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Best Way To Run Herds?, Of a squig kind?

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Johnny-Crass	Posted: Jun 4 2012, 10:52 PM
Snotling Group: Members Posts: 32 Member No.: 6,909 Joined: 4-June 12	So while I have been playing warhammer for years OnG is very new to me. I have fallen in love with herds and was wondering what formation they are best run in

Da Spawn Man	Posted: Jun 4 2012, 11:19 PM
Night Goblin Fanatic! Group: Members Posts: 1,165 Member No.: 6,258 Joined: 17-April 11	Horde!

Squigkikka	Posted: Jun 5 2012, 12:56 AM
Waaagh! Group: Members Posts: 3,410 Member No.: 5,573 Joined: 4-December 09	5, 7 or 10 wide. I like units in sizes of 15/10, 17/9 (for 7 wide perfection!) or 30-40/10 for horde (altough I almost never use hordes).

Groznit Goregut	Posted: Jun 5 2012, 03:14 PM
Waaagh! Group: Veterans Posts: 8,225 Member No.: 2,381 Joined: 10-August 05	If you went horde, wouldn't you want something like 30/20? I mean, why risk it all blowing up if you lose the gobbos? I would think if you put that many points in you want them to stick around. It's only another 30 pts.

mickkk666	Posted: Jun 5 2012, 03:19 PM
Flying goblin Group: Members Posts: 1,038 Member No.: 6,568 Joined: 5-October 11	I usually include units of 5 and 7 wide. Horde is too much I think.

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Posted: Jun 5 2012, 04:19 PM

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QUOTE (Groznit Goregut @ Jun 5 2012, 03:14 PM)

If you went horde, wouldn't you want something like 30/20? I mean, why risk it all blowing up if you lose the gobbos? I would think if you put that many points in you want them to stick around. It's only another 30 pts.

What would kill the 10 goblins though? You could increase it 15 if you'd like of course, but on average the goblins will die at the same time the squigs die from BS shooting and magic. Statistically anyway.

Groznit Goregut	Posted: Jun 5 2012, 06:05 PM
Waaagh! Group: Veterans Posts: 8,225 Member No.: 2,381 Joined: 10-August 05	Templates could get 'em and then some hand to hand. I dunno. Still, it's only 30 pts for them.

Squigkikka	Posted: Jun 5 2012, 06:39 PM
Waaagh! Group: Members Posts: 3,410 Member No.: 5,573 Joined: 4-December 09	Points add up, though. You could place your night goblins in a herd so that the template only touches very few of them, y'know? And hand to hand... what, when all the squigs are dead? You could be flanked something immensely of course.

rothgar13	Posted: Jun 5 2012, 07:28 PM
Boss Group: Members Posts: 1,086 Member No.: 6,571 Joined: 9-October 11	I think 30 Squigs/10 NG's would be ideal, provided you're running a Horde. If you're not, I think a unit of 21/7 gives you the best bang for the buck (fielded 7-wide).

Squigkikka	Posted: Jun 5 2012, 09:49 PM
Waaagh! Group: Members Posts: 3,410 Member No.: 5,573 Joined: 4-December 09	7 handlers is too little, in my experience. 9 is bare minimum and I'd recommend 10. 7 can be killed off all too easily with some unlucky 5-6 rolls when distributing hits.

Mrmox42	Posted: Jun 6 2012, 06:19 AM
Goblin Group: Members Posts: 272 Member No.: 6,752 Joined: 20-February 12	I run two regiments of them. Both are 7 wide and they consist of 15/10 and 14/10. This is because I have 29 Squigs. :-)

amplebob	Posted: Jun 6 2012, 03:55 PM
Orc Group: Members Posts: 583 Member No.: 5,413 Joined: 3-August 09	I like running a few more goblins than I need. It really helps keep the ranks of the unit up and keep the squigs chomping down on stuff for longer. I like a huge horde of 16 goblins, 34 squigs. But i've also ran the herd in several smaller games with around 20 models, always atleast 14 squigs...

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