Warhammer Fantasy

Description: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay shares the same Germanic, doom-laden background as the Warhammer Fantasy Battle wargame that spawned it. Being a game devoted to individual characters rather than entire armies, WFRP depicts the setting in much closer detail than does its wargame counterpart. This change of focus also transforms WFRP into a more grim... ( +expand to view full text )

Description: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay shares the same Germanic, doom-laden background as the Warhammer Fantasy Battle wargame that spawned it. Being a game devoted to individual characters rather than entire armies, WFRP depicts the setting in much closer detail than does its wargame counterpart. This change of focus also transforms WFRP into a more grim and perilous game than WFB. The primary setting for WFRP is the Empire, a region of the Old World based loosely on the Holy Roman Empire, with a number of baronies, counties and dukedoms fashioned after the fiefs of elector counts and dukes. Other prominent regions include Bretonnia, based on medieval France mixed with strong Arthurian mythology themes; Kislev, based on medieval Poland and Imperial Russia; and the Wasteland, whose sole city of Marienburg is based on the Low Countries. Other lands not explored as thoroughly but still frequently mentioned include the fragmented lands of Estalia and Tilea, fashioned after Spain and the city states of Renaissance Italy respectively, and Araby (a mixture of Arabic Caliphate and Persia); and to lesser extents Cathay (China), Ind (India), Naggaroth (Canada and US), Ulthuan (Atlantis), Lustria (South America), Norsca (Scandinavia) and the island of Albion, (a mythological British Isles).