Ogre Kingdoms, a good army?

[adam]

Being inspired by a few friends who are joining the Fantasy game, i feel compelled to play as well, and my army of choice is the Ogre Kindgoms.

Now...

Since GW gives a fairly one sided view of its armies, can anyone tell me the good and bad things about the Ogre Kingdoms that i may not find on the internet?

[littlejustin]

well to start of with they have extreemly strong core units both a close and ranged combat but they do not have much diversity

[Dan]

you can go one of 2 main routes with the orges. you can go a small army of really strong units or u can go a BIG horde army.

Also they have some really interesting magic

[Glen]

Gut Magic is awesome.
Yhettes are amazingly effective.
Don't overlook Gnobblars, you will need em.

[masterdecoy]

Oct 19, 2009 14:01:16 GMT 10 Glen said:

Gut Magic is awesome.
Yhettes are amazingly effective.
Don't overlook Gnobblars, you will need em.

You should see my Gut magic.....

It transforms food into somthing else.

[adam]

it sounds good, could i go so far to say that they are the Fantasy necrons? ie: powerful expensive units (necrons/ogres) mixed with lots of weak 'hordlings' (scarabs/gnoblars)?

Also, i recently found out what 'M' means, and found it interesting that considering the Ogres are all fat, theyre also one of the fastest infantry based armies. [Anyone whose played my Orks before knows i like going fast and hitting hard ;D ] so, i think its safe to say that I am going to collect Ogre Kingdoms, considering they embody my gaming style.

Thanks for the stuff guys!

[Igginator]

Wow! I never thought they would have a high move value... like their even bigger than dwarves, width wise

[littlejustin]

because they are so big there legs are longer so it requiars less effort to make lare stepps

[Igginator]

Also adam, i have read some things and it is possible to still have an effective force without Gnoblars but u need to be a lot more careful with your tactics in general cos shooting will hurt.

[adam]

Nov 17, 2009 14:16:27 GMT 10 Igginator said:

Also adam, i have read some things and it is possible to still have an effective force without Gnoblars but u need to be a lot more careful with your tactics in general cos shooting will hurt.

yeah, i figure that Ogres, despite their size, are the glass cannons of the army. ie: pack a punch but cant take to many hits. Essentially, try and outflank the enemy army and beat up the stuff that is not looking. Gnoblars would take a huge weight off my shoulders however, as they are a good distraction for when my Ogres would use their graceful sneaking to get behind
Still, I am not sure how to handle gun heavy armies like dwarves and empire, besides from lots of those seedy looking Ogres always giving high fives, i forget their names.

[Igginator]

yeah i would also want to have a few 'meat shields' too

[Dan]

they are an OK army but not as good as Skaven.

[littlejustin]

i got 3 words for your skaven mouse, trap and cheez

[adam]

Nov 24, 2009 16:26:07 GMT 10 littlejustin said:

i got 3 words for your skaven mouse, trap and cheez

personally, i wouldn't endorse those little rodents by collecting an army of them, they already bug me by scittering around in my walls when i want to get to sleep, scittering RIGHT next to my head, i have this recurring nightmare that they will gnaw through the plaster and a whole bunch of them will spill out of the wall into my room one day.
I better check for Warp stones under my house heheh

[loki]

8 bull gut charge.
nice way to mess up most troops