Multiplayer refers to game modes where two or more people play the Total War: Warhammer series together over the internet.
Types of multiplayer
Campaign
Players can play campaign mode together. In this mode, players can set enemy AI armies to be controlled by their friend, or they can assign some of their own units to be controlled by their friend.
- Co-op campaign: A campaign played by two people together in a permanent alliance.
- Head-to-head: A campaign played by two people against each other.
Battles
Players can also just play battles online.
- Custom online battle: Players can make a custom battles lobby online. They can invite friends, set a password, make the lobby invisible, or allow anyone to join the lobby. Up to four players can play. The full range of custom battle options is available.
- Online matchmaking: Players can choose to be randomly matched with someone of roughly equal skill. There is a limited pool of maps available for matchmaking, battles will never be siege battles or ambush battles.
Available factions
Players may choose to play any playable faction that they own, including DLC, even if the other player does not own them.
This means that in Total War: Warhammer II, players can play any faction from the first or second game that they own. The exception to this is Norsca who will only become playable in TWW2 in May 2018.