Our Most Orky List Yet
We had one of those classic army-building conversations that starts with a list and very quickly turns into philosophy, old battle memories, and making plans for hobby side quests.
This time the topic was Stas’s new Orcs & Goblins idea for Warhammer: The Old World — and honestly, it really does sound like the most orky list he’s put together so far.
No Black Orc stability. No Warboss keeping the boyz in line with a murderous stare. No boar-mounted bruisers threatening the flanks. No Night Goblin nonsense with fanatics and squigs waiting to turn the game into a carnival of bad decisions.
Instead, this one leans into something much more straightforward, much less fashionable, and therefore somehow even more charming: regular goblins.
Stas summed it up perfectly: this might just be a bad list, because basically nobody plays normal goblins — everyone always goes Night Goblins. But that only makes us want to see it on the table more.
Because sometimes the right answer is not “is this optimal?”
Sometimes the right answer is:
śśś-waaagh, and let’s go.
One extra detail that made us smile: the orcs are also getting bows, because they’re free. That is exactly the kind of list refinement we respect around here.
Going full goblin, on purpose
What we like most in this idea is that it feels committed. It’s not trying to borrow the most dependable parts from every sub-faction and build a sensible all-rounder. It’s picking a lane and driving straight into the ditch with enthusiasm.
And to be fair, that is often where the best Warhammer memories come from.
Stas also noticed something funny while looking back at one of his older battle videos: apparently this is not even the first time he’s had the bright idea of skipping Black Orcs entirely. History may already have delivered its verdict on that experiment… but clearly not strongly enough to stop another attempt.
Michał added an important caveat, though: at least this time there won’t be a Cathayan Shugengan involved. That alone may already improve the odds.
The conversation also wandered into a nice little Old World rules-history corner: back then we were apparently playing 500 points as Grand Army, not Battle March. Today that would matter a lot more for what could and couldn’t be included, and as Stas pointed out, The War of Settra’s Fury only arrived later, around autumn.
That kind of thing is easy to forget until an old list or old game reminder suddenly sends us down the rabbit hole.
The joy of battle reports as memories
The second half of the chat drifted toward something we’ve been thinking about more and more lately: recording games and turning them into short battle videos.
Michał dropped a link to one of Stas’s old clips and the reaction was immediate — part admiration, part disbelief, part “wait, we made this?” energy.
Stas’s review of his own work was extremely relatable:
Oh wow, what an amazing video I made.
And then, one second later:
Seven months ago!
That is the exact emotional arc of rediscovering your own hobby content.
As for how long it took? The estimate was something like 4 to 6 hours, probably stretching late into the night. Stas also admitted he’s not especially fast or smooth with editing, so the process takes him ages. Fair enough. Most of us are one awkward timeline cut away from questioning all our life choices.
Still, the conclusion was pretty inspiring: even if editing is slow, these videos are fantastic keepsakes. Having one from every round of an event or every memorable game would be brilliant.
Michał also linked another creator doing a similar kind of thing — the sort of battle recap that’s just plain fun to watch.
The practical takeaway from the chat was very us: maybe we can split the effort. The important thing is to record the material and somehow remember what actually happened during the game. Editing can be shared; lost memories of turn three cannot.
Sneaky little chaos dwarf gits
And because no hobby chat should stay on one subject for too long, we also had a quick detour when Stas posted a photo and asked the most dangerous question in miniature gaming:
O, and who’s this then?
Michał’s answer: sneaky Chaos Dwarf gits.
We’re including it here because this is exactly how army-building sessions usually look in real life: one minute it’s list theory, the next minute someone’s zooming in on a model and trying to identify some suspicious little menace.
So, is it good?
No idea.
Is it orky?
Absolutely.
And honestly, that may be the better question.
We’re very curious how this list will actually perform on the table, especially because it seems built less around reliability and more around embracing the kind of chaos that makes Greenskin armies memorable in the first place. Even if it turns out to be terrible, there’s a good chance it will be terrible in exactly the right way.
Which, for an army-building project, is sometimes the best possible outcome.
If this list gets a game soon, we’ll try to do the sensible thing: record it, remember what happened, and maybe turn it into another little battle-video keepsake.
Because if we’re going to go full goblin, we may as well document the disaster properly.