Warhammer: Grand Cathay 3.0 out now!

Patch Notes:

• Merged Lords and Heroes of the same type into one character entry with two separate profiles.
• Increased cost of close combat weapons and shields for characters.
• Streamlined cost of mounts for characters.
• Characters do not have armour by default.
• Reduced the cost of Magical Wards from most magic items.
• The Battle Standard Bearer can have a Magic Standard with no points limit in addition to any other Magic Items they might have.
• Added maximum unit sizes to all units (typically 3x their minimum unit size).
• Updated all spells to account for area and aura effects.
• Updated spell level and casting values for all bound spell items.
• Updated all missile weapons with effective/long range.
• Harmony only requires US5 to take effect.
• A Celestial Blade gives the wielder +1 To Wound, not armour piercing.
• Crane Guns have a range of 18/36”, S6, not armour piercing, have Move or Fire unless mounted.
• Three-eyed guns have a range of 9/18”, S5, not armour piercing.
• Dragon Fire and gunpowder bombs cause D3 hits, cannot misfire.
• Blossom Wind has a range of 24".
• Increased cost of most Magic Armour.
• Scrolls Of Wei-Jin: The bearer of this item gains the Loremaster special rule. However, they may only attempt to cast a number of spells equal to their Wizard level. Costs 20 pts.
• Banner of the Dragon's Wrath is no longer infantry only.
• Standard of Nan-Gau: The unit carrying this banner gains 6" to the effective range of their missile weapons.
• Gelestial General/Captain costs 105/60 pts. Cannot take shields.
• Dragon-Blooded Shugengan costs 240 pts. Cannot take missile weapons except dragon fire pistols. Can take medium armour.
• Dragon Descendant costs 340 pts.
• Grand Alchemist/ Supreme Astromancer has WS4, T3, I4, A2, cost 160 pts.
• Added Gate Keepers as a weaker version of Gate Masters. Gatemasters cost 70 pts with increased stats. Cannot take additional hand weapons, celestial blades, great weapons or handguns.
• Harmony of Stone & Steel: A Gate Master and any unit they join gain the Disciplined special rule.
• Blademasters can take Celestial Blades.
• Great Spirit Longma has Natural Armour (5+)
• Peasant/Jade Bowmen have shortbows by default, cost 4/6 pts. Can take longbows. Increased cost of weapon options by 1 pt.
• Hill Tribesmen/Monkey Warriors are Independent.
• Hill Tribesmen can be upgraded to both ambushers and skirmishers.
• Crane Gunners cost 15 pts.
• Grenadiers may take Leaders.
• Ogres cost 27 pts.
• Shortbows/crossbows for Terracotta Warriors cost 1/2 pts.
• Onyx Crowmen have Expendable, Magical Attacks and Unstable.
• Sky Bombs are S4, not armour piercing. Scatter D3”, roll of natural 1 = Misfire.
• Celestial Lion has Mighty Blow (1) and Natural Armour (6+), costs 145 pts.
• Great Moon Bird has A4, costs 140 pts.
• Rocket Salvo is not armour piercing.
• Grand Cannon costs 125 pts.
• Fire Rain Rocket costs 85 pts. Are special units.
• War Chariots and War Drums may take medium armour.
• Terracotta Sentinels have T7, cost 235 pts.
• Guardian Lions have S6, T7, W6, I1, A5, cost 240 pts.
• Miao Ying cists 525 pts.
• Yuan Bi costs 455 pts.
• Wind Bow has a range of 32/48".
• Guan Fei does not re-roll failed break tests.
• Liu Yun, Hua Gongzhu and Guan Fei have Celestial Forged Armour.
• Grand General: All friendly units with the Yin or Yang special rules within 12" of Liu Yun have the Disciplined special rule.
• Hua Gongzhu costs 175 pts.
• Tian Shi costs 335 pts.

Third large update wave out now!

The third and final update wave before the Main Rulebook update, taking care of a few minor things that I overlooked in the first pass, or which were reported afterwards, along with a few other additions.

The Main Rulebook update will be a very large one - I've done most of the work ahead of time, but it will probably take a few weeks until the beta is out since it will require quite a bit of back and forth discussion on the Discord server, and there are a lot of minor bugs I need to fix as well.

Many thanks to all my Patreons for supporting my work so far, and I hope you will enjoy the next updates as well! 

 

Amazons 1.52:

• Archers cost 6 pts (bug fix).
• Slings for skirmishers are free. Cannot take shields with blowpipes.
• Jaguars are M9.
• Huntresses cost 13 pts.
• Hunting Packs cost 8 pts.

 

 Beastmen 1.75:

•  Gor Herds may take two hand weapons.

 

 Chaos Dwarfs 1.74:

• Split Cutthroats and Archers into two units again. Archers are Unit Size 10+.
• Cutthroats cost 3.5 pts.

  

Estalia 1.23:

• Mace of Sacrifice does not give ASF, costs 20 pts. 

 

Grand Cathay 1.73:

• Alchemists and Astromancers have Mastery of the Elemental Winds. 

 

 High Elves 1.64:

• Fixed bug with Null Stone being in the wrong section.
• Removed weapon options from Aislinn. 

 

 Hobgoblins 1.23:

• Split Cutthroats and Archers into two units again. Archers are Unit Size 10+.
• Cutthroats cost 3.5 pts.

 

Kingdoms of Ind 1.22:

• Vanaras are Unit Size 10+.

 

Kislev 1.23:

• Kostaltyn has WS5, I5, A3, costs 180 pts.

 

Nippon 1.32:

• Caltrops may be used as a Stand and Shoot reaction in addition to any other missile weapons the model might have.
• A unit with Smoke Bombs may use them at the end of any Close Combat phase in which they take part. If they do so, the unit may disengage the combat by making a flee move. If they do so, the enemy cannot pursue them and they will rally automatically in their next turn.
• Ashigaru Slingers cost 7 pts.

 

Norsca 1.21:

• Split Bondsmen and Bowmen into two units, Bowmen are Unit Size 10+. You may not take more units of Bowmen than you have units of Bondsmen.
• Reavers are Unit Size 10+.

 

Ogre Kingdoms 1.64:

• Added multiple Honcho-only Magic Items.
• Honchos may take light armour and shields.
• Renamed Gnoblar Fighters to Groinbiters. Do not have throwing weapons by default, cost 2 pts.
• New Core Unit: Pigback Riders
• New Core Unit: Flingers

 

Skaven 1.94: 

• Clawguard: You may upgrade one unit of Stormvermin with heavy armour for +1.5 points/model for each model with this special rule in your army. Applies to Clawlords (including special characters).
• Bringer of the Word: A model with this special rule and any Pestilence unit joined by them may re-roll 1's To Wound in close combat. Applies to Plaguelords and Plague Priests (including special characters). Increased cost by 15 pts on each model.
• Stormvermin may take spears. 

 

Warriors of Chaos 1.64:  

• Forsaken are Special Units, not limited by Chaos Warrior units. 

 

Wood Elves 1.65:

• Renamed Asrai longbow to Elven longbow.
• Added Elven bows.
• Increased cost of bows for Glade Lords/Captains. 
• Deepwood Scouts, Glade Riders, Warhawk Riders, Waywatchers have Elven bows by default, cost 1 pt less.
• Zoats have A3.

Second large update wave out now!

Second update wave here before the Main Rulebook update, this time for the official armies. Nothing major really, just bug fixes and minor consistency changes.

