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 Warhammer Gold: Age of Reckoning, which is often abbreviated WAR, is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, developed by Mythic Entertainment. It is a relatively new game, released in September of 2008. The game is based on Games Workshop’s Warhammer, a fantasy action figure game. WAR is a great game for any fan of MMO’s, or the game of Warhammer. The game focuses on teamwork, as you are required to join an army, to which you will swear allegiance.

Warhammer Online is a faction based game, where the two main forces, Order and Destruction, are constantly at war. This type of game is called a Realm vs. Realm, or RvR. Each faction contains 3 distinctive armies, making a total of 6 armies to choose from. When you start the game, you will be prompted to choose your race and the army you will swear allegiance to. You will also choose your characters race, gender, and later, his or her job. All of your choices will drastically affect the way you play the game in the future, so choose wisely! You should consider all aspects of the game, and choose for the long-run. What seems cool to you now may be boring in a few months, so as I said, choose carefully.

The first army is “The Greenskins”, who fight for the Destruction faction. The Greenskins are a mix of Goblins and Orcs, and are the only army that contains more than one race. Orcs are huge, ogre-like creatures that are bred for the sole purpose of fighting. While they are not the sharpest tool in the shed, they are a force to be reckoned with, on any battlefield. Goblins, who are considerably smaller than Orcs, are much more intelligent. The Goblins are a cunning, conniving species, but they are also fairly good fighters.

The next army, Chaos, also fight for the Destruction faction. Chaos is less of a race than a religion. Followers of Chaos are bent on destruction of virtually everything in their path. They worship the Gods of fury, decay, and disease. While they are not a friendly bunch, they fight extremely well, and are quite dangerous on the battlefield.

The final army of the Destruction faction is the Dark Elves. The Dark Elves, who were once noble High Elves, are now an evil, destructive race. They worship only one God; Khaine, the Elvin God of war. They regularly enslave weaker races, make sacrifices, and are quite barbaric in general. They are also a force to be reckoned with, with their dark magic and lethal archery skills.