So, I have my High Elf army, and I love it, but I want to get a second army because I've actually convinced my fiancee to try and play with me. With that in mind, we've got it narrowed down to the Dwarfs and the Wood Elves.

It seems to me that the Wood Elves are a bit more a faster attacking, hit and run-type army, whereas the Dwarfs, with their higher toughness and slower movement, are more the stand and fight type army.

With all that, which army would you choose and why?

Thanks in advance!

Id pick both for differnt reasons, Dwarfs have their runes and cannons and can have a semi powerful antimagic end plus have good monster killing ability, while Wood elves may be magicy their magic isnt that great, their only true ability is the tree singing and that isnt always going to be that good, the Wood elves have more flexabilty while the dwarfs can take hit after hit and keep going at times(this is from me haveing fought 2 dwarf armys at 2250 and getting beat both times)

Whichever your fiancee thinks is cooler. Seriously, if you want to lure her in to playing, pick whichever one she thinks looks the best.

dwarfs seem to have it a bit more simple on the rules due to not haveing magic but then again I have no clue how hard the runes are to figure out and use during a game

I may be a little bias because I love elves but... From a girls perspective go with the Elves. They have pretty "horsies", cute trees, unicorns, and are more appealing than short bearded men. Like it's been said, let her look at the pictures in the codex's or online and choose the one that is more appealing to her. That is how I chose my armies both for 40k and fantasy (with help from makari too), how JTPitts girlfriend chose hers, and how Makari's wife chose models to paint. Bring her to some of the games so she can meet with other people and see the different armies in person. Oh and we always need more CAG members so, sign her up!!

That's what I'm thinking, too. Though it is entirely appealing that you can get so much dwarven goodness from the Skull Pass set for so inexpensive a price.

if you have the skull pass let her try out the Dwarfs and proxy and try out the wood elves and see which she likes better

Ehhhhh...... lets see....... EMPIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Observing those who have played Dwarves in the past of all the WFB armies they are probably the one that should only play if one is a die hard universal dwarf fan.

They are an army that basically take a punch to the face and then hit back. Against an experience opponent that can get very ugly.

Not that the Wood Elves have their own challenges. Dryads my be criminally cheap (or were not sure how the new processoin of army books may challenge that) but they still don't get ranks and once combat resolution become a factor they can fold fast to hard hittin magical weapon tot'n heroes or units. With the right units to match a style of play the Wood Elves are overall better.

Just something to consider after which army is more visual pleasing.

I play both armies and Wood Elves are more fun because they dont get nearly as repetative and they have magic which is a big part in the game

I'd say dwarves, if she is a rough and tumble lady. My wife is an ork lover. No prancing unicorns for her. Also if she is more military minded or gadet minded or simply like short burly bearded guys.

dude, you cannot even compare the armies They are so totally different.


Woodies = 40K in fantasy world.

Dwarves = everything that makes Fantasy...well Fantasy!

I do play Wood Elves but you have to plan with them. I almost never bring casters, the Wood Elf magic is very weak. Their strength is still dryads, treemmen and the best archers in the game. What is important is what your lady wants out of it. The Wood Elves are prettier, can be played several different ways and can gives as well as they get. Dwarves can win, but you end up fielding the same units and playing the same way every game.
I watched a game between a couple good friends just after the new dwarf codex was released. The Wood Elves brought lots of bows and no magic to speak of. It wasn't a pretty sight. The last couple of Dwarves declared a grudge against the Wood Elves and there was much drinking at Bugmans to mourn the slaughter of the Dwarves that day.

Yeah i didnt think about that, Wood Elves do involve a lot of planning and sometimes its hard for new players