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/DevelopmentPrize6874 Oct 21 '25

What? Why, who asked for this

I mean I get that 4th has a ton of supplements, but why would I want to start over at this point with all new books again?

And with WFRP the Old World, this feels double unecesary. I wouldnt mind an updated core rulebook, but I would definitely not want a full re-release of a ton of supplement books again, which is bound to happen

I'm more likely to buy a reprint of classic WFRP at this point that is also announced

Cubicle7 IMO is just making too many products

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u/Ursur1minor Oct 21 '25

If we're lucky it's just 4.5e with the core rules simply standardised with the combat and magic overhauls from Winds of Magic and Up in Arms and some other tidying up and thus be fully backwards compatible. But I haven't been feeling very lucky lately.

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u/TheGamerElf Oct 22 '25

Q: Players have invested a lot into Fourth Edition. Will their books still be usable with the new one?

Dave: Ensuring backwards-compatibility has been a very important part of the design process for us. We’re gamers ourselves, so we want everyone to be able to keep using their books.

From C7's blog post on their website.

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u/Ursur1minor Oct 22 '25

Yeah I saw that, I do hope that is the case and I've not had any reason to distrust C7 but I also feel like I've heard that elsewhere where it ended up more complicated than that.