THE ORIENT
CATHAY AND NIPPON

ORIENT | ARABY | THE INQUISITION

This book describes in detail the troops that fight when the armies of the Orient march to war. A fully arrayed Cathanese army is striking battle force filled with colour and variety. Sturdy Ronin and Bushi form the core of the army, majestic Phoenixes glide overhead, elite Samurai prove their martial prowess, and the Wu Jen call forth awesome natural power of the Oni forest spirits. Terrifying Storm Dragons and invisible Ninja assassins roam the battlefield. In this book you will find the following sections:

The Mysterious Orient

The history of the Empire of Cathay and its uneasy alliance with the people of neighbouring Nippon and the Hobgoblin Hegemony.

Dwellers in the Floating World

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

The Forbidden Arts

Descriptions of all the magic spells Cathanese Wizards can use – the nefarious Wu Jen and the holy warrior-priests, the Shukenja.

Treasures of the Cherry Blossom

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

Armies of the Celestial Bureaucracy

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

Worshipful Heroes

Rules and background for special characters including the Bride, the Monkey King, Samurai Jek and ‘Grasshopper’ Kain.

I’ve been playing Warhammer Fantasy Battle (WHFB) and other Games Workshop products for nigh on twenty years. In that time I have fielded all the various Warhammer armies (including original Slann!) and most 40K armies, in both campaign and tournament play. Warhammer Armies: The Orient is my second army list (see also Warhammer Armies: Araby and Warhammer Armies: the Estalian Inquisition). 

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 details of Cathay and Nippon from as far back as the 3rd edition Warhammer Armies ‘brown book’  to make sure everything was in keeping with the history of the Warhammer World, 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 Orient 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.Also if you know Army Builder and can construct army lists, please let me know!

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Update History

5/04/04 v1.2 Corrected spelling mistakes. Removed reference to Shogun's Guard. Modified Martial Arts as per rec.games.miniatures.warhammer discussion. Addition of poison use to Martial Arts table. Added Allies list.

11/05/04 v1.3 Minor points changes. Formatting. Removal of Battle Monks specific Martial Arts, consolidation of Kensai Martial Arts.