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I am keen to start fantasy and like both these armies. I was wondering which one would be the safest bet with the rumoured changes? I figure that there will always be elves in fantasy whereas ogre not so much. On the other hand the ogre models are somewhat more generic and so may be able to adapt to changes in the rules (I.e. Witch elves being so distinctive, really need to have their own special rules to work well on the table, otherwise they would look strange being generic soldiers).

What are people's thoughts? How confident would you be that either faction will exist in some playable form come 9th? Spoke to the manager at the local GW who made the point that from a financial perspective squatting a faction involves a massive write off on the molds etc, arguing that this was highly unlikely.

Thanks for all your advice, particularly about buying wisely. I am leaning towards ogres on the basis of the battalion box being versatile and so provided I don't fully assembly the models I will have something to play with. My only concern then is that monstrous infantry/cavalry gets nerd fed which would ruin ogres relative to most other armies.