 

Beastmen 1.73:

• A character with a Mark of Chaos cannot join a unit that has a different Mark of Chaos. A character with a Mark of Chaos cannot join a unit that has already been joined by a character that has a different Mark of Chaos.
• Bloodgreed models do not suffer penalties to pursuit. However, they may never choose to Overrun. Bloodgreed has no effect against Animated Constructs, Daemons, Forest Spirits or Vampires.
• Shamans may be upgraded to Ambushers.
• Gor Herds are Unit Size 15+.
• Ungor Raiders are Unit Size 15+.
• Giants have Natural Armour (6+), costs 180 pts. Cannot take Mutant Monstrosity.

 

Dogs of War 1.53: 

• Dwarfs have Magic Resistance (1).
• Halflings are Unit Size 10+.

 

The Empire 1.72: 

• Hochland long rifle is Move or Fire.
• Squintsoffen’s Marvellous Magnifier: Master Engineer only. The bearer may re-roll failed rolls To Hit with missile weapons (excluding artillery). Costs 10 pts.
• The Crystal Ball costs 10 pts.
• The unit carrying the Banner of Sigismund gains the Inspiring Presence (6) and Stubborn special rules. Costs 50 pts.
• Arch Lectors/Warriors Priests have Magical Attacks.
• Hunting Hounds are Movement 8.
• Dwarfs have Magic Resistance (1).
• Steam Tanks may not take Hochland long rifles if upgraded.
• Karaghul, the Wyrmslayer Blade: Magic Weapon. Felix only. The Wyrmslayer Blade gives +2 Attacks. In addition, Felix must always declare a charge against Draconids if it is possible to do so. Against Draconids, the Wyrmslayer blade allows Felix to re-roll failed rolls To Hit and To Wound.

 

Grand Cathay 1.72:

• New Lords: Grand Alchemist and Supreme Astromancer.
• Monkey Warriors have A1, cost 5 pts. 
• Grenadiers have light armour by default, cost 9 pts.

 

High Elves 1.63: 

• Null Stone is a Talisman.
• Ellyrian Reaver bows cost 4 pts.
• Aislinn has two hand weapons, not shield.

Lizardmen 1.65:

• Blessed Spawning of Tlazcotl: Models with this Blessed Spawning may re-roll failed Psychology tests.
• Mage-Priest Palanquin: The Palanquin gives the Slann Mage-Priest the Inspiring Presence (6) and Strider special rules.
• Slann Mage-Priest costs 365 pts.
• Temple Guard Palanquin costs 25 pts.
• Sacred Duty: Whilst they are part of a combined unit that has been joined by a Slann, all Temple Guard models in the combined unit have the Immunity (Psychology) special rules.
• Kroxigors cost 47 pts.
• Standard of the Sacred Serpent is the army's Battle Standard.
• Giant bows and giant blowpipes are Slow to Fire.
• Giant blowpipes have Rapid Fire.
• Lord Kroak costs 525 pts.

 

Ogre Kingdoms 1.63:

• Frostshard Javelins cost 20 pts. 
• Shrunken Priest Head costs 15 pts. 
• Gnoblar Blast Keg costs 20 pts. 
• Rimespeakers have WS4, T5, costs 185 pts. 
• Rhinox Chariot costs 100 pts.
• Fixed bug with Rhinox Rider stats. 
• Stonehorn costs 255 pts. 

 

Orcs & Goblins 1.63:

• Clarified that Tusker Charge applies to the porcine models only.
• Dire Wolf renamed to Snarlfang.
• Ogres have Natural Armour (6+), costs 27 pts.
• War Paint for Giants costs 30/50 pts. 

Skaven 1.93:

• A unit with Smoke Bombs may use them at the end of any Close Combat phase in which they take part. If they do so, the unit may disengage the combat by making a flee move. If they do so, the enemy cannot pursue them and they will rally automatically in their next turn.
• Poisoned Wind Mortar has a range of 12-36".
• Krittok Foulblade has a Warplock pistol, costs 180 pts.
• Morbus Sanguis is not a Wizard, costs 90 pts.

 

Tomb Kings 1.63:

• Stone Shaper applies to Monstrous Creatures.
• Blessed Blade of Ptra effect applies to all lone models.

 

Vampire Counts 1.74: 

• Skeleton Horsemen cost 9 pts.
• Skeleton Archers cost 4 pts.
• Skeleton Chariots may take shields.

 

Warriors of Chaos 1.63:

• A character may only join a unit with the same Mark of Chaos, and characters without a Mark of Chaos may not join units that have one.
• Daemon of Slaanesh for Daemon Prince costs 15 pts.
• Vampiric Axe costs 40 pts.
• Favour of the Gods: The bearer gains a +1 bonus when rolling on the Eye of the Gods table.
• Mark of the Destroyer: However, if the wearer fails to kill at least one model each close combat phase in which they are part of, they are automatically turned into a Spawn of Khorne at the end of that close combat phase. Remove the model as a casualty, and place a Spawn of Chaos model within 1" of their last position. This Spawn is under your control for the rest of the game, and is not worth any additional Victory Points. If no Spawn model can be placed, the model is only removed as a casualty.
• Blade of Blood costs 15 pts.
• The Fecund Flask: On the roll of a 1, the bearer gains the Stupidity special rule for the remainder of the game.
• Mirror of Knowledge costs 5 pts.
• War Chariots cost 100 pts for characters.
• Soulflayers have A2, costs 200 pts.
• Gorebeasts cause Fear.
• Ogres have Natural Armour (6+), costs 30 pts.
• Palanquin gives Inspiring Presence (6), increased cost.
• Forsaken have M5 and Fear, use the normal Marks of Chaos. Do not have Immunity (Psychology). Cost 16 pts. You may not have more units of Forsaken than you have units of Chaos Warriors in your army.
• Marauder Chariots are Special Units, Unit Size 1-3.
• Skin Wolves use the normal Marks of Chaos.
• Fell Aura: Enemies targeting this model with missile weapons suffer -1 To Hit.
• Rot Knights cost 80 pts.
• Death Heads do not cause Multiple Wounds. Each Hit from a Death Head is multiplied into D6 Hits.
• Sayl the Faithless have WS5, I4, A2, costs 340 pts.
• Bloab Rotspawned has WS4, I4, A2, costs 450 pts.
• Glutos Orscollion has WS4, A2, costs 660 pts.
• Vilitch has two hand weapons. 
• Festus may be mounted on Gathoblyt.
• Dechala has Swiftstride.

 

Wood Elves 1.64: 

• You may take one unit of Eternal Guard as a Core Unit instead of a Special Unit if Araloth is included in your army. 

Warhammer - Grand Cathay 1.71 out now!

A bit bigger than a typical hot fix, this update changes Cathay's army special rule a lot. Nearly all units now have Will of the Dragon, and it works the same as in TOW. This means that the characters that previously had it has gone down in price.

I've also revised the Yin/Yang aligned lores a bit so they follow the official lore from TWW, which was apparently discussed in some Youtube interviews. As a result, the special characters have returned to their previous magic lores. 

