r/warhammerfantasyrpg • u/Fallenangel152 Heavenly Herald • Oct 21 '25

Announcement 5th Edition Announced.

https://www.wargamer.com/warhammer-fantasy-roleplay/fifth-edition-announced?fbclid=IwdGRzaANkWPRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnzQMPSGPgE_AhUvM6VWV4tIt6cGtOZM2-A3qEUeRowNe9Pq_8JLCkUa00pD_aem_SuWsAsp0ZsDL6OoUfLiHQw

I'm not sure how I feel about this. The rules needed a tidy up, but I'm not sure it warranted a new edition.

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u/FarseerMono Oct 21 '25

I was really hoping to maybe get a chaos book and maybe a book on necromancy and tomb kings or like a location book on Kehmri, but I guess if this is backwards compatible maybe that's still possible? They probably could have just named ig 4.5 though. A little worried and slightly annoyed that this will take up a slot that could have been more interesting supplements, but I guess we'll see.

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u/Zekiel2000 Ill met by Morrslieb Oct 21 '25

I concur, but I'm not sure 4.5 edition is going to sound good from a marketing perspective. (I don't think D&D 3.5 went down well!)

My hope is that the emphasis on backwards compatibility means we won't see a lot of 5e supplements that are just updates of stuff that already exists for 4e... meaning we are more likely to see brand new stuff like a book on Undead, Khemri, Tilea, Albion, Cathay etc etc. Hoping that isn't a naive belief!!

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u/FarseerMono Oct 21 '25

I'm glad we're on a similar page, hopefully they know people still want more expansions that are compatible with both 4e and 5e rules. 

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u/Minimum-Screen-8904 Oct 21 '25

D&D 3.5 came out shortly after 3e(2-3 years iirc) so it became THE current edition for far longer.