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Dark times ahead at GW...?

January 18, 2014, 1:17 pm
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Though I can imagine that many of you who frequent the Warhammer forums might already have heard of this, but GW is not in a very good place right now. Apparently, their revenue has gone down a whole 10% since last year, which caused their stocks to plummet almost 25% when it was announced. Soon after, it was announced that GW Germany would close down.
Even more troubling are the rumours that Bretonnia, Wood Elves, Beastmen and Tomb Kings will have their support dropped as they sell the least amount of models (which isn't exactly helped by the fact that 2 of these army have ancient rules sets and the other 2 are extremely low on the power scale).

To be honest, this wouldn't surprise me in the least, and seeing as Tom Kirby (the current CEO) only cares about the stock price (since he is one of their biggest investors) one can imagine that he will do everything he can to maximise short-term profits until the day he retires (hopefully no more than 2 years now), regardless of what it actually means for the company in the long run.

Now, the reason why I'm bringing this up here is because of a rather simple reason: if Wood Elves aren't seeing an update in May this year, I'll take up updating their book again. Same goes with Dwarfs if their alleged February release turns out to be false. Heck, should GW decide to drop more stuff, I'll just update those too, and if/when they go bankrupt, I'll update the whole damn game if I have to. Or you know, get in line for a job at whoever buys the IP. They can't do a worse job than GW is currently doing at least...
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Dogs of War 4.2 and new RoR update out now!

January 20, 2014, 9:59 am
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Finally out of beta, the Dogs of War book has now been updated into an "official" 4.2 version. There's not a whole lot of changes from the beta for those of you who downloaded it then, but if you didn't, here's a quick run-down of the major changes:

  • New units: Broken Lances, Pit Fighters, Hobgoblin Wolf Riders, Ribaults, Ballistae, Assassins, Griffons.
  • Rebalanced points costs for several units, e.g cheaper pikemen and crossbowmen.
  • New weapons and rebalanced old weapons: war hammers and blunderbusses, slightly weaker pikes, improved light crossbows.
  • Improved formatting and layout throughout the entire books.
  • Lots of new background for many units.
  • Plenty of new art.

Links are the same as before.
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Wanted: BattleScribe/Army Builder and Gallery images!

February 12, 2014, 4:40 pm
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In an effort to grow the site with more content, I want to add a section for list-builder program files available for download to the books. Seeing as there have been quite a few people contacting me about it or writing about it in the comments, I figured collecting all those files in one place would be a good idea. So, if you have made any army builder/battlescribe files to these armies, please feel free to send them to my email, and I will put them up in the download section. If possible, I will try to learn to program for them myself so I can put out updated versions quicker, but as I'm working full time right now, that might not be for quite a while. If I can get a basis for the lists however, I should be able to simply update them whenever a new update is released rather quickly.

I would also like people who have put together armies based on these books to send images of their models to make a gallery section on the site as a means to inspire others with ideas and suitable miniatures. I intend to add a section for my own Dogs of War, Arabyans, Bretonnians and Kislevites as soon as possible to get it started. Any such submissions should also be done through the "contact" option to the right (or by posting a link to your models in the comments section).

In other news, I'm currently working on an update for Bretonnia based on playtest feedback (including my own) that will tweak a couple of rules and improve the layout throughout the book. It should hopefully be out sometime this month. There will also be another update out for DoW when the new Dwarf rules are released which will contain balance changes that makes the army more suitable for [un-comped] tournaments. There will also be a smaller update for Estalia to make them on par with the new DoW update, and a small update to Araby to add some more background to the Crusades and improve the layout throughout.
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Army Builder/BattleScribe Files

March 11, 2014, 5:15 pm
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Rather than having direct links to each file (which would amount to 40+ files in the end if I have support for both Army Builder and BattleScribe), I've decided to keep them all linked through this post for now. This post will be updated as more files become available.

Nippon:

BattleScribe (by Ankhalagon)
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Dogs of War 4.21 out now!

