Tactics for fighting Ogre Kigdom armies

[Sguighunter]

Hey I am playing a Ogre Kingdom army next week and I was wodnering if any body had some ideas about what there best units are and stuff as I have never played with them or seem somebody play with them before.

[dave grant]

Ogres are considered one of, if not 'the' weakest armies.

What do you use - that will determine what will trouble you the most.

Generally...

Maneaters are awesome, but 90 points each, and they are just as easy to kill as 'regular' Ogres = shoot them. My maneaters have killed everything from star dragons, to fully ranked dwarfs.... they are very killy, immune to psych and stubborn.

Leadbelchers can give most fast cav etc a hard time

Gorgers come on behind you, and a are a pain

Tenderiser is a "awesome" magic weapon - str 7 with D3 wounds.... nice. Do not accept challeges vs this thing.

Magic is very "different", and can be very tough.


Ogres weaknesses are.... little/no ranged firepower, low leadership, and large bases (difficult to bring many models into a fight vs most other units). Also being diffcult to kill due to multiple wounds doesn't help much in a game when combat res is king.

[Sguighunter]

I use Orcs and Goblins with some shooting and lots of magic. I also have a strong combat and fast cav portions of my army.

[dave grant]

Should be a good game..... both have little/no armour and rely on killing stuff.

Watch out for fear. Sounds obvious, but could really screw over a O&G player.

[Antony]

Charge your dragon into the Tyrant bunker and break it with all of the associated characters 

Almost all Ogre players I've seen put a bunch of characters in one unit. If you can smash that then you are facing an army of big fat Orcs. It you don't have a Dragon, try a Shaggas Wyvern as the characters tend to be clustered around each other.