Warhammer Fantasy
Orc and Goblin Lord Tactics

Orc Lords are the biggest and badist of all the Orcs. As such you are limited to the number of lords you can have in an army.

The Orc Lords have the highest leadership of the Orc army. This is important as the bulk of the Orc army have a notoriously low leadership, so having a big boss around will keep the army going in the right direction!

Named Orc and Goblin Lords

As usual there are a number of unique Orc and Goblin Lords listed in the army book. These character come with extra rules and abilities. I highly recommend become very familiar with these rules as the models have had the points cost increased to cover these abilities, so if you do not use them, then you are throwing points away that could be spent elsewhere.

Gorbad Ironclaw

Gorbad Iron Claw was my favourite choice as army general. This is not because of his impressive fighting skills, but because of his leadership.

Gorbad has the highest leadership of any Orc, and as long as he doesn't take a wound, his leadership 'aura' extends 18". This is a massive advantage with a low leadership army like the Orcs and Goblins!

General as Battle Standard Bearer

The reason Gorbad fell out of favor with me is that he is a Battle Standard Bearer. BSB's are great as they allow your troops to re-roll their leadership. The downside is that because they are standard bearers, thy instantly die if you loose a combat and run!

As Gorbad is a pricey character, that means that you instantly loos those points, and his skills.

Moglor the Mangler

Gorbad Ironclaw is armed with 'Morglor the Mangler' magic weapon.

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Azhag The Slaughterer

There is not a Azhag The Slaughterer special model in the Games Workshop catalogue at the moment, so a minimal amount of modeling Warlord on Wyvern model by adding a crown, swapping the axe for a sword, and adding some magic runes on the armour.

Grimgor Iron Hide

Grom The Paunch of Misty Mountain

Grom is the most powerful of the goblin characters.

Skarsnik, Warlord of the Eight Peaks

Orc Warboss

If you don't want to use (or house rules exclude using) a named character then using a Orc Warboss to lead your army is recommended.

Generic warbosses are very flexible in the equipment that is available to you. This means that you can tool up your character to match the tactics that yo have in mind.

Black Orc Warboss

The Black Orc warboss is the biggest, baddest of all the Orc Warbosses. He commes with all the special rules that the usuall Black Orcs come with but he has his stats upgraded to those of a Orc Lord.

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Savage Orc Warboss

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Orc Great Shaman

Orc Shaman are the magic users of the Orc army, and there Orc Great Shaman are level 3 magic users, that can be upgraded to level 4 magic users.

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> Also See: Warhammer Fantasy Magic Tactics

Goblin Warboss

You do not have to have your lead by an Orc, you can have a Goblin Warboss instead. This is the obvious choice if you want to field a Goblin only army.

Goblin Great Shaman

A great complement to a Great Orc Shaman, is a Great Goblin Shaman. If you take a Goblin Shaman, then you get access the Spell of the Little Waagh

> Also See: Warhammer Fantasy Magic Tactics