March 19, 2014, 8:12 pm
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[Edited to sound less douchebagery] Due to some negative feedback from tournament players, we at DoW Online went back and re-did certain parts of the list to even have a chance seeing the list allowed at more tournaments. Some important issues were brought up and have been fixed accordingly. What follows is a list of changes in 4.21:
  • Removed stacking of War Academy abilities like Rapid Deployment, make it 30 pts, general only.
  • Only 1 Merchant Prince may be included, including special characters.
  • Paymaster increased to 45 pts.
  • Paymaster "death-range" increased to 18" with a paychest. 
  • Nerf Lucrezzia Belladonna.
    Nerf/reword Stunning Beauty: "Any friendly Human unit within 8" of her rallies automatically during the Compulsory Movement phase."
    Nerf Phial of Poison: "Nominate D3 enemy characters at the beginning of the battle. Roll a D6 for each; a roll of 4 + means that the character has been poisoned and starts the battle with one Wound less than normal. "
    This keeps enemy characters from possibly getting killed outright.
    Nerf Potion of Pavona: "At the beginning of the battle, Lucrezzia may give the potion to any one character, unit Champion, or take it herself. Roll a D3..." 
  • Staff of Fickle Fortune: 3+ to work, 2 does nothing, 35 pts.
  • Marksmen of Miragliano: remove Marksmen ability. Maximilian gets the Marksman Trait.
  • Increase Ogre Great Weapons to 8pts/m.
  • Equipment options mandatory for Stradiots to increase their base price, while still keeping available model options at a maximum.
  • Increase Merc Elves to 7pts/m.
  • Justintine's Paychest gives "cold-blooded" for psychology tests.
  • Better clarification for Scorpions as units.
  • Ballista/Scorpion cap added to avoid spam.
  • Leonardo will only boost units in his vicinity, 100 pts.
  • Ghazak Khan is now normal Ca rather than MC.
  • Galloper Guns can no longer march, Bronzino's Master Gunner range nerfed to 3".
  • Dwarfs updated in accordance with 8th ed. 
I've also edited the background for multiple units, so there's quite a lot of new things to read in the bestiary. For the time being, this update only applies to the Google Drive versions. It includes the RoR book as well.

Aside from this, I haven't been able to work on the books particularly much due to work and having laser eye surgery earlier this month. My sight is improving well though, so I should soon be able to get back to work on more updates at least, though new material will still be awhile off.
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Gallery: Dogs of War

March 21, 2014, 6:47 pm
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This post will be dedicated to my personal DoW collection, hopefully giving you players some inspiration and ideas for your own army. If you would like your own models to be showcased, feel free to send me an email with links to your models and you will also have your own entry in the site's gallery section.

This post will be updated regularly with new photos as more of the army is completed, so I recommend checking in rather often if this interests you.

Pit Fighters

Models from Black Tree Design

Mercenary Dwarfs

Models from Westwind Miniatures

 Curin's Cataphracts

Models from Westwind Miniatures

Ballistae

Models from Black Tree Design

Ribault

Models from Citadel Miniatures

Bronzino's Galloper Guns:

Models from Citadel Miniatures
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Gallery: Araby

March 31, 2014, 5:22 am
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This post will be dedicated to my personal Araby collection, hopefully giving you players some inspiration and ideas for your own army. If you would like your own models to be showcased, feel free to send me an email with links to your models and you will also have your own entry in the site's gallery section.

This post will be updated regularly with new photos as more of the army is completed, so I recommend checking in rather often if this interests you.

The Colour scheme is based on the Egyptians from Medieval II: Total War, as well as Hell Dorado. I originally painted them red and black like GW's Warmaster army, but found the colour scheme rather dull, so opted for lighter colours instead except on a few units.

Sultan Jaffar

A pretty classic Arabian Sorcerer, from Reaper Miniatures. Will also double as a generic Vizier.

Caliph

Bare-chested and ready for battle! Model from Hell Dorado.

Sultan with Palace Guards

Models are from Black Tree Designs Saracen range, with the Champion being from Hell Dorado.

