History YMMV / Warhammer

* CanonDiscontinuity: Fmir, the sea elves.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Fmir, the sea elves, and Chaos Dwarfs are still getting the occasional mention in fluff, but don't expect any game rules or models.
** Although the chances for a return of the Chaos Dwarfs look quite good currently. The Warriors of Chaos army includes actual Chaos Dwarf models as the crew of its Hellcannon. They got a list and enough models for a playable army from Forge World, but no standard options yet.

* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: The climax of the Storm of Chaos campaign involved the Empire and their Bretonnian, Kislevite and High Elf allies standing against Chaos, Orcs, Skaven and Undead, all of which were also fighting each other.

** Unsurprising the writer is Matt Ward.

** Although the chances for a return of the Chaos Dwarfs look quite good currently. The Warriors of Chaos army includes actual Chaos Dwarf models as the crew of its Hellcannon.
** Currently the "timeline" is that The Events of "Storm of Chaos" hasn't happen yet and most of the characters and units introduce during it (like Valten) are not longer playable.

*** This may also be why Grimgor is still to be found in the most recent Orcs and Goblins army book, and also why the Nemesis Crown campaign received relatively little global coverage -- for example, it was never mentioned in Australia.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: With respect to Orcs and Goblins. After Grimgor Ironhide was portrayed as effortlessly beating Archaon the Everchosen into the ground in the official ending story of the Storm of Chaos, Games Workshop had him get involved in the Crown of Destruction campaign, where he was blown to pieces by the very ArtifactOfDoom he was seeking.

* Previous editions of the game had Dwarf armies that were quite easy to make overpowered. This led to the term "Beardy" to refer to any army or rule that is overpowered/easily abused.

** To be fair though, Grimgor blind-sided him and Archaon had already wiped the floor with Valten and Luthor and various others right before. So it is at least somewhat plausible.

* UnpleasableFanbase: The endless cycle of people whining "X is useless!" - new book - people whining "X is a GameBreaker!" can make one very hesitant to get into this game.

* UnpleaseableFanbase: The endless cycle of people whining "X is useless!" - new book - people whining "X is a GameBreaker!" can make one very hesitant to get into this game.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: With respect to Orcs and Golins. After Grimgor Ironhide was portrayed as effortlessly beating Archaon the Everchosen into the ground in the official ending story of the Storm of Chaos, Games Workshop had him get involved in the Crown of Destruction campaign, where he was blown to pieces by the very ArtifactOfDoom he was seeking.

* GameBreaker: 8th edition has brought out a fair ammount into a game system that has always struggled with these kind of problems. "Always Strike First" and worse it being a racial rule for High Elves. Lizardmen magic in general with the medal going to Slann specifically for being crazy overpowered in even their most nerfed versions. A Daemons for being well Daemons, its been balanced slightly but still makes them unbearable. Skinks with Blowpipes have gone from a nice support unit to being able to mow down Chaos Knights that aren't in large blobs. High Elf Spearmen being able to field a unit of 5 ranks of 10 spearmen allowing all 50 elves to all attack first and then reroll misses against an opponent's first rank...
** Skaven slaves are 2 points each, meaning that for a measly 200 or so points you can have a block ''of a hundred,'' a nearly unstoppable unit thanks to 8th edition rules.

* CrackIsCheaper: much like its brother (/sister/killer mutant relation) 40k, its not a cheap hobby. It may be [[BeyondTheImpossible even more expensive]].

* CrackIsCheaper: much like its brother (/sister/killer mutant relation) 40k, its not a cheap hobby.
** Its [[BeyondTheImpossible even more expensive]].
* {{Discontinuity}}: Fmir, Sea Elves. Chaos Dwarfs are still getting the occasional mention in fluff, but don't expect any game rules or models.
** Although the chances for a return of the Chaos Dwarfs look quite good currently. The 6th edition rulebook didn't mention them once, and neither did any army book before the Ogre Kingdoms. In the 7th edition, they are mentioned not only in the rulebook, but also in a number of army books that previously pretended they didn't exist. Most prominently, the Warriors of Chaos army includes actual Chaos Dwarf models as the crew of its Hellcannon.
** Fimir are mentioned in the 8th edition rulebook, so it appears they are no longer {{Discontinuity}}.

** Skaven slaves. slaves are 2 points each meaning for about 200 points you can have a block ''of a hundread'' and thanks to 8th edition rules can become near unstoppable.

* NauseaFuel: Ogre eating habits. Also, Clan Moulder's "experiments".
* RootingForTheEmpire: Let's start with the fact that TheEmpire is one of the last bastions of humanity against the forces of Chaos, and go from there...

** Is [[BeyondTheImpossible even more expensive]].

* UnpleasableFanbase: As with its grimdark futuristic counterpart, the cycle of "X is unusable!">new codex>"X is a GameBreaker!" is unfortunately continuous.

* UnpleasableFanbase: As with its grimdark futuristic counterpart, the cycle of "X is unusable!">new codex>"X is a GameBreaker!" is unfortunately continuous.