Warhammer Armies: The Empire (4th Edition)
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Warhammer Armies: The Empire is an Army Book supplement published by Games Workshop for Warhammer Fantasy Battles 4th Edition. It contains the necessary information required to field an army of The Empire, including army lists, wargear, special rules and characters. In addition, the book features extensive background information on the faction and a hobby section including examples of painted miniatures and finished armies.
Although initially published for the 4th Edition of Warhammer Fantasy, the book remained in use for the 5th Edition as well.
Army Composition
For army selection, up to half of the army's value could be used to purchase characters, at least a quarter of the army had to be regiments, up to one quarter could be war machines and/or monster and/or allies.
The army was required to contain a General of the Empire to lead the army, but this could have been the Emperor himself, the Reiksmarshall, one of the Elector Counts or even a powerful Burgomeister.
Unit Types
Unit types present in the army book:
- General of the Empire, representing great noble of the Empire, potentially even the Emperor.
- Heroes, representing exceptional and outstanding invidinuals
- Champions, representing powerful warriors that command regiments
- Battle Standard Bearers
- Wizards, representing Battle Wizards of four different levels
- Knights of the White Wolf
- Knights Panther
- Knights of the Blazing Sun
- Reiksguard Knights
- Pistoliers
- Outriders
- Halberdiers
- Reiksguard
- Spearmen
- Greatswords
- Swordsmen
- Handgunners
- Archers
- Crossbowmen
- Kislev Winged Lancers
- Ungol Horse Archers
- Flagellants
- (Imperial) Dwarfs
- Halflings
- Ogres
- Mortars
- Great Cannons
- Steam Tanks
- War Wagons
- Helblaster Volley Guns
- Halfling Hot Pots
Named Characters
The named characters were:
- Emperor Karl Franz
- Emperor Magnus the Pious
- Ludwig Schwarzhelm, The Emperor's Champion
- Grand Theogonist Volkmar
- Thyrus Gormann, Supreme Patriarch of the Colleges of Magic
- Reiksmarshall Kurt Helborg
- Boris Todbringer Elector Count of Middenland
- Aldebrand Ludenhof Elector Count of Hochland
- Valmir von Raukov Elector Count of Ostland
- Marius Leitdorf Elector Count of Averland
- Tzarina Katarin the Ice Queen of Kislev