Close-up on the Sultan

Models are from Perry Miniatures, with the throne being made from wood and green stuff. The naked concubine is from Hasslefree Miniatures.

Sheikh with Battle Standard

Model from Gripping Beast, with a Corsair standard and HE Archer banner top. The writing was done free-hand in Arabic, but I unfortunately forgot the wording!

Hashishin

Model from Hell Dorado.

Djinn

Model from Reaper Miniatures.

Bowmen

Models from Black Tree Design.

Corsairs

Armed with swords and shields. Models are GW's Corsairs of Umbar.

Nomad Hunters

Models from Hell Dorado. Only 2 poses, but great sculpts. Got them in a sale on eBay.

Bladedancers

Models are all from Reaper. The one on the right had its left hand converted to hold a sword in each hand.

War Elephant

A bit on the small side unfortunately, but the sculpting quality is great.Converted the Mahout from a Carthaginian model. Model is from Vendel, but the archers are from Black Tree. Will replace those with more fantasy-like archers down the line.
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Dogs of War v.4.22 out now!

April 3, 2014, 11:13 am
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Seeing as I'm actually getting email-requests to work more on the books, I figured I'd better add at least something ;)

So, this new update is actually a pretty big one; Broken Lances are gone. Yup.

Instead, they have been replaced by a unit called Sellswords - a generic, build-your-own-mercs regiment! This means that you now have the option to make deserters from the Empire or Bretonnia, Kislevite Kossars, mercs from the Border Princes, Araby, Estalia, Cathay, Nippon, Albion - you name it. This unit can then be upgraded to Veterans, giving them +WS and optional heavy armour, as well as a magic banner.

No longer are you restricted to just Tilean humans, you can now put together a DoW army with units from the entire Warhammer World.

Oh, and crossbowmen can replace their weapons with handguns, so you can finally build those pavise handgunners that some of you wanted ;)

And for strict tournament players who don't want any of that extra stuff - here's a "lite" version of the DoW book, containing only the Ravening Hordes units and official add-ons, updated for 8th ed: Dogs of War: Tournament Edition
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Gallery: Kislev

April 5, 2014, 2:15 am
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This post will be dedicated to my personal Kislev collection, hopefully giving you players some inspiration and ideas for your own army. If you would like your own models to be showcased, feel free to send me an email with links to your models and you will also have your own entry in the site's gallery section.

This post will be updated regularly with new photos as more of the army is completed, so I recommend checking in rather often if this interests you.

The colour scheme is the basic red and blue that the official GW army uses. This will then be complemented with red and white for the Winged Lancers, giving it more of a Polish Hussar look.

Tzarina Katarin

The now very old GW model. Still holds up reasonably well despite a static pose.

Boyar

Model from Citadel Miniatures.

Hetman/Boyar with Battle Standard

A Hussar from the now defunct Dwarf Tales Miniatures. Wish I would have picked up some more of their minis while I had the chance.

Ice Witch

A little steampunkish perhaps, but this Ice Witch from Wyrd Miniatures still looks the part with her furry hat.

Priest of Ursun

 The classic Ar-Ulric from the Storm of Chaos campaign. Wolf, bear - big difference, pff.
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Annoucing: Mordheim for Warhammer!

April 7, 2014, 3:48 pm
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One thing that I (and I'm sure many others) have a fondness for are the models from Mordheim, now unfortunately discontinued (thanks, GW!). Seeing as I don't play Mordheim per say, but own quite a few of the models, I would very much like to see adaptations of their rules into Warhammer. So, what does this mean exactly?

Well, for starters, I intend to allow the Hired Swords (not all of them, but the more interesting ones) to be used as Hero choices for Dogs of War. Some are already included in the DoW book, but I want to expand upon the theme and add more characters that are not in the main book. Secondly, I intend to make all Dramatis Personae available for their respective armies as normal Special Characters, meaning you'll be able to field Johann the Knife, Bertha Bestrafung and all the others in your normal games of Warhammer.

