Warhammer Fantasy Battles
There have been two distinct and contrasting portrayals of Bretonnia in the development of Warhammer. In the third edition rulebook, Bretonnia was akin to a dark and corrupt version of France under the absolutist monarchies of Louis XIV and later kings. Meanwhile the background as developed by Nigel Stillman took Bretonnia in a high fantasy, Arthurian direction.
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