1 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:09,560 Hi friends, my name is Owen. You might know that I've done 2 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,160 quite a few things for the Crown of Command over the last couple 3 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,280 of years. Played games online, chatted 4 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:19,040 about beast men, adventures, told stories, all those things. 5 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,720 But I'm here today to take a bit of a deep dive into Warhammer 6 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:27,640 Armies Dwarves. Now, this book had a huge 7 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:32,040 influence on me as a gamer. Unlike many things in life, it 8 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:35,880 happened out of the blue. I'd always been a Warhammer 9 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:38,640 player when I always, obviously, I was born. 10 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:43,160 I grew up, to paraphrase Dickens, but I'd always played 11 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:47,680 as an orc and goblin player or a Chaos player or a beastman 12 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,080 player. And all the games I played up 13 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:54,880 until this point in the 80s back into the early 90s was usually 14 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:59,120 just pile them high and knocking down type games where we put all 15 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:02,240 the figures we could find on the table and just roll dice until 16 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:05,680 the sunset. But that sort of changed. 17 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:11,440 I think it would have been around 1993 I was in university, 18 00:01:11,960 --> 00:01:14,200 but I travelled back and forth to university. 19 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:19,520 At this point I had a little job in the Laser Dome in Swansea, 20 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:22,960 which used to be an old cinema, The Oldcastle Cinema. 21 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,960 It's still there today, is one of the few surviving laser domes 22 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,680 in the country and there I was working a couple of nights a 23 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,320 week. I was working to the extent that 24 00:01:33,320 --> 00:01:38,040 I got paid £42.50 a week. Now wherever you are in the 25 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,480 world, that isn't a lot of money, but at that time it 26 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,320 bumped up my student loan. Just give me something to play 27 00:01:44,320 --> 00:01:47,640 with and it allowed me to do a few things hobby wise. 28 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,600 I used to go on a Friday and I'd start work at 2:00, but I'd 29 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:55,040 always arrive at one. And the reason I arrive at one 30 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:59,240 is my pay packet would be ready. A little brown envelope filled, 31 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:01,760 well, not filled, partially filled with cash. 32 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:06,280 And I would go with that little brown envelope into Swansea Town 33 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:10,600 itself, usually to visit the comic shop. 34 00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:16,200 It's called Comics with an X. It's a tiny shop, still there 35 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:20,680 today, still visited quite often at that point, that point in 36 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:24,040 time, that magical time. It was over two floors. 37 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,840 But when I say two floors, it was like about the size of your 38 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,520 kitchen, I would imagine, with another one of your kitchen on 39 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:34,040 top of it, with just a dark, windy stairs in between the two 40 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:38,200 filled with cardboard cutouts of Lara Croft's Tomb Raider, et 41 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,960 cetera. And I remember on this day, it 42 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:45,080 was a sunny day, much like as I look out the window and I walked 43 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:49,880 to the comic shop, my £42.50 clanking in my pocket, looking 44 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,760 to buy some Hawks and goblins, looking to buy maybe a Vampire 45 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,120 the Masquerade book. I was big into that at the time, 46 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,680 my goth phase. And I arrived at the comic shop 47 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:03,240 and went upstairs. The stairway was dark and when I 48 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:07,320 arrived in that little floor at the top it was like arriving in 49 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:11,080 Wonderland but without the Mad Hatter or Tea Party. 50 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,560 On the left hand side there would be a big rack full of lead 51 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,400 figures, all in their blister packs. 52 00:03:17,640 --> 00:03:22,200 Hanging from the wall on the right were all the paints and in 53 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:25,880 front of you was a dirty window. Now the comic shop is in one of 54 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:30,400 the old Victorian arcades in Swansea and the windows leading 55 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:32,840 looking out into the arcade were never that clean. 56 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:40,240 But they're on a stand facing me like the Holy Grail, gleaming in 57 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:44,920 the light. Was Warhammer army dwarfs. 58 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,400 Now, I'm not a great painter, never have been, was never 59 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:53,360 really into dwarves as a race. But for some reason I picked up 60 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,640 that book. I opened it and it had that real 61 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:00,440 stiffness a brand new book has. It creaks a little when you pull 62 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:06,800 it open and there on the first page inside the cover were these 63 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:11,960 wonderful pictures of brightly coloured 90s citadel miniatures 64 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:16,399 doing battle across a bridge, a tree man involved and lines upon 65 00:04:16,399 --> 00:04:20,040 lines of Marauder dwarves doing battle. 66 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,160 And that turned on a little light in my head. 67 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,720 I've got the book in front of me, but sadly it's an E version. 68 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,920 I don't know where my old book went, but I used to carry it 69 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:35,480 everywhere. Needless to say I purchased the 70 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:37,440 book. I think it was 999. 71 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:42,000 That was 1/4 of my pay really. And then I picked up a small box 72 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,400 of plastic dwarves. You remember the ones with their 73 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:48,480 axe above their head. And in my comic shop bag is a 74 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:53,920 white bag red writing comic shop established 1986. 75 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:58,640 I went back to work and all day thought about what I would do 76 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:03,840 when I got home. And I got home and I started to 77 00:05:03,840 --> 00:05:10,000 read the book and I read it from cover to cover and at that time 78 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,240 I would start and very rarely finish any projects. 79 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:19,600 But I started this project and I carried on and on and for the 80 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:25,080 weeks leading on my £42.50 would almost be totally spent on 81 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:31,480 Dwarves until in the end I had a fine Warhammer army painted and 82 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:36,120 ready for war that lasted me the best part of 10 years. 83 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:41,480 But that, and this isn't really there a story. 84 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:45,400 This is a deep dive into the book. 85 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:47,120 I'm going to work my way through it. 86 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:48,440 I'm going to read some of it out. 87 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:50,480 I'm going to describe some of it for you. 88 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,440 And no doubt if you're listening to this, you are in the Crown of 89 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:57,520 command and you will have had experiences with this book. 90 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:01,920 So come with me for a trip down memory lane. 91 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:07,200 I'm looking at the cover, and there on the cover is the great 92 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:11,320 Dwarf King Thorgren, Grudge bearer upon his throne, being 93 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:17,080 carried by his bearers, raiding into a big huge crowd of night 94 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,320 goblins who are being scattered before him. 95 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,080 There are some slayers in the pick as well, some dwarven 96 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:26,320 banners flapping in the wind behind. 