 

Patch notes:

• Will of the Dragons now applies to all units with Yin/Yang: A unit with this special rule may re-roll failed Panic tests caused by friendly units breaking from combat or getting destroyed within 6" of them, or when it is fled through by a friendly unit.
• Nuku Cho’s Crossbow has Rapid Fire.
• Staff of Wu Xing costs 25 pts.
• Clockwork Compass: Once used, all Remains in Play spells within 24" of the bearer that are currently in play are automatically dispelled, and the effects of all other spells within 24" of the bearer immediately come to an end. 
• Seal Of Xing Po: The bearer of this item may choose spells from both the Lore of Yin and Yang in addition to the spells from their other lore. Costs 5 pts.
• Scrolls of Astromancy cost 35 pts.
• The Great Celestial Banner gives a 5+ ward save.
• Lore of Beasts is Yin-aligned, Lore of Heavens is Yang-aligned.
• Dragon-Blooded Shugengan costs 245 pts.
• Dragon Descendant costs 365 pts.
• A Dragon Descendant/Miao Ying/Zhao Ming/Yuan Bao must always be the Army General. 
• Dragon Descendant may not take spears.
• Magistrates may take light armour.
• Jade Warriors cost 3.5 pts.
• Gunpowder bombs: However, if a 1 is rolled when rolling To Hit, the model suffers a single Strength 4 Armour Piercing (1) Hit itself instead.
• Fixed bug with missing S value for Skylantern/Sky-junk.
• Onyx Crowmen may take Leaders.
• Grand Cannon has Thunderous Impact: Place the small round template with the centre where the cannon ball lands before the bounce. All models touched by the template that are not struck by the cannon ball suffer a Strength 3 Hit. Costs 150 pts.
• Wu Xing War Compass is an Arcane Item.
• Miao Ying is a Level 4 Wizard who uses spells from the Lore of Life. Costs 530 pts.
• Zhao Ming is a Level 4 Wizard who uses spells from Lore of Metal. Costs 480 pts.
• Yuan Bo is a Level 4 Wizard who uses spells from the Lore of Heavens and the Lore of Light. Costs 460 pts.
• Fixed bug with Liu Yun having I5 instead of I6.
• Hua Gongzhu has a Celestial blade. Costs 200 pts. 

Warhammer - Grand Cathay 1.7 out now!

This is another really big update overall, hence the longer than expected time it took to finish it (not helped by a few weeks of sleep deprivation on my part, but that's all good now). It features a lot of new magic items, upgrades and unit changes overall - but nothing too controversial I hope.

I've overall included most of the rules from Grand Cathay in TOW, while keeping some things from TWW3 that I felt was better designed. I've trimmed a few options and units down for gameplay reasons, which I'll go over next.

For starters, the Lore of Yin and Yang no longer have signature spells, but are instead supplementary lores that can be taken in addition to the Wizard's chosen magic lore. The spells are now numbered level 1-4 depending on their casting value - in case the wizard would lose wizard levels during the game or other oddball reasons. Each Wind of Magic has been divided into either Yin or Yang alignment based on Chinese cosmology, meaning Yin and Yang Wizards have access to 4 Winds of Magic each. Astromancers and Alchemists are now limited to Metal and Heavens, respectively.

As for the units, I've made quite a few changes, so let's go over the biggest ones. Javelinmen are gone, but Hill Tribesmen can skirmish now to fill the same role. Iron Hail Gunners are a Core unit that can also take regular handguns, instead of it being a Jade Warrior weapon. The Hand Mortar has been removed - there are no models for that I'm aware of anyway, and it made it artillery spam a bit too easy. Heavy chariots have been folded into the War Chariot entry. Lastly, both the Flying Crow and Catapult have been removed - the Fire Rain Rocket fills the same role with dual firing modes now. Overall, Cathay now has more limited options for war machines in the special section, but they still have access to both normal cannons and bolt throwers. 

Lastly, I've reworked the spell lores for the three Dragon sibling Special Characters - rather than keeping their magic lores from TWW, Miao Ying uses Heavens, Shadow and Yin; Zhao Ming uses Fire, Metal and Yang; and Yuan Bao uses Heavens, Life, Yin and Yang. Essentially, magic lores better suited to their background and alignment.

Overall, the book should be a bit tighter design-wise now, but still have about the same amount of options as the previous version. Hope you enjoy the update, and many thanks for your continued support!

Next up: Bretonnia, which should be a much quicker update.

 

Patch notes:

