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	The biggest changeup from 6e is the increased focus on [[demihuman]] mercenaries; now you can take elf, ogre, orc and hobgoblin troops, and even take demihuman characters! Almost all your nonhuman mercs are Special or even Rare choices, but hey, at least it's not trying to compete for the Generic Human Army niche with the Empire anymore! ...Well, not as much, anyway. You can also take [[pegasus]] and [[griffon]] steeds, and your characters and even some of your units can take "Quirks of Character" that give them special buffs.		The biggest changeup from 6e is the increased focus on [[demihuman]] mercenaries; now you can take elf, ogre, orc and hobgoblin troops, and even take demihuman characters! Almost all your nonhuman mercs are Special or even Rare choices, but hey, at least it's not trying to compete for the Generic Human Army niche with the Empire anymore! ...Well, not as much, anyway. You can also take [[pegasus]] and [[griffon]] steeds, and your characters and even some of your units can take "Quirks of Character" that give them special buffs.

	* '''Lords:''' 0-1 Merchant Prince (if you include Borgio, Lucrezzia, Lorenzo, or Marco, you can't have a generic Merchant Prince, or one of the other MP characters), Mercenary General, Hireling Wizard Lord		* '''Lords:''' 0-1 Merchant Prince (if you include Borgio, Lucrezzia, Lorenzo, or Marco, you can't have a generic Merchant Prince, or one of the other MP characters), Mercenary General, Hireling Wizard Lord.
	* '''Heroes:''' Mercenary Captain (in Human, Dwarf, Elf, Hobgoblin, Orc, or Ogre varieties), 1 Paymaster ('''Mandatory'''; you '''have''' to take one), Assassin, Hireling Wizard		* '''Heroes:''' Mercenary Captain (in Human, Dwarf, Elf, Hobgoblin, Orc, or Ogre varieties), 1 Paymaster ('''Mandatory'''; you '''have''' to take one), Assassin, Hireling Wizard.
	* '''Core Units:''' Pikemen, Crossbowmen, Sellswords, Duellists, Freelancers, Stradiots		* '''Core Units:''' Pikemen, Crossbowmen, Sellswords, Duellists, Freelancers, Stradiots.
	* '''Special Units:''' 0-1 Paymaster's Bodyguard, Gladiators, Mercenary Dwarfs, Norse Marauders, Halflings, Mercenary Orcs (you don't have to worry about Animosity making them attack your own troops, at least), Hobgoblin Wolf Riders, Mercenary Ogres, Ballista, Scorpion, Mercenary Elves, Ogre Maneaters		* '''Special Units:''' 0-1 Paymaster's Bodyguard, Gladiators, Mercenary Dwarfs, Norse Marauders, Halflings, Mercenary Orcs (you don't have to worry about Animosity making them attack your own troops, at least), Hobgoblin Wolf Riders, Mercenary Ogres, Ballista, Scorpion, Mercenary Elves, Ogre Maneaters.
	* '''Rare Units:''' Onager, Cannon, Ribault, Halfling Hot Pot, Giant		* '''Rare Units:''' Onager, Cannon, Ribault, Halfling Hot Pot, Giant.
	* '''Special Characters:''' [[Borgio the Besieger]], [[Lucrezzia Belladonna]], [[Lorenzo Lupo]], [[Marco Columbo]], [[Ghazak Khan]], [[Leitpold the Black]], [[Leonardo da Miragliano]], [[Mydas the Mean]]		* '''Special Characters:''' [[Borgio the Besieger]], [[Lucrezzia Belladonna]], [[Lorenzo Lupo]], [[Marco Columbo]], [[Ghazak Khan]], [[Leitpold the Black]], [[Leonardo da Miragliano]], [[Mydas the Mean]].

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	=Models=		=Models=
	[[Games Workshop]] still sells some of the regiment of renown models although the prices are worse than [[Forge World]]		[[Games Workshop]] still sells some of the regiment of renown models although the prices are worse than [[Forge World]].

	=See Also=		=See Also=
	* [[Warhammer/Tactics/6th_Edition/Dogs_of_War\|Mercenary tactics for the glorious 6th edition]]		* [[Warhammer/Tactics/6th_Edition/Dogs_of_War\|Mercenary tactics for the glorious 6th edition]].

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2A01:CB19:7C8:DB00:7912:B57E:6C08:A922 at 22:28, 15 May 2023

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	Well, we'll probably never know the answer, but we can speculate, and the most likely speculated answer is... "Money".		Well, we'll probably never know the answer, but we can speculate, and the most likely speculated answer is... "Money".

