1500 pts Dwarves vs 2000 pts Skaven - "Raze and Ruin"

Well, First off, your Daemon Slayer can't be your general. It's part of the Slayer Cult rule on p.44 of the Dwarf rule book. A simple Master Engineer with a Rune of Stone will go a long way for you though. You could get him by eliminating the Rune of Forging, and the commands off both the Quarrelers and Thunderers (not sure how much those would help you anyway). The rest looks pretty good. Cannon off that Doomwheel as quickly as possible (it'll rip through your slayers!), while pushing up your Slayers with Ranger moving in to support as well. The rest is fairly simple...shoot. Don't forget that an Engineer can "Entrench" the cannon he'd be babysitting. Also, remember that Slayers always wound on a 4+, regardless of modifiers, unless less is needed.

You can always ask him if he is ok with having the slayer as a general. I wouldn’t object if someone wanted to use him as such.

Lots of good suggestions - thanks. I think Westy would be fine with me taking a Slayer general were I to ask - but I'm also now worrying about the lack of magical defence so think I should take a Runesmith. While I'd love to include a BSB (and I'm sure the battle report will show my folly again), I don't want to downgrade the Daemon Slayer - I want him to be the focus of my army, and I just don't have confidence in a 2 wound combat character with no saves.

I've had a re-do of my list to include another combat block (Longbeards) at the expense of the Quarrelers and Irondrakes - there's going to be a lot of close quarters fighting amongst the buildings, and I need to keep a few units advanced to contest them. I'm thinking I'll go with the following now:

• Daemon Slayer, Master Rune of Swiftness, Rune of Might, Rune of Parrying - 215 points
  
• Runesmith (General), Great Weapon, 1 Rune of Spellbreaking, Rune of Stone - 96 points
  
• 20 Thunderers, Musician, Standard - 260 points
  
• 20 Longbeards, Shields, Full Command - 260 points
• 20 Slayers, Musician, Standard - 260 points
  
• 10 Rangers, Musician - 150 points
  
• Gyrocopter - 80 points
  
• Cannon, Rune of Forging - 145 points

That's 8 units; 4 of them can deploy anywhere in my half of the table, the other 4 have to be within 6" of my board edge. The ones at the board edge are probably the Cannon, Slayers, Daemon Slayer and Gyrocopter. Further forward, the Thunderers will probably garrison the watchtower, and the Longbeards and Rangers hold the line, while the Runesmith sits in either the Longbeards or Thunderers. I'm thinking of keeping the Slayers back as I have to deploy everything first, and I don't want them right on the front line - I want a bit more flexibility where I engage them. This might be really stupid though, as they want to be in combat... I just don't want them hewing Clanrats instead of something dangerous.

I've kept Musicians because those swift reforms could be vital in contesting buildings, and also useful in reacting to wherever my opponent brings his units onto the battlefield.