• Harmony: Unless specified, models armed with missile weapons counts as Yin, and models armed with only close combat weapons counts as Yang.
• New Army Special Rule: Celestial Forged Armour. Models with this special rule gains a 6+ Ward save. This rule applies to Celestial Generals/Captains, Longma Riders, Shugengan and Dragon Descendants (including special characters). Increased price accordingly.
• New Army Special Rule: Will of the Dragons: Friendly units within 6" of a model with this special rule may re-roll failed Panic tests. This replaces Inspiring Presence (6) for characters.
• New weapons for characters: Celestial blades, Fire Dragon Pistol, Fire Dragon Bombs.
• Three-eyed guns have Rapid Fire.
• Crane Guns ignores ponderous if mounted on a Chariot.
• Removed Signature Spells from the lore of Yin and Yang (since these are not canon).
• Constellation of the Dragon scatter D3". 13+ to cast.
• Ancestral Warriors is a direct damage spell with a range of 18". The target unit suffers 5D6 Attacks with Weapon Skill 4 and Strength Hits 4, resolved as close combat attacks. Is 13+ to cast.
• Crystal Of Kunlan: The bearer of this item gains a 5+ Ward save. In addition, for each successful Ward save they make in close combat, the enemy that struck the blow all immediately suffer a Strength 3 Hit with the Flaming Attacks special rule. Costs 35 points.
• Shield of Nan-Gau: The bearer gains a +2 armour save against all attacks to their front in the first round of close combat. Costs 10 pts.
• Scrolls of Astromancy: Astromancer only. The bearer can re-roll all of the dice rolled to cast or dispel a spell once per Magic phase. Costs 40 pts.
• Fan of the Magister: The bearer of this item allows friendly units to re-roll failed Leadership tests when attempting to use the Tactician special rule. 
• Astromancer’s Spyglass: In addition, all enemy units within 30" must reveal all Hidden models and magic items they might have.
• Flag of Great Cathay: In addition, friendly units within 18" count as being in Harmony if within 6" of eligible Yin/Yang units rather than 3". Costs 55 pts.
• Added dozens of magic items from The Old World.
• Characters can take bows. Increased cost of missile weapons.
• Celestial Generals/Captains have Celestial Forged Armour. Costs 110/65 pts.
• A Dragon-Blooded Shugengan/Dragon Descendant must be chosen to be aligned with either Yin or Yang. A Yin Wizard chooses spells from one of the following Lores of Magic: Death, Heavens, Metal, Shadow. A Yang Wizard chooses spells from one of the following Lores of Magic: Beasts, Fire, Light, Life
• In addition to their chosen lore, a Dragon-Blooded Shugengan/Dragon Descendant may also replace any number of spells from that lore with spells from either Yin or Yang depending on their alignment.
• Dragon-Blooded Shugengan may take the same weapons as Celestial Generals.
• Dragon-Blooded Shugengan may ride Celestial Lions and Great Moon Birds.
• Dragon Descendant: If they are in a unit when turning into their Dragon Form, they must immediately leave it and be placed within 1" of that unit, facing the same direction. If they are engaged in combat, they must remain in base contact with the enemy unit if possible.
• New Mount: Great Spirit Longma
• Harmony of Stone & Steel: A Gate Master and any unit they join gain the Cold-blooded special rule when taking tests to March, Reform, Redirect Charges and Restrain from Pursuit.
• Magistrates have Inspiring Presence (6). Costs 85/50 pts.
• Tactician: One friendly Human unit with the Yin and/or Yang special rule within 12" may be given one of the following bonuses at the start of each of your turns by passing a Leadership test. 
• Magistrates may be mounted on Sky Lanterns.
• Alchemists/Astromancers do not have the Yin/Yang special rule. Do not have access to Fire/Light. Do not have Mastery of the Elemental Winds. May take light armour.
• Separated Peasant Militia and Jade Warriors into combat and missile units. 
• Peasant Militia may take pikes. Increased the cost of weapon options. 
• Peasant Archers are Unit Size 10+.
• Removed Peasant Javelinmen.
• Jade Warriors are Unit Size 15+. Cannot take handguns.
• Spears for Jade Warriors cost 0.5 pts
• Jade Horsemen may take Three-eyed guns.
• Hill Tribes have LD6, are not ambushers by default. Cost 2.5 pts. Can be upgraded to ambushers or skirmishers.
• Monkey Warrior blowpipes cost 3 pts.
• Repeater Crossbows and Dragon Crossbows have Rapid Fire.
• Repeater Crossbows costs 4 pts.
• Dragon Crossbows are S3, range 24". Costs 4 pts to swap to from polearms. 
• Celestial Dragon Guard heavy armour costs 1.5 pts.
• Celestial Dragon Lancers cannot take Three-eyed guns.
• Iron Hail Gunners are a Core Unit, cost 9 pts. May take handguns. Three-eyed guns cost 3 pts.
• Field Engineers renamed to Grenadiers.
• Fire bombs renamed to gunpowder bombs, do not have flaming attacks.
• Removed Hand Mortar. You may take 1-2 Flamethrowers as a single special choice. They have W1, cost 20 pts.
• Sky Lanterns have W5, cost 90 pts. May take Sky bombs. May replace crane guns with blunderbusses and gunpowder bombs.
• Heavenly Beacon: Friendly units within 12" of a Sky Lantern/Sky junk gain +1 Leadership when making Rally tests. 
• Sky Lantern/Sky junk have Fly (6).
• Removed Heavy Chariots - extra crew and warhorses are options for War Chariots.
• War Chariots may take standard bearers.
• Mercenary Ogres have Natural Armour 6+, light armour and Ogre Charge, cost 30 pts.
• Terracotta Warrior polearms cost 2 pts. 
• Removed Traction Catapult and Flying Crow.
• Longma Riders have Celestial Forged Armour, costs 48 pts.
• Grand Cannons and Fire Rain Rockets may have Ogre Loaders.
• Ogre Loader: An Ogre Loader has the Fear and Natural Armour (6+) special rule. In addition, it increases the Unit Strength of the war machine by 3 rather than 1 and gives them Line of Sight (2).
• Fire Rain Rocket fires like rocket launchers, can either fire using large or small template with different Strength. 
• Celestial Comet scatters D3".
• Sky-junk have W7, cost 150 pts.
• Terracotta Sentinels have Regeneration (6+), can be upgraded to Jade, Obsidian, Granite or Warpstone Sentinels. Costs 220 pts.
• The Storm Dragon's Fury: Innate Bound spell (power level 4). The Storm Dragon's Fury is a magic missile with a range of 24" that causes 2D3 Strength 5 Hits with the Lightning Attacks special rule. 
• Miao Ying costs 550 pts. Has Celestial Forged Armour, Hatred (Daemons of Chaos, Warriors of Chaos) and Stubborn.
• Miao Ying is a Level 4 Wizard who uses spells from Lore of Heavens and Shadow. In addition, she may also replace any number of spells from that lore with spells from the Lore of Yin.
• Zhao Ming costs 200 pts. Has Celestial Forged Armour. The Burning Vambraces gives the wearer +1 Toughness.
• Zhao Ming is a Level 4 Wizard who uses spells from Lore of Fire and Metal. In addition, he may also replace any number of spells from that lore with spells from the Lore of Yang.
• Yuan Bo has Celestial Forged Armour. Costs 480 pts.
• Yuan Bo is a Level 4 Wizard who uses spells from the Lore of Heavens and the Lore of Life. In addition, he may also replace any number of spells from those lores with spells from the Lore of Yin and/or Yang.
• Tian Shi may take light armour and mounts.
• Zhuge Yi has same stats as Lord Magister and Inspiring Presence (6). 

Grand Cathay 1.6 out now!

Patch notes:

• New layout with cleaner options selection and navigation panel. Base sizes are included in unit entry instead of Reference section.
• Unless specified, models armed with missile weapons counts as Yin. Models without missile weapons counts as Yang. Characters with Yin & Yang counts as both regardless of equipment.
• Removed boosted spells.
• Removed Art of War.
• Dragon-Blooded Shugengan have light armour, costs 250 pts.
• Magistrates can give a units 3 different bonuses from the Tactician special rule. Lord costs 75 pts, Hero cost 40 pts.
• New Hero: Gate Master.
• New Hero: Saytang the Watcher
• Vermillion Warbird replaced by Great Moon Bird. Is a Monstrous Creature. Is a Yin unit.
• Pixiu replaced by Celestial Lion. Is a Monstrous Creature. Is a Yang unit. Can be taken as a Rare unit.
• Celestial Generals and Captains cannot take heavy lances.
• Sky Lantern has W4. Costs 75 pts.
• Barding costs 5 pts for all character mounts.
• All Champions and Musicians costs 5 pts.
• Horse Archers have shortbows.
• Streamlined multiple units into single entries.
• Celestial Dragon Guard may take shields with polearms.
• War Chariots and Heavy War Chariots are separate units.
• Heavy War Chariots have W6. Cost 105 pts.
• Removed Close Support special rule.
• Terracotta Warriors have cheaper weapon options.
• Fire Rain Rockets have Flaming Attacks.
• Zhuge Yi is a Lord. Zhuge Yi's Tactician special rule has a range of 18". In addition, he may use all three bonuses in each of your turns. Costs 210 pts.
• Celestial Dragon Lances may take three eyed guns.

Grand Cathay 1.5 out now!

Updated to 1.52:

• Removed remnants of Celestial Blades.
• Close Support does not allow the model to stand and shoot.
• Multiples of the Stinging Scorpion Stratagem on the same unit have no additional effect.
• Multiples of the All-seeing Eagle Stratagem have no additional effect.
• Multiples of Impregnable Tortoise Stratagem on the same unit have no additional effect.
• Hua Gongzhu costs 195 pts.
• Zhuge Yi can now take mounts like a Lord Strategists. He can take up to 75 pts of Stratagems.
• Boosted version of Talons of Night is 15+ to cast.
• Imperial Captain is now called Celestial Captain.
• Onyx Crowmen have the Scouts special rule.
  

 

This update changes the following:

