Da Old Boyz - Gorkamorka Campaign

My buddy and I are starting a 2 man slow-mo Gorkamorka campaign. This will be a game to add to the rotation of the old world and 2nd ed 40k. We tried getting campaigns off the ground a few times and COVID lockdowns got in the way.

However, we’ve decided now’s the time to give it a go!

You may have seen my ork project. Models from this army will be serving as my mobsters, replacements after inevitable deaths, and extras/NPCs.

This blog will serve as a campaign record with the ups and downs of the fortunes and misfortunes of this orks in the dust ball of Angelis.

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Campaign background





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My Gorker Mob is the Ironback Krumpany lead by Skargrim Ironback


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Our opponents will be the Morkers: Bullit Toof and his boyz


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My starting mob!









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Oxy dude, I love your hobby blogs.

It’s the kind of hobby that you wanted to do when you were younger but didn’t have the resources but now that we’re all older can get stuck in and do as well as you guys are doing it.

The characters, the story and the art/data sheets you guys are putting together are blowing my mind!

:orc1: Waaagh! to you good sir, Waaagh! to you :orc1:

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Oxy, honestly: I wish I lived closer to you.

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Always welcome if you find yourself in Blighty Jasko!

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Not like I haven’t already mapped out the route to Nottingham through Essex a couple of times, mate. “Load up the car, drive to Nottingham, visit GW HQ and enter a tournament at TSN Arena after giving the army a test game at Oxy’s shed along the way” is an honest-to-God item on my bucket list. One of these days :wink:

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I’ll stick the kettle on. See you in a bit.

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My Gorkamorka board has taken shape! Some games will be played “home” and others “away”. But now both me and my buddy have a decent pos-apoc desert setup.









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Game One: “Hogtied”

Da desert sun was burnin’ hot when both mobs rolled onto da sands, engines rattlin’ an’ guns bristlin’. First scrap of da campaign, and both mobs was lookin’ to make a name fer demselves.


First Blood in Da Desert

Da Iron Krumpany’s truck rumbled onto da field, its spear gun gleamin’ in da sun. But before it could line up a shot, Boolit Toof’s trukk roared into view. Da dakka of a Big Shoota filled da air—ratta-tat-tat! Da Iron Krumpany’s spear gun exploded in a shower of scrap an’ smoke.

Pigploppa, da runtherd gunner, was sent flyin’ arse over tusk outta da wreck, crashin’ into da dust. Still clutchin’ his squealin’ pet piglet, he rolled across da sand and lay groanin’ while his mob’s truck roared off without him.


But Pigploppa wasn’t abandoned—not completely. A yoof named Slagnut an’ da Mek, Chuckles, jumped outta da trukk to guard their mate. Da rest of da boyz stomped da accelerator an’ went chargin’ after an enemy warbuggy spotted on da horizon.

Pig Fight!

Pigploppa staggered to his feet, brushin’ sand out of his teef just as Boolit Toof himself leapt from his own trukk, choppas whirlin’, lookin’ to krump an easy target.

But fate had other plans. Tryin’ to hold onto his squealin’ piglet while fendin’ off da Nob’s attacks, Pigploppa managed to sidestep da boss’s wild swings. With a crack of his whip, da runtherd tangled Boolit Toof up, knocked him flat, and lashed him tight in da sand. Da impossible had happened—da enemy boss was captured by a runtherd with a pig under one arm!


A Yoof’s Trial by Fire

Meanwhile, Slagnut scrambled aboard Boolit Toof’s trukk, swingin’ his choppa wildly as he tried to fight off half of da enemy mob on his own. Chuckles tried to follow, but he slipped on da running board and landed face-first in da dirt, leavin’ da yoof alone against da odds.

Back in da distance, a thunderous bang echoed across da dunes—Skargrim an’ da rest of da Iron Krumpany had smashed da enemy warbuggy and left it a smoking wreck.

Fleein’ into Da Wastes

With Boolit Toof trussed up like a grot roast an’ da warbuggy crew smashed, da Boolit Toof Boyz legged it over da horizon, their boss left squealin’ behind. Slagnut was still clinging to their trukk as it sped off into da wasteland, fightin’ like mad an’ refusin’ to let go.


Aftermath

Da Iron Krumpany claimed first victory of da campaign, draggin’ Boolit Toof back to camp as a prize. Pigploppa’s pig survived da battle, squealin’ proudly beside its master. Slagnut earned his first proper scars fightin’ aboard an enemy trukk, while Chuckles got laughed at for faceplantin’ in da sand.

