Back in the early days of this blog, and early days of our Instagram account, Der H went a little mad and bought some stuff for Orks…
…and shortly after, these arrived…
We then proceeded to do what all good Hobby Butterflies do, and left them in a box for nearly 3 years (Brother Handro: “Three….years….”)
Der H first had a dalliance with Gorkamorka back in the heady days when a subscription to White Dwarf came with perks…like a box for Gorkamorka.
The box was relatively new then, and included the Trukks and Trakks that made the game so iconic, as well as the smaller Gorkamorka Boyz. These has a smaller, ovoid base and were generally smaller and slimmer than standard 40K Orks.
The game used similar rules to Necromunda, including a campaign, experience, injuries and visits to the Doc/Mek to repair or upgrade your gang. The Vehicle rules were entertaining with manic Mad Max-style combat being the aim. Vehicle capacity was “the number that fit” leading to the range of vehicle sizes seen in the rule book imagery…
Brother Handro has a long held penchant for Orks, with various attempts at building 40K or even Crusade-era lists to challenge the might (Brother Handro: “Ha!”) of the IIIrd legion Astartes, and since we both had some Orks lying around…why not right?…new year, new army…just don’t look in that cupboard at the last 100 projects….
HB-3D has even been taken over by unruly Orks, with our latest designs being tokens for overwatch, hide, run and scrap (all used in Gorkamorka) and a range of 3D tokens for more exciting Scrap tokens - scrap being the objective in many GoMo games! My 3D design willingness didn’t extend to dice, and GoMo needs a few extras with sustained fire and artillery dice needed, in addition to the scatter die!
Who knows, maybe GW will announce Gorkamorka as a future specialist games revival, but failing that stay tuned for updates to Der H’s Zagskar’s Raderz (Gorkas) and Brother Handro’s Yet to be named Morkas (Brother Handro: ‘Garok’s Gangerz, ya grot!’) over the next week or so!
