Announcement: Some of the Graphics have a couple of mistakes and for that we are very sorry. It is a lot of data to reproduce and do fast and so we haven't given ourselves much wiggle room on editing and proof reading. We hope you understand and we will try harder in the future. Loads of thanks. The Square Based team

@jakeherrod7494

6 ай бұрын

Is there a comment somewhere that has the edits to what mistakes there were and the correct info? Thanks! Love your content.

@djludowici536

6 ай бұрын

It’s amazing you produced it so quickly from some blurry screenshots.

@KarsunaOG

6 ай бұрын

Wadda ya mean!?? I'm super excited about Glad Guard with BS 5.. maybe not my opponents? :)

@capt.mannerings8095

6 ай бұрын

Love what you are doing for the community.

@xavierwong1889

2 ай бұрын

@@bennyboy5374 it’s still “step up” so while causalities are removed from the rear as a model perspective, the ones dying are in the front rank so they lose attacks as models die before they attack

The sheer amount of effort put into this clear and very easy to follow presentation is very much appriciated. Most blokes just mumble about in a book they've seemed to have opened mere seconds prior to filming.

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Thankyou for the compliment. We believe you deserve the best content we can make

@kingofcoinjock

6 ай бұрын

Can't wait until he does the high elves

This was exactly the video I was hoping it would be, looking forward to the Warriors of Chaos one but going to watch them all

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

I appreciate that so much thankyou!!!

I like the part where they talk about models that inhabit square bases

@djludowici536

6 ай бұрын

And some of them are on rectangles!! It’s like 2 squares hearts become one.

So much better than man reads book. Love it! ~30min is perfect length. I appreciate getting insight and theory crafting as well as rules displayed, can’t wait to see the rest

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Thankyou so much. Man who reads book reads so we can teach

The best Old World content out there, from someone who doesn’t even have the book! Thanks Rob, really enjoying you and Val’s coverage of Old World. Going to join Patreon now.

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

That means so much. Can only do this full time if we get support so thankyou

LET’S GOOO!!! SQUARE BASSED. Thanks for making a genuinely informative yet concise take on the datasheets and rules Rob. Quality as usual

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

My pleasure x

@andrewbakescakes9684

6 ай бұрын

Seconding this sentiment. Clear, clean, and informative.

This quality of army discussion video is unparalleled. The hard work shows. Thank you. -Signed Squareheadmcgoo

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Means so much. Thankyou

I was a wood elf player from 6th all the way to warhammer armies project, and I have to say I'm actually really excited about what they have done with the army list. My spooky forest Boys are looking fun

Really hope we see a Beastmen vs. Wood Elves box, I want to bulk out both of those armies and I hope we see some great new models!

You've blown away everything I seen. I love this and can keep up and actually get what to expect from units. Well done.

Please keep making these. By far the best faction review/discussion I have seen.

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

New one up later I hope

There's a guy I play HH with that was asking about how to get into the game and what wood elves were like. Sent him a bunch of vids like man reads book and old eefl posts. Then this vid dropped and he said it was the most helpful thing he's found about them. Keep making great stuff dude

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

That makes me so happy

I'm scrubbing 15 year-old paint off of Glade Guard and rebasing to 25mm. It's just wonderful, the sculpts look nicer on a larger square. The arrow options are gonna be fun, and I hope we don't have to wait too long for our refresh. And seeing good reviews like this makes it that much more exciting.

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

I hope you have the best time!

@andrewm.9025

6 ай бұрын

twine for bowstrings is a nice add-on as well, to go with arrows. I've seen wire and string used, but I prefer twine.

This was fantastic. My fear is that each one of these will make me want to start a new army!

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Hey that's not on me! Don't put that evil in me ricky bobby

Thanks for taking the time to put this together Rob. I've been keeping one eye opening on the OW stuff as it came out and Wood Elves would be the one thing to pull me back in if I do and so to have this information so awesomely presented is a great resource for someone like me wanting to have a peak behind the curtain before dipping any toes into the water just yet. Keep up the great work! :)

Please don't stop doing this kind of content. Love getting more army overviews in The Old World. Thanks for creating awesome videos on the KZreads!

Keep these army overviews coming please!

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

One a day or I die

@michaeljack4788

6 ай бұрын

No die. Yes overviews.@@SquareBasedOldWorld

This is fantastic, Rob. Very quick and concise which is quite hard to do at times. This gave me something to chew on now so, I thank you sir. Super excited!

Already liked the video but coming back after hearing your comments in the most recent podcast...this video is REALLY GOOD. It's by far the best Old World content out there at the moment, it was very clear and the graphics are top notch. Thank you #squarebassed team. Looking forward to the Bretonnia guide.

