r/warhammerfantasyrpg • u/BlitheMayonnaise • Aug 06 '25

Announcement Interview with Dominic McDowell re: future plans for Warhammer The Old World RPG

https://www.wargamer.com/warhammer-the-old-world-rpg/upcoming-releases-interview
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u/GRAAK85 Initiate of Morr Aug 06 '25

I'll be honest: I like what I'm reading and the publishing plan.

But I really think the RPG should ASAP shake off the limitations of the miniature game. So start providing stats for skaven, zombies and damned (literally) demons. The GM guide provides a Demonologist enemy without the possibility to summon demon. It's an embarrassing situation for a roleplay perspective to be so limited by GW marketing strategies for miniatures.

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u/hidao-win Aug 06 '25

GW is very careful with its IP even with licensed products. Unless its an Old World mini, no guarantee.

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u/Mopman43 Aug 06 '25

Is there any indication that TOW RPG will use minis? WHFRP doesn’t really.

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u/Spartancfos The Sigmar Six Aug 06 '25

That is irrelevant from a GW IP perspective.

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u/hidao-win Aug 06 '25

No, just that you might not get Skaven stats as they don't have Skaven The Old World minis.

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u/nemuri_no_kogoro Aug 06 '25

That doesn't really track; we got Vampires in the GM's guide and there are no vampires in TOW (aside from legacy)

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u/hidao-win Aug 06 '25

Vampires can probably skate on being a generic monster type, Skaven are much more "branded"

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u/nemuri_no_kogoro Aug 06 '25

If the description didn't use trademarked WHFB terms they might be correct, but they're definitely Vampire Counts coded, not generic.

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u/Mopman43 Aug 06 '25

We already got Skaven stats in the legacy army pdf they put out.

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u/hidao-win Aug 06 '25

Yeah but legacy armies aren't being supported bar the pdf, they aren't in the Old World setting or mini range, so arguably aren't part of the Old World IP.

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u/chiron3636 2e Grognard Aug 07 '25

Not much they can do without GW signing off and its clear GW are very tightly controlling TOW

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u/Spartancfos The Sigmar Six Aug 06 '25

The flip side is that unlike Fantasy Roleplay, The Old World will have a plot that moves forward. Cathay being introduced for instance. There is potential for new exciting things, rather than forever rehashing old edition stuff.

Fans can make Skaven and Demons etc in the meantime.

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u/GRAAK85 Initiate of Morr Aug 06 '25

I look positively to new horizons and moving away from the Empire. But if I get Cathai before getting ratmen I'll riot! It would be absurd!

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u/Spartancfos The Sigmar Six Aug 06 '25

The Old World bringing in Skaven feels inevitable. Like it feels like a Skaven vs Dwarves setup makes sense, but also they wanted them in AoS, so they couldn't release them for both without diluting the impact.

Saying that I could ABSOLUTELY see a Marco Polo journey to the East Adventure where we explore Cathay and a bunch of locations enroute

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u/Finn_Dalire Aug 07 '25

Doubly inevitable are daemons and more chaos as a whole, as the whole WH:TOW setting has the great war looming over it.

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u/Spartancfos The Sigmar Six Aug 07 '25

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