• Repeater Crossbows ignore To Hit penalties from firing Multiple Shots.
• Longma Riders have WS5, S4, A2. Cost 45 pts.
• Added back Zhao Bei, he is now called Liu Yun. Does not have Warhorse by default, cost 190 pts.
• Renamed Mangonel to Traction Catapult, since Mangonel is already used in the Bretonnia book.
• Removed Siege Crossbow, Stormhurler Crossbows can now choose to fire single or multiple bolts. Costs 40 pts.
• Guan Bu renamed to Guan Fei.
• Onyx Crowmen have the Yin special rule.
• Fire Rain Rocket fires Artillery Dice x3 shots, costs 100 pts.
• Renamed Peasant Bowmen to Peasant Archers.
• Renamed Peasant Infantry to Peasant Militia.
• Renamed Jade Bowmen to Jade Archers.
• Celestial Generals have WS6, S4, T4, I6, A4, Ld9. Cost 95 pts.
• Sky Lanterns have 5 crew, costs 60 pts. Sky Lanterns have a Unit Strength of 5. Magistrates only replace one of the crew.
• Iron Hail Guns fire Multiple Shots (3).
• Three-eyed guns are Move or Fire. Can only be taken by Iron Hail Gunners.
• Iron Hail Gunners are Unit Size 10+.
• Fixed bug with Monkey Warriors having A3 and costing 3 pts, they have A2 and cost 6 pts.
• Removed Fire Lances from Jade Horsemen.
• Celestial Dragon Lancers may take flails.
• Removed Celestial Blades.
• Celestial Dragon Guard can replace polearms with great weapons.
• Increased cost of weapon choices for Dragon Descendant.
• Ancestor's Courage is cast on a 5+.
• Fixed bug with Jade Shield making the unit immune to targeted spells.
• Ancestral Warriors have the Ethereal, Fear and Unstable special rules. They do not have any equipment.
• Guardian Lions have S5, T6,m W5, A4. Cost 200 pts.
• Missile Mirror: Attacks that uses templates are not affected.
• Zhangu War Drum has Yin & Yang.
• Dragon Crossbows have range 30, Strength 4, Move or Fire, Multiple Shots (2). Costs 15 pts.
• Phoenix renamed to Vermillion Warbird, is a MB with S4, T4, W3, A3, Ld7. Has Fly (9). Emberstorm has a 12" range and Strength 4. Does not have Fiery Rebirth. Cost 100 pts.
• Jade Archers have light armour by default, cost 7 pts.
• Imperial Captains can choose normal War Chariots by default.
• War Chariots may replace spears with polearms and/or crossbows for 5 pts. Make take scythes for 5 pts.
• Fixed bug with Astromancer missing Lore of Light.
• Removed War Wagon.
• Removed Shadowblades.

Grand Cathay 1.5 (beta) out now!

Well that update sure took a while longer than planned! It ended up being nearly 50 pages long with a ton of stuff being redone more or less from scratch, so it ended up a bigger project than both the Kislev and Estalia updates, but I think the end result is pretty good (albeit a bit buggy at present I'm sure). The new version contains everything from Grand Cathay in Total War: Warhammer III (and yes, they are apparently called Grand Cathay now officially), as well as a slew of historical units and options as before, giving Cathay a very large roster overall and a ton of options!

I need to go through and proofread everything a few times, but figured you guys want to have a crack at the beta rules as quickly as possible, so here is the list of patch notes in their entirety (a video going over the changes will be out in maybe a week or so once most bugs are fixed). Hope you enjoy it!

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• Harmony: Grand Cathay's units are divided into two categories, Yin and Yang. When a Yin unit is within 3" of non-fleeing Yang units with a combined Unit Strength 10 or more, they may re-roll 1's To Hit with missile weapons. When a Yang unit is within 3" of non-fleeing Yin units with a combined Unit Strength 10 or more, the Yang unit may re-roll 1's To Wound in close combat.
• Mastery of the Elemental Winds: Models with this special rule gain +1 to cast spells if there is one or more friendly non-fleeing models with this special rule within 12".
• Repeater Crossbows have S2. Adjusted points cost accordingly.
• New Magic Lore: Lore of Yin
• New Magic Lore: Lore of Yang
• Added dozens of magic items from Total War. Removed old magic items.
• Repeater crossbows have S2, cost 3 pts instead of 5.
  
• Generals renamed to Celestial Generals, have increased stats.
• New Lord: Dragon Descendant
• New Lord: Lord Magistrate. Strategist renamed to Magistrate.
• Wu Jen Lord renamed to Dragon-blooded Shugengan. These use the Lore of Yin or Yang and have increased stats.
• Wu Jen split into Alchemists and Astromancers. They use either Lore of Metal, Fire, Heavens or Light.
• Qilin renamed to Jade Longma.
• New Mount: Sky Lantern.
• New Mount: Wu Xing War Compass.
• New Special Unit: Iron Hail Gunners.
• New Special Unit: Crane Gunners.
• Wu Xia has Dodge (5+), costs 120 points. May wear light armour. May not be the army general.
• Imperial Levy renamed to Peasant Infantry.
• Imperial Levy Bowmen renamed to Peasant Bowmen.
• Imperial Infantry renamed to Jade Warriors.
• Imperial Bowmen renamed to Jade Bowmen.
• Imperial Cavalry renamed to Jade Horsemen. Can take medium armour, spears, shields, flails, polearms.
• Peasant units are Expendable and have BS3.
• Peasant Bowmen cannot take javelins.
• New Core Unit: Peasant Horsemen.
• New Core Unit: Peasant Horse Archers.
• New Core Unit: Peasant Javelinmen.
• New Core Unit: Jade Horse Archers.
• Dragon Cavalry renamed to Celestial Dragon Lancers, is now a Special Unit with Stubborn and different weapon options.
• Removed Steppe Nomads.
• Hill Tribesmen do not have shields by default.
• Monkey Warriors may take additional hand weapons.
• Imperial Guard renamed to Celestial Dragon Guard. May take shields and upgrade to heavy armour. May replace polearms with celestial blades.
• Removed Dragonblades.
• New Special Unit: Celestial Dragon Crossbowmen.
• New Special Unit: Onyx Crowmen.
• New Special Unit. Sky Lantern.
• Celestial Dragon Monks may take additional hand weapons or polearms.
• Mercenary Ogres may take bucklers.
• Elite War Chariot renamed to Heavy War Chariot.
• Temple Dogs & Terracotta Warriors do not have Immunity (Flaming Attacks) or Magic Resistance.
• Terracotta Warriors cost 3 pts. Are unit size 20+.
• Temple Dogs have Impact Hits (1).
• Field Engineers are unit size 5-10. Have either fire bombs or sky rockets. Do not have the Close Support special rule.
• Dragon's Breath renamed to Flamethrower. Is a stand-alone unit. Have W2, A2.
• Hand Mortar is a stand-alone unit. Have W2, A2.
• War Machine crew have no armour by default, can upgrade to light or medium armour.
• Catapult renamed to Mangonel.
• Dragon Cannons are now Special Units. Do not fire exploding ammunition.
• Fire Rockets renamed to Fire Rain Rockets.
• Brass Titan renamed to Terracotta Sentinel. Does not have Magic Resistance or Clean Sweep. Has heavy armour and polearm. Costs 200 pts.
• New Rare Unit: Longma Riders
• New Rare Unit: Sky-junk
• New Rare Unit: Zhangu War Drum (replaces the War Drum Platform)
• New Rare Unit: Jet/Jade Lion
• Removed Celestial Dragon.
• New Special Character: Miao Ying
• New Special Character: Zhao Ming
• New Special Character: Yuan Bo
• Removed Pu-Yi.
• Removed Zhao Bei.
• Removed Dalan-Tai
• Guan Bu must be accompanied by a unit of Celestial Dragon Guard or Celestial Dragon Lancers.

Next Army: Cathay! Vote for the next one!

After a really tight race, Cathay has come out on top with 17% of the votes ahead of Lizardmen and Kingdoms of Ind. You can expect a lot of new options, units, characters, spells and magic items from Total War: Warhammer III, so it will be a fairly hefty update in that regard!

For the next army poll, I'm limiting the options a bit further to the most popular options from last time. However, I'm also throwing in a dark horse in the form of the Legions of Nagash (which will be mainly based around the Ossiarch Bonereapers range from AoS) since I know quite a lot of people have been looking forward to me working on it.

 If you want to be able to vote on the next army, go ahead and join me on Patreon!

Warhammer: Cathay 1.4 out now!

This update changes the following:

• Field Engineers are Unit Size 1-5. You can no longer take 1-2 as a single special choice. Hand Mortar has 8-36" range; have Move or Fire. Dragon's Breath and Hand Mortar is Max Unit size 1.
  

Warhammer: Cathay 1.3 out now!

