ar approaches once more. In the depths of the Great Forest, at the very heart of the Empire, armies from all over the world are engaged in a desperate search for one of the greatest magical artefacts ever created: The Nemesis Crown.

The Nemesis Crown is Games Workshop's latest worldwide campaign. These multi-national happenings are your chance to throw yourself completely into our gaming universes and immerse yourself in the visceral experience of tabletop war.

This campaign has a specially written storyline, the outcome of which your games help to decide. The hub of the Nemesis Crown campaign is this very web site, where you can post the results of your own battles and edge your faction closer to victory...or defeat. Campaigns like the Nemesis Crown make for great periods of hobby activity, where everyone is playing games to help tell a story set in one of our gaming worlds.

This time around, we reveal a tale set in the dangerous forests of the Warhammer world. The Nemesis Crown (an item of immense magical potency) was hidden away in the deep woods of the Empire by its creator, Alaric the Mad, many long millennia past. There he hoped it would remain undiscovered and keep the world free of the evil he had inadvertently created.

Perhaps it would have been so, were it not for the activities of a group of Dwarf miners who stumbled upon the crown while investigating an old mine. News of the discovery has spread throughout the Old World, and now armies from many nations comb the woods in the hope of claiming the crown for their own.

Join Games Workshop's global campaign and lead your army to glory, as whole nations struggle for posession of the powerful Nemesis Crown.

The campaign charts the struggles of these armies and presents a chance for glory for one or more factions. However, it is also a chance for you to meet new opponents and write a glorious history for your own army in the blood of your foes and perhaps make a few friends along the way!

Throughout the period of the campaign, there will be participation events in Games Workshop Hobby Centres, independent retailers, and at larger gaming events like Games Days or Campaign Weekends. The campaign will take shape through these events and the games played in your own home or gaming club. As the results of these matches are reported online, the campaign's storyline will unfold on a weekly basis through a series of ongoing reports and stories, describing the progress of the war as the hunt for the Nemesis Crown intensifies. Keep your finger on the pulse of the conflict by checking this web site regularly and by participating in your local Hobby Centre's activities.

While the history and setting of the campaign is detailed here, the final result is up to you, the gamer, to decide. Any faction can emerge victorious, and it is even possible that there will be more than one winner. What is certain is that the more victories you gain for your faction, the better its chance of winning the campaign. Your games will directly influence the campaign.

You can find out more about how to sign up and participate in the Nemesis Crown in the Help Section, on the Using this Web Site page, and on the Getting Involved page.

First, though, let us survey the field of battle. The fate of your army, your honour, and maybe your people rests upon your shoulders.

The Nemesis Crown awaits you, somewhere within the beast-haunted depths of the Great Forest...

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