Ogors Battle The Undead In Age Of Sigmar’s Feast Of Bones
October 21, 2019 by brennon
Games Workshop has been showing off the newest set for Age Of Sigmar which follows the release of the Ossiarch Bonereapers with their new Battletome. Going up against the undead legions we have the hulking forces of the Ogors who are most likely annoyed that someone is stealing all their food!
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The Feast Of Bones set which you can see getting unboxed in a video above comes with two armies for you to battle with on the tabletop. On the one side, you have the Ogors who are led by their new Ogor Tyrant model which we saw a good few months ago now.
This set is made up of a lot of older plastic models as the Ogors have been around a fair amount of time in the Old World although their aesthetic matches quite nicely in with that of Age Of Sigmar and the Mortal Realms. Whilst I do like the Ogors I think the Gnoblars are some of my favourite models from their range and it would be fun to see them do something new with those little critters.
Arrayed against the Ogors we have the new forces of the Ossiarch Bonereapers. This force has a few older models within its ranks but the majority of models are the new plastics.
This set of models features the Mortek Guard, Necropolis Stalkers, Morghast Archai (older models), and they are led by Vokmortian, Master Of The Bone-tithe. It's neat to see that we got another character model in the set here and whilst he is completely off the wall I think he looks rather cool indeed.
New Battletomes
Both of these forces are then getting themselves new Battletomes so that you can bring their forces to the wider world of Age Of Sigmar. The Ogor Mawtribes book is the one that was a bit of a surprise but it's nice to see it.
This book brings together the Gutbusters (traditional Ogors) and the Beastclaw Raiders (the ones who are all wintery) into one book. This means you'll be able to run unique forces or perhaps ones that are a combination of both with some new rules and features included for each. Again, I'm also really looking forward to seeing how they explore Gnoblars and their role in Ogor society.
Of course, you also have the Ossiarch Bonereapers Battletome which will features rules for all of the new models, artwork and background on this mockery of the Stormcast Eternals.
I'm not entirely won over by the artwork they went with for the front of the Ossiarch Bonereapers book. I like the arrayed ranks of the undead shambling forth but the taller model, the Necropolis Stalker, looks a little alone there in the middle of everything.
Feature Terrain
To add more character to your tabletops the team at Games Workshop has also been working on some new signature terrain. For the Ossiarch Bonereapers you have this fascinatingly grimdark structure, the Bone-tithe Nexus.
Positioning this in a place of prominence on the battlefield will unlock some seriously deadly additional options for your army. You will be able to punish wizards, weaken monsters and blast enemies using this as a conduit.
On the Ogor side of things it would seem fitting for them to have a cooking implement as the focus and, well, they got it!
The Ogor Mawpot is going to be a good place to stir up trouble, a broiling hot stew which will no doubt open up lots of good options for the Ogors as they march forth. You don't want to have an army heading to war on an empty stomach, do you!
A few more elements are also available including themed dice and cards so that you don't have to flick through the new Battletomes during gameplay. Make sure to check those out and let us know if either of these armies is appealing to you.
Which side would you fight for?
"Going up against the undead legions we have the hulking forces of the Ogors who are most likely annoyed that someone is stealing all their food!"
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I was going to make the obvious joke about the bonereaper terrain piece coming with a treasure chest full of skulls and a couple of barrels of skulls but actually I do quite like the look of the piece. As always, outstanding paintwork on all the GW advertising/promotional minis.
Yeah I’m impressed with the storytelling from their terrain pieces.
I really like the look of the new Ogre Tyrant model and I think the older Ogre models have stood the test of time (being well sculpted models). I will probably not get the army set as I already have a lot of Ogres, but I’ll wait to get the Tyrant (as it says on their community page that this won’t be the only way to get that model). As for the Ossiarch Bonereapers, I’m not sure about the models. To me they look too 40k inspired, yes I know they are a cross between Necron and Tomb Kings but… Read more »
I have a ton of ogres from Atlantis models. That mawpot would make a lovely terrain piece for them. I’ll have a look on Fleabay before too long.
