Are there any good books about Warhammer fantasy?

[Eren Jäger]

Something that goes in the direction of Vermintide 2, for example?

Thx in advance

[Vudash]

Gotrek and Felix saga is amazing u could check

[FON]

The Gotrek and Felix books if you like adventuring. The Genevieve Undead books if you want something closer to horror. Headtaker is a really good one that follows around Queek. The End Times books are okayish if you want something that resembles Total War.

[Enelith]

If you're not shy and have friends to play with for memorable party sessions (with a little work from the GM),
you could also go for the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay books (the Core Rulebooks being the must-buy-first if you're going this way).

Edit :
While you could buy the books directly from the publisher website (Cubicle 7 Games - Hardcover, and most likely PDF), you can also find those resources in other places (such as for exampel, your local rpg shop, DriveThrurpg, or Humble Bundle (when there's a related Bundle available).

[FON]

Originally posted by Enelith:

If you're not shy and have friends to play with for memorable party sessions (with a little work from the GM),
you could also go for the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay books (the Core Rulebooks being the must-buy-first if you're going this way).

Eh.. I wouldn't say "buy". There are other ways to acquire them but... I agree, WFRP is amazing to play with people. I'm sure there's people on reddit that are looking for others to join their campaign

[Enelith]

Originally posted by FON:

Eh.. I wouldn't say "buy".

Being an ex TRPG GM (not only Warhammer), I bought them all :D

[FON]

Originally posted by Enelith:

Originally posted by FON:

Eh.. I wouldn't say "buy".

Being an ex TRPG GM (not only Warhammer), I bought them all :D

Ya sure, once you're into the hobby I'd highly encourage buying the material. But for someone that's new I'd have a hard time asking them to purchase the books.

[Enelith]

Originally posted by FON:

Ya sure, once you're into the hobby I'd highly encourage buying the material. But for someone that's new I'd have a hard time asking them to purchase the books.

Agree, it can be intimidating (easier to be introduced to it, if you got a friend already into it).

... But damn is it rewarding in the end as it has such amount of lore, background, and fun ! :3

[LotR[Henchman]]

If you're looking for an about, i'd simply point towards the different online wikis, as they're likely doing a much better job than any singular book.
If you're looking for an entertaining story i can only agree with people pointing towards the Gotrek and Felix books, as you don't need much background knowledge to enjoy those. They're somewhat the vanilla option for WH:FB books. If you're more interested in a specific faction you might want to tell that directly, as the Warhammer books often follow specific characters from each faction.
E.g. If you're interested in Vampire Counts i'd rather point in the direction of Neferata, the Vampire Wars series, the Red Duke or something else than towards Gotrek and Felix.

[cb4n28]

There are over 200 novels and many more short stories. Most are decent reads, some are great, I've only read a couple that I didn't enjoy. Physical copies can be challenging to find, especially of the more popular books, but most everything is available as an ebook.

Head to

https://www.blacklibrary.com/series/warhammer-chronicles-series

and

https://www.blacklibrary.com/series/time-of-legends

For the official website of Warhammer Fantasy fiction.

There are two ways most people get started reading Warhammer Fantasy fiction:

1. Gotrek and Felix is by far the most popular and influential series and follows a Dwarf Slayer and his human companion as they have a series of adventures set at about the same time the Total War games are set. It offers a pretty good general overview of the Warhammer Fantasy world and for the most part is a good read. A couple of the supporting characters went off to have some spin off novels too. About half the Gotrek and Felix books are currently available as audiobooks and they are well made as well

2. If you are more interested in the history of the Warhammer world and how things got to be where they stand in the contemporary setting, there are a few series of novels that deal with the founding of the setting, all collected in reasonably affordable omnibus editions. The Sundering, The War of Vengeance, The Rise of Nagash and The Legend of Sigmar are what you want to check out if that sounds like something you'd be into


Really though, the best approach is to read what interests you. Most of the races/factions in the game have novels that provide some background and information about the characters or themes

[halogamb]

Would recommend you start with the first four Gotrek & Felix omnibuses, as they are widely considered to be the quintessential starting point getting into the Warhammer novels. The novels they consist of are:

1. Trollslayer
   
2. Skavenslayer
   
3. Daemonslayer
   
4. Dragonslayer
   
5. Beastslayer
   
6. Vampireslayer
   
7. Giantslayer
   
8. Orcslayer
   
9. Manslayer
   
10. Elfslayer
    
11. Shamanslayer
    
12. Zombieslayer

After that, I'd recommend reading the Ulrika The Vampire series/omnibus, which contains:

1. Bloodborn
   
2. Bloodforged
   
3. Bloodsworn

There are also 5 additional Gotrek & Felix novels written:

1. Road of Skulls
   
2. City of the Damned
   
3. Serpent Queen
   
4. Kinslayer
   
5. Slayer

After that, I'd recommend reading the Thanquol & Boneripper series/omnibus which contains:

1. Grey Seer
   
2. Temple of the Serpent
   
3. Thanqoul's Doom

After that I'd recommend reading the Heroes of the Empire series/omnibus which contains:

1. Sword of Justice
   
2. Sword of Vengeance
   
3. Luthor Huss

After that I'd recommend reading the Malus Darkblade series/omnibuses which contain:

1. The Daemon's Curse
   
2. Bloodstorm
   
3. Reaper of Souls
   
4. Warpsword
   
5. Lord of Ruin

There is a 6th later novel that came out for The End Times called Deathblade that I have never read.

After that, I'd recommend reading The Ambassador Chronicles, which contains:

1. The Ambassador
   
2. Ursun's Teeth

These are the ones I wanted to mention outright, but there are still many more book series in Warhammer Fantasy worth mentioning and reading, such as the War of Vengeance series, the Orion series, Elves series, Blackhearts series, and the Warriors of the Chaos Wastes series. The ones I laid out are the ones I have personally read and would recommend, and I continue to plan to read the rest listed and more when I am able. The list is the order I read them in but really after Gotrek & Felix (which is the best entry point), research and read what interests you. You really can't go wrong.

[Jack Greedy]

You can buy Army Books and Rule Book for tabletop also.

[Enelith]

Originally posted by Jack Greedy:

You can buy Army Books and Rule Book for tabletop also.

Would you happen to know the URL to a website where you can buy those in PDF format (Fantasy ~ not AoS ~ and 40k) ?

Edit : I lost some of my older Codex ~ Sad.

[Jack Greedy]

It is hard, maybe some kind of e-bay or just wait for Games Workshop to reborn Tabletop.

[FON]

Originally posted by Jack Greedy:

It is hard, maybe some kind of e-bay or just wait for Games Workshop to reborn Tabletop.

They're not bringing back the old army books, there's gonna be new ones

[Enelith]

T_T