Dogs of war vs Lizardmen, battle for the beer

Golgfag was the first to charge, getting a mighty 11 inches rolled (though only rolling 1 impact hit) to crash into the saurus block on the brewery flank.

Al Muktar led his whooping Arabyans against the ripperdactyls and Bronzino charge the skinks, ducking his head against the storm of poison javelins they hurled at him to emerge unscathed!



Magic was very important this round, as the mercenary wizard was able to cast net of Amyntok on the saurus warriors with the skink chief.
The ogres crushed many saurus warriors, but could break their steadfast ranks, while the desert dogs chased the ripperdactyls after a great combat round, but couldn’t catch them. Bronzino cut and slashed all around him, but despite slaying several skinks, couldn’t get them to flee their forest position.

The lizardmen lines tried to regain ground where they could- but the temple guard failed a charge, and lost a few to pirate pistols, while the saurus under the net could not break free, and lost a handful on their struggles against the magic.

Once again, the shooting proved deadly, with a salamander blasting away a dozen pikemen and the marksmen of miragliano losing several men to javelins.

Fully agree the photos are really well taken and the armies look superb. Looking forward to the conclusion. I’d love to see some of the units in greater detail.

Thanks for the kind words guys!! It’s been a few weeks since this game, and I didn’t take notes this time, so I’ll try to wrap up to the best of my abilities.



The armies met in the center first- the temple guard charged the slayer pirates, rushing through a hailstorm of gunfire. Long Drong challenged the scar veteran carrying the banner, hungry for glory or an honorable death. The stench of the slayers proved to their advantage and only a handful were slain, while their brethren recklessly fought on.

On the brewery side, the skinks and salamander raced up to point blank range of the Miragliano crossbowmen, and unleashed a firestorm upon them. When the smoke cleared, only Maximilian was left of his crack shot troops.

The mercenaries realized that this was the moment for action, and the general led Leopoldo’s pikemen into the fray, charging the other saurus block.
Seeking revenge and knowing he could never outshoot the skinks alone, Maximilian charged into the creek they were hiding in, ducking a dozen javelins as he did so.


The light wizard used her limited magic (only 4 dice) to cast a shield of Phas Protection on all her nearby allies.

The larger cannon by the brewery targeted the salamander that just melted ten men and blew it away with a perfect shot while the galloper gun blasted a hole in the bastilidons shell, though it still lived.



Combat was indecisive. While Maximilian successfully routed the skinks by bashing them with his crossbow, the main combat blocks were unable to do much damage. The mercenaries were too hard to hit, but the saurus were just too tough. The ogres were able to break their opponents, but were too far away to help their human and dwarf allies.

The final turn sealed victory for the lizardmen. The bastilidon charge between the melees on either side right at my vulnerable wizard, who fled at the site of the stampeding beast.



Sadly, during the magic phase, the beast charged up the crystal laser on its back and disintegrated the poor wizard with its weakest beam.
The albino skink leading the lizardmen also cast a comet of Cassandora targeting the cannon crew defending the brewery, an ill portent for the artillerists.

Combat started to turn in favor of the lizardmen. The mercenaries were still protected by residual magic, but the leopard company couldn’t match the ferocity of saurus warriors, and long Drong was finally cut down by the scar-vet bsb.

The final mercenary turn had too many units out of place to support the beleaguered center line, and a series of tragedies sealed their fate. The comet came down, crushing the cannon. And the last of the dwarves were slain, while the pikemen broke and ran after Phas protection expired. The beasts and brewery belonged to the lizardmen!!

Yep who doesn’t like the dogs of war, the units just look so good. Great conclusion to the battle and good to see the bastildon paying off as it’s one of my favourite units from the army.

Thanks for putting this up! Given me a kick to get through some more of my DoW.

Cheers for putting your rules up. I'm currently looking for rules that I like. I am intending to play test the 8th ed warhammer project rules but they seem a bit vanilla and they've largely nuked pikes by taking away the ASF rules.

For your non-RoR units, have you created lore for them? That's been one of the turn ons for me for DoW and I'm only taking units that I can write the fluff for.