Dogs of War

This is the list that I used at Marauders Mayhem this past weekend. I got 5th place. I think that about 40 people started the tourney but some dropped out.

Just wanted to share.

2250 Pts - Dogs of War Roster

Paymaster (1#, 118 pts)
1 Paymaster @ 118 pts (Barding; Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour)
1 Warhorse
1 Sword of Might
1 Enchanted Shield
1 Talisman of Protection

Wizard Lord (1#, 235 pts)
1 Hireling Wizard Lord @ 235 pts (General; Level 4 Upgrade; Hand Weapon)
1 Dispel Scroll

Hireling Wizard (1#, 120 pts)
1 Hireling Wizard @ 120 pts (Level 2 Upgrade; Hand Weapon)
1 Dispel Scroll

Hireling Wizard (1#, 95 pts)
1 Hireling Wizard @ 95 pts (Level 2 Upgrade; Hand Weapon)

Duellists (8#, 72 pts)
8 Duellists @ 72 pts (Hand Weapon; Pistol; Skirmishers)

Duellists (8#, 72 pts)
8 Duellists @ 72 pts (Hand Weapon; Pistol; Skirmishers)

Voland's Venators (7#, 243 pts)
6 Voland's Venators @ 243 pts (Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Barding; Hand Weapon; Lance; Heavy Armour; Shield)
1 Voland (Hand Weapon; Lance; Heavy Armour; Shield)
7 Warhorse

Marksmen of Miragliano (10#, 180 pts)
9 Marksmen of Miragliano @ 180 pts (Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Crossbow; Light Armour)
1 Maximilian (Hand Weapon; Crossbow; Light Armour)

Mengil's Manflayers (10#, 363 pts)
9 Mengil Manhide's Manflayers @ 363 pts (Banner of Kalad; Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Great Weapon; Repeater Crossbow; Heavy Armour)
1 Flayers
1 Banner of Kalad
1 Mengil Manhide (Repeater crossbow-pistol; Great Weapon; Heavy Armour)
1 Repeater crossbow-pistol
1 Special Rules

War Engines (4#, 85 pts)
1 Cannon @ 85 pts (Cannon)
3 Crew (Hand Weapon)

Golgfag's Ogres (5#, 330 pts)
3 Golgfag's Ogres @ 330 pts (Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Extra Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour; Causes Fear)
1 Golgfag (Hand Weapon; Extra Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour)
1 Skaff (Hand Weapon; Extra Hand Weapon; Heavy Armour)

The Fighting Cocks (16#, 160 pts)
14 Lumpin Croop's Fighting Cocks @ 160 pts (Musician Mus; Standard Bearer Std; Hand Weapon; Bow; Skirmishers)
1 Lumpin Croop (Hand Weapon; Bow; Light Armour; Shield)
1 Ned Hamfist (Hand Weapon; Bow)

Leadbelchers (3#, 175 pts)
3 Leadbelchers @ 175 pts (Bellower Mus; Leadbelcher Cannon; Light Armour; Causes Fear)

Grats on 5 out 40!

List looks pretty good, but I think play skill came into play, too.

You must be very skilled if you came 5 with the Marksmen, and Golgfag! It's quite a surprising list and one I doubt I would ever run. How do you find each unit runs with the army ?

This is a very shooty list that does not get into HtH very often. Only 2 combat troops that I have are Voland and Golgfag. Other then that very squishy.

I like the Marksmen. Always have -- I have gone back and forth with people about them or 20 normal xbows and run the statistics on them . Normal will hit more often and all. The problem is size -- and lines of sight. In a tournament how often will you have a hill on your side of the table? In 5 games I had a hill in 3 games. 2 of them had forests in the way to block large swaths of the battle field for lines of sight.
With Marksmen I only need to be able to see for 10 men -- not the 20 otherwise.
Infantry will get in the way of larger selections of missle troops. Especially if you field lots of skirmishers as I do.
So from a pure numbers point they do not kill as many as normal troops in an open field -- but put in troops, terrain and the normal flow of battle and they more then make up their points.

Golgfag scares people -- which is half the fun of him. His Ogres will mess up most normal troops, and average cav. People focus on him. Which keeps them from focusing on the rest of my army -- I can live with that.

The 2 units that draw the most question are:

Mengals -- very expensive and squishy. I like them but you have to be very carefull how you use them. 363 points for 10 models is a lot of eggs in your basket. But used well they scare many people.

The Fighting Cocks -- halflings with bows. Leadership 9. BS fo 5 or 4.
Whats more to say --these guys are awesome. Drop a wizard or 2 in here to protect from shooting and magic attacks. Need to do 5 wounds to cause a panic. They are extremely effective.

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(03-15-2010 03:42 PM)JohnHwangDW Wrote: [ -> ]Grats on 5 out 40!

List looks pretty good, but I think play skill came into play, too.

Thanks

Thanks for sharing. This gives me some thinking to do.

congrats to youre very good placing in the tourney.

(03-15-2010 03:42 PM)JohnHwangDW Wrote: [ -> ]Grats on 5 out 40!

List looks pretty good, but I think play skill came into play, too.

I agree! Pompey the Great outnumbered Julius Caesar at Pharsalus, but we all read how that turned out!

I think you proved your great skill as a general, tarastop! I'm glad you are on our side!

Congratulations!

(04-25-2010 01:55 AM)miklamar Wrote: [ -> ]I'm glad you are on our side!

The man is a mercenary, he is on his own side.. just like the rest of us