Warhammer Armies: Dogs of War (1998) - Codex Compliant

Who, indeed, let the Dogs out? A lot of people are asking this.

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And... Rufus!

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[michaelcoward]

"there's a lot of pikeman in this book"

**Waves history book**. It's mostly pikemen in this one too.

[DavidJBradley]

I think it was very responsible of that lady to conserve water by letting her bodyguard share her bath

[quintssenta]

Golgfag's dudes became so famous they were reprinted in ogres army book as a unique unit of "construct your own squad", where you got essentially a squad of lesser heroes who all had a sizable equipment list available to them. So, not only the most famous mercenary ogre became famous himself, he dragged his dudes along with him.

[Compyniro]

I think this codex exists because the Perry Twins said to GW "if you want us to design a dozen different Imperial Guard regiments, you also have to let us design a dozen different types of historically accurate Italian pikemen, or else"

[andrewnewell]

One of the goofiest codexes, that is mostly remembered for its potential to show up in Total Warhammer

[legateelizabeth]

9:26 No one's...
Goth like Gaston, duels tomb kings like Gaston, no-one's name is a French word for bread like Gaston!

[Kolyarut]

An unfortunate anecdote relating to the Dogs of War army - as many people will know, Michael Perry lost a hand due to a cannon misfire, and learned to sculpt using his offhand instead (which he still does to this day). The Perry twins sculpted most of the historically inspired miniatures from the DoW line, and were invited to play their debut battle report in WD225. The first thing that happened, in the first turn of that game, was one of their galloper guns misfired and exploded. I cannot imagine the horrified silence that must have descended around the table in that moment. I can only hope/assume, given that the batrep still went to print, that he took it in his stride - if so, power to him, I think I'd have struggled in his position.
To add insult to insult, the mercs got slaughtered, with most units underperforming except the ogres and the dwarf pirates, neither of which were their models!

[ctm]

Snipe and Wib doing OldHammer is dope enough, but them doing Dogs of War made me lose my god damn mind. Love you guys, great job as always!

[Thoughtsmith]

Oh my god the callback to the wizard curse is perfection

[warhammertrash]

Fun fact: Many of the mercenaries would return in modern Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, allowing you to play crossbowmen with pavises called "Siege Specialists", with art that looks a lot like those Briganza fellows, Pikemen (take your pick which one they're themed after, honestly), etc. Super fun stuff!

[Maishian]

Thought I would mentioned this may have gotten a solo book instead of being put in other books, potentially because of the popularity of the Warhammer: Dark Omen video game released that same year. A game where you played as commander Morgan Bernhardt, and his mercenary army. Leading a campaign on behalf of the Empire, against the Ork greens skins and later the undead. It was quite a good game for its time. Just kind of related as they are both warhammer mercenary army things.

[NikitaLapshov-kf]

Pigolo the first not having a model is one of the biggest crimes gw ever commited

[korub]

Honestly even if the theming wasn’t goofy and fun, this would be a force that I’d be really into if I was playing in that era. Mercenary pikemen, Pavise crossbowmen, and horse-drawn artillery, it’s enough to make my Renaissance Italian military nerd heart flutter 😂

[KTheories]

Just started the video so it'll probably be answered, but did this book explain as to _how_ Lizardmen could use them as allies? Since Lizardmen had a 0% point allocation for allies within their army book (at least from what I remember).

[kallemort]

I love this army book. Absolute peak Warhammer.

[TheJenx]

This was absolutely wonderful to see in my subscription feed! I've been reading up on how to do Italian Condottieri (Very obviously the historical inspiration for the entire Dogs of War faction) using Lion Rampant, and just a few days later this shows up! Also I gotta say, the more I hear about the Old World and just old Warhammer Fantasy the more I like it. Just...vaguely historical fiction but with fantasy shit in it is just FUN. And it also doesn't take itself TOO seriously, which is always a good thing with any Warhammer property.

[weirdsup]

I think the guy on the cover looks more like Pete Burns from Dead or Alive, mostly due to the hair and the eyepatch

[cyclonenipple]

The bonus units in the follow up annual were regularly released in the monthly white dwarfs around the same period. You had the skink cold one riders, undead mercenaries, the halflings. The were probably about 70-100% more units that could be added to the roster.

Also, when the next ed? Maybe 2, released they turned them into a "pikemen" "duelist" "rogue knights" regular style army that I was always disappointed never went anywhere.

Bring back the Dogs of War!

[TheSmart-CasualGamer]

The first battle report these guys were ever in, in their debut in a White Dwarf from 1998, had one of Bronzino's Galloper Guns misfire on the first turn and explode. One of the funniest things I've ever read in a Batrep.

Oh, also, were Ghazhak and Oglah Khan not in the Army Book? I liked them, very efficient!

[DayLoukarai]

I found this channel, watched all of Codex Compliant, and a month later I'm watching it again! You two are so charming and your tone is placid and enjoyable