Great content guys. I’ve seen so many videos of other big channels (who likely got sent all these books well before release) mumble through the book in a non-structured format without really adding any thoughts or insights. Bravo

I still don't understand why GW makes living tree flammable but oh well.

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Is a tree?

@poxous3854

6 ай бұрын

@@SquareBasedOldWorld go try to light a living tree on fire. You can't. Green, aka living wood, does not burn. It's mostly water. Dead wood burns.

"I hate that joke, I'm not putting it in" 😂

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Hahahaha

This is the stuff we want and need. Thank you Rob, super exhited for all the vidios to come!

@wessmarkart3041

6 ай бұрын

Also thank you Val, you are great too

The army I always wanted to collect! Thanks, this is the first Old World content on them I've seen.

One of my favourite armies. Loving this Rob!! Loved the little theme taster at the start. Maybe show some possible Minis for each unit for players new to each army (could be a seperate video and include GW minis and non Gw minis/STLs. I’d watch all of those)

I like that you put up text between shots of you talking. Too many are just talking about the rules with either out of focus book shots or no text. I like being able to read it to help in remembering it. thank you Rob.

Incredibly well put together, well done guys! New player to old/fanasty Warhammer so i was hoping to find a video that balanced rule breakdowns and character/unit descriptions and you did just that! Blown away and i cannot wait to follow your helpful insights for this game in the future 🙌

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much David!!

I love that you just got to the thicket/thick of it. Gold

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Thank you babe

Preordered the books but this is the army box I am waiting for. Definitely looking forward to any future videos about this army.

Thanks very much for going through the list like this - this is exactly what players want to see before getting back into the game.

Loved this video and I can’t wait to watch your breakdowns on the other armies!

One thing to mention is Wood Elves are not a gunline army, they're in fact the exact opposite, they're a gun-net. Your opponent is playing a Rank-and-flank game and you're playing 40k.

My inner child is sooo excited at the prospect of wood elves! I'll have to watch again, but subscribed to the patreon, amazing work thanks!

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Oh wow!! Thanks for the support

Oh crap, I actually gave a lot of my old wood elf armies away!

Great Video, it looks like they put a bunch of love into the Wood Elves, they sound incredibly formidable.

What a great upload Really got my blood pumping for TOW It’s nice here all your positive vibe's 👍💪

Awesome stuff, glad to see Wood Elves a favorite of mine.

Square Based is just absurdly good all round - sky is the limit for this channel ladz!

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

appreciate that!

Thank you for making this video Rob, I love it.

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

My pleasure. More to come

This was a great watch. Never played fantasy and tempted by Wood Elves for Old World. As ever your content is amazing Rob, look forward to more of these for the other factions.

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Appreciate you thanks

Thank you for this. As someone thinking about getting into this game this was a huge help.

absolutely love these videos Rob, deadset legend

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

OH HELL YEAH DANNNNNNNY

YESSS more Square Based content.

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support xx

Big thanks for this excellent overview of the army with clean easily readable unit cards. ❤❤😊

oh man cant wait to get back in this.. i used to run 2 units of archers, 3 glade riders, wardancers and a wardancer lord.. it was sooo fun running circles on the table

Yeah, you’re smashing these. A lot of more effort put in than other vids. Cheers rob. Dwarves next!

Love the overviews! Can't wait to learn more about Warriors of Chaos, Orcs, Lizardmen

I keep coming back to this video in between list building, there seems to a lot of different ways to run wood elves in this edition. I love it.

@SquareBasedOldWorld

5 ай бұрын

Is it helpful?? Hope so

@brotherworm

5 ай бұрын

@@SquareBasedOldWorld Yes all of your content is great for getting an idea of the rules, and the nuances of the of this new edition. This one is also great since I don't have rules yet and want to get an idea of what to bring in my first games. I keep trying to figure out what to bring. I really want to try maxing terror, panic arrows and all the different minus to leadership stuff.

I'd love to see more like this. Subscribed and now waiting for the Dwarfs.

Great summary - thanks for taking the time to make it !!

You have the best TOW reviews on KZread. Keep it up! Looking forward to Beastmen. 😅

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Going as fast as I can!! Thanks for the comment

I've pulled out my woodelf army from the early 00's. I traded a beast man army but never assembled or painted it. Have been out the hobby for 18 years but keen to get my woodelves on the tabletop

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Hope you have a great time!

my army getting the first guide, blessed lol

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Share it to any wood elf spaces

Excellent video! Genuinely a useful resource that I can see people coming back to reference over time (if we do get a fairly stable forge world style meta like heresy/mesbg). Please keep this up to do full coverage of the factions! Cant wait for the empire, itll hype me to get them out of storage.

Holy moly, everything I've ever wanted in a single video. ❤

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

THANKS XXX

Dwarves next or else you're going in the book! You may or may not already be in the book for doing elves first...

