Is Warhammer Fantasy still going?

Games Workshop recently announced that Warhammer: The Old World hits retail in early 2024. The publisher of Warhammer: 40,000 and Age of Sigmar officially revealed their plans to reboot the original Warhammer Fantasy Battle setting using modern rules and wargame sensibilities at Warhammer Fest 2023.
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Is Warhammer Fantasy over?

In 2015, Games Workshop, the company that produces Warhammer Fantasy Battles (WFB), announced that they would be discontinuing the game and replacing it with a new game called Warhammer Age of Sigmar.
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Do they still make Warhammer Fantasy?

Warhammer: The Old World is a reincarnation of the classic Warhammer Fantasy Battle (WFB) miniature wargame, released in January 2024 by Games Workshop.
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Will Warhammer Fantasy ever return?

The original setting for Warhammer Fantasy Battle, the miniatures game that Games Workshop was virtually founded on, will return to hobby stores in 2024 as Warhammer: The Old World.
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Why was Warhammer Fantasy cancelled?

Warhammer fantasy sales was just a fraction of what 40k sales were. Warhammer fantasy had a problem with drawing in new players, it is a very expensive hobby even compared to other tabletop battles, including other GW tabletops and especially some armies can be ridiculously expensive.
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What replaced Warhammer Fantasy?

Editions. The first edition of Age of Sigmar in 2015 replaced Warhammer Fantasy Battle.
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Did Age of Sigmar replace Warhammer Fantasy?

Replace it as in, Fantasy was killed with End Times and Age of Sigmar 'replaced' it as a product, being a completely new and independent setting and is not the same universe at all? There used to be a Tabletop Wargame called 'Warhammer Fantasy Battles' that lasted for arround 30 years or so.
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Is Warhammer Fantasy still canon?

Fantasy is called " The world that was" in AoS. Very few entities survived and all the lore is treated as myth and legend, that is not necessarily true but also not necessarily false. So to answer your question, no it isn't canon.
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What year did Warhammer Fantasy end?

The eighth and final edition of the core rules was released on 10 July 2010. The game is no longer supported by Games Workshop, and the last supplementary rulebook was released in 2015.
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Do Warhammer Fantasy and 40K exist in the same universe?

Warhammer 40,000 was initially conceived as a science fiction counterpart to Warhammer Fantasy, and while they are not connected to each other in a shared universe, their settings share similar themes and tropes.
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Is Warhammer Fantasy like D&D?

Turn-based combat is another commonality, with players taking alternating turns to make strategic decisions. Warhammer 40K's focus on squad-based tactical warfare contrasts with Dungeons & Dragons' more individualized combat encounters, but both systems demand strategic thinking and cooperation among players.
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What happened to Sigmar Warhammer Fantasy?

Seeing her death, Sigmar was consumed by an indomitable rage and rushed towards the grief-stricken Gerreon and began to choke the life out of him. Yet the poisoned still sapped at Sigmar's strength, and as Gerreon struggled, a dark power consumed his entire body and the possessed Gerreon threw Sigmar unto the river.
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What was the last Warhammer Fantasy edition?

8th Edition was the final edition of Warhammer: Fantasy Battle.
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Is Warhammer Fantasy and Age of Sigmar connected?

The Age of Sigmar is rooted in the End Times of Warhammer Fantasy - without the End Times, the Age of Sigmar would not begin. There are, however, multiple alternate timelines in Warhammer Fantasy where the End Times never happened.
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Is Fantasy and Age of Sigmar the same?

In 2015, Games Workshop stopped producing new models for Warhammer Fantasy Battles and replaced it with Warhammer Age of Sigmar. Age of Sigmar uses a different game system and is set in a different fantasy universe, which caused controversy among some fans of Warhammer Fantasy.
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Who decides Warhammer lore?

There is no single author of 40k lore. Indeed, I believe that nobody knows all of 40k's lore. Instead, the authors are designers for Games Workshop, authors write material for Black Library, video game designers, and anyone else who makes officially licensed material.
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What era is Warhammer Fantasy based on?

The Warhammer World borrowed considerably from historical events and other fantasy fiction settings. The Old World is recognisably Europe approximating to various historical periods including the Renaissance - the Empire being set over what was the Holy Roman Empire - medieval France, Roman Italy and Celtic Britain.
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Which is better Warhammer 40K or Age of Sigmar?

If you prefer streamlined gameplay and a high fantasy setting, Age of Sigmar may be more accessible for beginners. However, if you're drawn to a darker, science fiction setting and don't mind a steeper learning curve, Warhammer 40K could be the game for you.
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Is Age of Sigmar more popular than fantasy?

Age of Sigmar is quite popular. It isn't as popular as, and will never be as popular as, 40k, but it's certainly more popular than Warhammer: Fantasy ever was.
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Is the Old World replacing Age of Sigmar?

Warhammer: The Old World is a new edition of Warhammer Fantasy Battle in all but name. This was the original flavour of Warhammer, before declining sales saw Games Workshop literally blow up the world and replace it with Age of Sigmar in 2015.
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What is the least popular army in Warhammer Fantasy?

What is the most feared army in Warhammer Fantasy Battles (the tabletop war game), but is the least played? Dark Eldar, will always be in the least loved bucket, because of Games Workshop having boxed them into a debauchery corner, which already competes with Slaanesh. 8/8 Tau Empire. 7/8 Asuryan/Eldar.
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What happened to original Warhammer?

Sadly, the old Warhammer World was destroyed during a campaign known as The End Times. However, the Intellectual Property is still owned by GW so there maybe stories, specialist games, etc in the future.
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Why did the old ones leave Warhammer Fantasy?

The Old Ones were ultimately devastated by the aftershocks of what their psychically-active creations did to the Warp, and are now believed to have either gone extinct or fled the galaxy, though the Aeldari later built an interstellar empire by extending what remained of the Old Ones' Webway into a Warp tunnel network ...
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Who betrayed Sigmar?

Azazel - The Man Who BETRAYED SIGMAR! - Champion Of Slaanesh, General Of The Ecstatic Legion!
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Does Sigmar exist in 40K?

Are 40k and the age of Sigmar connected? TL;DR: Given that there canonical unique beings that exist in both, the answer is “yes.”
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