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The statline is the same, M, WS, BS, etc – the example profile given for an “average trained infantryman” is exactly that given for the “average human” in the Warhammer book.

Picking this up and giving it a read for Goonhammer 02, it really struck me that this is 5th edition Warhammer fantasy. Though I never played it at the time, Warhammer English Civil War is still worth thinking about 20 years later. Most people’s exposure to Warhammer Ancient Battles at the time would have been small adverts in White Dwarf, maybe seeing some grogs (or even the famed Jervis) doing a demo game at a convention, or seeing the tiny table reserved for it at Games Day. Warhammer Ancient Battles was the passion project of a couple of then-GW stalwarts: the Perry twins, John Stallard and Jervis Johnson, who turned a lunchtime pursuit into an independent line of rules and setting books that lasted until 2012. Yes, it had multiple expansions, and yes, enough support and work put into it that some of them could even be called “major” expansions. Yep, Games Workshop had a fully functioning Historicals line. If, like me back then you weren’t that into historicals (or you still aren’t) or, sadly unlike me today, you aren’t old enough to remember wargaming in 02, that sentence has more questions in it than information.Ĭover – and isn’t it a pretty one? Warhammer English Civil War In February 2002 Games Workshop released one of the very few major expansions to the Warhammer Ancient Battles line – Warhammer English Civil War.

Today we’re getting historical, looking back into the history of historicals to review a strange 02 release: Warhammer English Civil War Welcome to Goonhammer ‘02! We’re taking a look back to 20 years ago and some of the key releases of 2002.

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