Warhammer Army Book

The following is a list of Army Books and Supplements for the various armies released for the Games Workshop Warhammer Fantasy Battle game.

An Army Book in the Warhammer Fantasy tabletop wargame, is a rules supplement containing information concerning a particular army, environment, or worldwide campaign. Army Books for particular armies were introduced for the fourth edition of the game (prior to that all armies were included in the main rulebook). The sixth edition rendered these obsolete. Until superseded by newer versions, the 6th edition and later books remain valid for the newer editions of Warhammer.

Games Workshop has also released various expansions over the years, including a siege rules supplement and campaign expansions. Expansions and Supplements may or may not be valid over multiple editions, though generally they cycle similarly to the Army Books.

An Army Book normally contains:

• Background - Information about the race and its place in the Warhammer world. This includes artwork, short stories, maps, timelines and copies of fictional documents.
• Bestiary - A list of the units, characters and war machines that can be chosen for use in a battle. This includes their characteristic values, information on their weapon options, and any limitations on their use, as well as background information on each unit. An Army's special magic lore (if applicable) and special magic items are listed here.
• Hobby section - Information on collecting, building and painting an army from the army book. This features outstanding example models painted by the Games Workshop 'Eavy Metal Team as well as Games Workshop's Army Painters and veteran hobbyists.
• Army List - Each entry from the bestiary is arranged by type (Lord, Hero, Core, Special, Rare) and given a points value, with more powerful units costing more points, so that battles are fought between balanced armies. Options and costs are listed here.

Current Books

No Warhammer Fantasy Army books are considered current as Warhammer: Fantasy Battles game was discontinued by Games Workshop and was replaced with Warhammer: Age of Sigmar game in 2015.

Army Books

The final version of Warhammer army books was the 8th Edition. The last 8th edition army book was printed in 2014 for Wood Elves, the first army book for The Empire was printed for 4th edition rules in 1993 spanning some 21 years of printing of Warhammer army books for The Game of Fantasy Battles (formerly known as Warhammer Fantasy Battle). The original Warhammer World was destroyed in a Warhammer Fantasy novels/in-game event called End Times in 2015.

8th Edition

8th Edition Army Books are hardcover and full color. 8th Edition was released July 2010.

Army	ISBN	Release Date
Wood Elves	ISBN 978-1782532873	May 2014
Dwarfs	ISBN 978-1-78253-239-2	February 2014
Dark Elves	ISBN 978-1782530947	October 2013
Lizardmen	ISBN 978-1782530534	August 2013
High Elves	ISBN 978-1782530084	May 2013
Daemons of Chaos	ISBN 978-1908872838	March 2013
Warriors of Chaos	ISBN 978-1908872647	February 2013
The Empire	ISBN 978-1907964688	April 2012
Vampire Counts	ISBN 978-1907964275	January 2012
Ogre Kingdoms	ISBN 978-1-907964-11-4	September 2011
Tomb Kings	ISBN 978-1841549965	May 2011
Orcs & Goblins	ISBN 978-1841549866	March 2011

Expansions

Games Workshop and Warhammer Forge (the fantasy division of Forge World, a subsidiary of Games Workshop) have released expansions to the 8th edition game.

Supplement	Notes	ISBN	Release Date
The End Times: Archaon	Volume 5 of the End Times Expansion, contains the grand legion of the everchosen list	TBA	March 2015
The End Times: Thanquol	Volume 4 of the End Times Expansion	TBA	January 2015
The End Times: Khaine	Volume 3 of the End Times Expansion, contains the combined Elves army lists	TBA	November 2014
The End Times: Glottkin	Volume 2 of the End Times Expansion, contains the Legions of Chaos army list	TBA	October 2014
The End Times: Nagash	Volume 1 of the End Times Expansion, contains the Undead Legions army list	TBA	August 2014
Warhammer Battlefields: The Underway	Campaign Expansion	Digital Release	February 2014
Sigmar's Blood	Campaign Expansion	ISBN 978-1782531470	December 2013
Scrolls of Binding Compendium	Monster Expansion for Storm of Magic	Digital Release	December 2013
Blood in the Snow	Seasonal Scenario	Digital Release	December 2013
Vanguard Clash	Linked Battles Scenario	Digital Release	December 2013
Triumph and Treachery	Multiplayer Games Expansion	ISBN 978-1782530756	November 2013
Warhammer Battlefields: Northern Wastes	Campaign Expansion	Digital Release	October 2013
Warhammer Battlefields: Border Wars	Campaign Expansion	Digital Release	August 2013
Warhammer Battlefields: Lustria	Campaign Expansion	Digital Release	August 2013
Civil War	White Dwarf rules for battles between forces from the same Army Book, also released Digitally	N/A	June–August 2012
Monstrous Arcanum	Monsters and Campaign Expansion by Warhammer Forge	ISBN 978-1907964916	April 2012
Blood in the Badlands	Campaign Expansion, Siege rule	ISBN 978-1907964466	December 2011
Tamurkhan: Throne of Chaos	Campaign Expansion by Warhammer Forge; Contains the Chaos Dwarf army list	ISBN 978-1907964657	October 2011
Storm of Magic	Magic and Monsters Expansion	ISBN 978-1907964077	July 2011