This update changes the following:

• Sky Rockets have the Flaming Attacks, Multiple Shots (D6) and Volley Fire special rules. Hits are resolved at S3. Costs +7 pts per model.
• Temple Dogs cause Fear.
• Fixed bug with Zhuge Yi's Grand Strategist rule.
• Phoenixes have Fly (8).
• Celestial Dragons have Fly (7).
• Qilins have Fly (9).
• Pixiu have Fly (8).
• Sky Banner gives Fly (10).
• Imperial Infantry may take a magic banner up to 25 pts.
• Imperial Bowmen may take a magic banner up to 25 pts.
• Imperial Cavalry may take a magic banner up to 25 pts.
• Dragon Cavalry may take a magic banner up to 50 pts.
• Dragon Cavalry can pick spears and shields for 2 pts. Cannot buy shields separately.
• Levy Infantry pay ½ point for spears, shields and light armour.
• Levy Bowmen pay ½ point for shields and light armour.
• Imperial Infantry, Dragon Cavalry and Terracotta Warriors pay 2 pts for polearms.
• Imperial Guard costs 10 pts.

Warhammer: Cathay 9th Ed 1.2 out now!

This update changes the following:

• The Battle Standard Bearer can have a magic banner with no points limit. However, a model carrying a magic standard can only carry other magic items up to a total 25 points.
• Ancestor’s Courage boosted version has 24" rather than aura effect, cast on 11+.
• Absorbing Chill has a range of 24".
• Blazing Phoenix has a range of 12", cast on 8+. Boosted version has 18" range, cast on 12+.
• Earth Eruption cast on 14+, boosted version on 17+.
• Warrior Incarnate boosted version has 24" rather than aura effect, cast on 11+.
• Strength of the Heavens has a range of 24".
• Flames of Azure has a range of 24".
• Call of the Dragon works like a normal breath weapon so it can be used on combat. Cast on 8+. Boosted version cast on 13+.
• Resurgence from Death boosted version has 24" rather than aura effect, cast on 12+.
• Path of Light makes the unit immediately moves forward their Movement value plus 2D6" as if it were the Remaining Moves sub-phase, using the Strider special rule. Boosted version has 24" range rather than aura effect, cast on 13+.
• Boosted version of Meteor Rain is cast on 18+.
• Imperial Infantry with pikes may not have shields.
• Generals and Captains may take shields.

Large update wave out now!

Rather than splitting this into 20-something different updates, I'll just make one large post for the whole thing. Nothing major in any of these, just bug fixes and minor balance adjustments.

Albion 1.25:

• Renamed Gaels to Albionites (which was the official term for people of Albion by GW in the 80's).
• Falian Ambusher upgrade only applies to Infantry.
• Renamed Light of Protection spell to Shield of Light.

Amazons 1.13:

• Clarified Shield of Thorns spell.

Araby 1.25:

• Sunstrike is a direct damage spell.
• Sandstorm is a hex that also affects friendly units.

Beastmen 1.37:

• Razorgor Chariot causes normal amount of Impact Hits, rather than D6+2.
• Most Nurgle and Slaanesh spells have no effect on Animated Constructs. Phantasmagoria affects Psychology tests only.

Bretonnia 1.23:

• Spirits of the Fay are Animated Constructs.

Cathay 1.14:

• Brush of a Thousand years: Every time the bearer rolls any duplicate dice (except 1's and 6's), he may choose to take a Leadership test at his own, unmodified Leadership. If this test is successful, every duplicate dice (except 1's) counts as a 6 for the purpose of the Ultimate Power rule.

Chaos Dwarfs 1.24:

• Rocket Battery has two Crew by default, can upgrade to 3 crew. Cost 95 pts.
• Hobgoblin Spear Chukka has two Crew by default, can upgrade to 3 crew. Cost 30 pts.

Daemons of Chaos 1.24:

• Most Nurgle and Slaanesh spells have no effect on Animated Constructs. Phantasmagoria affects Psychology tests only.
• Enrapturing Gaze: Units in base contact with the Daemon must use their own Leadership value.
• Death Heads have the quick to fire special rule.
• Cloak of Constriction: All models attempting to strike Shalaxi Helbane in close combat must pass a Strength test or lose 1 Attack.
• Characters take magic weapons from the BRB.

Dark Elves 1.34:

• Repeater crossbow does not have AP. Cheaper for Dark Riders (3 pts).
• Reaper Bolt Throwers may take extra crew.

Dwarfs 1.23:

• Clarified that you randomise missile hits between the crew and the runelord for the Anvil of Doom.
• A standard bearing the Master Rune of Valaya confers a +1 bonus upon all attempts to dispel magic by the owning player. Cost 40 points.
• A model with the Master Rune of Spellbindning gets +1 to all attempts to channel dispel dice.
• Brewmaster is T5, costs 85 pts.
• Weapon options for Rangers are more expensive.

The Empire 1.23:

• Huntsmen cannot take a standard.
• Clarified that repeater pistol is a pistol.
• Runefang costs 70 pts.
• Karl Franz costs 320 pts.
• Kurt Helborg costs 310 pts.
• Boris Todbringer costs 270 pts.
• Aldebrand Ludenhof costs 205 pts.
• Valmir von Raukov costs 225 pts.
• All war machines have option to take extra crew.
• Added swivel guns to implaceable steam tank (see Steam Tanks expansion).

High Elves 1.23:

• Bow of Averlorn has Flaming Attacks.
• The Dragon Armour of Aenarion grants Tyrion a +1 armour save. Costs 485 pts.
• Great Eagle costs 65 pts for heroes.
• All models in a unit that carries the Banner of the World Dragon have the Magic Resistance (5) special rule.
• Reaver Knights have cheaper equipment options.
• Eagle Claw Bolt Throwers may take extra crew.

Lizardmen 1.24:

• Fixed bug with Stegadon Giant Bow referring to old Poison rule.

 
Ogre Kingdoms 1.23:

• Clarified Deathcheaper and Greedy Fist sequencing (when they take effect).

  
Orcs & Goblins 1.24:

• Fixed bug with Mawcrusher having wrong price.
• Mork's War Banner renamed to Mork's Spirit Totem.

Skaven 1.54:

• Models with whips may make supporting attacks equal to their Attack characteristic.
• Whenever a spell from the Lore of Stealth is cast, all enemy units within 6" of the caster suffer a -1 penalty to their armour saves until the start of the caster's next magic phase. 
• Most Skaven Spells of Plague have no effect against Animated Constructs.

Tomb Kings 1.23:

• In addition to the normal rules for the army battle standard, units of Undead within 12" of their battle standard suffer D3 Wounds less than they normally would due to the Unstable special rule, or following the death of the army's Hierophant.
• Entombed Beneath the Sands: If the marker is under an enemy unit, you may place your unit into base contact with the enemy unit in their front arc; your unit will counts as charging this turn.
• Settra's Chariot has a 6+ save.

Vampire Counts 1.24:

• In addition to the normal rules for the army battle standard, units of Undead within 12" of their battle standard suffer D3 Wounds less than they normally would due to the Unstable special rule, or following the death of the army's General.
• Grave guard can take shields as option. Cost 10 pts by default.
• Lahmian Vampires has +1 Leadership. Cost +5 pts.

Warriors of Chaos 1.23:

• Most Nurgle and Slaanesh spells have no effect on Animated Constructs. Phantasmagoria affects Psychology tests only.
• The Book of Secrets costs 40 pts.
• Death Heads are quick to fire. 

