Hi i'm thinking about starting a 1000 point dwarfs army but i dont know what i should include in it. I'm looking at a defensive army that has alot of fire power that can beat empire, orcs, and dark elves. Any advice. thanks :o

Well then first off welcome to the ranks of the dwarven breathren, now I the pinned post above called "Tome Of Knowledge" I have written a basic idea to creating a 1k dwarven army, and there's a few other helpful stuff in there too.

So I'd check that first, then get a basic idea and come back. The thing is we don't know what you prefer, so you will best get an idea by reading the post then making a list and we'll all see what we can do. Ok?

Well, making a dwarf army list isn't too hard... Dwarf armies can (almost) only be one way... LOTS of warmachines, HTH troops and crossbowmen or thunderers... Here's what I would take:

Thane(Great Weapon and Gromril Armour)
67 PTS

Thane (Great Weapon and Gromril Armour)
67 PTS

19 Warriors(Hand Weapon, Heavy Armour and Shield)
Com. Group
201 PTS

19 Warriors(Great Weapon, Heavy Armour and Shield)
Com. Group
239 PTS

10 Thunderers(Handgun, Light Armour and Shield)
150 PTS

Stone Thrower(Rune of Accuracy, Rune of Penetrating)
135 PTS

Bolt Thrower(Rune of Penetrating, Rune of Flaming Attacks?)
75 PTS

Bolt Thrower(Rune of Penetrating)
70PTS



If you're playing against a heavy magic army take crossbowmen instead of thunderes and take away one of the Bolt throwers, take Runesmith instead of the Thanes and put rune of balance, spellbinding and 2 warding on them...

What do you think? :huh:


And remember...

NEVER TRUST AN ELF!!!

Well in a 1000 pts dwarf army i wouldnt put so much runes on the BT:s! Skip some runes and get youreslf a cannon.

"There are no problems, that cannot be solved by cannons."

Well as in my breakdown of an average dwarven army, I have given a basic list. But Gotrek I think three war machines in a 1k game is a bit much, personnally I would drop the ST and a BT. Now with the spare pts you can get an elite infantry unit (Ironbreakers, Longbeards or Hammerers), these will probably be better than the war machines. Too many of these in such a small game will make it less fun and you will be screwed if you end up in combat (with only two units).

Also while the thanes are cheap if they come up against anything with magic protection they will find it hard, so I would give them a rune weapon of some kind (or if strapped for pts a GW).

And if your aiming for firepower I'd say drop a few warriors and bump up the size of the Thunderer unit, aim for 20 and split it in two, now you can easily have some firepower.