Not going to put a date on it, but it should be a reasonably quick affair, though I intend to finish both the current Bretonnia and Estalia updates first.
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Nippon update out now!

April 17, 2014, 8:38 pm
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I know, I know, Estalia should have been first, but I've yet to come up with a decent way to make the Tercio really work. I will discuss this thoroughly my with gaming group this Sunday though, so hopefully I can have it out by then.

Anyway, this new Nippon update does the following:

  • New Hero choice - Kensai. I originally planned to have these guys as skirmishing special units, but skipped them since they would be too similar to Kabuki Dolls/Ronin. Instead, they are more similar to Estalian Diestros, as characters that specialize in fighting in Challenges. Like the Diestro, they can also make use of different duelling techniques, and wear no armour whatsoever. This gives Nippon a little more of the archetypical Samurai duels that are so present in Japanese culture, without changing the primarily historical base of the main list.
  • Ronin now starts without LA and can purchase it as an option instead. This allows players to use unarmoured Samurai in their army for more model variation.
  • Tengu may now buy optional naginatas (halberds).
  • Batake Clan Mon now allows Samurai Warriors to carry handguns. This was done to give players a bigger incentive to use this Clan Mon.
  • Ashiwara Clan Mon nerfed. It now only removes the penalty for firing at long range, not re-rolling 1's To Hit. Can't remember if I fixed it earlier already, but that's the way it works now regardless.
  • Fixed a large number of spelling/grammar issues in the history section.
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New DoW and RoR update out now!

April 18, 2014, 4:25 am
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Some minor tweaks to improve internal and external balance between Sellswords and Pikemen:

  • Pikemen are now 1 pt cheaper (also includes RoR). Mathematical playtesting (as well as practical) shows that Pikemen will on average lose against other troops of equal cost, be they halberdiers or spearmen. Only against swordsmen will they have a small advantage, as long as they get to strike with a maximum number of attacks every round (requires a minimum of 25 models).
  • Sellswords halberds/flails increased to 2 pts each. This is because high strength attacks are so much more effective in 8th ed compared to 7th ed. This slight increase puts them on the same level as the Empire.
  • Sellswords armed with flails/halberds or great weapons must take an additional piece of equipment. This to improve the internal balance between these choices and pikemen. High strength attacks now pays a premium price in the form of mandatory additional equipment to improve parity.
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BattleScribe files for Albion, Amazons, Araby, Bretonnia and Cathay out now!

April 18, 2014, 4:44 am
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Many thanks to Shadow (Alethea Emyth) who put these together. They have all been added to the rest of the BattleScribe files under "Other Downloads".
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Dropping support for Issuu and Scribd

April 18, 2014, 11:02 am
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Due to the annoyance of having to manually upload updates to these two sites, I've decided to drop the support for those versions. This won't affect the majority of you since downloading from Google Drive is easier anyway, and minor updates are often only uploaded here to begin with. Plus, Scribd have an annoying tendency to delete some documents by mistake due to them being similar to previously removed official GW publications, so you can't even find the whole collection there anyway. All books will still remain on these sites since they still show up very high in the search results, thus making it easier for new players to find them, but they will be marked as outdated.

Along this, I'm also dropping the support of two existing documents, Fimir and Classic Regiments of Renown, which are not available on this site at the moment anyway. Fimir will of course return as an Allied Contingent down the line in an updated 8th ed format, but I don't think I will be working more of the Classic RoR's. This is due to many of them simply not fitting with the current background of Warhammer, and several already have official updates as Special Characters or current RoR's. More than that, most of them were never mercenaries to begin with, so the term "Regiment of Renown" isn't all that fitting as it would allude to them being Dogs of War, which they in most cases are not. The rules will still be available online for those who might be interested in either using their rules or read their background, but they won't see any new support beyond that.
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New Estalia update out now!

