It is a variant of the company's Warhammer Fantasy game set on a warband or "skirmish" scale.

When a comet struck and destroyed the city of Mordheim, a material called wyrdstone was scattered throughout the ruins.

These included human mercenaries from the Empire provinces of Reikland, Middenheim, and Marienburg, cult of the possessed, witch hunters, the sisters of Sigmar, the undead, and skaven.

The expanded set of warbands introduced orcs and goblins, dwarf treasure hunters, human mercenaries from the Empire province of Ostland and Averland, high elves, and Kislev.

[3] A computer-based adaptation of the game titled Mordheim: City of the Damned was released for personal computers in November 2015[4] and for consoles in October 2016.