	See, if you've paid attention to this article, you'll know that the Dogs of War as an army leaned heavily into the [[Low Fantasy]] angle of Warhammer and focused purely on human troops, essentially trying to market itself as the "Generic Human Army". This meant it was running into the same problem as the "Ethnic Human" factions like [[Araby]], [[Nippon]] or [[Cathay]] - namely, how is the faction distinctive enough to stand out and attract fans who will buy all of its army books and models? Warhammer Fantasy fans usually aren't here for historical accuracy (not unless they're ''really'' fucking lost), and the Dogs of War run into a second problem: Warhammer already ''has'' as a Generic Human Army. It's called the Empire!		See, if you've paid attention to this article, you'll know that the Dogs of War as an army leaned heavily into the [[Low Fantasy]] angle of Warhammer and focused purely on human troops, essentially trying to market itself as the "Generic Human Army". This meant it was running into the same problem as the "Ethnic Human" factions like [[Araby]], [[Nippon]] or [[Cathay]] - namely, how is the faction distinctive enough to stand out and attract fans who will buy all of its army books and models? Warhammer Fantasy fans usually aren't here for historical accuracy (not unless they're ''really'' fucking lost), and the Dogs of War run into a second problem: Warhammer already ''has'' as a Generic Human Army. It's called the Empire!

	The Dogs of War, ignoring their Regiments of Renown portion, literally offer nothing that you couldn't already get with an Empire army. Fans were, as a consequence, never going to be particularly numerous, so there was never going to be much profit in the army.		The Dogs of War, ignoring their Regiments of Renown portion, literally offer nothing that you couldn't already get with an Empire army. Fans were, as a consequence, never going to be particularly numerous, so there was never going to be much profit in the army.

1d4chan>SpaceBalin: Dogs of war are awesome.

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Dogs of war are awesome.

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1d4chan>QuietBrowser: /* 1st Edition */

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1st Edition

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	Mercenaries appear only to a limited degree in the earliest edition of Warhammer Fantasy; in the corebook, it is mentioned that one of the activities an adventurer may undertake during the downtime is acting as a mercenary captain, whilst the first rules for mercenaries appear in ''Forces of Fantasy''. In this edition, generic mercenaries can be [[dwarf]]s, [[gnome]]s, [[human]]s (Westerners - what would later be called "Old Worlders", [[Norse]], [[Araby\|Arabians]] and [[Nippon]]ese), [[~~Slaan~~]], [[Ogre]]s, [[Lizardmen]] and [[Giant]]s.		Mercenaries appear only to a limited degree in the earliest edition of Warhammer Fantasy; in the corebook, it is mentioned that one of the activities an adventurer may undertake during the downtime is acting as a mercenary captain, whilst the first rules for mercenaries appear in ''Forces of Fantasy''. In this edition, generic mercenaries can be [[dwarf]]s, [[gnome]]s, [[human]]s (Westerners - what would later be called "Old Worlders", [[Norse]], [[Araby\|Arabians]] and [[Nippon]]ese), [[Slann]], [[Ogre]]s, [[Lizardmen]] and [[Giant]]s.

	This was, however, the debut of the [[Regiments of Renown]]; Bugman's Dwarf Rangers, the Knights of Origo, Grom's Goblin Guard, Mengil Manhide's Company of Dark Elves, Harboth and the Black Mountain Boys, Mad Mullah Aklan'd's Death Commandos, The Bowmen of Oreon, and Golgfag's Regiment of Mercenary Ogres. See if you can spot some future famous names there!		This was, however, the debut of the [[Regiments of Renown]]; Bugman's Dwarf Rangers, the Knights of Origo, Grom's Goblin Guard, Mengil Manhide's Company of Dark Elves, Harboth and the Black Mountain Boys, Mad Mullah Aklan'd's Death Commandos, The Bowmen of Oreon, and Golgfag's Regiment of Mercenary Ogres. See if you can spot some future famous names there!

