 Editor in Chief Bill   | 04 Mar 2017 11:54 p.m. PST |
When planning for a dungeon wargame with miniatures, how many Orc warriors do you think you will need? |
| John Treadaway | 05 Mar 2017 12:14 a.m. PST |
Eleven, providing they're tall enough… John T |
| Spooner6 | 05 Mar 2017 12:30 a.m. PST |
That depends. What level? If the Wizard has fireball then you need a lot more. Some old school adventures had some crazy high numbers in some encounters. I guess my answer we would be, "never enough". Chris |
| keithbarker | 05 Mar 2017 1:00 a.m. PST |
If you don't have enough figures, then you can always use a wave attack! |
 Herkybird  | 05 Mar 2017 2:22 a.m. PST |
Dungeons are good for recycling blade fodder! I think about 40 used to be fine for mine, just for the visual effect! |
| Mako11 | 05 Mar 2017 4:12 a.m. PST |
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| Zargon | 05 Mar 2017 4:25 a.m. PST |
Depends on the toilet facilities, too many and your dungeon party will be stepping in it all the way to the treasure. how many DMs actually play it real? |
| Buckeye AKA Darryl | 05 Mar 2017 6:44 a.m. PST |
Hundreds, think swarms of them in Moria! |
| JSchutt | 05 Mar 2017 10:06 a.m. PST |
I'm a big fan of a 6 to 1 ratio for bad guys….assuming you are posting heroes against lesser foes. That being said if you have a dungeon layout…filling it full of potential threats….which may or may not actually be there contributes to very satisfactory levels of player "stress."
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| Frederick | 05 Mar 2017 10:14 a.m. PST |
As many as you have At least when opposing dwarfs, I find at least three goblins/Orcs/etc is what you need |
| MajorB | 05 Mar 2017 10:28 a.m. PST |
The more the Moria / oops, I meant merrier! |
| Roderick Robertson | 05 Mar 2017 10:29 a.m. PST |
Orcs are the Zulus of the Fantasy world; you can never have enough. "Orcs sir, thousands of them." |
| Weasel | 05 Mar 2017 10:33 a.m. PST |
Depends on the rules no? From gut feeling, 2 to 1, but I'm a Runequest and Rolemaster player :) |
| grtbrt | 05 Mar 2017 11:47 a.m. PST |
4 if you can match skin tones |
| Waco Joe | 05 Mar 2017 12:22 p.m. PST |
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 Parzival | 05 Mar 2017 3:53 p.m. PST |
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 etotheipi  | 05 Mar 2017 6:22 p.m. PST |
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| djbthesecond | 05 Mar 2017 8:05 p.m. PST |
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 Doctor X | 06 Mar 2017 2:46 a.m. PST |
How many angels are on a head of a pin? That's how many orcs you need. |
| Col Durnford | 06 Mar 2017 1:33 p.m. PST |
Depend on the power of the party. At low level a single orc could be a close match for a single player. In that case 2 to 1 in favor of the orcs in a single encounter is about right. Thru the whole dungeon, I would agree Zulu level of numbers. |
| Der Krieg Geist | 07 Mar 2017 11:50 a.m. PST |
All of them! is the only real answer… :D |
 20thmaine | 07 Mar 2017 5:33 p.m. PST |
You can always recycle the dead ones ….so enough to keep the players busy and a few more for spare. It does depend how many players you have as well. |
| Dark Fable | 03 Jun 2017 8:26 a.m. PST |
I remember a dungeon in which we came across an orc mob numbering around 75 – 80. My friend only had 25 actual orc figurines, the rest ended up being dice and pennies. So everytime an Orc figurine was killed he would turn into a penny and the figurine was recycled into the fight. Worked quite well |
