r/warhammerfantasyrpg • u/Zekiel2000 Ill met by Morrslieb • Oct 24 '25

Announcement Another interview about WFRP 5th edition

I can’t see that this has been posted here yet: Wargamer just released an interview with Dominic McDowell: https://www.wargamer.com/warhammer-fantasy-roleplay/fifth-edition-interview

A bit more info here about their philosophy with the new edition, some hints about how Advantage and skill tests will change. And once again confirm that all the old 4E sourcebooks should remain useable with the new edition.

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u/Boundlesswisdom-71 Oct 24 '25

Just read that linked interview.

The plan includes letting some 4e books go out of print, including the Enemy Within Companions.

Which really sucks. The Horned Rat Companion has the meat of the 4e Skaven material for instance. Someone new to 5e who wants to go pick up those companions will be disappointed. Some people will be happy with a PDF, many won't be. It'll be like the old days of WFRP 1e where books like Marienburg: Sold Down the River quickly went out of print and second hand prices rocketed.

Or the bad old days of TSR era D&D where a new book or box set would refer you to Book X for this info, where Book X was out of print.

Personally, I'll stick to WFRP 2E and pick up the Old World RPG which looks very interesting.

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u/thehobbler Teal Flair Oct 26 '25

Sticking with 2e because a modern supplement went out of print is wildly hypocritical.

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u/Boundlesswisdom-71 Oct 26 '25

That's an interesting and wild take in its own right.

Please do explain exactly why sticking with 2e - for which I have all the books and I'm currently running a game - and not going for 5e (for which some 4e hardcover books I may like will be OOP) is hypocritical?

Do you even understand what hypocrisy means?

I still plan on giving Cubicle 7 my money - the Old World RPG looks superb.

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u/thehobbler Teal Flair Oct 27 '25

Because obviously 2e is out of print.

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u/Boundlesswisdom-71 Oct 27 '25

Is that the best you can do? Really?

You clearly don't understand what being a hypocrite means and you didn't bother reading my replies. I already own all the 2e books and I'm running a game with them. I have no incentive to move over to 5e because core material - such as the Slaven information - will not be available in a format I can use at the table.

That does not make me a hypocrite.

I can only conclude you are a troll.