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ColtsFan76
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Fri, 28 September 2007 14:09
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Not sure why it wasn't announced here yet, but a vry breif tease on the next expansion is up:
http://blog.battlelore.com/en/
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bcpravel
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Fri, 28 September 2007 15:19
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It's a *very* brief tease (really, just a picture of the cover). It appears the Dwarven Bull Riders will share a release with a Human Heavy Cavalry unit of some sort that uses lances. The Human unit looks fantastic but I'm still not sold on the looks of the Bulls though.
It is interesting to me that they are mixing the Humans and Dwarves together into a single release. Personally, I'm very interested in the cavalry with lances, but haven't been interested in collecting the dwarves at all. I'm not sure if this is a brilliant way for DoW to get me to purchase a set that I would otherwise have avoided, or if I won't pick the Lance unit up at all because I don't plan to use half the units (assuming there are only two unit types in the set of course). I'll probably wait for the rules to be released and decide then.
On the plus side, the "Scottish Wars" title indicates that DoW will be expanding outside of the Hundred Years War setting and exploring other wars from that time period. If I can grow used to the ideas of the Dwarves representing the Scottish in this setting, perhaps I'll be more comfortable with them as Scottish allies in the 100 Years War setting.
Heh, I guess there is more to this little blog entry than one might expect. 
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Captain Kremmen
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Fri, 28 September 2007 16:59
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Likewise, I am not convinced about scottish dwarves on highland bulls, sounds more than a bit silly to me.
The armoured lancers look interesting but not sure i would pay for whole set just to get the lancers.
Couldn't we just use whatever rules they provide and buy some 20mm medieval lancers from other reputable vendors??
Andy
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liwargamer
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Fri, 28 September 2007 17:31
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I do not play any Lore Adventures, do not use the Lore deck at all but I have no problem using the Dwarfs as Scots and the Goblins as Saracen. The New Human Lancers look cool and I can't wait to use them.NOW if the Hero pack comes out with Edward 1st and Edward 3rd, Henry 5th, Robert Bruce, Willam Wallace, Joan of Arc and Du Guesclin it would make us Medieval players real happy.
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jayr13
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Fri, 28 September 2007 19:29
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I was not going to buy the Dwarve bull riders, but when I see the human lance unit was in here i may have to get this. I was not expecting them to be combining this.
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mvettemagred
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Fri, 28 September 2007 19:46
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Dwarven cavalry = AWESOME
Can't wait to spend my cash.
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Roobarb
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Fri, 28 September 2007 19:47
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more battlelore stuff im happy 
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Jeff Cope
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Sat, 29 September 2007 00:53
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Awesome! More dwarves! I'm really excited about this expansion!
I love the bull riders!
Jeff
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unihead
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Sat, 29 September 2007 03:00
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| Captain Kremmen wrote on Fri, 28 September 2007 10:59 |
Likewise, I am not convinced about scottish dwarves on highland bulls, sounds more than a bit silly to me.
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Yeah, 'cause the goblins on ostriches were real sensible! 
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liwargamer
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Sat, 29 September 2007 22:39
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Just suckering us Med Heads into buying the Fantasy stuff ? Will I buy it ? You bet ,I want the Heavy Cav, Lancers
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diaper
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Sun, 30 September 2007 21:50
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Anyone of you historically interested people out there who can tell us something about these scotish wars and what we can expect from an expansion like this?
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Captain Kremmen
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Sun, 30 September 2007 23:48
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| unihead wrote on Sat, 29 September 2007 02:00 |
| Captain Kremmen wrote on Fri, 28 September 2007 10:59 |
Likewise, I am not convinced about scottish dwarves on highland bulls, sounds more than a bit silly to me.
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Yeah, 'cause the goblins on ostriches were real sensible!
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Very true, also extremely silly. Goblins on Wolves/Hyenas I can go with.... Ostriches, Emu's, flamingoes or whatever it is that the Goblins are mounted on, no I don't think I can go with that. Anything that makes games workshop look sensible is not really for me.
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Captain Kremmen
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Sun, 30 September 2007 23:50
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| diaper wrote on Sun, 30 September 2007 20:50 |
Anyone of you historically interested people out there who can tell us something about these scotish wars and what we can expect from an expansion like this?
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Woolly Bulls, bad acting and Mel Gibson
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diaper
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Mon, 01 October 2007 16:47
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| Captain Kremmen wrote on Sun, 30 September 2007 17:50 |
| diaper wrote on Sun, 30 September 2007 20:50 |
Anyone of you historically interested people out there who can tell us something about these scotish wars and what we can expect from an expansion like this?
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Woolly Bulls, bad acting and Mel Gibson
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if they throw in some proclaimers i´m definitely buying
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Proto Persona
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I dunno about you guys, but the I like the mounted dwarves. Mainly I like the idea of a dwarf saddling up on a bull, pointing it at the enemy, smacking the bulls butt and holding on for dear life. Sounds both hilarious and very dwarfish to me.
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Caboose
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Thu, 04 October 2007 02:56
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| Proto Persona wrote on Wed, 03 October 2007 07:00 |
I dunno about you guys, but the I like the mounted dwarves. Mainly I like the idea of a dwarf saddling up on a bull, pointing it at the enemy, smacking the bulls butt and holding on for dear life. Sounds both hilarious and very dwarfish to me.
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Moreso if the dwarf that is mounted has a longsword..and thus begs the question - which is longer, the sword or the person holding it!!
Wonder if the dwarf unit on bulls have to do "hold checks" to see if they keep on their mount. That would be somewhat "humourous"
Cab
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Scragnoth
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Thu, 04 October 2007 10:05
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| diaper wrote on Sun, 30 September 2007 21:50 |
Anyone of you historically interested people out there who can tell us something about these scotish wars and what we can expect from an expansion like this?
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I guess mooning dwarves.
(I wonder what the special ability will be? Gass attack?)
see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooning and specificly the Notable incidents of mooning section to keep it on topic.
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