Age of Sigmar and Warhammer: The Old World questions answered

The questions in this section

• Age of Sigmar Starter Set or Introductory Set?
  Which of the two Age of Sigmar boxes to buy first, by what you already own and who you will play with.
• What is Spearhead and what do you buy to play it?
  How the small Age of Sigmar format works, and the three things a first game needs.
• Which Spearhead box should I buy first?
  How to pick a first Age of Sigmar Spearhead box by the way each force plays.
• Which Age of Sigmar army should I start first?
  Three tests that settle a first Age of Sigmar army, and how much each army has to collect in our shop.
• Do I need a battletome or the Core Book?
  What Age of Sigmar rules are free, what the Core Book and battletomes add, and when a book is worth buying.
• Age of Sigmar or The Old World?
  Two fantasy Warhammer games compared on how they play, what a first purchase costs and which has the easier way in.
• What do I need to start The Old World?
  A shopping list for a first Warhammer: The Old World army: rulebook, army list book, models and the Battle March rules.
• Which Battle March army box should I buy?
  The four Battle March army boxes we list, compared by what is in them and how each plays.
• Stormcast Eternals or Skaven first?
  Five Liberators or twenty Clanrats: how the two armies in the Introductory Set differ and which to start with.
• What is in the Age of Sigmar Paints and Tools Set?
  What the Age of Sigmar Paints and Tools Set holds, which starter route needs it, and what to add.