Wood Elves 1.22:

• Fixed bug with Warhawk price for Wizards.
• Deepwood Coven: The unit receives an additional +1 to cast for each rank of 5 or more models it has.
• Soporific Breath: All models in a unit (except Animated Constructs) that suffers one or more hits from Soporific Breath gain the Stupidity special rule for the remainder of the game.
• Waywatchers can upgrade to have Traps for 2 pts/model.
• Alters animal form only lasts during their own turn (so they cannot be in animal form the whole time).
• Tree Singing is an Augment spell.
• Thalandor Doomstar has a 4+ Parry.
• Glade Guards cost 12 pts.
• Deepwood Scouts cost 14 pts.
• Glade Riders cost 17 pts. May take shields and light armour.

Warhammer Cathay 9th Ed 1.13 out now!

This update changes the following:

• You may take 1-2 units of Field Engineers with different equipment as a single Special choice.
• Sky Rocket minimum range is 6".
• Fire Bomb range is 6".
• Dragon's Breath follow the rules for fire throwers, cost 30 pts. (max 2 per unit)
• Hand Mortar is no longer a war machine, is 50 pts per model. (max 2 per unit).
• Brush of a Thousand Years: clarified that double 1's do not count towards Ultimate Power.
• Cheaper musicians for fast cavalry
• Call of the Dragon is a direct damage spell.

Warhammer Cathay 9th Ed 1.11 out now!

Updated to 1.12:

• Fixed bug where Dragon's Breath was not a Skirmisher unit.
• Call of the Dragon is an augment spell.
• Unit Size for Field Engineers is 2-5. Clarified that Hand Mortar is not a Skirmish unit. Hand Mortars are S3, range 12-48".
• Fixed bug with Celestial Dragons missing their Magic rules in the bestiary.
• Removed Bolt Thrower keyword from Stormhurler Crossbow so that it does not pierce ranks.
• Pu-Yi may not take a mount, since this would conflict with the Transformation of Kadon spell.
• Clarified that War Drums may never be the Army General.
• Fixed bug with Terracotta Sergeant missing from the army list and summary.
• Clarified that all chariots in a unit needs the same upgrade. Default cost 70 pts, Elite War Chariot cost 90 pts.
• Qilin for Lords cost 45 pts, 30 pts for general.
• Guan Bu does not make Imperial Guard core.

This update changes the following:

• Iron Discipline: Units with this special rule count as having one more rank than normal for the purpose of combat resolution, up to a maximum of +4. Note that you still need to have at least one complete rank of 5 or more models for this rule to have any affect.
• Brush of a Thousand Years no longer causes an auto-miscast if the Ld test is failed.
• Sapping of Will and Strength of the Heavens are no longer remains in play spells.
• Amulet of the Emperor's Favour causes Hua Gongshu, and any unit that she joins, to count their Unit Strength as double its actual value for all purposes.
• Dragon Cavalry can choose bows in addition to another weapon.
• Removed duplicate rule for Dalai-Tai allowing Steppe Nomads to re-roll rolls for fleeing and pursuing.
• Fixed bug with Hua Gongzhu being Cavalry in the army list, and having W2 in the bestiary.
• Fixed bug with War Chariot costing 100 pts for Captains.
• Fixed bug with Temple Dogs being Monstrous Beasts in the army list.
• Fixed bug with Flying Crow missing its special rule in the army list.
• Ogre Charge follows the same wording as the Ogre Kingdoms book.
• Field Engineers Close Support: As long as Field Engineers remain within 3" of other friendly Infantry units with the Iron Discipline special rule, they have the Ward save (4+) special rule against enemy spells and missile attacks, and may Stand & Shoot against enemies charging such units following the normal rules.
• Explosive Ammunition: Place the centre of small template where the cannon ball lands, and resolve damage as if it were a Stone Thrower. No Bounce roll is made.
• Changed font for page numbers so it's easier to read.
• Fixed bug with chariots having scythes by default.
• Fixed bug with Wu Xia having wrong stats and missing special rules in army list and summary.
• Fixed bugs with Ogres having wrong M in army list and summary.
• Fixed bug with Dragon Monks having wrong BS in army list and summary.
• Fixed bug with Temple Dogs having wrong LD in army list and summary.
• Fixed bug with War Chariots having wrong I and Armour saves in army list and summary.
• Fixed bug with Dragon Cannon not being a Cannon in army list.
• Fixed bug with Celestial Dragon having wrong LD in army list and summary.
• Fixed bug with Pixiu having wrong WS in army list and summary.
• Fixed bug with Shadowblades and Dragon Monks missing Dodge in army list.
• Fixed bug with Temple Dogs and Terracotta Warriors missing Immunity (Flaming Attacks) in army list.
• Fixed bug with Celestial Dragon missing Natural Armour in army list. Lvl 1 wizard upgrade cost 50 pts.
• Fixed a myriad of grammar issues throughout.

Warhammer Cathay 9th ed 1.1 out now!

Been a pretty long time coming, and as such this is probably the biggest update for any of the army books, both in terms of rules and lore. The new version comes with a lot of new units, options and balance changes, as well as a much revised lore section that fixes a lot of inconsistencies and previous clashes with the canon lore for Cathay. Overall, the new version of the book clocks in at 132 pages, compared to 104 pages in the old version, so a lot of new things to read!

This update changes the following:

