Warhammer Fantasy Army Points

Warhammer Fantasy army points

Games Workshop put out Warhammer Fantasy Battle in 1983, a rank-and-flank tabletop wargame, and brought it back in 2024 under the name Warhammer: The Old World. You build an army against a points budget, where total = units + heroes + special equipment. A standard battle sits around 2000 pts, and tournament games run anywhere from 1000 to 3000 pts.

Every Army Book sets the minimum and maximum allowance per unit, a percentage cap on Lords, Heroes, Core, Special and Rare slots, and the roles you cannot skip: the General, the Battle Standard Bearer (BSB), and at least one wizard once you reach higher point levels. The cost per model swings enormously. A goblin runs about 4 pts, elite knights climb past 25 pts, and monsters or named characters reach into the hundreds.

Applications

Use the calculator to check matched-play lists for The Old World, run club leagues, plan narrative campaigns like The General’s Compendium, or convert old 8th edition rosters. If you want something at skirmish scale, that ground is covered by Warhammer: Age of Sigmar (which replaced Fantasy in 2015) and by Warhammer Underworlds.

FAQ

What is the standard game size? 2000 pts is what you will see most often in The Old World matched play. Events also run plenty of 1500 and 2500 pt games.

Do magic items count toward the army total? They do. Every upgrade, banner, runic weapon and arcane item adds to the model’s cost, so it all eats into the budget.

Is Age of Sigmar a direct replacement? Age of Sigmar (2015) is the successor system, but it moved to round bases and a new setting. The Old World, from 2024, holds on to the square-base rank-and-flank tradition.