April 24, 2014, 1:58 pm
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After many delays, here's the promised update for Estalia. It's not particularly big in terms things added, but it does make a large number of balance changes:

  • Tercio Formation (finally) fixed. It now works like a cross of Pirazzo's Lost Legion and Empire detachments.
  • Pikemen may be upgraded to Aventuros for +1WS and Initiative. Aventuros may form Tercio Formations with Rodeleros. This way, you have to pay a premium since it's a more effective fighting unit.
  • Most Infantry units dropped in price. Pikemen, Crossbowmen, Handgunners, Almogavars, Marines, Mountain Bandits, Sisters of Fury, Black Watchmen and Conquistadors are now 1-2 pts cheaper.
  • Improved text formatting in the background section.
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New Kislev update out now!

May 16, 2014, 9:59 am
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This update changes the following:
  • Glorious Charge now allows models to charge, fall back and reform during their turn if they win their combat. They now cause fear rather than panic.
  • Screeching Back Banners lowered to 20 pts.
  • Gospodar Militia loses light armour.
  • Streltsi increased to 12 pts.
  • Hawks of Miska are now Swarms.
  • Urugan Cannon lowered to 85 pts.
  • War Wagon lowered to 175 pts.
  • Armoured War Bear lowered to 160 pts.
  • Sons of Ursun no longer have great weapons, can buy optional lances.
  • Tzarina Katarin can exchange her Warhorse for a War-sled.
  • Improved layout in the geography section.
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New Dogs of War update out now!

May 16, 2014, 10:22 am
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The update changes the following:
  • Sellsword Veterans heavy armour now priced correctly at 2 pts/model.
  • Halflings may take slings.
  • Ribault lowered to 85 pts.
  • Dwarfs and greenskins can now be included in the same army.
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New Nippon update out now!

May 17, 2014, 3:08 pm
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Updated 23/5

After playing the army last weekend (ended in a massacre victory for me, yay!), I looked over the points costs for several units, and noticed they were still priced after the Empire book rather than the meta. So this update changes the following:
  • Katanas now allow re-rolling 1's To Wound (two-handed only). This is to give basic samurai a little bit more punch in combat, while retaining the katanas feel as a superior cutting weapon, as opposed to a piercing one. 
  • Samurai Warriors, Ashigaru and Onna Bushi -1 pt.
  • Red Devils +2 pts (did a mistake last time I did their pts cost).
  • Ryujin renamed Mizuchi, -50 pts, no longer Fly.
  • Sashimonos -15pts, only gives +1 rank for steadfast, not combat resolution.
  • Kensai -10 pts.
  • Invocation of the Kami only gives +1 to cast rather than D3, works on doubles instead of 6's. 
  • Mikoshi Shrines are now infantry and may join units. All blessings are now bound spells. 
  • Hitomi Gozen is now infantry, can choose warhorse as an option. She no longer has a bow, only her naginata. 
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New Norse Update out now!

May 25, 2014, 3:23 am
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This update changes the following:
  • Counter-charge back as an army special rule - I found this to be more in line with the newer army books, where multiple army special rules are becoming more common.
  • Shieldwall simplified to work like the new Dwarf book.
  • War Mammoth -50 pts.
  • Frost Giant -25 pts, can now take great weapons and heavy armour.
  • Ice Drake -25 pts, -1T. Same stats as a Sun Dragon. 
  • Seers and Vitki have stats and pts costs equal to that of normal human wizards.
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New Araby update out now!

May 26, 2014, 3:50 pm
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This update changes the following:
  • New Zealotry rule; all units counts as having 1 more rank than normal for determining steadfast. In the first round of combat, they also take break tests on 3D6. I felt this would be a better way of representing their high morale and willingness to die for their god, without giving making them too hard to shift. It increases their chance of standing their ground for a little while, while still keeping their hit-and-run tactics intact.
  • Onager replaced with Basilica Cannon. You asked for it! Rather than going with an archaic stone thrower, I included the famous Ottoman Cannon from the siege of Constantinople instead. For gameplay's sake though, they work like normal Great Cannons. Places Araby a little bit more in the present Warhammer age, along with their Janissaries.
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