ARABY

ORIENT | ARABY | THE INQUISITION

This book describes in detail the troops that fight when the armies of Araby march to war. A fully arrayed Arabian army is an awesome and striking battle force filled with colour and variety. Sturdy Arabian Militia form the core of the army, supported by swift Desert Nomads, clouds of Giant Vultures lurking overhead, and the otherworldly elemental power of the Genies. Terrifying creatures like the ancient Sphinx, the monolithic Sandworms and the shape-changing Spectramancers.

In this book you will find the following sections:

Kingdoms of the Shifting Sands

The history of the human empire of Ravenna and its uneasy ally with the Serpent Warriors of neighbouring Sesseemkanoon.

Denizens of the Desert

A comprehensive description of the different troops and characters in Araby armies.

The Art of the Desert

Descriptions of all the devestating magic spells Arabian Wizards use – Karim, Senkh and Jaalus Coil.

Treasures of the Sands

A list of the arcane magic items that can be carried to battle by your characters.

Armies of the Arid Wastes

All the units, options, points values and other details you need to equip your army for battle.

Mighty Heroes of the Oases

Rules and background for special characters, both human and the reptilian Cazorgh.

I've been playing Warhammer and other Games Workshop products for nigh on twenty years. In that time I think I have fielded all the various Warhammer armies (including original Slann!) and most 40K armies, in both campaign and tournament play. Warhammer Armies: Araby is the first time I've attempted to write an army list, and was originally completed for 5^th edition several years ago. Between then and now the army list has been extensively playtested in both 5^th and 6^th editions, but this is the first time I have submitted it to the public domain. 

I am keen on receiving any questions, comments, errata, special characters, new units, winning and losing armies that you may field, so I can improve the list. I have tried to be as true to the current state of the Warhammer World as possible, integrating the new details of the Arabian deserts from Tomb Kings and utilising all the information I can glean from other army lists.

A big thank you to the legions of players who still continue on with the Undead games system, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (WHFRP), and the cornucopia of material that is available for the Araby region on the web. I have harvested some of this to flesh out this army list – if you recognise your work please email me and you will score an acknowledgement.

I can't paint or convert miniatures to save my life, nor can I draw, so if you are an artist or miniature painter and feel suitably inspired to throw me some public domain artwork, I will see it is definitely included and complete acknowledgement given. I have also attempted an Army Builder Araby army list but it does need cleaning, especially ther magic item lists. let me know if you are an Army Builder guru! 

Naturally Warhammer is copyright Games Workshop and I intend no profit from writing this army book, it is only to fill a gap in the current Warhammer Armies lists.

Miniature suggestions for Araby – 40K Imperial Guard Tallarn Desert raiders and Al Muktar’s desert raiders (Dogs of War) make good conversions because they have the cool wraparound scarves, Tomb King scorpion constructs can be repainted as living scorpions, and Lizardmen make good Cazorgh with some conversions. Genies are tricky, and you may need to stray outside the Citadel set of miniatures  for them (Heretic! Repent!).

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Update History

5/05/04 v1.4 Addition of 'Special Thanks' section to list. Added Allies to army list. Some points values - Corsair Captain. Formatting.

11/05/04 v.1.5 Major changes to points values in Army List, including base points values and modified Magic Items. First draft ArmyBuilder list (still with bugs) available here for trial, Check the web site for installation, or copy downloaded ar.wf6 file to c:\ArmyBuilder\data.Has bugs.