Boolit Toof’s Boyz will be back, no doubt—but for now, da Iron Krumpany rule da wastes.

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Post-Game: Da Spoils of Waaagh!

Boolit Toof didn’t get no mercy. Da Iron Krumpany dragged him back to camp in chains, mockin’ an’ jeerin’ all da way. Da boyz poked him wiv rusty choppas, jabbed him wiv grot-proddas, an’ laughed at how easily da boss had been tied up by a runtherd wiv a piglet.

Pigploppa was especially cruel. He threw Boolit Toof in wiv da slaves, makin’ him dig in da mines an’ slop down da same stinkin’ swill his piglet ate. Da sight of da once-proud Nob chompin’ pig food made da whole camp roar wiv laughter.

Skargrim, da Iron Krumpany’s boss, was delighted. “Dis war’s already won!” he bellowed, slappin’ Pigploppa on da back. In his eyes, capturin’ Boolit Toof proved he was da true heir of Gritlug—da legendary Ork boss of old. All Skargrim had to do now was drag his rival before da Meks an’ show he’d been bested.

Trouble Brews in Camp

But not every lad was happy. One of da boyz, Atilla, was fumin’. He didn’t like how Pigploppa was suddenly boss’ best mate. Worse, Pigploppa had gone from a runtherd to ridin’ high on da glory of capturin’ Boolit Toof. So Atilla stepped forward an’ spat on da ground.

“Oi, Pigploppa! You ain’t so tough! If yer da boss’ new fav’rite, prove it. Da speargun’s mine, not yours!”

Da Punch-Up

Da camp circled up. A fight for da gun was somethin’ worth watchin’. Boyz shouted bets, grots squealed, an’ da piglet squeaked nervously.

Da two orks slammed into each other like iron wagons collidin’. Fists flew, tusks cracked, blood spattered da sand. Atilla fought hard, but Pigploppa was fightin’ like a beast possessed. Wiv a roar, he slammed Atilla to da ground an’ began poundin’ his skull, again an’ again, long after da boy had stopped movin’.

When Pigploppa finally stood up, knuckles drippin’ red, Atilla’s face was nuffin’ but pulp.


Camp Justice

Silence hung fer a moment. Then da boyz started cheerin’. “Fair fight!” Skargrim roared. “Atilla asked fer it!”

None of ‘em minded Atilla bein’ dead. If anythin’, Pigploppa had just proved himself tougher than anyone thought. Da runtherd was more than just a pig keeper now—he was a boy to be reckoned wiv.

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Game Two: Da Great Escape

Boolit Toof was boilin’ inside. Every day in da Iron Krumpany camp was another humiliation—mocked by boyz, whipped by Pigploppa, fed pig swill, and worked like a grot in da mines. Each night he dreamt of krumpin’ Skargrim and stringin’ up dat runt-herd.

Then one day, as he slumped in da dust, he heard it—a familiar roar on da wind. An engine. Not just any engine. His engine. Da sound of da Boolit Toof trukk comin’ for him.

Da camp was near empty: Skargrim was guardin’ da prize himself, Bombastic lounged nearby, and a fresh-hired boy (replacin’ da late Atilla) loitered close. Boolit Toof’s chance had come.

Da Charge

But da rescue mob made a mistake. Instead of sneakin’ in, dey revved their engines and span out right in front of da camp, wheels kickin’ up sand an’ dust. Da racket echoed across da dunes.

Da Iron Krumpany boyz, out scrap huntin’, heard it and came thunderin’ back. Straight away it turned into a deadly game of chicken, two trucks racin’ head-on fer da crash.

Krankshaft, da Mek, grinned wide an’ steered right fer da enemy. He never flinched. Neither did Boolit Toof’s driver.

Da Smash

CRRRRRASSSHHHHH!

Metal screamed, engines roared, and da desert shook as both vehicles slammed together. Da force spun ‘em out in clouds of sand an’ smoke, leavin’ both trukks crippled an’ wheezin’.

Pigploppa once again got da worst of it. His gun exploded in his face, hurlin’ him out like a ragdoll. Before he could crawl away, da Ironback trukk lurched sideways and came crashin’ down on top of him. His squeals—an’ his piglet’s—were drowned out by da roar of battle.

Da Swarm

Boolit Toof’s Boyz came pourin’ across da wreck, green fists and choppas swingin’. One frenzied lad tore through multiple Ironbacks, leavin’ grots and boyz alike sprawled in the dust.

