An army of miniatures: The models used in games are manufactured by Games Workshop and are made to a 25mm scale, meaning that a model of an adult human would measure 25mm. Miniatures made by other manufacturers can be used as long as both players agree on this in advance, however at official tournaments you must use Games Workshops models.
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An opponent: In order to fight a battle you need an opponent, this could be a friend or someone you only know through gaming, Warhammer can bring a wide range of people together through having a common interest.
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The Warhammer Fantasy Battle Rules: Additionally in order to fight a battle you need the game rules. These are available in two ways; it is important to know what the two options are as one is very different from the other and choosing the wrong version could spoil the game for the player. The two ways of learning the rules are as follow:
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The Battle for Skull Pass boxed set: An easy introduction to Warhammer is through the Battle for Skull Pass boxed set, it contains everything you need to begin fighting battles in the world; including the full game rules, some plastic scenery, over 100 plastic dwarf and goblin soldiers and a series of introductory gaming scenarios to play through. Each scenario in the boxed set is designed to introduce new elements of the game making it easy to learn the rules a bit at a time.
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The Warhammer Rulebook: The second option is to buy the hardback rulebook; players may choose to do this if the two armies that come with the Battle for Skull Pass set don't appeal to them or if they plan to build their own army from scratch. The stand alone rulebook doesn't include the introductory scenarios from the Battle for Skull Pass boxed set. The scenarios it does include throws players in at the deep end so it could be considered an option for experienced wargamers or people that are willing to spend a lot of time learning the rules before they start to play.
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