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Hello.

This is my army list for a up-coming a tournament at my club. I'm pretty satisfied with it, and it suits my playin' style. MSU.

Characters

Tyrant  295pts (Lord)
 Base: Ogre Club
Options: Light Armour; Longstrider; The Tenderiser; Wyrdstone Necklace
 

Butcher  180pts (Hero)
 Base: Hand Weapon
Options: Dispel Scroll(x1); Bangstick
 

Butcher  155pts (Hero)
 Base: Hand Weapon
Options: Dispel Scroll(x1)
 

Butcher  155pts (Hero)
 Base: Hand Weapon
Options: Dispel Scroll(x1)
 

Units


3 x Bulls  115pts (Core)
 Base: Ogre Club; Hand Weapon
Options: Musician
 

3 x Bulls  115pts (Core)
 Base: Ogre Club; Hand Weapon
Options: Musician
 

3 x Bulls  115pts (Core)
 Base: Ogre Club; Hand Weapon
Options: Musician
 

8 x Gnoblar Trappers  48pts (Core)
 Base: Hand Weapon; Sharp Stuff
Options: none
 

3 x Ironguts  144pts (Core)
 Base: Great Weapon; Heavy Armour
Options: none
 

3 x Ironguts  144pts (Core)
 Base: Great Weapon; Heavy Armour
Options: none


3 x Ironguts  144pts (Core)
 Base: Great Weapon; Heavy Armour
Options: none
 

1 x Gnoblar Scraplauncher  165pts (Special)
 Base: Baggage, Random Junk and Thick Shaggy Hide
Options: none
 

2 x Leadbelchers  110pts (Special)
 Base: Leadbelcher Cannon; Light Armour
Options: none
 

2 x Leadbelchers  110pts (Special)
 Base: Leadbelcher Cannon; Light Armour
Options: none
 

Would like some comments on the list, but do have in min that I'm not changing the MSU tactic so no big units icon_wink

Tor- Eivind.
I like it, IMO MSU is certainly the way to go.

However, I'm not sure I would bother with 3 Butchers, 2 would probably suffice.  With the left over points I'd personally opt for a Gorger and a couple of units of 20 Gnoblars.
The Gnoblars will really help you, as they'll provide you with another 2 units to place in the deployment phase (you can deploy tactically by placing your Gnoblars down first), cheap units to hold your table quarters, numbers and ranks to aid your small units of Ogres in combat, and some cheap fodder diversionary units to chuck in front of enemy units you'd rather avoid.

The Gorger can help deal with any enemy artillery, or you could use him to pin enemy units down for a few turns should he arrive early enough into the game.
Anyways, IMO the main benefit of the Gorger is the psychological effect he'll have on your opponents.  Tournament gamers generally don't like randomness and lack of control, and they certainly don't like enemies popping up behind their own units.  This often leads to an overreaction to the threat, and if you're lucky and place your Gorger well when he arrives, your Gorger has the potential to draw attention away from the rest of your army.

Just my two pence icon_wink
I would drop the third butcher. I would get a unit of Gnoblars. Either way let us know how you do, we love battle reports or at least I do.
Hehe, I see the point of the Gnoblar unit and thatæs something I'm thinking of. But do you know how funny Gnoblars are to paint icon_razz? I don't think I have time to get my Gnoblars finished to this tournament. But I certainly will try them out in future games.
When it comes to the Gorger I'm not that convinced about it's abilities, but as Hragged says, it has a big psychologic impact on the opponent.
Although I think the suggestions are not bad, I'm not willing to give up my third Butcher without some test games.
Eh, excuse my idiocy (I can't always pass the Stupidity test, you know, Ogres with their mediocre Ld and all...) but what does MSU mean, exactly?
Coming soon from Grokfol's Gnoblar Workteam:
Yorfarg and Ashadrianus [special characters]
multiple small units.
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