Krankshaft tried to hold da line, standin’ on da bonnet of his busted trukk, jabbin’ wiv his spear like a mad grot herder. But three of Boolit Toof’s Boyz leapt on him at once, smashin’ him down in a whirl of fists, boots, and blades.

Da Retreat

Wounded and outnumbered, Skargrim knew dis fight was lost. He bellowed fer retreat, grabbin’ what few survivors he could and leggin’ it into da desert. Da camp was abandoned in chaos, loot still hangin’ in da tents.

Behind him, Boolit Toof was cut loose by his ladz, his chains tossed aside. He climbed aboard his trukk once more, bloodied but grinnin’, roarin’ wiv savage laughter as da Iron Krumpany vanished into da wastes.

Boolit Toof was free again.

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Post-Game: Da Krumpany in Mektown

Da Iron Krumpany limped back from da battle, bruised, bloodied, an’ humiliated. Skargrim was in a foul mood. Boolit Toof had escaped, Pigploppa was pulled from under da trukk with his head bashed in, and Krankshaft was wanderin’ around talkin’ nonsense after takin’ a choppa to da noggin.

“Stupid driver. Stupid runtherd,” Skargrim spat. “Get ‘em both in Mektown. If da docs can’t fix ‘em, I’ll feed ‘em to da squigs.”

Da Surgery

Krankshaft was shoved onto da table first, skull cracked open like a rusty can. Da doc was already pickin’ out bits of bone when Pigploppa barged in, clutchin’ his head an’ moanin’ about a migraine.

Normally da doc would’ve told him to shut up an’ wait his turn, but word of Pigploppa’s reputation had spread—da runtherd who tied up Boolit Toof, killed Atilla, an’ walked away smilin’. Dis was a lad worth patchin’ up.

So da doc dropped his scalpel, turned his back on Krankshaft, and patched up Pigploppa instead. In no time Pigploppa was grinnin’ again, good as new, an’ strutted outta da tent.

The doc, satisfied with his work, shut up shop for da day, leavin’ Krankshaft lyin’ there on da table—head still open, brain still leakin’.

Da Droolin’ Mek

Hours later, Krankshaft got bored. He sat up, stapled bits of his head together himself, and staggered back to camp. But somethin’ wasn’t right. He drooled constantly, his eyes rolled funny, and he walked into posts instead of round ‘em.

Chuckles, da other Mek, was quick to point it out. “Har har! Look at ya! Too stupid to drive da trukk now, Kranky boy. Best give me da wheel from now on.”

Da Snap

For a moment Krankshaft just stood there, eyes twitchin’. Then, wiv a guttural roar, he lashed out. One massive punch caved in Chuckles’ neck wiv a sickening crunch. Da Mek dropped dead on da spot, tongue lollin’ out.

Da camp fell silent.

Camp Justice, Again

Skargrim wandered over, scratched his chin, an’ shrugged. “Fair enough. Chuckles shouldn’t ‘ave teased ‘im. Krankshaft, you’ll see da doc again sometime. But until den, try an’ concentrate behind da wheel, eh?”

Krankshaft stared blankly, drool runnin’ down his chin. “Wurrghh…” he muttered, vaguely noddin’.

And so, wiv one Mek dead an’ da other one brain-scrambled, da Iron Krumpany shambled on.

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Some new hirings for the warband

Chaz was hired to replace Atilla (who was killed in a punch up with one of his own team mates)

Then Grog was hired to replace Chuckles (who was killed in a punch up with one of his own mates)

Grog is going to be a spanner (rules wise) but story wise he is going to be a pigdok.

Which leads me onto the main reason he was bought…



Grog and his buddy Hog. This is a rocket fuel powered cyboar which will follow the rules for bikes.

The fun part being…that a Mek can maintain up to three bikes at a time. Which means it is not only not the first…but may not be the last pig to join this mob!

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Game Three: Da Digga Village Job

Word spread quick across Mektown: some old Digga village out in da Skid was abandoned, stuffed full of scrap just waitin’ to be hauled off. Signs plastered to every wall said so—though half of ‘em was spelled wrong an’ da drawings looked like they’d been done by a grot wiv crayons.

Skargrim didn’t care. Scrap was scrap. He legged it down to da job pole and signed up a new specialist—Grog da Pigdok, who rode an enormous Cyboar fitted wiv metal tusks, piston legs, and a snout good fer sniffin’ out loot. “He’s like a truffle pig,” Grog boasted, “’cept he finds metal instead o’ mushrooms!” Skargrim was delighted.

