New Chaos Dwarf update out now!

Turns out those 2 weeks just became one! This reasonably large update for Chaos Dwarfs changes the following:

• 2 new special characters: Ghorth the Cruel (as per popular demand) and Hothgar the Renegade, Sorcerer of the Forge (as mentioned from the Siege of Volganof). I intended to add Tordrek Hackheart as well, but seeing as he isn't a "real" Chaos Dwarf and would fulfill a role too similar to Hothgar, I decided to leave him out.
• Re-formatted background section. Some more fluff has been added to the Dawi Zharr and history sections as well as the timeline, and some trimming down have been made in the Dark Lands section.
• Improved army list graphics.
• Bazukas and Inferno Guns are now taken as support units to Chaos Dwarf Warriors rather than stand-alone units.
• File size down to 8MB.

Upcoming updates and a short break

In case you were wondering what is being worked on right now, the answer is "not much".  The next book to be updated is Chaos Dwarfs, which will get 3 new special characters and see some changes in the army list section, along with an almost completely re-formatted background section. I will probably finish this late September or early October, seeing as there is quite a lot of stuff to fix.

After Chaos Dwarfs, the Fimir will get their proper 8th ed update along with a new background section. The book is currently in pre-production, and will most likely not be released until late October at earliest.

Right now I'm on a bit of a book-break, instead focusing on painting and the new slew of video games ready to hit (and Rome II is finally getting to a point where it might actually be playable with patches and mods). It's unlikely that you'll see many updates during November as well with a new Call of Duty and Battlefield coming out, so if I haven't almost finished the Fimir book until then, that one probably won't be done until mid-December.

And with that I'm off! In case you don't love clicking the F5 key a lot, I recommend you revisit this site is about 2 weeks or so when I might have something new out ;)

Dogs of War "For Hire" table for unofficial armies

Seeing as this has been a pretty common request for a while, I felt I probably should indulge it. So here you go, a table that lists which Regiments of Renown each of the unofficial army books (as well as Chaos Dwarfs) can take:

For Hire

And as a bonus, here are 3 Regiments of Renown I wrote a long, long time ago way back in a time known as 2009 (before starting on the Araby book even!). The fluff is a little lacking, but the rules are rather fun to play around with. Let's face it, who hasn't dreamed of having super-heavy dwarf cavalry? ;)

Raven's Rangers, Palindor's Praetorians, Curin's Cataphracts

Large Cult of Ulric update out now!

Didn't have to wait long for that one! This reasonably large update changes the following:

• Added double page spreads and a back cover.
• New page backgrounds.
• Re-done formatting and layout.
• New unit: Children of Ulric.
• A couple of smaller balance changes and spelling errors fixed.

The Cult of Ulric book is now on par with the other 8th ed army books, clocking in at 64 pages. File size is also down to 7MB. Enjoy!

New Cathay update out now!

Pushed this one forward a bit since I felt more like working on layout and graphics than writing fluff at the moment. No rules changes, but I've aligned the pages better, added some more fluff to the history section, added double-page spreads after the cover and before the end, and pimped the army list section quite a bit, along with new frames for the "fluff blurbs" in the bestiary section. All in all, I would definitely consider Cathay being the most good-looking book in terms of graphical quality now (though Nippon and Norse are pretty close!).

Oh, and file size is also down to just 10MB now, a little more handy.

New Hobgoblin update out now!

First day patch as usual, fixing the following:

• Scorpion Riders now priced properly.
• Dread Maw points costs rebalanced (no clue what Forge World was using as a formula, but it certainly doesn't seem correct).
• A couple of spelling errors fixed.

I'm fairly certain there's plenty of minor issues left to resolve, but that should be the most obvious ones fixed at least.

More fixes:

• Ghazak Khan and Hobgobla Khan now properly priced.
• Multiple spelling errors and minor bugs fixed.

Warhammer: Hobgoblins proper 8th ed update out now!

Well I said "a while", and it's been one and a half week, which I figured was long enough (plus I had more time than expected with Rome II being a total disappointment).

Anyway, this update contains the following:

• New units: Spear Chukkas, Giants, Scorpion Riders (replacing the Sabretusk Riders), Deathclaws, Thunderbirds and Dread Maws (replacing the Deathworm).
• New special character: Hobgobla Khan, the Scourge of the Steppes. Gorduz Backstabber has been removed since he serves the Chaos Dwarfs rather than the Hegemony.
• Improved layout and formatting throughout.
• History consistent with other army books.
• Timeline added.
• Full colour art (with some tinted images).
• Lots of balance changes.
• New army-wide special rules.
• New spell lore.

The new version clocks in at 66 pages, so it's quite a bit longer than the old one. File size is also down to just about 6 MB. Enjoy, and as usual, let me of the bugs that have surely cropped up!

 

Google Drive Download below:

Warhammer Armies - Hobgoblins by Mathias Eliasson