What is this?
Old World Epochs is a simple league system to enjoy Warhammer: The Old World with your community: be that local, online or solo. As we learn the game together, Epochs encourages players to try different army lists, take risks on the battlefield and push their hobby in interesting directions.
How it works
Play four games over a two month cycle and tally the achievements listed below. Points are awarded for battle prowess, insane bravery and community building. Play anyone you like, anywhere you like – though it might be exciting to match with fellow pledgers.
The player with the most points at the end of each cycle is crowned winner, earning their name in the annals of history (and likely the Book of Grudges).
Seasonal Twists
Each cycle has a unique theme. These twists and turns will follow how Warhammer: The Old World is being unveiled to the community, as well as reflecting our real life calendar – think blistering snow scenarios in Winter, or scorching desert battles in the Summer! Add to that sieges, towns, heroic duels, Armies of Infamy, the possibilities are huge.
How do I play?
There is no formal mechanism for taking part. You can agree on an Epochs league with friends, your local club, an online forum.
Scores are self-regulated. To help you track progress I’ve made a spreadsheet that you can download below.
At the end of the cycle, share your score with your community. Bathe in glory, pine for your defeats, then ready yourself to start again!
Track your progress
Download a points tracker here.
Remember, each achievement can only be scored once across the four games. So a player that wins one battle gets 3 points, then 2 points for winning a second battle, and just 1 point for the third. This means the more you win, the more incentive to branch out with other strategies.
Epochs League TrackerDownload/make a copy of this spreadsheet to track your progress.
Thoughts, comments and suggestions for future seasons welcome. Happy wargaming!
I’m planning on running this with my group over April and May so cheers for making it! I was looking on the website for the scenario you made with the angry giant, did you remove it from the website?
Good to hear Robert! I’d be keen to hear how you get on.
The scenario with the angry giant is in the queue! I posted it on Facebook but haven’t got round to adding it here yet. Your comment has prompted me though so I’ll get round to that asap – watch this space 👍
Thanks for commenting!
HELLO THERE! I COME FROM A WARHAMMER COMMUNITY IN FLORIDA THAT IS VERY TOURNAMENT HEAVY AT THE MOMENT. WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF FRIENDLY PLAYERS WHO I BELIEVE JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT OF FRIENDLY PUSHING IN A MORE “NARRATIVE” DIRECTION SOMETHING THAT IS CLOSE TO MY HEART AND THE REASON I STARTED WARHAMMER BACK IN 8TH. I’VE BEEN TRYING TO COBBLE TOGETHER IDEAS FOR AN ESCALATION LEAGUE OR SOM ETHING THAT WOULD I THOUGHT BE A GOOD FIRST STEP AND WHEN I CAME UPON YOUR EPOCH SYSTEM IT SEEMS AWESOME! THE BASIC IDEA IS FANTASTIC AND ITS SHORT TIME FRAME MIGHT HELP WITH SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIFFICULT SCHEDULES OR JUST SHORT ATTENTION SPANS. LOL. I ALSO THIN K ITS A FANTASTIC WAY TO GET NEW PLAYERS INVOLVED IF EVERYTHING ISNT JUST MEASURED BY WINNING ALL THE TIME. I’D LIKE TO EXPAND THE POINTS AVAILABLE TO GET ALSO BY INCLUDING MORE THINGS “IN THE SPIRIT” OF WHAT YOU HAVE LISTED ALREADY SO I HAVE 2 QUICK QUESTIONS I HOPE YOU COULD HELP ME WITH. 1) IS THIS OK WITH EVERYONE THERE? 2) DID YOU EVER COME UP WITH ANYMORE ACHIEVMENTS OR ANYTHING FOR THE CHANGES OF THE SEASONS CAMPAIGNS? 3) HOW DID THE CAMPAIGN GO AND DO TYOU RUN ANYMORE? I NEVER SAW A FOLLOW UP HERE. ANYWAY I THIN K WHAT YOU GUYS ATRE DOING IS VERY CREATIVE, SOMETHING THE OLD WORLD DRASTICALLY NEEDS. ITS A GREAT GAME BUT IF IT’S ONLY “LETS LINE UP THE SAME WAY AND CHARGE AND PLAY THE SAME MISSION” OVER AND OVER ITS GOING TO GET BORING. GUYS LIKE YOU ARE HELPING ALLEVIATE THAT. I’M GOING TO TRY THE GIAN T SCENARIO WITH A BUDDY OF MINE LATER THIS WEEK. I HOPE TO HEAR A REPLY FROM YOU SOON. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR READING THIS.
Thank you for the kind words Allen ☺️ it sounds like we’re in the same boat regarding casual play. This was devised fairly early in the game’s releases, when I began to see games stagnate into what you describe: players bring their A-game to every match and smash into one another.
The reason I didn’t produce any more of these is that our own community began a slow grow around this time. This was pleasant enough for my liking, and I didn’t want to complicate things with too many additions. We have lots of players locally but each play to different schedules so organising Epochs felt like it might be overkill. I’ve since shifted more towards custom scenarios, as these can be picked up and played over an evening rather than herding multiple players to do a league.
I do think things like this are needed in the game, so as to gently detract players from repetition, and from obsessing over that dreadful word ‘meta’. Narrative, fluffy, wacky Warhammer is how I’ll always enjoy this!
Thanks again for commenting and enjoy the giant scenario! Keen to hear how it goes. There’s plenty more where that came from.