• Iron Disciple makes units count as having one more rank than normal for the purpose of combat resolution. In addition, they have the Fight in Extra Ranks (1).
• New army weapon: Three Eyed Gun (triple barrel rifle). Can be used by Field Engineers and Dragon Lancers.
• Fire Lance can be used multiple times, is an upgrade to spears for Dragon Lancers.
• Warlord renamed to General.
• Duizhu renamed to Captain.
• Clarified that Wu Jen may use Lore of Light.
• Strategists may be mounted on warhorses.
• Wu Xia is a Hero choice, works as an anti-character unit.
• New Core Unit: Levy Infantry. Can have shields, spears, halberds. May upgrade to light armour.
• New Core Unit: Levy Bowmen. Have bows, can swap for crossbows, repeater crossbows or javelins. Can have shields and light armour.
• New Core Unit: Imperial Bowmen – armed with bows, crossbows, handguns or repeating crossbows. Wear light armour, can upgrade to medium armour.
• New Core Unit: Light Cavalry (native Cathayan light cavalry, armed with short bows, javelins or spears).
• Imperial Infantry have WS3, Ld7. Can have shields, spears, pikes, halberds, bows, crossbows or repeater crossbows. May upgrade to medium armour. WS3, Ld7.
• Dragon Lancers can wear heavy armour.
• Steppe Archers now called Steppe Nomads. Shields cost 1 pt. Have bow instead of short bow, cost 14 pts. May re-roll the dice to see what distance they move for any pursuit or flee roll.
• Hill Tribesmen may have two hand weapons. May replace shields with short bows.
• Monkey Warriors do not have quarterstaffs, have dodge (6+), T3, A2. 6 pts.
• New Special Unit: Siege Crossbow (normal Bolt Thrower).
• New Special Unit: Flying Crow (Rocket Launcher that fires using the large template, S3, flaming attacks)
• New Special Unit: Catapult (regular stone thrower)
• New Special unit: Ogre Mercenaries.
• Emperor's Guard renamed to Imperial Guard, 9 pts.
• Swordsaints renamed to Dragonblades (as Swordsaint is the English translation of Kensei, which is Japanese rather than Chinese). Have S3, 11 pts.
• Nightblades renamed to Shadowblades. Have throwing weapons instead of light armour, cost 10 pts.
• Bastion Chariot renamed to War Chariot. Have two different version; one with 2 horses, T4, W4. Another version have 4 horse, T5, W4.  Does not have scythes by default.
• Foo Dogs renamed to Temple Dogs (as they were called in 3rd ed). Are War Beasts, Animated Constructs, Unstable. Have W2, T4, 5+ natural armour, 25 pts.
• Terracotta Warriors can have full command groups and choose between shields, spears, halberds, bows or crossbows. Have WS2, S3, 5 pts by default.
• Fire Bombs inflicts D6 Hits, have flaming attacks.
• New Rare unit: War Wagon - a mobile fortress pushed by Infantry.
• Dragon Cannon can fire either normal cannon balls or exploding ammo.
• Fire Arrow renamed to Fire Rocket Cart. Is S4, 120 pts.
• Pixiu has W4, cost 150 pts.
• New Special Character: Hua Gongzhu (based on Mulan and Pingyang)
• Xen Huong renamed to Pu-Yi, who is mentioned as the Emperor in Oglah Khan's lore (which it set recently in the lore). Pu Yi was also the last Emperor of China, so rather fitting. Is no longer a "Dragon in human form", but can cast the transformation of Khadon spell through his magic item to transform into a dragon. Have the Celestial Dragon Armour, making him Immune to Flaming Attacks and gives him a 5+ Ward save. 350 pts.
• The Monkey King does not Fly or create clones (this was based on the real myth, but does not really fit with Warhammer lore), gains Dodge, and is at -1 To Hit instead. Have WS6, T4, I6.
• Huan Bei renamed to Guan Bu (being a cross of Guan Yu and Lu Bu). 130 pts.
• Chu-ye Xian renamed to Zhuge Yi (being a cross of Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi). 1+5 pts.
• Zhao Fei renamed to Zhao Bei (being a cross of Zhao Yun and Lui Bei). When taking Leadership tests, all friendly units with the Iron Disciple special rule within 12" of him may roll 3D6 and discard the highest result. Zhao Fei's Armour gives him +1 Toughness, and any successful To Wound rolls against him must be re-rolled.
• Dalan-Tai's Outrider rule means the unit can use Fire and Flee without loosing Swiftstride. He must be accompanied by a unit of Steppe Nomads.
• Stratagems requires the unit who uses it pass a Leadership test.
• The Impregnable Tortoise: The unit adds an additional +1 to their armour saves against missile attacks from any direction.
• Fixed Brush of 1000 years: Every time the bearer succeeds in casting a spell from the Lore of Yin and Yang and rolls any duplicate dice (except 1's), he may choose to make a Leadership test at his own, unmodified Leadership. If this test is successful, every duplicate dice counts as a 6 for the purpose of the Ultimate Power rule. If the test fails, the spell counts as having been Miscast.
• HD cover.
• Added headings.
• Added version number.

I am expecting this new version to have quite a few bugs since it contains so many overall changes, so please start reporting those as much as possible!

Cathay 8th and 9th ed updated out now!

Updated 19/7

A bit later than planned (been busy with work and my new GPU), but here it is, none the less. There might still be some bugs in the 9th ed version due to a sync error with an earlier version, but I've tried to fix all I've found. The Chaos Dwarf update is dependant on some new pictures from Tamurkhan that a friend is getting for me, so it will either be a bit delayed, or I will work on the Cult of Ulric update in the meantime.

• Lore of Ying and Yan are separate lores with access to boosted versions of their spells. Wizards still get access to both lores as before.
• Fixed multiple grammar and layout issues in the background section.

Multiple updates out now!

So after a long break (and I'm still sort of on it) I did have some time to through the books and fix some things that were brought up in the comments. Now these are rather minor updates that mostly fixes bugs, but also improves some of the editing, spelling, layout and paragraphs of the books, as well as new art. I am currently working on a bigger Albion update which will add at least 2 new units, and maybe a special character too. The Bretonnia update is still taking a lot of time to finish due to the near total re-make of the layout in the background section.

The fixes and changes are as follows:

Araby:

• Genies Wishes fixed, you now how to pass a Ld test when taking a wish or it fails.
• Genies have Magical Attacks.
• Janissaries do not have armour by default, can have LA. 6 pts basic. Handguns 6 pts, bows 3 pts.
• Fixed duplicate text in background section regarding the crusades.

Cathay:

• Celestial dragons 300 pts, lvl 1 wizard 35 pts.

Cult of Ulric:

• Knights now have barding listed under equipment.

Kingdoms of Ind:

• Fixed Phansigar attack value, it's now 2 like normal Champions.
• Sowar Horsemen can have short bows instead of bows, 1 pt.

Nippon:

• Fixed Dripping Poison stacking, it's now one per army.
• Tengu background fixed for consistency, WS4, 1A, no longer have LA option, Katana instead of HW, 12 pts default cost, halberds 1 pt.
• Ashigaru Bowmen have longbows instead of bows, costs 6 pts. Can no longer skirmish.
• Shinobis taking Clan Mon counts towards magic item allowance.
• Daimatzu Mon only applies to Katanas.
• Batake Clan Mon no longer only applies to War Machines.
• Fixed spelling error in the Sashimono rule.

Kislev:

• Hawks of Miska stat line fixed in the Army list.

Kickstarter for Cathay models

In a stroke of non-endorsed commercialism, I'd like to bring the attention of Cathay fans to Watchful I Studios' Kickstarter that is currently in the making. They will create many models suitable for a Cathay army, including Fu Dogs and Terracotta Warriors, which are very hard to come by at the moment from other manufactures.
I'm a pledger myself to their project which is good on the way to be successfully funded, and you can even get a glimpse of my smiling face in the comments (if your interested in that sort of thing). Be sure to "like" their Facebook page too in order to unlock more free miniatures if you decide to pledge.

Multiple updates out now!

These updates changes the following:

Nippon:

• Samurai Warriors GW's 2 pts/model.
• All samurai characters -10 pts, Hatamoto -5 pts.
• Kitsune only ethereal outside combat. Enemies must test to pursue it. 60 pts.
• Ashigaru Spearmen no longer fight in extra ranks in addition to their spears.
• Mizuchi 145 pts.
• Mikoshi Shrine 125 pts, 4+ ward save. No longer have the Blessing of Courage.
• Oni GW's 4 pts.
• Sumo Warriors now cause impact hits on infantry.
• Kabuki Dolls no longer have LA, 11 pts.
• Wako Pirates now have katanas, no longer swap for bows.
• Samurai Cavalry and Red Devils are now Fast Cavalry, +1 pt.
• Daimatzu Mon now allow re-rolling failed Parrys as well.
• A couple of bug fixes and clarifictaions.

Cathay:

• Stance of the Dragon renamed Iron Discipline, only effects combat resolution, not steadfast.
• Stormhurler Ballistas now work like Elven Bolt Throwers, 50 pts.
• Imperial Infantry 4 pts basic. 
• Imperial Infantry must now choose between spears or halberds, not both.
• Revised options for Hill Tribesmen.
• Sky Rockets Move or Fire instead of Slow to Fire.
• Fire Bombs Armour Piercing, no longer flaming or ignoring armour saves. Causes D3 multiple hits.
• Dragon's Breath fires in a straight line rather than as a breath weapon, Strength 4. You may take 1 Dragon's Breath for each Field Engineer in the unit.
• Hand Mortar range increased to 36".
• Fire Lances now Flaming, 2 pts each.
• Foo Statues S4, 50 pts.
• Steppe Archers no longer have LA, shields 1,5 pts.
• Field Engineers now have heavy armour.

Hobgoblins:

• Wolf Raiders and Tarkans may take shields without losing Fast Cavalry.