The Ork leader came back for a Warhammer 40,000 2nd edition battle report.

☠ The Battle at the Farm (1987)

Thrugg made his debut in a scenario in the Rogue Trader rulebook where he was an Ork commander in Snagrod the Arch-Arsonist of Charadon's invasion force, possibly as a member of Luggubs Drop Legion. Thrugg and his buddy Hruk encounter the leader of the Crimson Fists Space Marines while trying to recover a cache of jewels.

☠ White Dwarf 200 (1996)

A few years later Thrugg has come up in the galaxy and is now the warboss of a Bad Moon army replete with upgraded wargear and stats.

There's no sign of Hruk.

☠ Kneel Before Me!

Frequent opponents Andy Chambers (Chaos) and Jervis Johnson (Orks) fought a battle report to show off the newly released Codex Chaos for 40K 2nd edition.

Thrugg must be particularly unlucky in running afoul of the galaxy's most powerful warlords. In this scenario Thrugg has attracted the ire of no less than Abaddon the Despoiler, Warmaster of Chaos. 1500 points of Chaos forces are arrayed against 2000 points of Orks, with most Ork forces entering play randomly.

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Thruggopilis: initial Ork disposition and Chaos teleportation targets

After a false start the players decided the Chaos teleportation targets would be decided before Ork deployment to give Thrugg a fighting chance. To ensure Abaddon had a chance of getting to grips with Thrugg the Chaos player could keep some squads in reserve and teleport in on subsequent turns. They played the scenario three times to work out the kinks and produce an entertaining report.

...Morte staggered off in a random direction and fell in the Ork's cesspit, blowing himself to pieces as he triggered a pocket of methane gas (it's true! We decided to roll a dice for it: 1-3 Kaboom - he blew up, 4-6 Splosh! the fire went out - it seemed a good idea at the time...)

I won't tell you who won.

We all know who won.