97 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,520 The air seems to be filled with fire, as if the dwarf and war 98 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:32,840 machines are all kicking off together. 99 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,800 It's a wonderful drawing. It's atmospheric. 100 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:39,480 I'd love to have it as a poster on my wall. 101 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,680 It says it's a Warhammer supplement and it's by Games 102 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,400 Workshop. And then you open it up. 103 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,640 You can just imagine turning that cover, that sort of faintly 104 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:54,720 hard but plasticky cover, and they're inside. 105 00:06:55,400 --> 00:07:00,440 The first picture says wood elves ambush a dwarf army, and 106 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:03,120 you can see the dwarves marching over a bridge. 107 00:07:03,280 --> 00:07:05,520 Who's that clip clopping over my bridge? 108 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:08,960 And there there are an army of wood elves facing them next to a 109 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:13,720 pond and an old rewind building. I don't know why they're at war, 110 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,800 but what a war it is. The bases are all gobbling 111 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,080 green, of course. The trees are there scattered 112 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,440 about. Planners flap in the wind. 113 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:30,720 I wonder who won this? Below that, a mighty clash 114 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,840 between Dwarves and Chaos Dwarves is the next picture. 115 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:39,360 We can see a Bull Taurus rearing up Bull Centaurs and there in 116 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:44,560 the centre, making its debut, the classic Anvil of Doom. 117 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,520 There's a unit of long beards there, a unit of thunderous, but 118 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:51,640 we'll go into those as we go along. 119 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,080 The next thing, this is Warhammer Army's Dwarves. 120 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:59,600 It was written by Rick Priestley and Nigel Stillman, legends each 121 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,400 of them. Story is by Bill King. 122 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:04,240 Wow, look at the talent involved here. 123 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:08,200 The cover art by Dave Gallagher, black and white art by John 124 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,520 Blanche, Ray Wayne England and Mark Gibbons. 125 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:17,560 This has to be the high watermark of Gaines Workshop 126 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:22,200 army books of the last 40 years. Warhammer armies Dwarves. 127 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,160 What a book. Wow. 128 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:28,560 The contents page is next. I'm not going to bore you with 129 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:30,200 that. Needless to say, there are two 130 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:32,720 contrasting styles of art in this one. 131 00:08:32,919 --> 00:08:36,080 Very John Blanchesque, which is an axe. 132 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:39,159 A wing head axe seems to be floating through the sky and the 133 00:08:39,159 --> 00:08:43,039 next one is the face of a dwarf in a sort of a a runic sort of 134 00:08:43,039 --> 00:08:46,960 style, which I think must be looks computer generated to me 135 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,920 or 90s computer generated. Anyway, we have a couple of 136 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:52,920 pages of those and then we go into a great looks like a John 137 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:57,120 Blanche artwork of a a flame cannon firing into the night. 138 00:08:57,320 --> 00:09:01,040 Birds scatter before the flames and the dwarfs rush forward 139 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:02,960 their weapons. You can almost hear them 140 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,240 shouting. One of them's playing, blowing 141 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:11,120 on a horn, so atmospheric just brings it alive. 142 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,800 Behind them are those peak mountains that the sort of peaks 143 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,320 that nobody could stand on without piercing their bum. 144 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:22,600 And then. But that was Warhammer. 145 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:28,880 It was so different, so evocative, so stylish in what it 146 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:33,480 had. And the first page just 147 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:38,520 describes the dwarfs, and there's an old dwarf staying 148 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:41,200 here. There's nothing as sure in the 149 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:47,160 world as the glitter of gold and the treachery of elves. 150 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,520 And that says everything about the Dwarves and Warhammer, the 151 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:52,320 Lord of the Rings and many things, doesn't it? 152 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:56,520 I'll read you the first few paragraphs of this just to 153 00:09:56,520 --> 00:10:00,000 reacquaint you with the greatness of the of the story of 154 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,120 the work of the the way these were written back in the day, 155 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:07,000 and the ways they would capture your imagination and bring you 156 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,600 into the painting, the buying, the gaming, all from the Genius 157 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:16,040 of the Army books. The Dwarves are one of the most 158 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:18,640 ancient races of the Warhammer world. 159 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:22,640 From the beginning of time, their traditional homeland had 160 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:27,280 been the World's Edge Mountains, the vast forbidden mountain 161 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:31,400 chain that marks the eastern boundary of the Old World. 162 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:36,040 Here, in ages past, the dwarves built their massive underground 163 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:40,240 strongholds among the high peaks and tumbling chasms. 164 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:44,600 At its height, their realms spread from the far north to the 165 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:48,600 distant S, while their minds stretched far beneath the earth 166 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:53,480 itself. These days of glory are now long 167 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:57,120 gone. Many strongholds lie in ruins or 168 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:01,440 are occupied by evil creatures. The great achievements of the 169 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:03,760 past are now nothing more than memories. 170 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:08,800 Ancient sagas sung in the halls of the few surviving Dwarf 171 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:13,320 strongholds. Dwarves are the greatest miners 172 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,080 and tunnelers in the world, delving deep beneath their 173 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:19,760 mountain homes from metals, precious stones and the mineral 174 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:23,560 wealth buried there. From this raw material they make 175 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:28,000 all kinds of precious objects, including weapons and armor, 176 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:32,480 marvellous vessels and jewels worked with incredible skill. 177 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:37,080 Beneath each dwarf stronghold there exists a labyrinth of 178 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:42,680 caverns and tunnels, created and enlarged over centuries as the 179 00:11:42,680 --> 00:11:46,840 dwarves dug ever deeper in search of new riches. 180 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:51,840 Dwarves are supremely skilled Craftsman and take great pride 181 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:55,080 in everything they do. It is almost impossible for a 182 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:59,280 dwarf to hurry his work, and no dwarf could ever bring himself 183 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:02,080 to produce something slipshod or cheap. 184 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:06,200 Whether it be forging weapons and armour, the construction of 185 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:09,560 fortifications, all the mechanical inventions of the 186 00:12:09,560 --> 00:12:14,880 famed Engineers Guild, the ingenuity and technical ability 187 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:19,280 of dwarves is unsurpassed anywhere in the Old World. 