Tournament Mode! (The Hobby Trailer Tournament Game, Part 1)

 Welcome to The Hobby Trailer Tournament Game, Part 1. 

Today Blue Boy and I decided to play the long-awaited battle report I've talked about so much ((LOL) you should listen to this, it fits so well with what happened)

the game was Hold Ground, a detailed description of the scenario can be found here.

Turn 1 

The Rohirrim won Priority on the first turn and arrived as did the Uruk-hai phalanx (the Uruk-hai Leader and Banner Bearer were not so lucky), with Theoden rushing forward to protect the objective, ironically a Feral Uruk-hai (Blue Boy -  Strange objective for Rohan to fight over.)

and the royal Guard forming a thin red line around Theoden, while the rest of the riders formed a gun line for the shoot phase.  Although 1 uruk fell to the bows and spears of the Rohirrim, the tide turned against them, with the Uruks charging Theoden and his Guard (including THE BANNER!), and the ensuing combat saw 1 guard fall ( THE BANNER!)

Turn 2

mostly uneventful, --- EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THEODEN SUFFERED A WOUND ON THE SECOND ROUND OF COMBAT! - gasp - The Rohan General

no casualties on the Isengard force, two casualties on the Royal Guard, the Leader hasn't arrived yet.

Turn 3

The Rohhirim, having safely protected the objective,proceeded to focus on breaking and killing the enemy leader and banner for the victory points, the Uruks were busy trying to cut down as many Rohhirim as they could ASAP apparently, with NUMERO UNO casualties on their side and FOUR CASUALTIES on the Rohhirim (Blue Boy - actually I was heading to the objective, those Riders just happened to be in the way) 

Turn 4 

In this turn the brave and courageous Theoden fell in the face of great danger, trapped and cut down by hooked Uruk scimitars, being dealt four wounds after forgetting that he had heroic strike...

Anyhow, the Rohhirim started to crumble after being broken the past turn by marauding... pikemen? 

and as the uruks closed in, two failed their courage tests and fled, leaving the remaining Rohhirim quartered and the game drew to a close.

VICTORY POINT COUNT: ROHAN - 2 FOR GETTING AN EQUAL NUMBER OF TROOPS WITHIN 3" OF THE OBJECTIVE AS THE OPPONENT - TOTAL - 2

ISENGARD - 2 FOR GETTING AN EQUAL NUMBER OF TROOPS WITHIN 3" OF THE OBJECTIVE AS THE OPPONENT, 3 FOR KILLING THE ENEMY LEADER, 1 FOR HAVING A BANNER ALIVE, 1 FOR BREAKING THEIR OPPONENT - TOTAL - 7

Victor - Isengard major victory 2 - 7

well, that was a bloodbath, I don't think Rohan scored more than 2 casualties during the game,

so Isengard will be moving on to fight Mordor next time, but anyway, have fun gaming!

                        - The Rohan General