Jervis Johnson Talks 7th Edition Army Organisation Options

As an avid modeler and collector I like the new Unbound option, I’ve never liked the Force Organization Chart. However, they seem to still be encouraging players to use the FOC by giving those army lists adhering to it advantages which could also be seen as discouraging people from using the new Unbound rules. It appears this is set up to allow Unbound armies to be playing against FOC armies, implying that Unbound armies are potentially more powerful so that FOC armies need additional benefits to balance the game. I’m not convinced playing Unbound vs. FOC will be a good idea at all for balance regardless of which is potentially more powerful. Also, if the “two FOC detachments” option is still there that already in practicality freed people from the FOC in games of 2000 pts or more and so perhaps it is the FOC armies that will end up being a bit too powerful in that mismatch. I’m also wary of getting excited about the new Unbound option if they are discouraging you from using it by giving FOC unique advantages.

Of course, we won’t really know how any of this feels or if it’s fun till we’ve had a chance to try it out. I do know that I’ve played the fewest games ever under 6th Edition and my son who has been an avid player since 4th Edition really dislikes 6th Edition. Hopefully 7th Edition will be a vast improvement.

On another level 7th Edition has to be good because asking customers to now pay for a new expensive rule book after only two years on top of all the other recently ever increasing price points for models and supplements could be rightly seen as a cash grab. Many people seem to have abandoned Warhammer in the past few years citing being “priced out” as the reason. Revising the core rules every two years at current prices can only exacerbate that problem.