188 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:24,760 No other race, not even the great Craftsman of the Hives, 189 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:29,200 can rival the care and skill of the dwarves. 190 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:32,760 Dwarves all what? I'll start again. 191 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:37,240 Dwarves obtain all they really need by trading raw materials 192 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:39,760 and artefacts with their neighbouring peoples. 193 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,280 A few basic crops are grown within the walls of the dwarf 194 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:47,040 strongholds, and a Hardy livestock graze on the high 195 00:12:47,040 --> 00:12:50,040 pastures. Good land is scarce in the 196 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:53,400 mountains of the Dwarves, and they're not great farmers, 197 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:57,520 although they are enthusiastic hunters, able to find meat and 198 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:02,120 fur even in the highest peaks. Grain and fruit are brought into 199 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:06,320 the mountains by merchants and exchanged in the strongholds for 200 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:10,520 metalwork and gold. If their trade routes are cut by 201 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:14,280 war and the strongholds are besieged, the dour dwarves 202 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:16,880 tighten their belts and dine on dwarf bread. 203 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:21,440 A tough baked bread from a mixture of wild grain and 204 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:25,800 pulverised rock, made almost palatable when washed down with 205 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:29,920 good old dwarf ale. Indeed, the Dwarf Ale is so 206 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:33,920 nourishing the dwarves can survive for weeks on this alone. 207 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:38,480 Every stronghold has a great store of barrels, takes great 208 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:42,680 pride in their efficiency and unique flavour of its ale. 209 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:46,760 There are a number of pages going on telling us all about 210 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:49,840 the back, the background and the history of the dwarves. 211 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:54,640 We have the dwarf gods, grungy, grim near the fearless Valea. 212 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:59,920 Then they talk about the dwarf clans, pages of evocative text 213 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,400 telling us all about the rich background. 214 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:07,440 This is where the old world finally found its feet in 4th 215 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:12,400 edition of the Warhammer world I believe this is where that which 216 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:17,120 walked finally started to run. We have the coming of Chaos, we 217 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,280 have the elves, we have the Doom of Gurimneer. 218 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:23,640 All this stuff which still stands up to this day. 219 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:31,120 Then the Golden Age, the Goblin Wars and then we talk about the 220 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:35,760 Dwarf Realms. This is a gaming book. 221 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:40,840 Its purpose is to provide you with the information required to 222 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:45,000 build and field Dwarf armies in the Warhammer world. 223 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:49,400 And yet we are now on page 10 and we are still talking 224 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:54,960 background, still top notch background and world building 225 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:59,680 and characters and adventures and all those things just there 226 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:04,520 to inspire you. It talks about Carazza, Karak, 227 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:07,840 the ever peak, the capital of the dwarves, Zafbah. 228 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:13,920 That's always the realm I chose, and I chose it from my army and 229 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:18,560 their leader, Vander Karak, Kadrin, the Slayer Keep, Kadrig, 230 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:22,040 Eight Peaks, Karakazuul, the Iron Peak, Barakva. 231 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:28,080 And then we have a map, an old pencil drawn map of the dwarf 232 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:31,480 realm. And there is sadness that lies 233 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,160 in the beauty of this map. It's like something of The 234 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:38,360 Hobbit or EU Hobbed as it's now been translated into Welsh at 235 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,480 last. But it's like the maps there. 236 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:45,880 And looking through this map of the of the World's Edge 237 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:51,440 mountains, you can see all the dwarf realms and some are marked 238 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:55,640 as habitable and some are marked as destroyed. 239 00:15:55,720 --> 00:16:01,560 And it's hard to look at it and not feel sad because the dwarves 240 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:06,520 are surrounded by death and destruction and doom, and yet 241 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:10,320 they are there like a fine light in the pictures. 242 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:15,680 Dark, ready to March out and do battle like never before. 243 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:21,120 Moving on from the map. I don't want to move on from the 244 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:22,960 map. I could look at the map for 245 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:26,120 hours. The Sour Sea, the Black Gulf, 246 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:30,240 the Realms of Thaila, the Plain of Bone, the Ash Ridge 247 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:35,680 Mountains, the Desolation of Asgor, the Crookback Mountain, 248 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:38,040 the Skaven lair. They're all there. 249 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,800 Oh, and now there is another map. 250 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,400 This time we are panning out a bit, if you can imagine the 251 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:48,480 credits of Game of Thrones as the page moves around and the 252 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:52,360 camera zooms in on the places which will have an impact on 253 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,200 this week's episode. The Northern Waste, the Sea of 254 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:57,680 Claws, The Empire, The Moot, Bretonia. 255 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:01,760 We're looking at the Warhammer World, the Old World. 256 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,240 And then we talk of the lost realm of the Dwarves. 257 00:17:07,079 --> 00:17:11,720 Karak Drask, Karagvan, Karag Angor. 258 00:17:12,839 --> 00:17:16,599 Let's read Karagvan and lose ourselves again. 259 00:17:16,599 --> 00:17:21,680 In William King's rich text, Karagvan was hewn out of the 260 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:25,839 cliffs overlooking Blackwater. The mountains around the 261 00:17:25,839 --> 00:17:30,760 stronghold are loaded with a strata of unique and extremely 262 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:36,320 precious minerals, including the highly prized meteoric iron that 263 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:42,680 dwarves call Gromniel Grombril. Grombril. 264 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,840 That's it, got it right. This exceptionally hard metal is 265 00:17:46,840 --> 00:17:50,400 forged into the best swords, axes and armour. 266 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:55,240 For centuries, Karakvan prospered and dwarves flocked to 267 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,480 its halls. The mines beneath the stronghold 268 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:02,880 became ever deeper and more extensive until the cliffs 269 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:06,800 overlooking the lake were honeycombed below the water 270 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:10,240 level. During the disastrous upheavals 271 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:15,080 that ended the great days of the Dwarf Empire, Karakvan was 272 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:17,200 struck by a devastating earthquake. 273 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:20,520 The waters of the lake poured into the lower workings. 274 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:24,440 Through fissures in the rock. Thousands of dwarves perished, 275 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:27,600 and the great horde of treasure was washed away. 276 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:33,520 Amidst the ruin and destruction, the Scaven attacked from beneath 277 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:37,080 and Orcs from the surface. Trapped between these two 278 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:41,120 implacable foes, the Dwarves of Calakvan stood no chance. 