Battlescrolls

Games Workshop and the Black Library (the Publishing arm of GW) have released Battlescrolls for Warhammer Fantasy. They are digitally released and expand the options available to players, as well as contain background on their subject. Most are formations that can be added to any army as a unit outside of the normal army organization. Some (noted below) are additions to specific army lists and are taken following the normal rules for their unit type.

Supplement	Notes	Release Date
Crypt Scavengers	Ghoul Themed Formation	December 2013
Creatures of the Chaos Wastes	Chaos Monster Themed Formation	December 2013
The Restless Dead	Skeleton Themed Formation	December 2013
Be'lakor, The Dark Master	Lord unit for Daemons and Warriors of Chaos	December 2013

Previous Edition Warhammer Army Books

Starting with the 4th edition rules, individual Army books were published for various races and realms of the Warhammer world that had coinciding miniatures armies to play the Warhammer Fantasy Battles tabletop game. Earlier versions of the Warhammer Fantasy Battle Game did not have individual Army books.

7th Edition

7th edition was released in September 2006.

Army	ISBN	Release Date	Replaced By
Beastmen	ISBN 978-1-84154-956-9	February 2010	7th Edition was the final edition published
Skaven	ISBN 978-1-84154-943-9	November 2009	7th Edition was the final edition published
Lizardmen	ISBN 978-1-84154-918-7	February 2009	8th Edition Lizardmen Army Book
Warriors of Chaos	ISBN 978-1-84154-898-2	November 2008	8th Edition Warriors of Chaos Army Book
Dark Elves	ISBN 978-1-84154-850-0	August 2008	8th Edition Dark Elves Army Book
Vampire Counts	ISBN 978-1-84154-863-0	March 2008	8th Edition Vampire Counts Army Book
Daemons of Chaos	ISBN 978-1-84154-883-8	May 2008	8th Edition Daemons of Chaos Army Book
High Elves	ISBN 978-1-84154-846-3	November 2007	8th Edition High Elves Army Book
The Empire	ISBN 978-1-84154-799-2	January 2007	8th Edition The Empire Army Book
Orcs & Goblins	ISBN 978-1-84154-785-5	October 2006	8th Edition Orcs & Goblins Army Book

Supplement	Notes	ISBN	Release Date
Legendary Battles	Large Army Campaign Expansion from White Dwarf	ISBN N/A	2008
Mighty Empires	Campaign Expansion	ISBN N/A	2007

6th Edition

6th Edition was released in October 2000. All army books were initially replaced by a get-by list in Ravening Hordes, distributed for free.

Army	ISBN	Release Date	Replaced By
Dwarfs	ISBN 1-84154-690-9	January 2006	8th Edition Dwarfs Army Book
Wood Elves	ISBN 1-84154-680-1	September 2005	8th Edition Wood Elves Army Book
Ogre Kingdoms	ISBN 1-84154-531-7	January 2005	8th Edition Ogre Kingdoms Army Book
Bretonnia	ISBN 1-84154-450-7	February 2004	6th Edition was the final edition published
Beasts of Chaos	ISBN 1-84154-387-X	August 2003	7th Edition Beastmen Army Book
Lizardmen	ISBN 1-84154-356-X	May 2003	7th Edition Lizardmen Army Book
Tomb Kings	ISBN 1-84154-336-5	January 2003	8th Edition Tomb Kings Army Book
Hordes of Chaos	ISBN 1-84154-222-9	June 2002	7th Edition Warriors of Chaos and Daemons of Chaos Army Books
Skaven	ISBN 1-84154-185-0	March 2002	7th Edition Skaven Army Book
High Elves	ISBN 1-84154-175-3	January 2002	7th Edition High Elves Army Book
Dark Elves	ISBN 1-84154-083-8	June 2001	7th Edition Dark Elves Army Book
Vampire Counts	ISBN 1-84154-080-3	April 2001	7th Edition Vampire Counts Army Book
Dwarfs	ISBN 1-84154-066-8	January 2001	Second 6th Edition Dwarfs Army Book
Orcs & Goblins	ISBN 1-84154-060-9	November 2000	7th Edition Orcs & Goblins Army Book
The Empire	ISBN 1-84154-059-5	October 2000	7th Edition The Empire Army Book
Ravening Hordes	ISBN 1-84154-063-3	October 2000	Each Army's 6th edition army book—15 "Get You By" Army Lists for Warhammer - the Game of Fantasy Battles