Not a fan of GW Ogres but I like the boney boys. Whoever is designing the terrain needs a pay raise, it is rather good.
I was going to make a weak joke about that tombstone-wearing guy covering his ass, but looking closer it seems the tombstone doesn’t really reach that far down.
I’m really surprised to see that the ogres barely needed any updates, save for a couple of Stormcast helmets here and there. It’s almost like they were made for AoS. The Ossiarchs also look really good especially when teamed up with Nagash’s Archons in the back there, and their new leader is nice and creepy. Though with both of these armies getting terrain, it would be nice if we could get some Empire-themed terrain with the new Cities of Sigmar update.
Looks like a bum deal for the Ogres. They could at least have put them up against zombies. You know, undead with meat on them…
If they hadn’t already done Skaven v. Ghouls, that would have been good. Though knowing the ogres, they’ll chew on anything they can get their teeth on, even if it is a reanimated bone construct.
Shame GW was too busy trying to sell the Ossiarch Marmite rather than the ghouls. Ghouls versus Ogres would have also been nice.
Frankly, I’m surprised the box isn’t Marmite versus Sigmarines, considering all the sturm und drang (at least on OTT) about how the Marmite are supposedly ‘a sark mirror’ to the Stormcast…
Look, I get it that you don’t like the Ossiarchs; I’ve been seeing comments like this all over EVERY posting about them, but I think you should at least give them a chance or let those who like them enjoy them. As for the Ghouls, they really don’t need anything new as all of their existing models have been updated, they’ve got a new terrain piece, and they’ve got new characters. There really isn’t a whole lot you can do with them, so repackaging them in a new box would be pointless. This way, they can reinvigorate an older line… Read more »
Steady on, lad. I’m just calling them Marmite because Warren calls them that. I never actually said I disliked them, though I DID say they have no meat for Ogres to chew if they somehow win the battle. You sure you responded to the right guy?
As for giving them a chance, I’d love to, but I can’t afford to.
Sorry man, I wasn’t aware of that. I’ve just been getting frustrated with a lot of the negativity from the fanbase as of late.
Should be some prime marrow in there somewhere though
I really like this set. I’m sure it will make it’s way into my ever expanding collection.
I like the ogor clans, I just wish they’d bring some newer sculpts to boxes like this, rather than treating them as old stock bargain bins without the bargain…
I hate Ogres on principle since the Ogre Kingdom army was created to phase out the Orcs and Goblins- AND THEY WERE! Ogre Kingdoms were given EVERYTHING the Orcs and Goblins were given, from a dark humourous background built around a might is right mentality, to having miniscule greenskin slaves. They were given all that, PLUS basic infantry with multiple wounds AND impact hits on the charge.
Ogres were made to replace Orcs and Goblins and I will NEVER forgive GW for that (among maybe a few other things).
So this Ogre/Beastclan book is the second combo-codex.
I wonder what’s next …
Those Ogres would make for an interesting warband in Warcry.
The bonemarines ? Nah, still not liking them.
the Ogors look good are they bigger than the classic ogres?
Every ogor model in this box except the Tyrant was released for the Ogre Kingdoms in Warhammer Fantasy so it’s very unlikely that their size changed, they are old models after all.
thanks.
Interesting, but not going to purchase this at all.
Not paying $195 for this box. Its just not worth it. Roughly half the models are “old” sculpts, so whats with the huge price tag. Oh, yeah… forgot about the American tax, cause reasons. Or maybe GW is still sore about the revolutionary war?
Only would GW thing £115 = $195 USD.
The hobby will always be expensive… but this is stupid.
But fans will keep drinking the cool aid.
I wish that was the actual £ to $ exchange rate. £115 is actually only $150 at the moment.
Yes, and that gap is only going to shrink as time goes on.