279 00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:45,320 Some fled, but most died, defending their stronghold 280 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:50,200 against its inevitable doom. The city was abandoned and it 281 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:54,600 remains uninhabited to this day except by trolls and other wild 282 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:58,840 monsters. Is now known as Cragmere, a 283 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:02,920 dangerous ruin of tunnels and broken halls in which the 284 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:05,800 treasures of the dwarves lie undisturbed. 285 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:10,480 From the dark days of the ruin, adventurers sometimes penetrate 286 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:14,360 its depths and some return to tell tales of horror and riches, 287 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,680 but most are never seen or heard of again. 288 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:22,480 Dwarf prospectors are lured back to this ruined stronghold by the 289 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:26,200 promise of Gromnil. Expeditions frequently brave the 290 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:30,240 terror of the dark to penetrate the deepest tunnels in search of 291 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:34,280 the precious metal. The dwarves of devised ingenious 292 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:39,080 diving machines for exploring the deepest and richest workings 293 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:44,640 which are permanently flooded. Needless to say, the Scaven and 294 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:49,360 other vile creatures which now dwell in the depths of 295 00:19:49,360 --> 00:19:54,240 Cradagmaya are more than a difficult opposition for the 296 00:19:54,240 --> 00:20:00,280 Dwarves. Wow, it's like the minds of 297 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:04,920 Moria, isn't it? Filled with dreadth and darkness 298 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:08,840 and doom, where the Dwarves will seek to reclaim it. 299 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:11,160 But whether they will, we shall never find out. 300 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:15,080 The book goes on. Talks about the Wild mountains, 301 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:19,680 the underway Black Fire Pass, and even outside the World's 302 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,920 Edge mountains where dwarf clans live and prosper. 303 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:26,240 The Norse dwarves, of course. Citadel had a range of Norse 304 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:29,000 dwarves back in the day. The Black Mountains, the 305 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:33,880 expatriate dwarves. All of these before we go into a 306 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:39,880 Dwarf history, and then for the next few pages, an incredibly 307 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:44,600 detailed timeline which goes all the way through the Dwarves from 308 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:48,520 the beginning of recorded time, the time of the Ancestor Gods, 309 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:52,840 right up to the present day as it stood in Warhammer. 310 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:58,200 I'll read the first one and I'll read the last one for you before 311 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:02,800 4500. Imperial year, the time of the 312 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:05,760 Ancestor gods. No written records of these 313 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:09,880 times survive, but legend relates to the dwarves begin 314 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:13,840 their slow colonization of the World's Edge Mountains. 315 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:18,800 About the Imperial year -5000 This age came to a close with 316 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:21,400 the coming of Chaos. Good words. 317 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:25,680 The disappearance of the ancient Ancestor God Grim near into the 318 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,880 Chaos Wastes and the disappearance of other Ancestor 319 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:32,960 gods shortly afterwards. Dwarf tradition holds that Grim 320 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:37,280 Near close the mighty Chaos Gate after battling the Chaos Gods 321 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,040 and thereby saving the world from certain doom. 322 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:44,040 Shortly before Grim Near's disappearance, the Dwarves and 323 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:49,640 High Elves meet for the first time. 2 friendly relations and 324 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:56,360 they are established as friends for a while and then we move on 325 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:03,200 and we have the final entry. 2510 Imperial Gallander the 326 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:07,160 Battle of Broken Leg Gully. After 10 years of constant 327 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:11,760 raiding and pillaging, the York warlord Grashnak is defeated by 328 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:15,320 King Angrim. Iron Fist of Caraccadin. 329 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,840 The good thing about this history is that you could devise 330 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:24,080 and use and place your dwarf army in any part of it that you 331 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,600 wished. There were so many battles 332 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:31,200 fought and heroes created in wondrous realms that all this 333 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:35,560 could come alive in any way. You decided to paint your 334 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:39,280 figures or put them on the table with the friends that you had to 335 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:43,400 play with. Next came the article on Magic 336 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,680 Rooms. Magic runes in Warhammer were 337 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:51,160 extremely important, and this is what made the Dwarf army 338 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,040 different from many other armies. 339 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:58,040 They didn't use magic users. They didn't use magic shot 340 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:00,640 across the battlefield from the fingers of Wizards. 341 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:07,160 No, it came from runesmiths, magical people who had spent 342 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,760 hundreds of years learning the secrets of the runes. 343 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,280 I'll read the first paragraph here. 344 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:18,240 Magic pervades the Warhammer world and permeates all things. 345 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:23,000 It flows into the material realm from beyond the Chaos Wastes as 346 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:28,560 an ever shifting flux of energy. This energy can be perceived and 347 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,600 used by the races of the Warhammer world. 348 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:35,440 Some races, such as Elves and Men, can use magic to cast 349 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,160 terrifying and destructive spells. 350 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:42,320 Dwarves, on the other hand, are extremely resistant to magic and 351 00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,440 its influence, neither perceiving its presence nor 352 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:49,120 feeling its effects. Dwarves have learned to use the 353 00:23:49,120 --> 00:23:52,800 power of magic in a different way, by incorporating it into 354 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:55,960 magic items such as swords and armour. 355 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:59,920 The Dwarves are the greatest and more successful of all the races 356 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,320 when it comes to making magical items. 357 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:05,960 Indeed, many of the most powerful magic weapons used by 358 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,920 men and elves were made by the dwarves using their unique 359 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:13,120 skills. A dwarf who makes magic items is 360 00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:16,280 called a Runesmith. As dwarves of no direct 361 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:20,080 equivalent to a human wizard, the Runesmiths are a very 362 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:24,080 important The Runesmiths are an ancient Guild of Craftsman. 363 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,640 For thousands of years they have preserved the secrets of how to 364 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:31,680 forge magic runes and how to make weapons and armour and 365 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:35,920 other items of incredible power. It goes on to tell us about the 366 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:40,840 Runesmiths and then the runes, incorporating a poem, an 367 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:44,440 incantation struck when a rune is made. 368 00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:50,000 Find the heart of the mountain. Take it on the last day of the 369 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,760 third moon. Stroke the furnace at midnight 370 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,920 where the oar glows red. Hammer it before the dawn. 371 00:24:58,120 --> 00:25:01,760 Bend seven times the white hot metal upon itself. 