The Tribe Grows...

"Boss! Boss! You gotta come see this!" shouted Zograt. The Big Boss was always wary of disturbing Skarnak for fear of being fed to the tribe's squig herd, but he felt he had good enough reason to keep the Warboss happy this time.


"Eugh, what is it Zograt? This 'ad better be good," bellowed Skarnak as he emerged from his tent at the centre of the tribe's camp to all sorts of bickering and commotion from the goblins trying to get a look at the newcomers. Skarnak shoved his subordinates aside as he moved to the edge of the camp where he spied the first of the new arrivals; a small band of Night Goblins from a rival tribe.


"We'z 'eard the Spleenstabbas iz the strongest tribe in the Black Mountains and we wanna fight with the best!" shouted one of the goblins. Skarnak resisted the urge to gut the goblin for speaking out of turn. Like all good goblin leaders, Skarnak was cunning. He knew he needed numbers if he was to terrorise the Old World in an all-consuming Waaagh!. Besides, if these new additions proved to be less than useful, they can always keep the squigs well fed.


Skarnak's keen hearing alerted him to movement in the forest. Turning his gaze toward the tree line, he was greeted by hundreds of eyes shining in the darkness. As the other goblins noticed, they frantically ran to grab spears and all manner of sharp objects to meet this new threat. Suddenly the many eyes within the forest started to move forward with unnerving speed, revealing a horde of spiders from deep within the forest. Luckily for the tribe, these spiders were being ridden by Forest Goblins, with the sole purpose of joining the growing Waaagh! Skarnak was not about to turn them down, the inclusion of Forest Goblins paving the way to include all manner of beasts in his forces.


The Warboss retreated toward his tent, a wicked grin forming as he strolled past the ramshackle artillery that his tribe had built. Two Spear Chukkas had been finished along with Skarnak's favourite creation, a Doom Diver Catapult. He was certain he could find plenty of volunteers to test it out. Just as he pulled the cover of his tent aside, the din of the camp was interrupted by an almighty crash. He turned around to witness the carnage occurring and let out a laugh. 


"Looks like the boyz had a good hunt!" he shouted to Zograt, who was more concerned with trying to keep the camp in one piece. A group of goblins had been sent into the nearby caves to find more squigs for the army more than two weeks ago. These hunts are often less than successful and not many make it back. This was clearly not the case in this instance as a handful of goblins were dragged into the camp, holding onto massive chains for dear life as two massive Mangler Squigs burst from the tree line. It took almost the entire camp to lure them into their holding cages, and a lot of food to get them to calm down enough to not break their way out.


Skarnak turned back to his tent, content that his tribe could only grow bigger as stories of their victories travelled to other tribes. Little did he know that his growing infamy could be his undoing...




So with my first 500 points coming along nicely (ok slowly, but there's just under 2 months to go) I've decided to plan ahead for my 1000 point army. As the story above indicates, I've decided to add a few heavy hitters to my Goblin force. I'm not going to add anything Orc-related until the next threshold to keep the theme and story behind the army going. So without further ado, here is the planned list for 1000 points!

Warboss Skarnak - 55
Shield - 3
Great Cave Squig - 40

Big Boss Zograt - 35
Battle Standard Bearer - 25

Zorg, Night Goblin Shaman - 50

50 Night Goblins - 150
Full Command - 30
3 Fanatics - 75

15 Forest Goblin Spider Riders - 195
Full Command - 30

8 Squig Hoppers - 96

2 Spear Chukkas - 70

Doom Diver Catapult - 80

Mangler Squigs - 65

Total: 999

Hopefully the extra Night Goblins should bolster my already established unit (getting them closer to a unit of 100 *maniacal laughter*) and the Spider Riders should provide some much needed flank support for charges or taking out annoying war machines. The Spear Chukkas are cheap & unreliable but potentially lethal and the Doom Diver is just far too fun not to take! As for the Mangler Squigs, they'll be doing what they do best: crushing anything in their path!