I play a goblin horde and the most difficult thing is mobility. If you've got a vast number of 5" move troops, getting them all to hit the enemy at the same time is very tricky. My suggestions would be to get on them fast, any delays give the big swarm time to maneuver, and try to concentrate force like a mad man. I'm not sold on terrain as a defense, the board has to be pretty weird to prevent the horde from getting into position eventually, and if you're bunkered up they have that time.
Hunkering down in terrain slows you down, it gives the horde time to move. You want to be proactive and go hit the horde before it forms up, you can take them piecemeal, but if they all hit you at the same time you lose. Warbands are great for this, my horde starts out spread over the map and it takes me time to get it together and acting in unison. If you can get 12 knights into my 12 goblins before they link up with the horde, you won't lose much doing it and the 9 or 10 surviving knights can pounce on another warband. Suladan leading a warband of raiders with lances can wipe out a dozen goblins in a turn or two and then move on. If the warbands are more than 10" apart, help can't arrive in two turns.
As far as domination and reconnoiter go, you're best bet is to kill the heroes and break the horde. If they're spreading out to infiltrate your lines or contest multiple objectives, all the better for you, you can concentrate force and beat them. C2 is going to tear through them once they're broken, and *thats* when you split up and contest the objectives. You have to move fast once they're broken, because the game will end soon, but it can be done.
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