Still:

Down with Goblins, UP with the Skulls...we rule the dungeons.

In your dreams, Goblins Rule the Dungeon,  they have killed more dungeoneres then the white skulls have :¬p

Shepps, I know they are hard, but  it will still scare the,, I had nightsmares the night after, or maybe I am jsut a coward and it was a cheap way to ahve a sound effect

If a person was coming towards you with a sheild that has an eye in it, and is able to narrigate perfectly well even tho they are wearing a sinster looking horned helmet, blowing a horn, wouldn't you be scared?

Not Goblins, they're hard  

I'm just a huge fan of the floating skulls...it always makes me grin madly whenever a Dungeoneer is in utter peril when one appears. They never really did much on the whole, but they were fun to support.  ;D

Still:

Down with Goblins, UP with the Skulls...we rule the dungeons.

Donna

Welcome - I must now proceed to do the 'Skull Initiation ceremony...Mwahahaha.

{Degrades her life points to Critical Red. }

Now, you have roughly 12 seconds to find a pie, or some other substance of food, before we have to find a toe-tag for you.

{Floats off, again cackling evilly.}

So how exactly would the normal sounding one scare them away ??  Surely it would just attract attention.  ;D

Hob-goblins were seen as giant goblins - and they were huge on-screen - terrifying really. Quite rare as well -  appearances memorable are in S3, L3 (Martin), crossing the gatekeeper (Last team, S5) and Tiny appearing in S6. Very different proposition.. but the smaller goblins were always the threat.

The goblins were always fantastic enemy minions - and did well to inspire a lot of panic - especially in my living room.

They always looked horrific, especially the hob-goblins.. and the prospect of facing them wasn't ever very pleasant. Yes, they weren't often winners, but never walk-overs.. and made for great tension when the horn sounded and left the teams aware they had seconds to complete their tasks (S4, Team 1, find the elf-path escape; Team 7, Play Your Cards Right etc) before they were hunted down.

Prone for some great moments: the proposition of offering presents was a classic; the goblin trailing Barry falling down the chasm on the Play your Cards Right puzzle was brilliant; the hobgoblin being zapped by the gatekeeper; Smirkenoff saving Nicola in S7 from a clutch with Raptor; and my favourite - after Chris had escaped from quite a huge hunting pack of goblins in the final episode of S3, Hordriss wonderfully proud and powerful, dispersed them with a rapid magic sabre.

Always great for KM.

What was the deal/difference between goblins and hobgoblins by the way? i never quite understood that one.

Oh, and watching it again on Challenge, the thing that really did send a shivver down my spine was seeing Ariadne again!

In later series, the goblin horn certainly added a lot of panic, and sometimes they could be used for comic relief - perhaps not Grippa and Rhark (except for their pestering of Sly during Barry's quest in S7), but definitely Tiny - he was an incredibly funny character, espeically when he trod on Skarkill's foot!

All in all, the Knightmare goblins rocked. Not a particularly hard thing to get past, but their addition to Lord Fear's army made for some good menace.

i fear i am a cynic

EDIT - oh by the way, welcome donna...you have floaty skulls baptism to look forward to (tip: find some pie fast )