Armies of Oathmark: The Goblins and Orcs Carry Weapons and Big Teeth
Osprey Games and North Star Military Figures have now released their newest Mass Combat Fantasy System – Oathmark. In it, you build a Kingdom and wage wars against your neighbors. There are four core races in the book (Dwarf, Human, Elf, and Goblin/Orc). Those races all get along within a Kingdom but will fight for their lords against neighboring kingdoms. How will you build your Kingdom?
Recently, I went through all of the races in the book and listed their advantages and disadvantages in the game. In this post, we will look specifically at the unit list of the Orcs and Goblins. As a note, these are very “lord of the rings” type units. There are no crossbows or guns. This fantasy world has more akin to the Dark Ages than Medieval Times.
Before focusing in on the Goblins and Orcs, I want to let you know that there are two ways to play the game. The first is to take a straight-up list from a single race and field units from just that race. The second is to build your own Kingdom for a fantasy campaign game. In the campaign game, you can set yourself up to take any units that you want, but for this post, we are going to focus on the Orcs and Goblins of Oathmark.
The Goblins
The Goblins in Oathmark can field the cheapest troops points-wise. This means they can overwhelm their opponents through sheer numbers. They also have the worst stats, so don’t expect them to hold up long without numbers on their side.
Available Units
The following units are available to a Goblin leader. I will leave the word “Goblin” out of each entry as it can be assumed that all of the standard units in this list are Goblins. I also make mention of their armaments in case you want to see if the model types match up with the army you own or your preconceived notions.
- A King (Command ability, Hand Weapon, Shield and Heavy Armour – can take a Wolf Mount)
- An Advisor (Command ability, Hand Weapon, Shield and Heavy Armour – can take a Wolf Mount)
- An Army General (Command ability, Hand Weapon, Shield and Heavy Armour – can take a Wolf Mount)
- Captains (Command ability, Hand Weapon, Shield and Heavy Armour – can take a Wolf Mount)
- A Champion (Hand Weapon, Shield, Heavy Armour – can take a Wolf Mount)
- Spellcasters (Hand Weapon – can take a Wolf Mount)
- Soldiers (Hand Weapon, Shield, Light Armour)
- Spearmen (Spear, Shield, Light Armour)
- Archers (Hand Weapon, Bow, Light Armour)
- Slaves (Hand Weapon)
- Slingers (Hand Weapon, Sling)
- Wolf Rider (Hand Weapon, Shield, Light Armour)
- Wolf Rider Scout (Hand Weapon, Bow, Light Armour)
- Wolves
- Goblin Light Catapult
The Orcs
The Orcs in Oathmark specialize in fiercely charging and attacking their foes. Their fight skill is better in most cases than their human counterparts, but they lack the discipline of the other races. In fact, the only other group as unruly as they are the Goblins.
Available Units
The following units are available to an Orc leader. I will leave the word “Orc” out of each entry as it can be assumed that all of the standard units in this list are Orcs. I also make mention of their armaments.
- A King (Command ability, Hand Weapon, Shield and Heavy Armour – can take a Wolf Mount)
- A Prince (Command ability, Hand Weapon, Shield and Heavy Armour – can take a Wolf Mount)
- An Army General (Command ability, Hand Weapon, Shield and Heavy Armour – can take a Wolf Mount)
- Captains (Command ability, Hand Weapon, Shield and Heavy Armour – can take a Wolf Mount)
- A Champion (Hand Weapon, Shield, Heavy Armour – can take a Wolf Mount)
- Spellcasters (Hand Weapon – can take a Wolf Mount)
- Soldiers (Hand Weapon, Shield, Light Armour)
- Spearmen (Spear, Shield, Light Armour)
- Warrior (Hand Weapon, Shield, Heavy Armour)
- Linebreaker (Two-Handed Weapon, Heavy Armour)
- Archers (Hand Weapon, Bow, Light Armour)
- Heavy Catapult
Also Available to Orcs and Goblins
The following units are also available to the armies of the Orcs and Goblins.
- Trolls
- Knucker (Enormous Serpents with a poisonous breath attack)
Wrapping it up…
Hopefully, you enjoyed this article about Oathmark. North Star Military Figures makes some beautiful miniatures for this game. If you haven’t checked them out, check them out.
This game also happens to be miniature agnostic so maybe you have alternative figures that you want to use. That is okay too. Special thanks goes out to Osprey Games for sending me this book for review purposes.
For those interested in more reading on Oathmark, I have more Oathmark stories available including an excellent article on the differences between the races in the core rule book and a full rundown of the units belonging to each race.
Thanks again for reading, and until next time, Happy Gaming Everyone!!!
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