It was originaly published by [Games Workshop]? but is now published by Hogshead.
They share the same Germanic?, doom-laden background although the role-playing game branched off from the war game in the 1980s. However a player of a modern version of Warhammer Fantasy Battles should be able to recognise the setting and the principle ideas, concepts and races. Statistics from the wargame can be easily converted to the role-playing game.
It has the concept of careers that you progress through during play, allowing a player character to start off as a rat-catcher and work his way up to become a merchant or a ship's captain.
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