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The Dogsoldier Codex

A Guide to Armored Combat for Fighters, Commanders & Teachers

by

Brian J. Pfeifer

and

Baron Sylvanus Perrin

Sable Tower Press

Table of Contents

1. To Answer The Call: How to Authorize
2. Dogsoldier: A Beginner’s Guide to Melee Combat
   1. Dawn’s Early Light
   2. The Gathering Storm
   3. Loose the Dogs of War!
   4. On Foreign Ground: Or, I broke through, now what?
   5. Life on the Wall
   6. Live to Fight Another Day
   7. Appendix: Spear Games
3. Wolf Pack: a Battlefield Handbook
   1. Woods Battle
   2. Field Battle
   3. Bridge Battle
   4. Castle Battle
   5. Drill and Training
   6. Concerning Food
   7. Concerning Armor
   8. Concerning Injuries
4. Tending the Flame: A Teacher’s Resource
   1. Types of Fighters
   2. Transcripts of Basic Lessons
   3. The Pitfalls of the Trainer
   4. How To Recruit New Fighters
   5. The Annotated Training Tally
   6. Books: Written sources that have direct value to fighters
   7. Drills and other fun stuff
5. The Lost Art of the Thrust: A reintroduction for the heavy fighter
6. Lessons of the Orc Forge: Armoring Mistakes We Made So You Don’t Have To
7. The PCAS Armor Repair Field Kit
8. Perrin’s Two Bits: A Novice FAQ
   1. How do I hold a sword?
   2. How do I strap a helmet? The thug-rig method
   3. What is the proper balance for broadswords?
   4. What hardware do I need to strap my shield?
   5. How do I strap a heater shield?
   6. How do I form a shield-blank?
   7. Armor bites and other indignities
   8. Metal and metallurgy for stickjocks
9. Swordblow Compendium
   1. Guards and their abbreviations
   2. Snap blows – Made with the hip pivoting towards opponent.
   3. Return blows – Made with the hip pivoting away from opponent.
   4. Other miscellaneous blows
   5. Thrusts
10. Glossary
11. About the Authors
12. Training Tally Cards