awesome! Now I can put my vikings and normans to use next year! thanks guys you clearly know how to pump out the books (and make them good quality too!)

The book for ancient biblical wars also sounds interesting - I've always wanted to play assyrian or babylonian

Im going to build a black army for the "Later Hungarian" - just cause the name and the history behind the army and the ideas. But it's certainly a tough call between that and the last Byzantines, because as everyone knows they have the best story arc possible - there's no hope of winning a...

I second this, while I wouldn't play with a paper army in a tourney or such it is great for new players to see what army/time period they like best BEFORE getting the models! I know how scared I would be if I wanted to start playing this with no background in gaming. While the rules to me are simple...

Now I've read through the main rule book and through Storm of Arrows and I couldn't find a rule describing these. I understand Core means these are what the army would take normally but are there restrictions on Optional and Allies? I remember reading about Allies not getting the command bonus from ...