Gallowglacht
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Today I was in a hobby shop grabbing some paint and impulse bought a box of Orks.
The last time I played Space Orks were with the thin card cutouts from the Rogue Trader book. It was also the first time I played 40K. It was a disaster. Not only is the Battle at the Farm a bit lopsided at the best of times, the buddy showing me how to played pulled some bull where he ran out from cover, hit me in close combat, then reserve moved back into cover and hiding before I could hit back. When I said "hang on, you never told me we could do that", he responded with "you never asked".
It later transpired that this isn't, in fact, how any of this worked. In his defence, we were about 12, he'd only given the book a quick read and I went on to pull crap like power board mounted troops with slings and melta bombs. But it wasn't a great first impression.
So, I have a handful of Orks, a 2nd edition Codex, but it strikes me that I don't really have a clue how to approach building a 2nd edition force. It's been a long time since that 12 year old cheese-hound, so I'm not looking for the "best" Ork army, just a representative one. Given the table size, I'm looking at building about 1200 points.
Are the any 2nd ed Ork players that could share their list, or a couple of pointers to get me started?
The last time I played Space Orks were with the thin card cutouts from the Rogue Trader book. It was also the first time I played 40K. It was a disaster. Not only is the Battle at the Farm a bit lopsided at the best of times, the buddy showing me how to played pulled some bull where he ran out from cover, hit me in close combat, then reserve moved back into cover and hiding before I could hit back. When I said "hang on, you never told me we could do that", he responded with "you never asked".
It later transpired that this isn't, in fact, how any of this worked. In his defence, we were about 12, he'd only given the book a quick read and I went on to pull crap like power board mounted troops with slings and melta bombs. But it wasn't a great first impression.
So, I have a handful of Orks, a 2nd edition Codex, but it strikes me that I don't really have a clue how to approach building a 2nd edition force. It's been a long time since that 12 year old cheese-hound, so I'm not looking for the "best" Ork army, just a representative one. Given the table size, I'm looking at building about 1200 points.
Are the any 2nd ed Ork players that could share their list, or a couple of pointers to get me started?