What Skargrim didn’t know was dis was all a trap. Boolit Toof, da sneakiest Morker dis side of da desert, had cooked it up himself. He’d made his lads Booger, Nuffink, and Snail paint up all da signs (even though Snail never learned how to write). It was da kinda obvious ambush only an ork could think of—and da kinda obvious ambush only an ork would fall for.

Into Da Trap


A few days later, Skargrim’s mob rolled up to da deserted village. True enough, da Cyboar squealed an’ snorted, pointin’ its iron snout to heaps of rusty scrap piled high among da ruins. Boyz leapt from da trukk, eyes gleamin’.


Slagnut, da eager yoof, was first off. He bent down to grab a shiny bit of pipe—when da ground split open. Out of a trapdoor burst Boolit Toof himself! Wiv a roar he clubbed Slagnut into da dirt, bashin’ him senseless before da lad even knew what hit him.


Newly hired Chaz charged in to help, crashin’ into Boolit Toof in a brutal wrestlin’ match, da pair rollin’ in da sand like mad squigs.

Skargrim’s Fall

From an abandoned hut, Booger, Boolit Toof’s right-hand lad, stormed out swingin’ a massive axe. Skargrim roared and leapt from his trukk to meet him—but slipped, landed flat in da dust, an’ made a right fool of himself.

Booger took his chance. Wiv a howl he swung his axe down, smashin’ into Skargrim’s leg. Bone cracked, blood sprayed, an’ da boss went down roarin’. Da wound would never heal proper—Skargrim would walk wiv a limp fer da rest of his days.

Fire in Da Dunes

Elsewhere, Grog an’ his Cyboar sniffed out scrap—until Boolit Toof’s skorcha buggy screeched onto da scene. A gout of promethium flame engulfed da pig, settin’ its iron hide ablaze. Squealin’, it bolted across da dunes, piston legs pumpin’, while Grog clung on fer dear life.

Da Rout

Booger climbed onto Skargrim’s trukk, bellowin’ triumphantly, and began layin’ into da Iron Krumpany boyz, batterin’ ‘em one after another. Around him, Boolit Toof’s mob swarmed from the ruins, choppas risin’.

Bleedin’ heavy, leg smashed, Skargrim croaked da order no boss wants to give: “Retreeeeat!” His mob scrambled, leavin’ their boss draggin’ himself back to the trukk while piles of scrap—and their pride—was left behind.

Boolit Toof’s Boyz jeered cruelly from the ruins, laughin’ loud at their rivals’ misfortune.

The trap had worked.

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Game Four: Da Camp Raid

Skargrim was fumin’. Da ambush at da Digga village still stung, and da Ironback Krumpany weren’t goin’ to slink back to Mektown lickin’ wounds like grots. Instead, dey patched up what they could, sharpened their choppas, and plotted revenge.

Spyin’ on Da Boyz

Da yoofs were sent ahead to watch Boolit Toof’s mob. Sure enough, da Morkers had thrown up a ramshackle camp and were busy celebratin’ their victory. Barrels of grog were rolled out, one of da boyz had been appointed brew boy, and da drink was flowin’.

Boolit Toof himself stretched and told his mob he was goin’ fer a walk. Dis was da chance. As soon as da Nob was out of sight, da Ironbacks would strike.

Da Surprise Attack

Da Boolit Toof Boyz was in no state to fight. Snail was snorin’ in da trukk bed, Booger was takin’ a leak against da buggy’s wheel, and Melvin was happily pickin’ berries off a cactus.




Suddenly da Ironback trukk roared into camp, Pigploppa’s spear gun thunderin’. Shots whistled past Melvin, who dived fer cover—but dropped his precious berry stash in da sand. His wail of anguish was drowned out by gunfire.

Chaos in Da Camp

Da battle turned brutal quick. Skargrim’s ladz smashed into da drunken Morkers, fists and blades swingin’.



But Boolit Toof’s skorcha buggy spat back fire, belchin’ a plume that washed over da Ironback trukk. Skargrim himself was caught in da flames, his armour smoulderin’. Da boyz put him out, but not before da boss was left with a nasty burn to go with his limp.

Slagnut, clingin’ onto da trukk, managed to hang on and keep fightin’. Chaz weren’t so lucky—he slipped straight under da buggy’s tracks. A sickening pop and da lad was gone, his skull crushed like a ripe melon.

