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I'm looking to start a dwarf army for a local fantasy league that's being run but I have never played fantasy just looking for a good starter list ideas for their army I already have ...
X1 thane
X1 runelord
X16 warriors
X16 thunderers
X10 ironbreakers
X1 organ gun
Any ideas here guys I'm looking to center around artillery but don't want to be overly cheese I'm thinking gyrocopter is next ?

8th is kinda dead here on dakka. Id head over to warseer.

Those unit sizes for the melee troops are too small, a 20 man block is a reasonable defensive unit, but if you're going on the attack a 40 man block is best. Ranged troops are fine at 10-16. I'd say a canon and an organ gun isn't too cheesy, the cheese is when you have 3 canons or 2 canons and 2 grudge throwers.

We can discuss 8th here ok, it isnt dead. Dakka should never have stamped AoS over every Warhammer fantasy forum. Some of us havent accepted AoS and likely never will.


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Rabbit2262 wrote:
I'm looking to start a dwarf army for a local fantasy league that's being run but I have never played fantasy just looking for a good starter list ideas for their army I already have ...
X1 thane
X1 runelord
X16 warriors
X16 thunderers
X10 ironbreakers
X1 organ gun
Any ideas here guys I'm looking to center around artillery but don't want to be overly cheese I'm thinking gyrocopter is next ?

This is ok as a start. As mentioned you need to build up unit bulk before adding new units but the above is acceptable in 8th without any problems. Its a starter list and is there to face another starter size list. Your opponent zshould match you with something similar in composition like what they would find in Isle of Dread rather than take two large blocks of troops and steadfast the night away.

 Orlanth wrote:
We can discuss 8th here ok, it isnt dead. Dakka should never have stamped AoS over every Warhammer fantasy forum. Some of us havent accepted AoS and likely never will.

And yet, you are still here. There is a Fantasy forum. This is actually an Age of Sigmar Forum. Want fantasy, I think you need to go to GamesWorkshop Specialist and Unsupported games forum.

So I can't understand for someone who hasn't accepted AoS, you are in an AoS forum. I haven't seen any Fantasy talked about here at all.

I think you need to add a cannon before anything. Dwarves don't have much incentive to move in a pitched battle, but with that gunline you'll likely find the enemy is still pretty much intact when they arrive at your lines.


After that I would bulk out some units, consider some quarrellers, and maybe then get a Gyrocopter (just so you have something to do in the movement phase, and because they are great models :-) )

Trust me. Drop 8th ed and go 9th Age.
Same game, but actually good rules and its free
http://www.the-ninth-age.com/index.php?simple-page/

The also removed op as gak named characters and added a ton of new options to every army. It actually makes all your units in an army playable.

Rabbit2262 wrote:
I'm looking to start a dwarf army for a local fantasy league that's being run but I have never played fantasy just looking for a good starter list ideas for their army I already have ...
X1 thane
X1 runelord
X16 warriors
X16 thunderers
X10 ironbreakers
X1 organ gun
Any ideas here guys I'm looking to center around artillery but don't want to be overly cheese I'm thinking gyrocopter is next ?

So, you have a nice start to your army. Personally, I think you need more Dwarf Warriors to at least be able to field a unit of 25-30. While you're building up Warriors, you could build up a unit of Longbeards and possibly a second unit of Thunderers or Quarrellers to round out your Core. You already have 10 Ironbreakers which is a good start, but you need at least another 10 to field a unit of 20. After that, I think you're on a good path with adding a Gyrocopter. No Dwarf army should be without at least 1 cannon and a grudge thrower is also a good option.

Enjoy playing Dwarfs! They are solid in 8th edition.