– ‘The Story of Joseph Bugman’ (RR1 Bugman’s Dwarf Rangers)īugman, the Troll Country and Badlands would survive into later editions, as would the character of dwarfs defined in this text. Joseph Bugman’s body was never found, it is generally assumed that he died along with every other member of his Regiment and their families.īattlecry – ‘Mhinz Abeir’ – shouted by half the company, to which the rest reply – ‘Z’yor Rond’ – Dwarvish, translation unknown. Rumours from the south told of the ravages of Bugman’s Rangers, of cunning ambushes, of deadly nocturnal raids and the consternation of the Goblins.Įventually, wounded and deathly exhausted, Bugman and his now pitifully small band returned to their homes, only to fight their last battle defending Bugman’s Brewery from the advancing armies of the Goblins. The band disappeared into the Bad Lands, and little was heard from them during the following years.
Without hesitation Joseph took up his sword and his armour and gathered a small band of his workers – all of whom had lost relatives or friends in the massacre. The news came as a terrible blow to the old Dwarf, who instantly swore uncompromising revenge upon the Goblins for this foul deed of theft and murder. Every last Dwarf was slain, including Samuel’s only son Bono. Joseph found himself unexpectedly involved in the war when a convoy transporting Bugman’s Best Bitter into the Troll Country was attacked by a rampaging Goblin band. After all ‘Brass was Brass’, and Bugman’s Bitter sold well to Goblins and Dwarfs alike. His small community lay well off the beaten track, away from the worst excesses of the fighting, and Joseph felt no inclination to meddle in what seemed to him to be a domestic quarrel. By the time of the Goblin Wars Joseph was a prosperous and wealthy brewing merchant, and a reasonably passive and contented Dwarf. The brewing community of Bugman’s Brewery, in fact a small town, had been founded in ages past by the great Samuel Bugman, Joseph’s long-dead grandfather. Joseph Bugman was possibly the most famous Dwarf master brewer of all time. RR1 – Bugman’s Dwarf Rangers (April 1984) It describes a Warhammer world that has a more familiar feel than the earlier inserts, and shows several ideas emerging that would survive into later Warhammer. The background text for these sets is full of detail. Between April and August 1984 Citadel released miniatures boxed sets for all of them įorces of Fantasy introduced and described the Regiments of Renown, eight noted regiments for a selection of Warhammer races.
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