Pig Gone Mad

Den came true chaos. Grog spurred his Cyboar through da melee, tryin’ to trample da Morkers. But a stray slugga shot clipped him, throwin’ him from da saddle. Da maddened machine-pig went berserk, tusks thrashin’, slammin’ into anyone close—friend or foe.

In da midst of it, da Ironback trukk misfired its boosters and careered wildly, smashing through a hut and collidin’ headfirst into da rampagin’ pig. Da Cyboar exploded in a fireball of twisted steel and roast pork, showerin’ da battlefield in greasy chunks.

Da Rout

In spite of da carnage, Skargrim’s boyz had da upper hand. In groups of three-to-one they battered Boolit Toof’s lads into da dirt, krumpin’ one spanner dead and flattenin’ huts left an’ right.

When Boolit Toof returned, he stopped dead at da sight of his camp in ruins, his trukk immobilised, and a roasted Cyboar carcass smokin’ in da sand. Even he had to admit da Gorkers had been more cunning dis day.

“Fall back, ladz!” he roared, leadin’ his mob limpin’ into da night.

Skargrim surveyed da wreckage. He’d lost Chaz and da Cyboar, true—but he’d gained teef, loot, and da laughter of his boyz. To him, dat was a win.


Post-Game: Slagnut’s Challenge

Back in camp, changes was brewin’. Da yoofs, Slagnut and Topknot, were growin’ into proper boyz. Slagnut had shown bravery time and again—even if he weren’t da brightest. Now, watchin’ Skargrim limp and nurse his burns, he thought his chance had come.

“Oi, old fart!” Slagnut snarled. “Time ya retired, don’t ya fink? Let me run da mob, show ya how it’s done!”

Skargrim grinned, teeth flashin’ in the firelight. “You heard ‘im, ladz. Bear witness—Slagnut wants a go.”

Da Ironbacks formed a circle, eager fer blood. Slagnut charged like a squig, swingin’ wild. But Skargrim stepped aside, cracked his fist into da back of da yoof’s head, and dropped him face-first in da dust.

Roars of laughter filled the camp. Slagnut twitched, moaned, and dragged himself away, humiliated but alive. He nursed his wounds in silence, broodin’.

One day, he swore, he’d rise again. Next time, he’d krump da old git for good.

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At the end of the last game Slagnut (shortly before taking on Skargrim!) and Topknot both levelled up from “Yoofs” to “Boyz”

So I’ve given them both a new miniature to represent this!

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Game Five: Ambush on Da Road

The desert winds howled as Boolit Toof’s Boyz rumbled along in convoy, scrap piled high in their trukk and the bike and buggy revvin’ behind. They didn’t know da Ironback Krumpany lay in wait.

With a roar, Skargrim’s ladz smashed onto da scene, Krankshaft’s trukk plowin’ straight into Melvin’s brand new bike and sendin’ him cartwheeling across da sands. Scrap and bits of machinery went flyin’ in all directions.

But da Boolit Toof Boyz weren’t slow. Engines screamed as they stomped on da pedals, speedin’ ahead. Krankshaft, dribblin’ at da wheel, tried to keep up—but Boolit Toof’s trukk outmanoeuvred him easily.

Worse still, Krankshaft swerved straight into a massive rock, crunchin’ da Ironback trukk to a halt in a shower of rust.

Skargrim leapt from da wreck and managed to clash wiv Boolit Toof himself aboard da enemy trukk. The two old rivals wrestled but neither got the upper hand.

Blades flashed, fists swung, but da Gorker boss saw his own mob in shambles behind him crawling from the wreck of their vehicle. With a curse, he barrel-rolled off da side and vanished into da dunes, leavin’ Boolit Toof to speed away wiv all da loot.

Post-Game

Skargrim’s rage was volcanic. He demanded that Krankshaft went back to Mektown, and ask da doc to fix his brain.

Krankshaft walked up to the doc and tried to explain what needed to be done.

Perhaps because he dribbled and mumbled instead of speaking, or perhaps because the doc had other ideas, he pinned down Krankshaft and yanked out all of his teef replacing them with shiny metal ones. His head wound? Untouched.

Back in camp, Pigploppa had a new toy: a scrawny grot named Pickle who wandered in lookin’ fer scraps. Pigploppa took him on as a pet-slash-apprentice, teachin’ him how to shoot, pour grog, and dig holes.


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