In White dwarf magazines "Warhammer chronicles" there came preview army lists for Lizardmen (wd 256, April 2001), Bretonnia (wd261, September 2001), Wood elves (wd269, May 2002), and Beast of chaos (wd275, November 2002), that replaced their Ravening hordes list, and was replaced by their army books later in the 6th edition. Dogs of war got their main list and Regiments of renown -list in back to back issues (wd 251 and 252) that were never replaced. Daemon horde got same sort of preview army list in Annual 2002 (November 2001). The preview lists can be found in Annual 2002 and Chronicles 2003 in addition to White dwarf magazines.

5th Edition

5th Edition was released in October 1996.

Army	ISBN	Release Date	Replaced By
Vampire Counts	ISBN 1-869893-75-1	June 1999	Ravening Hordes
Dogs of War	ISBN 1-872372-02-3	September 1998	Regiments of Renown, then Discontinued
Champions of Chaos (Chaos Special Characters)	ISBN 1-872372-29-5	May 1998	Ravening Hordes
Realm of Chaos	ISBN 1-872372-60-0 (2nd Edition) ISBN 1-869893-90-5 (1st Edition)	January 1998	Ravening Hordes
High Elves	ISBN 978-1-872372-21-1	May 1997	Ravening Hordes
Lizardmen	ISBN 1-872372-56-2	February 1997	Ravening Hordes
Bretonnia	ISBN 1-872372-59-7	November 1996, 1999	Ravening Hordes

4th Edition

4th Edition was released in October 1992. It was the first edition to feature individual army books.

Army	ISBN	Release Date	Replaced By
Wood Elves	ISBN 1-872372-45-7	May 1996	Ravening Hordes
Dark Elves	ISBN 1-872372-88-0	July 1995	Ravening Hordes
White Dwarf Presents: Chaos Dwarfs	ISBN 1-872372-80-5	December 1994	Ravening Hordes, then Discontinued, then Tamurkhan: Throne of Chaos from Warhammer Forge
Chaos	No ISBN came as a boxed set	August 1994	5th Edition Realm of Chaos Box
Undead	ISBN 1-872372-67-8	May 1994	5th Edition Vampire Counts Army Book and Ravening Hordes for Tomb Kings
Skaven	ISBN 1-872372-69-4	December 1993	Ravening Hordes
Dwarfs	ISBN 1-872372-66-X	June 1993	Ravening Hordes
Orcs & Goblins	ISBN 1-872372-64-3	April 1993	Ravening Hordes
High Elves	ISBN 1-872372-63-5	February 1993	5th Edition High Elves Army Book
The Empire	ISBN 1-87237235-X	January 1993	Ravening Hordes

6th edition

Supplement	Notes	ISBN	Release Date
Conquest of the New World	Campaign Expansion	ISBN 978-1841545929	2005
Lustria	Campaign Expansion	ISBN 1-84154-644-5	May 2005
Storm of Chaos	Campaign Expansion	ISBN 1-84154-460-4	June 2004
Warhammer Chronicles 2004	Q&A, Errata, etc.	ISBN 1-84154-422-1	2003
The General's Compendium	Campaigns, Scenarios & More	ISBN 1-84154-436-1	2003
Warhammer Chronicles 2003	Q&A, Errata, etc.	ISBN 1-84154-296-2	2003
Warhammer Skirmish	Skirmish Scenarios	ISBN 978-8374600125	2002
Dark Shadows	Campaign Expansion	ISBN 978-1-84154-198-3	August 2001
Warhammer Annual 2002	Q&A, Errata, etc.	ISBN 1-84154-165-6	2001

5th edition

Supplement	Notes	ISBN	Release Date
Warhammer Siege	Siege Warfare Expansion	ISBN 1-869893-44-1	August 1998
Tears of Isha	Campaign Expansion, Paper buildings	unknown	1998
Perilous Quest	Campaign Expansion, Paper buildings	unknown	1997
Circle of Blood	Campaign Expansion, Paper buildings	unknown	1997
Idol of Gork	Campaign Expansion, Paper buildings	unknown	1997
The Grudge of Drong	Campaign Expansion, Paper buildings	unknown	1997
Warhammer Magic	5th Edition Magic rules and cards	ISBN 1-872372-09-0	December 1996

4th edition

Supplement	Notes	ISBN	Release Date
Chronicles of War (White Dwarf Presents)	Articles from White Dwarf Magazine, Paper buildings	ISBN 978-1872372914	December 1995
Arcane Magic	Magic Expansion for 4th Edition	unknown	February 1995
Battle Magic	Magic rules and cards for 4th Edition	unknown	December 1992

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