It wouldn't have felt right to do the same with Thorgrim and it was refreshing to know I didn't need to. Total War: Warhammer is all about getting these heroes involved in the action, unlike say, Creative Assembly's Rome 2 or Attila, which tend to encourage players to keep their generals on the edge of combat, applying buffs, but rarely getting stuck in. If you're not familiar with ol' Thorgrim, the High King of the Dwarfs is carried around the battlefield on his throne, while he reads from his infamous Book of Grudges, an ancient tome that details every wrong done to his proud Dwarfish people. Whereas the Battle of Black Fire Pass appeared to take place quite a way into a player's campaign, I was told this encounter is meant to be played earlier on in the story of Thorgrim Grudgebearer. It's what the name Total War: Warhammer always promised and I was delighted to find that it lived up to those high expectations.Īs with the first battle we saw (but didn't play) back in June, this ambush is a part of a larger quest chain. And we've got cannons! Wonderful, beautiful cannons! This, right here, is what I've been waiting for. 1300 dwarfs hold formation as a horde of Goblins (some riding spiders) rushes towards them.
So here we are, fending off an ambush in one of the many lost underground tunnels that make up The Underway. That one is probably a little easier to picture. (It makes sense when you see them in action.) My other cannon shoots flames and is called a Flame Cannon. although instead of leading hymns down at the local Methodist, they shoot lots of tiny cannon balls at a pleasing rate of fire. Outnumbered and then some, but not yet outgunned, they've brought with them some rather formidable artillery: two sets of Organ Guns, named for their resemblance to the musical instrument. They wait patiently, as Dwarfs often do, for a much larger force of Greenskins to crash upon their ranks. A line of heavily armoured infantry supported by crossbowmen, handgunners and around 50 flamethrowers.
My Dwarfs (not Dwarves) are standing their ground.
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