Warhammer Underworlds Buying Guide

This guide is meant to help new players get started with Warhammer Underworlds. With the new Rivals and Nemesis formats, there's never been a better time to start playing! By purchasing a single box ($100), you'll have everything you (and a friend/partner/enemy/total stranger) need to sit down and play!

The Rivals format of Warhammer Underworlds means that any warband you pick up can be paired with any complete Rivals deck that you can "open-shuffle-play."

The Guiding Principle here is that you can focus on what you want to play, without the obligation to buy everything (though many of us still do)!

First Purchase

Your first purchase should be the current season's Core Box (our #1 recommendation):  Warhammer Underworlds Embergard. 

Why We Recommend the Core Box

The Core Box comes with the most up-to-date rulebook and all of the boards, dice, and tokens you need to play the game, plus two warbands and four Rivals decks that can be used by any Warband AND that can be used to craft custom decks for the Nemesis format.

 
Warhammer Undeworlds: Embergard - Look at all that stuff!
Warhammer Underworlds: Embergard! Look at all that stuff!


Subsequent Purchases

After you buy the Core Box, you can pretty much buy what you want. 
 
Is there a new Warband that interests you? Great! Buy it. 
 
Not struck by the latest release? Don't worry about it. 
 
Our only real recommendation here is that you take a long look at the Rivals decks that are released. They'll give you new ways to play your favorite Warbands and give you more flexibility when building Nemesis decks! 
 
If you are looking to play the Nemesis format, be sure to check out the latest Rules Updates from Games Workshop to understand any restrictions on deck building!

TL;DR Buying Order

  1. Embergard Core Box
  2. An appealing warband (if not found in the Core Box)
  3. The most current Rivals Decks:
 
And that's basically it! If you want more information on each of the warbands and Rivals decks, check out our Rivals review blogs & podcast episodes. If you want a place to start building a Nemesis Deck, check out our Nemesis Deck Library!