372 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,920 Recite seven times the verse of forging. 373 00:25:05,120 --> 00:25:10,320 Quench in the blood of a dragon. Slake red hot in the Quicksilver 374 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:14,400 of Carrick and Gaul. Do this in the name of Harky the 375 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:17,000 ancestor. Temper in the waters of Van 376 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:21,080 Horn, the blade upon the Dragon's horn on the third moon 377 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:23,680 of the winter. Carved the rune of slaying 378 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,920 Anoint in the blood of a troll slain on the day of Grungy. 379 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:32,960 Bind the hilt with dragon hide and with horn side inside. 380 00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:38,880 Halt the haft with Azil's gold. Bind with Azul metal. 381 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:43,080 Mark the orc Fang pommel with the sign of Grimm near. 382 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:47,720 Perform the naming right with ale upon Valaya's altar. 383 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:53,640 The slaying of a troll by night will make the rune glow for 1000 384 00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:58,000 years. It tells us about battle magic, 385 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:02,320 about rune magic, about creating a rune item and then choosing 386 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:06,720 runes, and then rather uniquely, almost melded into the 387 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:10,760 background in a sort of camouflage way, wearing its rock 388 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,440 like armour against a stone face. 389 00:26:14,120 --> 00:26:18,920 Comes the rule of the runes. You may inscribe up to three 390 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:22,360 runes in a runic magic item, subject to the following 391 00:26:22,360 --> 00:26:26,120 restriction. There are six points, all of 392 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:30,400 them named the Rune of three, the Rune of Pride. 393 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:34,400 All these things which again bring the background so much 394 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:38,080 into what is becoming the rules. And now they mention the 395 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,800 different runes. Many of them are similar to the 396 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,320 magic items you would find in other army books. 397 00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:46,680 But of course, these are all written so beautifully. 398 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:51,520 It starts with Snorri, Spanglehelm's Master rune costs 399 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,120 75 points. Then it gives you the background 400 00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:57,200 to this item. Runesmith to the High King in 401 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:01,600 Kalasa Karak during the time of Gallon, Snorri wrought the 402 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:06,160 exquisite war panopy of the High Kings for several generations. 403 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,960 He fought many battles and was renowned for his magnificent 404 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:13,680 gromrel armour as well as his unique weapon rune. 405 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,960 Any blows struck by a weapon engraved to this rune will 406 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:21,160 always hit. No hit, no role to hit is 407 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:25,000 necessary. Costs 75 points and it always 408 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:28,360 hits. There are loads of these runes, 409 00:27:28,360 --> 00:27:31,560 master runes, all of them, weapons, runes, and there are 410 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,080 different subjects. We have weapons runes, we have 411 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,360 armor runes. I'll give you one here, The 412 00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:40,640 master rune of adamant. Hey Prince, Prince Charming. 413 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,800 The master Rune of Adamant. The rune adds +2 to the armour 414 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,560 save of the character. The rune can be combined with a 415 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:49,920 Rune of stone to give a + 3 save. 416 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:53,040 It is possible that this may reduce the quiet dice roll to a 417 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:57,160 negative number, in which case only attacks with a high saving 418 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,040 throw modifier can harm the character. 419 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:04,800 Costs 50 points +2 armour save. The Rune of stone was always a 420 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:06,720 favorite of mine. To give you a plus one save. 421 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:10,720 Only cost five points. The rune of spell eating, the 422 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:14,920 master rune of stormy red beard, plus one combat result within 12 423 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:16,680 inches. There are loads of these. 424 00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:19,440 The rune of battle to add to your battle runes onto your 425 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,760 standard. The rune of courage, the rune of 426 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,760 fear, the rune of slowness, the rune of warding. 427 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:30,080 And we have engineering runes, the rune of accuracy, the rune 428 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:33,440 of burning, the rune of disguise, the rune of forging, 429 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:36,360 the rune of fortitude. Many of them. 430 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:41,240 And then we go on again to look at talismanic runes, Master rune 431 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,880 of dismay, the master rune of spite, the rune of the furnace, 432 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,760 the rune of luck, the rune of spell breaking. 433 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:54,400 And then it gives us entire page runic magic items record form a 434 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:58,560 blank sheet for you to use to mark down your own rooms. 435 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,840 Then our book goes into a few pages of fiction. 436 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:07,920 Really great written story about the Escaven and the dwarves 437 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,520 doing battle. One I've recorded before is 438 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:14,000 often played one of the Crown of Command adventures. 439 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:18,760 We're reaching the middle part of the book now, and now they're 440 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:22,240 going to show us the magnificent figures, beautifully painted, 441 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:25,880 that we can buy. And every one of these is 442 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:29,240 familiar to me. My army consisted, and now I'll 443 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:33,840 have to remember a unit of 20 dwarf warriors, the old plastic 444 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:37,080 ones that I bought on that first day when I bought the book. 445 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:42,640 A unit of 20 Slayers, Bugman's Dwarf Rangers there with their 446 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:47,160 crossbows, a unit of iron Breakers, a unit of long beards, 447 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:54,560 the the flame cannon, a cannon and the Anvil of Doom. 448 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:59,280 And a boat thrower. I think I had Vander leading it, 449 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:00,960 and a couple of other characters as well. 450 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:03,360 She was a big army, and a lot of them are in here. 451 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:07,240 On the first page we have a flame cannon and Bugman's Dwarf 452 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:10,160 Rangers. What a brilliant regiment of 453 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:13,360 renown. They were the Bugman character, 454 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:18,840 so evocative, owed Tom Fikeson. There he is with his one eye and 455 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:21,680 his peg leg and his axe held above his head. 456 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:25,120 We move on to the Dwarf King's throne of power. 457 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,960 I never owned this, but look at it. 458 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:34,120 What a wonderful bit of metal this is beautifully painted. 