They didn't mess with the Geography. The Geography is mostly similar, given it was made by the guy who invented the geography in the first place, it was expanded. Significantly. Boney's distress is at the Gazeteer changing significantly and at the fact that words are being used interchangably against their meaning making it much more confusing. The actual map is solid once you take a glance at it, and I would expect that considering who made it.
I think his larger issue is the political shake-up 4th edition has, like a reborn Solland named Sudenland.
Going by one established precedent of Great Deed-dom, it could depend on how much the ability to deploy 8 additional Battle Altars while not risking losing a no longer irreplaceable artifact would cut down on the need to deploy the Imperial Army. Maybe we could even get two Great Deeds out of it if the math lines up, for those of use who want to go library scouring or with other potential rewards on our minds.[/boundless optimism]
"The Southwestern-most of the Empire's provinces, Wissenland forms a triangle bounded by the Black and Grey Mountains on two sides and the River Reik on the third. Originally confined to the lands west of the Söll River, Wissenland in the 18th century absorbed what was left of Solland after the invasion of the Orc warlord Gorbad Ironclaw. Eight hundred years later, the people of Wissenland still often refer to the land east of the Söll as "old Solland" or "Sudenland," a modern derivation." Page 94 Heirs of Sigmar 2E
My general understanding is that it starts off with things set up how they were in the original 1st edition Enemy Within campaign, and then it ends with the more modern version.
I wouldn't say that. Solland was absorbed by Wissenland and Averland to a certain extent, and Heraldry of the Empire actually says that Averland's flag is a Sun to represent Solland, because Solland's patron god was Soll the God of the Sun. Even the battle of Solland's Crown actually took place around the River Aver in Averland rather than Solland.
Until Mathilde will find a good way to replicate the creation of AV, which is bound to be a can of worms, the whole paper will be barley one step above Flight school memes.
What the heck? that is one piece of a retcon.
I believe it's a 1st Edition thing. 4th Edition wanted to bring back stuff from 1st Edition, namely the "Enemy Within" Campaign, which is an incredibly big and long campaign from the Old Days (and I mean real old) that Cubicle Seven refer to as "the greatest campaign in WFRP History" or something like that. They really love it and they brought some old writers like Graeme Davis to reprise their roles once more to improve on their decade old work. To do so, they made a bunch of changes to make it look like the Enemy Within Campaign needed it to look like. By the end of the Campaign things start looking like modern Warhammer again. It's also not like everything from 1st Edition is brought back. I think Karl Franz was a scumbag back then.
Im thinking we should just waltz into the colleges, drop the orb onto the desk of the receptionist and loudly declare they need to protect them better before leaving. First they will panic like hell trying to find out how we stole an Orb of Sorcery followed by confusion that all Orbs are accounted for.
...Published 1986-1989, Yep, the re-retcon to rule them all.
Ah yes, the one neat trick to make sure all the canon inconsistencies go away, I heard this before.
They are very much doing a thing where all the smaller campaigns and plots in the books and pdfs are happening around the same time as 'Enemy within'. they might move on or look back in time in the next major campaign (how many times have i typed that word in the last page?) but right now everything is happening in 2522.
