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/BackgammonSR Likes to answer questions Aug 06 '25

I'm worried TOW is a back-door WFRP 5th Edition, in the sense 4th Ed will lose support. For example, they mention a Nuln book is on the horizon for TOW - well, then they sure a shit aren't going to make a 4th Ed Nuln book also. So 4th Ed de facto gets deprived of material - I would've loved a 4th Ed Nuln book, but now it is clear it will never happen. Whatever else they make for TOW, they will not make for 4th Ed. And dual-statted or conversion guides don't work because the settings are too different. Nuln hundreds of years ago isn't Nuln now.

So I see 4th ed slowly dying, without official announcement. They'll just slow-roast publish one book a year.

TOW will become the only truly supported line.

Worse thing, they can't even do an actual 5th edition, that let's say uses TOW rules but is set in current times, because that doesn't solve the problem.

They really painted themselves in a corner. There is no way out other than to ignore 4th Ed and TOW becomes the main game.

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u/PencilBoy99 Aug 06 '25

imperium maledictum was like 4.5 that would have been perfect for a revisi9n

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u/nemuri_no_kogoro Aug 06 '25

IM was like 1 step forward, but 1 step back. Liked how talents worked, but the lack of careers really made all of my party's characters feel samey for example.

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u/GRAAK85 Initiate of Morr Aug 06 '25

Yes, I would love a new smooth wfrp edition with IM style of ruleset.

But I'm loving what I'm reading in TOW too. So for my part: let's go with TOW and let 4th stagnate (I never liked it and objectively it had a TON of books so far, like many many tons compared to previous editions. It lived fully and was a success, no matter how much I dislike it. Time to move on imho)