459 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:38,160 And then is the Anvil of Doom. Now I still have this, though it 460 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:42,080 lies in pieces. One of the greatest, most 461 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:46,880 impractical models ever created, riding on wheels into battle, 462 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,160 pushed by its guardians. The Anvil of Doom that could 463 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:54,040 strike and send spells scattering all over the 464 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:57,720 battlefield. Amazing figure, amazing piece of 465 00:30:57,720 --> 00:30:59,600 work. In the in the army book. 466 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,600 Dwarf clansmen. They are the Marauder ones, but 467 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,640 they're mixed together with some of the plastic ones that I own. 468 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,120 Dwarf long beards, Dwarf crossbow men. 469 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,680 And now we go on to some battle scenes. 470 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:14,080 Undead and dwarf units in savage combat. 471 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:17,160 High elves and dwarves doing battle as well. 472 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:20,680 Then Felix and Gottreg helping to defend a dwarf forge. 473 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:24,160 Bringing in heroes. Mentioning books one of the 474 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:28,480 first times they did that. Dwarf slayers, some dwarf 475 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:32,280 clansmen and then pages of dwarf thunderers. 476 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,240 Some more Dwarfs. There's pictures of the original 477 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:39,520 Gottrick and Felix characters. The Felix figure I use for my 478 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,760 ranges of shadow. Deep Force still got him after 479 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,160 all those years. The organ gun, I had that as 480 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:48,040 well. Dwarf painting guide. 481 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,480 I never paid attention to these. I could never paint with black 482 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:54,200 under undercoat, never got on with it. 483 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:56,800 Don't play much better with white undercoat, but black 484 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,040 particularly difficult. I've got a figure in front of me 485 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:03,040 here on my board that needs painting, but somebody in their 486 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:05,400 wisdom has painted. I've given it a black undercoat, 487 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:07,280 which will prove difficult for me. 488 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,200 And then we've got some cut out cards containing some of the 489 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,600 magic items. You could cut these out and use 490 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,960 them. And then the gyrocopters, and I 491 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,480 own gyrocopters, but I didn't use them very often. 492 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,400 Miners. There's a battle there with some 493 00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:25,800 old Orc figures, and then we've got the Warhammer battle at the 494 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:30,640 Eastgate of Carrick Eight Peaks. And for the next few pages it 495 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:35,320 gives us an old scenario that we can do between dwarves and orcs 496 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:36,320 and goblins. It gives U.S. 497 00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:38,600 Army lists. It gives us everything we need, 498 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:43,040 as well as the designer's notes, which is a huge thing to have, 499 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:46,600 isn't it? Then there's another story, and 500 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,360 only now. But now we go back to 501 00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:52,600 background, the dwarf language and script. 502 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:54,880 Now there's no need for this, is there? 503 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,160 There's no need to put this in an army book. 504 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:01,960 But yet they did, and the army book came alive because of it. 505 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:06,400 The language of the dwarves, Casalid, is a very ancient 506 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,320 tongue indeed. Over the many millennia of 507 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:13,920 history, the dwarf language has changed only slightly, having 508 00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:16,760 absorbed some words from the humans and the elves. 509 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,480 This resistance to change is undoubtedly due to the strong 510 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:23,920 sense of tradition which all dwarves possess. 511 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:28,400 Dwarves are extremely resistant to new ideas, especially if 512 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,440 those new ideas come from other races. 513 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:33,920 In contrast, there are many words in the tongue are men that 514 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:36,880 obviously owe their origins to the dwarves. 515 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:41,080 This means there are inevitably points of similarity between the 516 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:44,880 two languages, especially in words for metalworking and 517 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:47,600 mining. And it gives us a load of a 518 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:51,680 dwarf lexicon, if you like. Angrell is the dwarf word for 519 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:57,040 stone carving lines in the face of very old dwarf azul. 520 00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:59,840 Metal of any kind, dependable and sturdy. 521 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:04,840 Boga, a candle which blows out unexpectedly, plunging the 522 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,080 tunnel Into Darkness. Here we have. 523 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,520 We used to have a lot in Warhammer, which they seem to 524 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:12,840 have lost somewhat. Now, is that humour that came 525 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:16,280 with it, those gags, Boger. Bugger. 526 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:20,080 My favorite, of course, is right down the list here, which I 527 00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:23,440 remember to this day. And it's one that I and the 528 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,280 group of friends that I used to play with at this time, you used 529 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:29,719 to remember quite well. And it is the dwarf word that 530 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:34,040 says ick, putting your hand in something slimy and unpleasant 531 00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:36,520 in the darkness. Well, yes, yes. 532 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:40,360 Ragarin, a coarse and uncomfortable clothing made from 533 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:45,440 the height of a troll. Yeah, a ricket, a small stone 534 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:47,719 which falls on your head as you walk down a tunnel. 535 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,000 A lot of comedy in the dwarf lexicon. 536 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:52,520 Look at the time they made putting this together. 537 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:56,560 And then we have the other, the dwarf rooms, the dwarf numerals, 538 00:34:56,679 --> 00:35:01,520 some common dwarf words. And now, and only now, and we're 539 00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:05,480 on page 64, do we come to the rules. 540 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:07,600 And we start with the war machines. 541 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:09,560 Of course important in any dwarf army. 542 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:15,000 The dwarf organ cannon misfires were of course a big part of the 543 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,360 game in those days. The profile of the organ cannon, 544 00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:21,000 24 inch range, that's the maximum you could guess. 545 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:29,120 Strength 1010. I say save none, no save wounds 546 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:34,240 D3 multiple shots. We go on to the flame cannon. 547 00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:35,960 Great figure with the flame cannon. 548 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:40,000 Still got that again. Dangerous thing to feel would 549 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,520 often blow up as much as it would do good that it only has a 550 00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:46,360 maximum range you can guess of 12 inches Strength 5 but would 551 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:51,560 use the flame template can pages of text around these. 552 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:56,240 The throne of power, How to shoot the throne of power, how 553 00:35:56,240 --> 00:35:59,680 to use it in hand to hand movement and bearer casualties. 554 00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:04,920 The characteristics powerful thing that gyrocopters. 