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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian06 Nov 2024 9:36 p.m. PST

For your tabletop army, how many cannons are needed to fully equip your Orc army?

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* my Orcs do not use cannons
* I do not use cannons in my fantasy gaming

TimePortal06 Nov 2024 9:42 p.m. PST

My orcs are pre-gunpowder era orcs.

Personal logo John the OFM Supporting Member of TMP06 Nov 2024 10:03 p.m. PST

One time I took my Polish Renaissance army (Kislev, doncha know!) against a mixed Orc Goblin army. They didn't have cannons. But I did. 🙄
Great carnage ensued.
Maybe they later got cannons, but I never saw them again. I imagine they could have done damage against Winged Hussars.

Personal logo Herkybird Supporting Member of TMP07 Nov 2024 12:03 a.m. PST

Cannons, muskets and crossbows are wrong for Fantasy in my book. I enjoy Oathmark so much for this reason!- amongst many others.

nickinsomerset07 Nov 2024 1:14 a.m. PST

Depends on whose Orcs they are and the size of the army, it is fantasy so unless mirroring a particular tale/ book who cares,

Tally Ho!

Personal logo x42brown Supporting Member of TMP07 Nov 2024 1:25 a.m. PST

I have a large unit of Foundry mercenary Orcs link the largest has a shoulder fire armed with a goblin loading crew that could be thought of as a cannon. But no other cannons.

I have not yet fielded them in a game.

x42

robert piepenbrink Supporting Member of TMP07 Nov 2024 3:28 a.m. PST

Wouldn't this also depend on the size of the Orc army? But I don't have much use for the "every fantasy army must have every type of unit" school. I'm content to have Orcs without such high-tech weapons and Dwarves without cavalry.

79thPA Supporting Member of TMP07 Nov 2024 4:38 a.m. PST

Orcs don't have cannons.

Eumelus Supporting Member of TMP07 Nov 2024 6:14 a.m. PST

They did in Bakshi's "Wizards", and in Slaughterloo.

Personal logo Sgt Slag Supporting Member of TMP07 Nov 2024 6:21 a.m. PST

* I do not use cannons in my fantasy gaming

Frederick Supporting Member of TMP07 Nov 2024 6:54 a.m. PST

No cannons but one or two heavy bolt throwers or catapults

Col Durnford Supporting Member of TMP07 Nov 2024 7:21 a.m. PST

No cannons for orcs.

Personal logo Parzival Supporting Member of TMP07 Nov 2024 8:02 a.m. PST

None: Dwarves get cannons. Orcs get cannonballs, delivered at speed.
Okay, sometimes men get cannons, too.

(EXCEPTION: Armada
Orc ships have cannons. But so do all the others. It's a fantasy naval game; of course it involves cannon!)

I am not required to be consistent; merely to have fun.

troopwo Supporting Member of TMP07 Nov 2024 8:12 a.m. PST

Why use cannons when a couple of acres of goblins can do it for sheaper?

Andrew Walters07 Nov 2024 8:51 a.m. PST

I have never considered this question, but if a nice STL file of an ork cannon and crew fell in my lap, my orks would get cannon. I don't think I'd get religious about it.

I assume we're talking about fantasy orks. If it's 40K orks then they don't get cannon, they get truks, because that's canon.

While I was typing this my computer turned "ork" into "oak", then "irk", then "work". It won't give up trying to help.

Personal logo etotheipi Sponsoring Member of TMP07 Nov 2024 9:22 a.m. PST

I have some fantasy cannons themed in "good" and "evil", but none specically assigned or tailored to specific fantasy forces.

I've never considered deploying them with Orcs …

Orcs! Crunch all you want … we'll make more!


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See … that's what AI art is useful for. Also this …

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… it's basically me after more than 8 hours of RPGing.

Grattan54 Supporting Member of TMP07 Nov 2024 9:40 a.m. PST

Never even thought to give Orcs cannons.

Personal logo Silurian Supporting Member of TMP07 Nov 2024 11:37 a.m. PST

My Orcs don't have them.
But thinking about it, it would be rather fun. There could be a good chance it blows up, barrel skews around, gunners grab a snotling for ammo, etc.

evilgong07 Nov 2024 12:23 p.m. PST

nil

robert piepenbrink Supporting Member of TMP08 Nov 2024 6:29 a.m. PST

Really, are Orcs cannonical?

The Last Conformist08 Nov 2024 7:29 a.m. PST

My orcs and goblins army (Warmaster figures but based for HOTT) does not have cannon.

Tgunner13 Nov 2024 9:49 a.m. PST

Matters not how many you bring because you never have enough dakka!

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