer up an email address to Games Workshop and they'll send you your PDF in the electronic post!
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The Core Rules for this new edition of their Fantasy wargame come in at around the forty-page mark. The PDF contains all of the basics of gameplay from how to move, shoot, cast spells, fight in combat and use all the abilities that you'll find on your miniatures' Warscrolls.
The Core Rules obviously don't have access to scenarios for you to play but you could very easily just set up a quick and easy game with these rules and try them out. I'm happy to see that the basic rules for the game have still been made available and Warscrolls continue to be available for free for pretty much every miniature too. This means if you don't give a hoot about points then you can just play with whatever you've got in your collection.
I have been having a read of them and whilst I don't think I'll be playing the mass battle variant of Age Of Sigmar anytime soon, they do seem like a good update over the last edition. Not much has changed drastically from what I've seen but they have tightened it up and plugged the holes.
Are you going to be checking these new rules out?
"I'm happy to see that the basic rules for the game have still been made available and Warscrolls continue to be available for free for pretty much every miniature too..."
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G’Wullu giving stuff away for (almost) free…. scary. Also, they are looking for programmers for their dreaded app on Android XD
The core rules have been free for years for both 40k and AoS. It’s essentially a handful of pages with the turn sequence on and how to do the rolls.
I wonder what sort of game you’d get with just the core rules. I wonder would I enjoy it more than the full fat version.
I think the “full fat” version is more or less the scenarios and such + obviously you’ll need a General’s Handbook for points.
With this, I reckon you’d get a pretty solid Open/Narrative play experience – considering I only care about Power in 40K currently this sorta works for me. But, trying to NOT buy into full AoS right now haha.
I’m about the same. “Just titting about” is about my maximum commitment to any game right now ?
I found it rather sad and disturbing that GW had to include the “Player’s Code” on page 1 of the rules for a game of toy soldiers. From the rules THE PLAYER’S CODE CARDINAL RULES • Always be polite and respectful. • Always tell the truth and never cheat. PRINCIPLES • Arrive on time with all of the things you need to play the game. • Make a respectful gesture to your opponent before and after the game, such as offering a handshake, wishing them good luck, etc. • Avoid using language your opponent might find offensive. • Ask your… Read more »
I don’t think it’s a bad thing to have some rules about social etiquette in there, especially if you’re starting out – it makes tournaments and casual games that little nicer, you’d hope.
It’s all core stuff that long time wargamers are familiar with but it doesn’t hurt to have something like this in the mix. I can see it really being there to deal with one or two bad eggs at big competitive events I’d reckon.
Never taken part in a tournament and have no intention of doing so. I play games for fun with friends… winning and losing are not important as there’s no prize to win… just fun to be had.
And you can field what you want without someone complaining that a model is not ‘official’ or ‘doesn’t have a a particular sword’ as part of the mini.
If you look up ‘game’ in an online dictionary it says “an activity one engages in for amusement or fun”… no mention of ‘gloating’… ‘trashtalking your opponent’… ‘being a sore loser’… etc
Same. When a game of any sort, whether it’s AoS, 40K, or some other game or even a video game becomes all about winning for the sake of a prize or prestige, it stops being a game and just becomes a means to win at any cost, regardless of who gets hurt. Unofficial games where you meet up with friends, noodle around with unofficial, third-party, or kitbashed miniatures, homebrewed rules, and ridiculous themes, sometimes over a pizza and a few beers, are much more fun and rewarding than a tournament.
they could have done it with one line :
don’t be a dick
It may not be bad to have things written down like that, but at the same time it’s the sort of stuff that I’d consider kindergarten level etiquette and really shouldn’t need explaining.
This is one step short of describing how to make a proper salute to your opponent at the start and finish of a game …
A reflection of the tournament scene where, for some, winning is more important than having fun.
Any sufficiently popular game suffers from this … and it is practically unavoidable given that “Humans are Ze Wurst(tm)”
Strangely, humans are somehow also the best!
Or at least some are best, in the right context! 😉
nope .. Orks are da best ‘cuz orks are Green
and green iz gud
I do not play tournaments at all. So you want to know what my Players Code is, well its really simple. You do not have to play a game with me. That’s it, really simple and to the point. Never once had a complaint in over 20 years of gaming, and never once needed a “code”. I honestly do not understand the reasoning why anyone would play anyone that they wouldn’t have a enjoyable time playing. Period. I would rather never play, then waste me time playing someone that would lead to a bad game experience. I have had no… Read more »