Totally fantastic dude! Hyped

Thanks so much Rob. I know it's been a hard time getting these out and we appreciate you immensely for doing it. Don't kill yourself to get it done though, we understand if it takes an extra day

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for that!

Your videos are damn awesome! Thanks for all this amazing work!

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Wow. That's such a great compliment!! Thanks

I’ve loved your commentary so far, but this rules review/dive is really quality stuff. Look forward to watching along to the rest of them. The Wood Elves feel like they have a good showing here. A tricky, finesse army that in the right hands are going to run rings round the plethora of Bret and TK armies out there. Feels like a good representation of the army with some of the best aspects of their 6th and 8th iterations.

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

PRAISE HASHUT

@ollikainulainen9590

6 ай бұрын

except what i have seen so far wood elfs are getting wiped easily by brets and tk and probably by other armies. Wood elf shooting is made pretty bad and if you want it to be better its overcosted compared to other armies. Also most of the wood elf cc unit just get rekt byt other armies cc troops.

Perfect guide to the basics of the army, can't wait for more

Wood Elves and Ogres have been my favorite armies since 6th and it looks like they kept the woodies awesome flavor. Great work on the video!

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for your support

Great content and useful analysis of str and weaknesses. I think the “arrow line” is totally fine for games where ppl know what is being bought but has big weaknesses, the biggest being “will my opponent enjoy playing me” it could be just as bad as playing boring gunlines & very likely be nurtured by TOs. As a long time WE player the previous edition influences still keep this faction one of the harder ones to master and imho should be approached as “multiple types of units” armies as trying to mitigate weaknesses is key to WE going well rather then leaning on shooting.

Really want play Wood Elves now lol. I hope GW drop some new models for them. Thank you for the amazing work you do for us all.

@seanMmaguire1

6 ай бұрын

plastic Warhawks and/or Treekin would be the musts

@andrewbakescakes9684

6 ай бұрын

The scuttlebutt is the 9 factions will be released in paired boxsets - with possibly Orcs and Goblins being split into two separate, respective releases. Each release will likely contain some new models, mirroring what the Brets and TKs got, likely cool centerpiece models, and possibly a redo of some old sculpts. WE got lots of new miniatures in the final editions of WHFB, and things like Sisters of the Thorn and Wild Riders don't look as "aged" as models from other ranges. But their characters need some love for sure.

Love this break down. Got the special rules on the screen is top as it can be missed. Can’t wait for you break down the rest. Sub activated!

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support

My favourite faction ❤️. I had them many years ago, but not anymore. Old world will give me the chance to rectify this. Got the books & map on pre-order for now. Plan on building the treemen, dryads & treekin using some sylveneth my aos army also. Thanks, Rob, for the overview. You & val with all your hype has got me hyped once again, having started fantasy in the 4th edition.

What they have done with wood elves is incredible; 4 different arrow types! This will also allow for some great but simple conversions; flaming arrows, arrows dripping with green poison!

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Flaming arrows will look so cool

8:24 skipped the bad part of arrow of Kurnous, the enemy get +1 when rolling to get the first turn. Getting the first turn is very good for WE as they can then shoot first and hopefully taking out most part of the enemies archers

Amazing content, thank you very much for your awesome work.

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it! Thankyou x

Great video! Really like the mix of army overview and first impressions. I also feel like you hit somewhat of a sweet spot with how long to show the rules graphics. I couldn't read most of it in the time it was up, but it was up just long enough to skim and decide whether I wanted to pause the video to read or not. I like this kind of information-dense reference video that are perfect for rewatching (already am). As someone who haven't engaged with rectangular based games since the mid 90's (and who's visualization abilities are mostly non-existent), I was really hoping to see an example at the end of the video of how a WE army *could* look like. You were already kinda giving a loose outline of your ideas for a WE army throughout the video. It would have been very helpful for me to have that summed up as a text or graphic at the end. EDIT: It wouldn't even need to have exact points values. Just a somewhat rough outline of what an army *could* look like. Basically, more or less what you were describing verbally - but presented visually :) Maybe even just a 1250 pts example 'army list' rather than a full 2000 (1999?) pts army? As the only real points of comparison that currently exist are the TK and Bret boxes.

This pleases me! Time to rebuild that Wood Elf army!

Great Overview! Hype!

great video and really helpful for starting out with Wood Elves having never played them before

Excited for this!

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

So glad x

Good job guys. I'm happy to see this stuff. Keep. It. Coming.

Forestwalk to Treeman Ancient to teleport it to Large Woodsinged template to teleport your big scary walking tree to better Tree Whack opponents? Nice!

So...so helpful. Thanks Rob!

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

I appreciate the comment so much thanks

MY ARMY!! 😢 And so early! How lucky! Gonna watch multiple times.

