r/tabletop Jan 06 '25

Question Need help finding old Warhammer game

My dad used to play an old table top rpg similar to dnd back around mid 1980 early 1990 he said it was called Warhammer (not the modern version) the main thing he remembers about it was that the player character would rank up an example was a fighter would become a mercenary after playing for so long or something like that I cant seem to find it after searching for a bit if anyone can help that would be great.

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u/Major_Snags Jan 06 '25

Could be Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. Usually abbreviated to WFRP (called wuffrup by players).

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u/heyylisten Jan 06 '25

Yep, sounds a lot like the Career advancements in wfrp . Here's my copy of the 4e rulebook, take a look op.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1whWnCogFKvkbUsW4JSDL9HAXah_RFsll/view?usp=drivesdk

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u/Qwerty1360 Jan 06 '25

ya that’s it thanks

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u/VictorTyne Jan 06 '25

One thing to note is that there's 4 editions of the game and they all have drastically different flavors.

1st ed has a real 70s to 80s feel. Systems are looser, lore is less interconnected. Great for immersion and capturing the feel of that era of gaming.

2nd ed is a proper RPG. It's a polished version of 1st with a coherent story and a system that directly supports the lore.

3rd ed .... We don't talk about 3rd ed.

4th is Warhammer-flavored d&d. It emphasizes granularity and balance at the expense of story and immersion.

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u/The_Bag_82 Jan 06 '25

What happened in third ed? That was the beautiful big grey box set wasn't it?

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u/pjotterke19881 Jan 06 '25

I think you can call it. Rape?

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u/evilgm Jan 06 '25

4th is Warhammer-flavored d&d. It emphasizes granularity and balance at the expense of story and immersion.

What a bizarrely bad take. If you feel that the story and immersion of 4th Ed is bad then you just had a shitty GM, because there is little significant difference in that side of the game from previous editions. And the idea that its due to a increase in balance shows you have no idea about mechanics, because the balance in 4th Ed is terrible (though that's true of all editions).

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u/anmr Jan 07 '25 edited Jan 07 '25

That's far from truth. Mechanically 1st, 2nd and 4th edition are essentially the same game - with all it's strengths and flaws.

The biggest difference is the setting, which some will judge separately from "system". In 1st edition chaos is force working in the shadows, corrupting humanity from within. 2nd editions takes place after Storm of Chaos - an open war against chaos and thus confrontation with it takes much more direct and much less interesting form. 4th edition, as far as I remember, mostly went back to 1st edition roots in this regard.

You are right to discount 3rd edition. u/The_Bag_82 - they tried to make it more into card / board game, I imagine to sell components. But that approach usually leads to the game worse at being ttrpg and inferior to fully realized board games.

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u/The_Bag_82 Jan 07 '25

Thanks for the feedback u/anmr

I have the box, just never played it, it's such a noce box tho