555 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:09,040 The steam cannons, how they fly, how to use them on bombing runs. 556 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:13,080 So good. Just reading this makes me want 557 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:15,000 to bring my dwarf army out of retirement. 558 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,320 They're starting to re release a lot of the older the older but 559 00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:22,760 newer figures for the old world. I'm off to Warhammer World in a 560 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:25,560 few weeks and this is tempting me, let me tell you. 561 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:29,280 Then we have the Dwarf Anvil of Doom. 562 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:33,800 Let's read a bit about this. The Anvils of Doom are ancient 563 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:38,120 devices forged with great skill by the runesmiths of old in the 564 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:44,080 bowels of Thunder Mountain, Thunder Rd. using the energy of 565 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:48,040 the volcano's heart Kurgas, the most skill of the Old Ones, 566 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:52,000 melted Grombril to forge the Anvils, and they cooled. 567 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:56,640 Kurkas himself beat the Rune of Sorcery under each gleaming 568 00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:59,640 anvil. No one knows how many anvils 569 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:03,880 were forged before the secret of the Rune of Sorcery was lost. 570 00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:07,440 The Dwarf Book of Grudges recalls how an evil dragon 571 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,960 attacked Thunder Mountain and slew the old Runesmith in a 572 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,560 mighty battle which went the mountain apart. 573 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:17,560 During the devastation, the forges of Thunder Mountain were 574 00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:20,000 destroyed and many Runesmiths slain. 575 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:24,360 The Anvils of Doom are ancient and valuable heirlooms and that 576 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:29,200 always value them more highly they than highly they they they 577 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,560 they than any other of their possessions. 578 00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,840 Runesmiths use the Anvils of Doom for making magic items. 579 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:40,040 Most Anvils are owned by various strongholds or by guilds, and 580 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:43,360 the Runesmiths make use of these when they only they need to. 581 00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:47,440 A few Anvils are owned by Runesmiths, but these tend to be 582 00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:51,360 the sedentary Runesmiths who reside in the halls of Karaza 583 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:55,320 Karak and the weapon shops of Karak Azul. 584 00:37:56,400 --> 00:38:00,080 The Anvils are objects of great power, and in times of extreme 585 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:03,680 need, a Runesmith can unleash spells and lightning upon his 586 00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:05,600 foes. With a mighty blow of his 587 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:08,800 hammer, the Runesmith can release the Anvil's power. 588 00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:11,800 Lightning boat's blast from a surface of many. 589 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:16,160 Magically a mighty energies unfurl, the sky darkens with 590 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:20,640 brooding energy and clouds of multi coloured magic swirl and 591 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:25,200 sparkle in the air. The unveil in battle follows, 592 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,960 followed by lightning and then total power. 593 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:30,360 I remember that it used to go mad. 594 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:37,320 Lightning all over the board. Rules for cannons follow stone 595 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:42,000 throwers, bolt throwers, and then some dwarf banners you 596 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:47,120 could cut out in colour. He's always really hard to do or 597 00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:51,040 to get them looking good anyway. And then we have dwarves 598 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:56,280 themselves, Hatred of orc and goblins, the Elf grudge -1 599 00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:59,440 leadership penalty if they're any elves within 6 inches, and 600 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:04,920 the old dwarf start line movement 3, Weapon skill 4, Bow 601 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:10,080 skill three, Strength 3, Toughness 4, Wounds 1, 602 00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:14,640 Initiative 2 attacks one Leadership 9. 603 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:19,280 Champion more or less the same but with weapon skill 5, 604 00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:23,160 initiative 3 and two attacks the hero. 605 00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:27,640 Weapon skill 6, Strength 4, Toughness 5, Two wounds 606 00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:32,400 Initiative 4, Three attacks Leadership 10 and then the Lord 607 00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:36,160 Movement 3. Webiskill 7, Boskill 6, Strength 608 00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:40,680 4, Taped US 5 Wounds 3. Initiative 5 Attacks 4. 609 00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:45,720 Leadership 10. Dwarves had special rules are 610 00:39:45,720 --> 00:39:49,280 they could wear armour with no no difference in their movement. 611 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:52,560 Their movement was only three so to reduce it even more would 612 00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:54,280 make them impossible to use really. 613 00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:58,720 But whenever they pursued people they were at -1 on the 2D6 roll, 614 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:00,880 or whenever they fled, it was the same. 615 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:06,000 We have the rules for Dwarf runesmiths, Slayers. 616 00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:08,600 Slayers were great, weren't they? 617 00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:10,880 They were never that great in the game. 618 00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:13,440 They would just hold up units, but they were there. 619 00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:16,520 The the story, everything about them is so good. 620 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:23,200 Then we go into the army list. Of course it gives you all the 621 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:25,920 rules, as it does in all the books, about what you can take, 622 00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:29,160 how many heroes, how many champions, how many Lords, how 623 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:32,440 many runesmiths, regiments, monsters, etcetera. 624 00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:35,920 Gives you the rules and the hand to hand weapons of what you can 625 00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:38,560 have. And then it goes into them. 626 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:44,080 One general for 160 points. Your army must be led by a 627 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:47,400 general. One nought to 1 battle standard. 628 00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:53,320 We've got heroes, Slayer, champions, we have regiments, 629 00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:56,320 long beards. These were the older dwarves, 630 00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:59,000 they were like all champions in themselves. 631 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,120 They all had weapons, skill 5, strength 4 and initiative 3, 632 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:06,360 heavy armour and a shield. You could use them with options. 633 00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:09,320 May carry a magic standard and chosen appropriately. 634 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:12,520 Unit of hammers. These were the Dwarf King's 635 00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:16,280 bodyguards. 2 handed weapons. Great great figures. 636 00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:20,240 Unit of iron Breakers. That's what always my favorite, 637 00:41:20,240 --> 00:41:24,440 the great mining deep down. Dwarves. 20 points per model, 638 00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:28,200 but they'd wear extremely powerful Gromrel armour which 639 00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:32,720 would give them a great save. Weapons Kill 5 toughness 4 640 00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:37,280 initiative 3 dwarf warriors. 11 points per model. 641 00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:39,280 Plenty of those dwarf crossbowmen. 642 00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:42,720 Dwarf Thunderers. At this point the thunderers can 643 00:41:42,720 --> 00:41:47,280 only fire every other turn. Sounds like three shots a game, 644 00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:50,120 and they'd only hit the less than half of those, maybe a 645 00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:52,280 third. They were practically useless 646 00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:55,040 but didn't stop me taking them every single time. 647 00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:59,320 Dwarf miners, Dwarf slayers. Then the war machines we've 648 00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:02,960 already talked about. Then the special characters. 