Having the ridiculous notions of putting together 40k codices of my own making has me in the mood to do the exact same thing for the army books of Warhammer Fantasy Battles. Where the major difference is that, unlike the 40k codices, which will more or less attempt to fill combat style niches (Dark Eldar with hyper-fast deathblow, Imperial Guard with overwhelming firepower, Orks with overwhelming melee attacks, etc), the army lists I'm going to write for WHFB will be more flexible. Almost every army should be able to put together hordes, barrages, shock troops, monsters, etc., with obvious exceptions (hordes of Ogres is just ridiculous, on many levels). Note that the following list is in no particular order.
The Empire
- Standard state troopers, through the employment of detachments and reasonably priced options, will become useful again.
- Gunlines will be an option, not the option.
High Elves
- No reliance on unjustifiable ASF on all units. Infantry will become mobile and disciplined.
Dwarves
- Gunlines will be an option, not the option.
Bretonnia
- Armies of knights and armies of men-at-arms will both be usable, though with obvious risks.
Wood Elves
- Highly mobile with great infantry ranged fire
Lizardmen
- More dinosaurs, reworking of Slann to be streamlined and very powerful, if expensive.
Ogre Kingdoms
- Reworking of costs, mostly.
Tomb Kings
- Major reworking of costs, function of hierophants, and lore of nehekhara.
Demons of Chaos
- Balancing of units to make all usable some not mandatory
Beastmen
- Price adjustments, re-working of Primal Fury
Vampire Counts
- Slight pricing adjustments, emphasis on making undead horde or undead monsters viable.
Skaven
- Not sure yet.
Dark Elves
- Price drops and loss of eternal hatred
Warriors of Chaos
- Reworking of eye of the gods, price adjustments, expansion of units
Orcs and Goblins
- Major rework of animosity and pricing
"You've heard the phrase 'Mankind's reach exceeds his grasp'. This is not true. Mankind's reach exceeds his nerve."
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