Game and Army book Releases
by Avian
When stuff was released is a question that often crops on various internet forums and thus I thought to have this little page collecting as much info as I could find. Let me know if you have knowledge of any old releases not mentioned here.
Game releases
| ? | 1987 | ? | Chaos Marauders |
|---|---|---|---|
| ? | 1987 | ? | Blood Bowl 1st Edition |
| Spring | 1988 | 101 | Blood Bowl 2nd Edition |
| Spring | 1988 | 102 | Dark Future |
| Winter | 1988 | 108 | Adeptus Titanicus (Epic 1st Edition pt 1) |
| Spring | 1989 | 113 | Space Hulk 1st Edition |
| Summer | 1989 | 115 | HeroQuest |
| Summer | 1989 | 117? | Space Marine (Epic 1st Edition pt 2) |
| Autumn | 1989 | 118 | Advanced HeroQuest |
| Autumn | 1989 | 119 | Space Fleet |
| Autumn | 1990 | 130 | Confrontation |
| Winter | 1991 | 144 | Epic Space Marine (Epic 2nd Edition pt 1) |
| Summer | 1992 | 151 | Battle for Armageddon |
| Autumn | 1992 | 154 | Warhammer Fantasy Battles 4th edition |
| Winter | 1993 | 158 | Tyranid Attack |
| Spring | 1993 | 160 | Man O' War |
| Autumn | 1993 | 165 | Doom of the Eldar |
| Autumn | 1993 | 166 | Warhammer 40K 2nd Edition |
| Spring | 1994 | 172 | Blood Bowl 3rd Edition |
| Autumn | 1994 | 176 | Talisman |
| Autumn | 1994 | 178 | Epic Titan Legions (Epic 2nd Edition pt 2) |
| Spring | 1995 | 184 | Warhammer Quest |
| Autumn | 1995 | 190 | Necromunda |
| Spring | 1996 | 196 | Space Hulk 2nd Edition |
| Autumn | 1996 | 202 | Warhammer Fantasy Battles 5th Edition |
| Spring | 1997 | 208 | Epic 40.000 (Epic 3rd Edition) |
| Autumn | 1997 | 214 | Gorkamorka |
| Spring | 1998 | 220 | Blood Bowl 3rd edition re-release |
| Autumn | 1998 | 226 | Warhammer 40K 3rd edition |
| Spring | 1999 | 232 | Battle Fleet Gothic |
| Autumn | 1999 | 238 | Mordheim |
| Spring | 2000 | 243 | Warmaster |
| Autumn | 2000 | 250 | Warhammer Fantasy Battles 6th edition |
| Spring | 2001 | 257 | Inquisitor |
| Autumn | 2001 | 263 | Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring |
| Spring | 2002 | 267 | Blood Bowl 3rd edition re-release (again) |
| Autumn | 2002 | 275 | Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
| Spring | 2003 | 281 | Necromunda: Underhive |
| Autumn | 2003 | 287 | Lord of the Rings: Return of the King |
| Spring | 2004 | 290 | Epic Armageddon (Epic 4th Edition) |
| Autumn | 2004 | 297 | Warhammer 40K 4th edition |
| Spring | 2005 | 303 | Battle of Five Armies (from 'The Hobbit') |
| Autumn | 2005 | 309 | Lord of the Rings rulebook |
| Autumn | 2006 | 321 | Warhammer Fantasy Battles 7th edition |
| Summer | 2008 | 343 | Warhammer 40K 5th edition |
| Autumn | 2009 | 357 | Space Hulk 3rd edition |
| Summer | 2010 | 367 | Warhammer Fantasy Battles 8th edition |
Note that there have been exactly 48 months between the last three editions of Warhammer FB. There was 60 months (5 years) between 2nd and 3rd edition 40K, and 71 months (~6 years) betweeen 3rd and 4th. There were 6 years between 6th and 7th edition FB.
As you can see there is typically one release every six months.
Army books released after sixth edition Fantasy Battles
This deals only with actual army books, not with WD lists and similar.
| 6th edition | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Empire | 250 | October | 2000 |
| Orcs & Goblins | 251 | November | 2000 |
| Dwarfs | 253 | January | 2001 |
| Vampire Counts | 256 | April | 2001 |
| Dark Elves | 258 | June | 2001 |
| High Elves | 265 | January | 2002 |
| Skaven | 267 | March | 2002 |
| Hordes of Chaos | 270 | June | 2002 |
| Tomb Kings | 277 | January | 2003 |
| Lizardmen | 281 | May | 2003 |
| Beasts of Chaos | 284 | August | 2003 |
| Bretonnia | 290 | February | 2004 |
| Storm of Chaos | 294 | June | 2004 |
| Ogre Kingdoms | 301 | January | 2005 |
| Lustria | 305 | May | 2005 |
| Wood Elves | 308 | August | 2005 |
| Dwarfs (redo) | 313 | March | 2006 |
| 7th edition | |||
| Orcs & Goblins | 322 | October | 2006 |
| Empire | 325 | January | 2007 |
| Mighty Empires | 331 | July | 2007 |
| High Elves | 335 | November | 2007 |
| Vampire Counts | 339 | March | 2008 |
| Chaos Daemons | 341 | May | 2008 |
| Dark Elves | 344 | August | 2008 |
| Chaos Mortals | 347 | November | 2008 |
| Lizardmen | 350 | Febuary | 2009 |
| Skaven | 359 | November | 2009 |
| Beastmen | 362 | February | 2010 |
| 8th edition | |||
| Orcs & Goblins | 374? | February? | 2011 |
| Tomb Kings | 377? | May? | 2011 |
| Ogre Kingdoms | ??? | Autumn? | 2011? |
There seems to be a pattern of three army books or supplements per year most years.
Other related articles
- Seventh Edition Review Thingy
- Orcs & Goblins Army Book review
- History of the Orcs & Goblins Army List
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