Introducing the Warmachine Core Book
Rules, rich lore, and one glorious book to bind them
Fire up your warjacks and rile your warbeasts, because the Warmachine Core Book is finally coming to your table.
You already have the Warmachine app as a digital gateway to the Iron Kingdoms. But now print lovers can rejoice, because the core Warmachine rules are coming to glorious, full colour print — with a host of Iron Kingdoms lore alongside.
First teased in our AdeptiCon 2025 keynote, this 140+ page tome delivers the core Warmachine rules, lore, faction deep-dives, and a plenty of gorgeous artwork to boot. With a setting this rich, it’d be a crime not to immortalise it in print — and now, you can preserve it for yourself.
We’re absolutely biased, but we think it’d make a great coffee table book. We can’t stop looking at it. Can you tell?
Fancy free rules with that?
As well as the hardback Core Book, you can now get not one, but two free digital rules tools in the Warmachine app and Steamforged store:
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Quickstart guide — the quickest way to get started, created for fast, intuitive play. Find it in the Warmachine app now. (New version coming soon!)
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Rulebook PDF featuring the core rules, now available to download free from the Steamforged store as well as in the app.
The quickstart guide gets you from zero to skirmish in no time, while the digital rulebook is your trusty core rules reference mid-game. No dog-eared pages or coffee stains here.
Lore, maps, art, and more
The full Core Book (140+ pages) takes things several steps beyond the PDF. This is where the world of Warmachine unfolds in all its glory.
You’ll uncover the worldbuilding of Western Immoren, army lore, and a gorgeous full-colour map that charts the Iron Kingdoms as they stand now.
In a realm where steam power and arcane magics intertwine, battle lines are drawn with steel, fire, and sorcery. Already fractured by politics and age-old rivalries, Immoren now faces a far darker reckoning. The Orgoth, long-banished conquerors, return with brutal intent. Their invasion cuts deep into a wounded land, unleashing a bloody wave which stirs fate and turns stones best left undisturbed. Shadows rise, drawn by the scent of chaos, while bastions against the darkness fight to hold back the tide, and the ambitious grasp at forbidden power.
As nations reel and alliances shatter, unyielding warcasters and warlocks lead brutal constructs and savage creatures into battle, forging the fate of Immoren in the fires of war.
The Iron Kingdoms hang in the balance. Its armies await your command. Let its very foundations tremble beneath the feet of your mighty beasts and warmachines.
Goes great with the app
The app makes an ideal companion to the Core Book, letting you build army lists, track model stats, and dive even deeper into Iron Kingdoms lore.
How do you take your Warmachine?
To wrap up, here’s a quick summary of coming and where to find it:
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Hardback Core Book – available to pre-order now from the Steamforged store and your favourite local game store.
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Digital Rulebook – an abridged rules-only version of the Core Book, downloadable free from the Steamforged store and Warmachine app.
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Quickstart Guide – free now in the app, with a refreshed version coming in the future.
That’s three different ways to get started with Warmachine, whether you're new to the game, looking to refresh your memory, or diving headfirst into the history of the Iron Kingdoms.
This is the Warmachine book you’re looking for
This is more than just a rulebook. It’s your command manual, your lore compendium, your beautiful brick of battlefield brilliance.
Pre-orders for the Warmachine Core Book are live now, and you won’t need to wait to give the core rules a read. Prepare for war. Download the free core rules today on the Steamforged store.
So, grab your warcaster or warlock, ready your army, and prepare to dive into battle, with rules in hand and your favourite snacks within reach.
(You’re going to need both.)
