Dogs of War (Warhammer)
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In the fictional Warhammer Fantasy setting and particulary the Warhammer Fantasy Battle tabletop wargame, Dogs of War is a collective term for various mercenary groups.
The mercenary groups are small units of troops that can be found fighting alongside armies for money. A wide variety of troops are included; assassins, Dragon riders, mutated bearmen, Corsairs, Goblin Wolf Riders, and Orcish crossbowmen. Many of the Dogs of War regiments hail from Tilea, geographically analogous to Italy in the Warhammer world.
[edit] Usage
Almost any army in the game can hire mercenaries to bolster their own forces, but there are restrictions on some units. For instance, the vampire hunters Johann and Wilhelm are not allowed in a Vampire Counts army for obvious reasons. The Bretonnian army does not use mercenaries because they see this as dishonourable, although they can include the famous pairing of Gotrek and Felix and units in the Albion ruleset.
[edit] The Dogs of War
The Dogs of War units always include a Paymaster figure, which functions in a similar manner to a battle standard.
- Paymaster Bodyguards
- Pikemen
- Crossbowmen
- Duellists
- Heavy cavalry
- Light cavalry
- Ogres
- Dwarfs
- Norse Marauders
- Halflings
- Cannon
- Halfling Hot Pots
- Giants
[edit] The Regiments of Renown
The "Dogs of War" heading includes the Regiments of Renown. The name "Regiments of Renown" was used prior to the introduction of the Dogs of War concept for certain units led by a particular hero and they were given rules in White Dwarf and sold as boxed sets. Again. there are limitations on use, for instance regiments such as Bugman's Dwarf Rangers or "Prince Ulther's Dragon Company" (WFB 2nd ed) can only fight with groups from their own race.
- Al Muktar's Desert Dogs
- Anacondas Amazons
- Asarnil the Dragonlord
- Beorg Bearstruck and the Bearmen of Urslo
- Birdmen of Catrazza
- Braganza's Besiegers
- Bronzino's Galloper Guns
- Giants of Albion
- Golgfag's Ogres
- Gotrek and Felix
- Johan and Wilhelm
- Leopold's Leopard Company
- Long Drong's Slayer Pirates
- Lumpin Croop's Fighting Cocks
- Marksmen of Miragliano
- Mengil Manhide's Manflayers
- Oglah Khan's Wolfboyz
- Pirazzo's Lost Legion
- Ricco's Republican Guard
- Ruglud's Armoured Orcs
- The Alcatani Fellowship
- The Cursed Company
- Tichi-Huchi's Raiders
- Vespero's Vendetta
- Voland's Venators
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