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	* '''Special Units:''' 0-1 Paymaster's Bodyguard, Gladiators, Mercenary Dwarfs, Norse Marauders, Halflings, Mercenary Orcs (you don't have to worry about Animosity making them attack your own troops, at least), Hobgoblin Wolf Riders, Mercenary Ogres, Ballista, Scorpion, Mercenary Elves, Ogre Maneaters		* '''Special Units:''' 0-1 Paymaster's Bodyguard, Gladiators, Mercenary Dwarfs, Norse Marauders, Halflings, Mercenary Orcs (you don't have to worry about Animosity making them attack your own troops, at least), Hobgoblin Wolf Riders, Mercenary Ogres, Ballista, Scorpion, Mercenary Elves, Ogre Maneaters
	* '''Rare Units:''' Onager, Cannon, Ribault, Halfling Hot Pot, Giant		* '''Rare Units:''' Onager, Cannon, Ribault, Halfling Hot Pot, Giant
	* '''Special Characters:''' [[Borgio the Besieger]], [[Lucrezzia Belladonna]], [[Lorenzo Lupo]], [[Marco ~~Colombo~~]], [[Ghazak Khan]], [[~~Lietpold~~ the Black]], [[Leonardo da Miragliano]], [[Mydas the Mean]]		* '''Special Characters:''' [[Borgio the Besieger]], [[Lucrezzia Belladonna]], [[Lorenzo Lupo]], [[Marco Columbo]], [[Ghazak Khan]], [[Leitpold the Black]], [[Leonardo da Miragliano]], [[Mydas the Mean]]

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1d4chan>QuietBrowser: Added a section for the WAP 9e Dogs of War codex.

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Added a section for the WAP 9e Dogs of War codex.

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	But what can you do?		But what can you do?

			=Warhammer Army Project=
			Naturally, the [[Warhammer Army Project]] has gotten fans of the Dogs of War together to try and bring them back, at least for 9th edition. THis version takes its cue from the 6e version, and doubles down on it, separating the [[Regiments of Renown]] off into their own army book and instead focusing on generic mercenary units/characters as well as Dogs of War-specific special characters. Like its 5e ancestor, though, it also pulls double duty as a Warhammers: [[Tilea]] book, whilst [[Estalia]] gets its own completely separate splatbook.

			The biggest changeup from 6e is the increased focus on [[demihuman]] mercenaries; now you can take elf, ogre, orc and hobgoblin troops, and even take demihuman characters! Almost all your nonhuman mercs are Special or even Rare choices, but hey, at least it's not trying to compete for the Generic Human Army niche with the Empire anymore! ...Well, not as much, anyway. You can also take [[pegasus]] and [[griffon]] steeds, and your characters and even some of your units can take "Quirks of Character" that give them special buffs.

			* '''Lords:''' 0-1 Merchant Prince (if you include Borgio, Lucrezzia, Lorenzo, or Marco, you can't have a generic Merchant Prince, or one of the other MP characters), Mercenary General, Hireling Wizard Lord
			* '''Heroes:''' Mercenary Captain (in Human, Dwarf, Elf, Hobgoblin, Orc, or Ogre varieties), 1 Paymaster ('''Mandatory'''; you '''have''' to take one), Assassin, Hireling Wizard
			* '''Core Units:''' Pikemen, Crossbowmen, Sellswords, Duellists, Freelancers, Stradiots
			* '''Special Units:''' 0-1 Paymaster's Bodyguard, Gladiators, Mercenary Dwarfs, Norse Marauders, Halflings, Mercenary Orcs (you don't have to worry about Animosity making them attack your own troops, at least), Hobgoblin Wolf Riders, Mercenary Ogres, Ballista, Scorpion, Mercenary Elves, Ogre Maneaters
			* '''Rare Units:''' Onager, Cannon, Ribault, Halfling Hot Pot, Giant
			* '''Special Characters:''' [[Borgio the Besieger]], [[Lucrezzia Belladonna]], [[Lorenzo Lupo]], [[Marco Colombo]], [[Ghazak Khan]], [[Lietpold the Black]], [[Leonardo da Miragliano]], [[Mydas the Mean]]

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1d4chan>QuietBrowser: Tried to flesh this article out. We could use a section for the Warhammer Army Project's 8e and 9e Dogs of War codexes if anyone's willing.

2023-02-25T03:55:08Z

Tried to flesh this article out. We could use a section for the Warhammer Army Project's 8e and 9e Dogs of War codexes if anyone's willing.

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	== Models ==		== Models ==
	[[Games Workshop]] still sells some of the regiment of renown models although the prices are worse than [[Forge World]]		[[Games Workshop]] still sells some of the regiment of renown models although the prices are worse than [[Forge World]]

			== See Also ==
			* [[Warhammer/Tactics/6th_Edition/Dogs_of_War\|Mercenary tactics for the glorious 6th edition]]

	== Links ==		== Links ==