649 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:10,200 King Kazador of Karak, Azul, Ungrim, Iron Fist, the Slayer 650 00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:17,440 King of Karakhadrin Room, Lord Crag, the Grim, Gottrick 651 00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:20,640 Gernison and Felix Jaguer. Look at these. 652 00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:24,720 Look at that old artwork. Gottrick Gernison is certainly 653 00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:27,000 the most or the least successful stroll. 654 00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:29,400 A Troll Slayer in the Age of the World. 655 00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:32,960 His quest to find death at the hands of a worthy opponent has 656 00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:36,240 never been fulfilled. But in the search he has slain 657 00:42:36,240 --> 00:42:39,760 monsters, scave and orcs, beastmen and goblins beyond 658 00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:41,720 count. He's been an outlaw in the 659 00:42:41,720 --> 00:42:44,960 Empire, and he has fought in the Empire's armies. 660 00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:48,360 Rumour has it that he has once a member of the Dwarf Engineers 661 00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:50,440 Guild. But Gottrick never talks about 662 00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:53,600 his past, either to confirm or deny this. 663 00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:57,520 No one knows why he shaved his head and took the Slayer's Oath, 664 00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:01,000 and no one has ever had the courage to ask, not even his 665 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:06,680 human henchman Felix. These characters have lasted for 666 00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:09,960 many, many years. Gottrick is now even in the old, 667 00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:14,000 in the new Mortal Realms for the Age of Sigma, probably the most 668 00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:17,800 successful and popular character in all of Warhammer history, if 669 00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:20,480 anything. But that leads me on to Joseph 670 00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:22,480 Bugman. He's got a bar named after him. 671 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:26,680 When I first started playing Warhammer back in the early 80s, 672 00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:29,840 Bugman's Dwarf Rangers were one of the original regiments of 673 00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:33,440 renown. Such a good background 674 00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:36,760 disappeared again into the Wilds. 675 00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:42,760 No one knows where he went. The Brewer of Bugman's Six XI. 676 00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:46,480 Wonder what he is now. I'd like to know. 677 00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:50,400 Engineer Guildmaster Burlok Daminson. 678 00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:56,600 And then we have the Warmer Army books Collecting a dwarf army. 679 00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:59,880 It shows us a basic sort of collection we've got and some of 680 00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:03,800 the figures that we can use. Dwarf warriors, troll slayers, 681 00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:07,600 black and white pictures of all these old, many of them marauder 682 00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:10,400 miniatures. Gives us the stats again. 683 00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:12,960 Gives us tips on what to build as well. 684 00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:16,920 Are the units worth considering and a big core unit of hammers, 685 00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:19,760 long beards and iron Breakers. These are all these are all 686 00:44:19,760 --> 00:44:21,840 first class troops worthy of any army. 687 00:44:22,240 --> 00:44:25,240 However, for these we would have to go for metal models, 688 00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:28,160 increasing the initial cost of the army and this kind of them 689 00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:30,360 they're telling us how much is this is going to cost us. 690 00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:33,960 On the other hand, the general of a small clan of 1000 points 691 00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:37,000 is unlikely to start with troops which are more fitting for a 692 00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:39,880 dwarf king. These troops are expensive in 693 00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:43,200 points which in dwarf terms mean they like being paid in gold, 694 00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:46,600 not just in ale. A less costly alternative might 695 00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:49,480 be the higher slayers. So it's basically giving you 696 00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:52,760 some tips on how to start an army and how to use an army 697 00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:57,880 which is gratefully received. So Noah, look at those Thunder 698 00:44:57,880 --> 00:44:59,040 figures. Fantastic. 699 00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:02,400 The Dwarf Flame cannon then it shows you how to expand the army 700 00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:03,920 and gives you more pictures as well. 701 00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:06,560 Gives you some examples of made-up characters that you 702 00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:09,320 could do in order to inspire your imagination. 703 00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:15,720 And then to finish off a blank army sheet to write down your 704 00:45:15,720 --> 00:45:21,800 own army on a final photograph. A final great picture of a 705 00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:26,440 battle that is forever being fought on these old books. 706 00:45:27,240 --> 00:45:31,120 It's dwarfs against orcs. I can see the Wyvern fighting 707 00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:35,120 the anvil of doom at the front. Dwarves prepare to wreak 708 00:45:35,120 --> 00:45:38,240 vengeance on an advancing or chord. 709 00:45:39,720 --> 00:45:44,120 And then the back page, the blue page of the dwarf book. 710 00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:50,960 It's a long time, my friends. By my reckoning, 31 years since 711 00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:53,160 I worked. Walked into the upstairs comic 712 00:45:53,160 --> 00:45:58,400 shop room, picked up that Dwarf book and started my dwarf army. 713 00:45:59,960 --> 00:46:02,880 But in that moment, and we have these moments in life, these 714 00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:08,440 Seminole moments, that's what made me the Warhammer player 715 00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:12,480 that I was. I suddenly had an army that I 716 00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:16,560 felt passionate about. I suddenly had an army where I 717 00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:19,360 named the characters. I painted them myself. 718 00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:23,880 They fought, they loved, they lost, they won, they knew. 719 00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:28,160 Defeat. Many draws, but still they were 720 00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:32,360 my army. Vander and his clan of Zasfar 721 00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:40,120 dwarves using the 4th edition Warhammer Army's Dwarf book is 722 00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:44,000 one of the high points of my war gaming career. 723 00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:48,040 If you like. One which I will forever hold in 724 00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:52,600 my heart. And that's why, my friends, that 725 00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:57,000 I have been so pleased to be able to sit down today and talk 726 00:46:57,000 --> 00:47:05,760 to you about my relationship, my love of, let's say it, Warhammer 727 00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:10,880 Armies, Dwarfs. My name is Owen Stayton. 728 00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:14,840 I am the host of the Time Between Times podcast, you can 729 00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:16,560 find out wherever you find your pods. 730 00:47:16,720 --> 00:47:19,760 I also have a YouTube channel which I have on it, Slumber 731 00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:23,600 stories, things to help you go to sleep and I also have an 732 00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:27,200 adventures at the Time Between Times channel where I put down 733 00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:31,120 battles and backgrounds for my war gaming adventures. 734 00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:35,800 If you want to buy me a coffee you would be most welcome. 735 00:47:37,240 --> 00:47:40,800 Maybe that will give me enough money to stride into the into 736 00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:46,840 Warhammer and pick up my next army, my next book, in the vain 737 00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:52,600 hope that it will make me feel the way that Warhammer Army's 738 00:47:52,600 --> 00:48:01,480 dwarves did all those years ago. Thanks for listening my friends.