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Share it far and wide

This was an amazing guide! Please make one for the orcs and goblins aswell! :D

good job guys useful, clear, well read content

Very well put together and delivered - thanks.

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

You rule thankyou

@ClydeMillerWynant

6 ай бұрын

@@SquareBasedOldWorld I'm really looking forward to the Dwarfs one. Right now I'm not looking forward to my Dwarfs having to go up against these Elves though!

Thank you for the great coverage of The Old World. Looking forward to the Orcs and Goblins video :)

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Gonna be spicy

square base hype! cant wait to see the rest of the army guide series ^^

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Over the next few weeks

Buzzing for the others to be done, square blessed 🙏🏼

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Square blessed

This isn't half assed "man read book content." There's a lot of enthusiasm in this. I just came from the Warriors of Chaos video and I'm definitely enjoying this format of videos. Please do all the armies! And thanks for the info and entertainment!

I’ve always liked the idea of a complete Forest Spirit army. As I’m reading the list and understand your walkthrough I would always need a unit of Glade Guards.

Big fan of this video and love the information. Hope to see one for every army!

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

There will be. Please help support us by sharing far and wide

Overall I'm extremely impressed with this army book, Wood Elves being my main and favorite army. I am a little disappointed to see Waywatchers seemingly nerfed down in status by such a large degree, but their points cost being reduced by an equally staggering amount means it will probably be okay in the end, maybe it will offer more options and make them less vulnerable to have a higher model count, maybe that cost gets eaten in having to include a waystalker. My complaints are very few in number -I loved str 4 dryads as it set them apart in the WE army as being a high value to cost unit in an army of very expensive models, probably deserving of the nerf to be fair, especially now that the only way to stop their ward save is with fire, and not the much more common magical attacks. They got tankier in exchange for slightly less killing power, this could end up being a big big big upgrade. -Move and shoot without a -1 penalty for all the bow users, I might be missing some special rules somewhere, but it looks like we take a -1 when moving and shooting. I will note that gladeguard to my memory were BS 4 and the screenshot is showing BS5, if that is the case I will gladly keep my mouth shut as that is a huge buff to accuracy if you choose to stand still. -Waywatchers don't seem to capture the element of super elite archers at only BS 5 and the removal of killing blow, I might be missing something but that seems low. It depends on if skirmishers suffer from move and shoot penalties or other things, they feel like the biggest loser of the book, which is sad because they are my favorite. -Wardancers seem expensive for STR 3 and might find it hard to find space in a list especially when you can deal str 3 from 32" away and run wildriders What they really hit a homerun on -str 4 short range for glade guard longbows, I was never in love with this bonus but saw it as a necessary aspect to keep woodelf shooting competitive, I am glad that they gave us back the 5th/6th edition increased range and potentially reimbursed us for the loss of this ability in other areas that feel more woodelf flavored. -32" range longbows across the army, it is incredible how powerful this will seems to be, we can force movement from enemy archers effectively giving them -1 to hit, if they are even able to shoot at all after the fact, above all else I love the flavor of this ability, it's only 2" but better is still better, nobody can argue with a straight face that woodelves are the greatest archers in the old world. -forest spirits of all kinds seem to be very powerful, the treeman only having 5 str is odd, but with armor bane 2, strangle roots, d3 stomp, and costing only 215 points they seem very strong! -great eagles going up from 50 to 60 points is entirely fair, eagles and dryads were more or less overpowered in 8th, if all the options listed are really how eagles can be kitted out they look incredible still. Nobody knows exactly what is going to happen, if units are smaller then wardancers might be viable for cutting things down quickly, if skirmish makes you ignore penalties for moving then maybe waywatchers aren't going to be missing half of the time as the best archers in the game, either way it looks great overall!

Def starting WELVES thanks for the vid

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Jim they are busted I reckon but you can do some amazing stuff

Hearing unit names definitely brought back memories of my orcs and goblins trying to cross a no terain table to my friends wood elf army.

Lord in eternal guard, tolled up with a hail of doom arrow slipped in there for either a shooting boost of a nasty stand and shoot was always a favourite of mine

YES!!!!! This was the one Ive been waiting for!!!! WoooHooooooooo bring on the woodie!!!’n

Thanks for the hard wood, I knew you wouldn't let me down.

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Ill never let you fall baby

Great videos. Subbed.

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Appreciate that so much!!!

Everyone else is saying the same thing, great overview, clean and clear. If you’re up for some ideas, maybe showcasing some third-party sculpts and STL’s for the army you’re talking about.

Flammable is neat 🔥

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

You are neat

This is the exact army I was looking for lol. Thank you

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the lovely comment

Brilliant walkthrough the list, thanks for that!

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

My pleasure thanks for the support. It helps so much

Man, what a slick video! Love this!

@SquareBasedOldWorld

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support babe x