I was looking at the franchise novels for Warhammer Fantasy, and the books that have the most interest to me are the Gotrek and Felix novels. The thing that has stayed my wallet is that I am pretty intolerant of crappy franchise novels. I like the first Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn (Star Wars), but most of the rest of the books were somewhere between okay and garbage. D&D novels have almost universally turned me off, and MTG novels are just garbage. Are there any genuinely good Warhammer Fantasy franchise novels?

Beasts in velvet i liked

Brunner the bounty hunter should be quite good...

I have bought 10+ used books from eBay and amazon...very cheap and also ok if you dont mind the used look...

Beasts in velvet i liked

Brunner the bounty hunter should be quite good...

I have bought 10+ used books from eBay and amazon...very cheap and also ok if you dont mind the used look...

That is probably how I will get them if I decide to dive in.

Genuinely good? I am not sure. I think most of us are a bit biased while reading them because they use the Warhammer setting. But, for inspiration for WFRP I would recommend the Blackharts Ominbus . Is is in many ways the essences of original WFRP: a bunch of commoners get pressured into being the heroes. I remember it being one of the more enjoyable Warhammer reads I had.

Also Luthor Huss http://www.amazon.com/Luthor-Warhammer-Heroes-Chris-Wraight/dp/1849701318/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1402739151&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=warhammer+novel+luthor+huss is a nice sigmarite book

I just finished Skarsnik. It was interesting, but it was lower on concretet warhammer RPG background for campaign use. i also started the Orion trilogy, which would be good if youre running a wood elf campaign. I cant comment on much else b/c i only read for campaign background, rather than for fun.

Fell cargo is set on the tilean coast.

Wine of Dreams was redundant, but set in emprire..about a longevity wine.

Read a lot of them but to be honest none of them really stick in my mind. Often the stories seem to be driven by the setting or game mechanics as much as the plot, and some are quite badly written. I prefer good novels about interesting characters - Ben aaronovitch's 'Rivers of London' series is the flavour of the moment.

Read a lot of them but to be honest none of them really stick in my mind. Often the stories seem to be driven by the setting or game mechanics as much as the plot, and some are quite badly written. I prefer good novels about interesting characters - Ben aaronovitch's 'Rivers of London' series is the flavour of the moment.

I tend to agree, but since I am currently nose deep in the Warhammer world right now, I thought I would give some a try before dismissing them.

In all novel series' there are some that are lower quality than others. Don't let that dissuade you. Simply read the reviews and go from there.

I would say The Warrior Priest by Darius Hinks is worth a try. It has a very warhammery feel to it. Also, I personally like the character of Mathias Thulman from the Witch Hunter books by C. L. Werner who has a great feel for Old World in my opinion. I believe you can now get all the Thulman novels in one omnibus.

A good idea also might be to focus on what area of the warhammer world you may be running or playing in.

As I noted earlier, I've always had a tendency to do "research" for my games by reading a couple novels.

Do you have any areas you are interested in? Black FIre Pass? Bretonnia? Marienburg? Knights of Ulric? Slayers? They've all been written.

"Tales from the Old World" was a decent collection of short stories.

Mixed reviews but I liked "Hammers of Ulric" and "Gilead's Blood." I will second "Fell Cargo."

The William King authored Gotrek and Felix books were a hoot for me. I read one by the guy who wrote after King and didn't like it but I heard they got better after that.

A good idea also might be to focus on what area of the warhammer world you may be running or playing in.

As I noted earlier, I've always had a tendency to do "research" for my games by reading a couple novels.

Do you have any areas you are interested in? Black FIre Pass? Bretonnia? Marienburg? Knights of Ulric? Slayers? They've all been written.

Well, I am currently about to take my turn at GMing and run my group through The Witch's Song. After that (when I GM again) I am working on a conversion of Terror in Talabheim that will fit with the current events in our campaign. The main PC I play is a Wood Elf Assassin (more like vigilante) and the secondary PC I sometimes play will be a human apothecary turned priest of Ulric who has a pet badger and comes from Grossfurre outside the Mirror Moors.

This really makes my interests pretty broad, but generally the Wasteland, Middenland, and Talabecland have my current interest.

Hammers of Ulric is several short stories set in and around Middenheim. Protagonists include Knights of Ulric, a Priest of Morr (awesome character), and a thief. Might provide some adventure seed ideas. Good, not great, book. I thought the opening story was the weakest of the lot.

Yes, I find the Gotrek and Felix novels a bit beer and pretzels. "Read for the fluff"

Drachenfels by Jack Yeovil (Kim Newman), which is part of the Vampire Genevieve cycle is a great book in and of itself. I read it long ago (before ever getting into WFRP as a game) and still like it. Beasts in Velvet is another one in the cycle that features less of the vampire and I also liked.

As noted above, Tales of The Old World is a nice set of stories that covers a good waterfront.

I liked the Witch Hunter series more than the Bruner series (both are dark). The Gilead novels were good and explored an interesting aspect of the setting (isolated hold-out elf colonials) - a huge warning, "Curse of Gilead", the most recent novel is not by the same author and I found it much less satisfying (to the point of annoying in places).

Just start by reading the two first Slayer novels, by King. They are pretty fast to read, have nice background info and fun moments. Then decide either continue or read something else next.

- Trollslayer has number of nice small stories that take Gotrek & Felix through the Empire to Border Lands, fallen Dwarfen stronghold and back to dark forests of the Empire.

- Skavenslayer - well, I think it is one of the best warhammer stories and maybe the best G&F story. It features Nuln and Skaven.

I second that Jack Yeovil stories are just - the best. They are well written and interesting.