Protect your heroes – Tons of ways to protect your (incredibly) vulnerable heroes between bodyguard rules and faction traits to retreat mean you’ll always have a way to escape danger.

Didn’t fix what wasn’t broken – The fixes here are very deliberate and targeted, fun and fluffy rules have been maintained while a few of the more onerous ones were cleaned up.

Most units have had their warscrolls given a sizable glow up, making them stronger than before.

The problem is even if you rolled well they tended to still underperform.

Stronger Warscrolls – Skaven were built on the idea that they were a faction of weak units that could luck their way into rolling hot.It’s likely no two lists will ever be the same.

The new subfaction system – Eschewing the traditional defined subfaction of other books, Skaven can mix and match traits to suit the taste of the player.Now everything is in a much clearer to understand format. Complete reorganization of battleline – The absolutely nightmarish “Battleline if” from the old book has been scrapped.6 clans that can be mixed and matched in listbuilding.19 new Command Traits and 18 new Artefacts for your army.Battle Traits for Skaven in all 3 modes of play.Where is Path to Glory?Īs usual, there is a lot to cover here, so we will cover Path to Glory next week in a standalone article. Eshin Assassins and Skyre Wizards, the world is your oyster. Run hordes of clan rats or elite Stormfiends. The army is one of the few who survived The End Times mostly intact, so while the models are pretty old there’s a charming cartoonish quality to them, and you have a lot of variety so you can try on different hats. If you’re the type of person who laughs when their own army gets destroyed as often as the opponent, maybe try Skaven. Many units can risk it big to amplify their strength but if you roll poorly, they blow up! It’s fine though, there’s always more rats. Skaven are a horde army (naturally) who all have subpar statlines that make up for that with their numbers. Why Play Skaven?ĭo you like high risk, high reward? Skaven are the army for you.

T his review was written using a review copy of Battletome: Skaven given to us by Games Workshop.

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