No. Buy the races you want. The base game is huge; DLC is more lords and units.

Immortal Empires combines owned content. Ownership rules are in the store page.

Yes, battles and some campaign modes. Most hours are still single-player campaigns.

The Empire or Grand Cathay if you want guns and artillery teaching you the engine.

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Win the campaign on the map, then the battle on the field

Creative Assembly · SEGA

Beginner guide All guides Steam store →

The loop

Warhammer III is a fantasy Total War: turn-based empire building plus real-time battles. Legendary Lords change the campaign rules; supply lines and diplomacy still end sloppy players.

Move armies, fight or auto-resolve, occupy or raze, then end turn after you checked diplomacy and growth.

First moves

1.Start a recommended first faction (Empire, Cathay, or a simpler DLC-free lord) on Easy/Normal.
2.Fight battles you can learn from. Auto-resolve is a tool, not a lifestyle, on your first campaign.
3.Keep a second army as a defense stack. One doomstack cannot be everywhere.
4.Read unit caps and supply lines. A 20-stack of expensive units can bankrupt a province.