With the new Games Workshop Dwarves arriving in December/January and

following on from the release of the new Wood Elves Dave Robotham has created
a sample scenario that pits these fierce adversaries together. This short article is
intended to set the scene for a more complete scenario and battle report in the
January issue.

This Warhammer scenario will be a little different than to make his way to the Empire city of Nuln, famous for its
normal as it will be played using the skirmish rules, which gunnery school and forges…
some of you may be surprised to hear exist. You can find
the rules for playing Warhammer Skirmish on the Games “Grungun Belgarson stepped into the light of the great fire
Workshop website. that had been set in the middle of the stone floor. The air
was dry and the only sound was the crackle and hiss of
I find that playing smaller scale
battles in the Warhammer world
can be really fun, it lets you spend
more time focusing on the figures
and the story. But fear not as the
results of this small heroic last
stand will lead into a full on game
of Warhammer Fantasy Battle (But
even that will have a twist)

Karak Norn lies nestled in the Grey

Mountains situated on the border
of the realms of Athel Loren. The
Dwarfs of Karak Norn have learnt
that the Elves of the Woodland
Realm are unforgiving and
malicious and the Elves have learnt
that the Dwarfs are stubborn and
unmovable from their mountain
keep.

A very uneasy peace exists between

the two races if only because they
both understand that for either to
start a war would mean too many
deaths and too much anguish.

It is onto this backdrop that

Grungun Belgarson eldest of four
brothers will lead a trade caravan
north along the forest edge hoping

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the burning wood. Around the fire sat his three brothers
Tharli, Skorabin and Moranir. He knew they were not
happy about their families renewed interest with trading
in Nuln or more specifically the route they would have
to take to reach the city. However he also knew they
understood the profit that could be made by trading with
the humans.
Grungun Belgarson sat down with his kin and outlined
his plan. The Dwarfs would only use dead, fallen wood
and would not hunt or kill any wild life from the woodland
realms. They would do anything to avoid attracting the
attention of the wood elves.
The three brothers murmured their agreement. However
they were all painfully aware the wood elves were fickle
weak creatures…
4 Days Later…
The Track had disappeared. It was there before and now it
had gone. The trees had moved during the night. Grungun
knew this could mean only one thing.
A wild guttural scream echoed through the woodland.
Every Dwarf in the caravan froze, stopped what he was
doing and looked to the trees. Shadows were moving,
stalking towards them.
And then the arrows began to rain down amongst the
caravan.
“We haven’t done anything wrong you bloody fools!”
Grungun screamed at the approaching elves...
He finally realised how evil and malicious the wood elves
were. And at that moment he knew he was dead, but by the
Gods he wasn’t going to let the caravan get into the hands
of the Elves. Some would survive this day; survive to carry
the news of this Elven treachery back to Karak Norn. His
family would not forget this insult…
“Skorabin,” he shouted at the young dwarf. “Gather the
traders and return with the caravan to Karak Norn.”
Skorabin made ready to protest but saw the glint or anger
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and rage in his older brother’s eyes and knew not to
argue.
“Tharli, gather your best warriors and bring them here.
We will make them pay dearly for this act of murder.” His
brother looked at him and knew what was going to happen
but he knew his duty. Tharli started barking commands
for the warriors to assemble and make ready.
Grungun moved over to where Moranir had just finished
strapping his armour on.
“Moranir, brother, are you ready for this?” Moranir
hefted his great axe onto his shoulders, staring out across
the woodland he simply nodded.
Grungun strapped his helmet on and picked up his shield.
He lifted his axe and tested the weight. All around him
Dwarf warriors assembled as the first few Elf warriors
appeared on the tree line.
As one the small Dwarf force charged forwards.”
As you can see from the map included in this article the
table set up for this game is relatively simple. You will
need a 4’x4’ board and several copses of trees and some
low rocky hills. Because the scenario will be played using
the Warhammer skirmish rules only a few figures will be
needed. A bit of a novelty for a Warhammer game!
The first three figures to be included will be the three
dwarf brothers that have turned to fight and any kinsmen
that are fighting with them. The Dwarf figures have plenty
of personality and we’re having loads of fun getting them
ready for a January photoshoot. We think you’ll enjoy this
one.
On the Elf side there will be a few different heroes selected
from the different kindreds to spice up the figures we will
use along with some Glade Guard (the back bone of the
Wood Elf army). We will also be providing a battle report
of how the scenario went.
But remember the Dwarfs will have to settle this grudge
sooner or later so the Wood Elves better watch out…