Soooooooooooooooo...
I was inspired to do a campaign for the War of the Ring, with scenarios in order...
First Battle of the Fords of Isen
Second Battle of the Fords of Isen
Warg Ambush
Battle of Helm's Deep
Ambush in Ithilien
Siege of Minas Tirith
Battle of Pelennor Fields
Orc Infight in Cirith Ungol
Battle of the Black Gate
Oh, boy, this is going to be good!!!
Have fun playing the game,
The Rohan General😎
We finally got all our Battle Companies painted up, so let's have a campaign!
The Rohan General's Mordor Battle Company
Tie Die's Durin's Folk Battle Company
Blue Boy's Minas Tirith Battle Company
Qwerty's Goblintown Battle Company
Okay, let's brush up on the house rules, shall we?
The Mercenary Ambush rule from the goblin mercenary captain doesn't need a hero. just the model with the highest courage (hero or not)
At the start of the campaign the Leader is allowed to choose a Path and roll on it, with all the normal restrictions, of course.
If there is ever a Hero that bugs you a lot and can't kill, a bounty of up to 25 Influence points can be placed on him by any player, adding when needed, the player who successfully kills the Hero, permanently collects the influence points in the bounty.
Sergeants can use the Leader's Stand Fast!
Have fun playing the game, The Rohan General😄
so Quest of the Ringbearer is finally out (for pre-order), and everybody's rushing to get their hands on it it seems.
Anyway, I'm actually looking forward to Barliman Butterbur and Harry Goatleaf, no spoilers yet as to what they do however :P
Have fun playing the game, The Rohan General.😁
OK, after the first part, where Theoden was brutally slain with his men by a marauding fight 5 Uruk-hai captain with a two-handed axe, the Hordes of Isengard are ready for more blood (but this time, it's orc-flesh they're eating)
Welcome to The Hobby Trailer Tournament Game, Part 2.
This time we played a custom scenario called Hold the Ford. The game ends when one force is Broken. The Defender basically wins by keeping the Attacker's models from the ford in the center of the board, the Attacker wins by busting through to reach the ford.
Turn 1
the Orcs became the Defender, with the Uruk-hai Leader and banner were alone, ready to be bombarded by 5 orc bows, while the rest of the Uruks and Orcs happened to be in charge range of each other.
This round was definitely going to hinge on who got priority that turn.
Aaaaaannnnnnndddddd... the orcs got it!
The orcs proceeded to pummel the uruk-hai. (just kidding, neither side received any casualties, besides, who's ever heard of orcs singlehandedly defeating Fight 4, Defence 6 Uruk-hai?)
Turn 2
Orc priority two-in-a-row!
the orcs with bows and two-handed weapons charged the
isolated
Uruk-hai Leader and banner, and dealt 3 wounds to the Leader and 2 wounds to the banner, killing them instantly
Turn 3
the Uruks got priority and charged the orcs, slaying many, including the Orc Captain, and wounding Zagdush. Otherwise the turn was uneventful.
Turn 4
The Leader was surrounded by 8 Orcs, trapped, and slain.
Zagdush was also killed by the Uruk-hai with two-handed axe. (the Mordor force is out of Heroes)
Turn 5
Without Heroes, the Orcs crumbled quickly, and the Uruk-hai Broke them, leading to a sound victory in the hands of the Uruks...
Not!!
the Uruks didn't have a single model in the ford, thereby handing the victory to the Orcs!
Final score - Mordor victory
Well, that was bloody, to say the least, but congratulations, Tie Die!👏
have fun playing the game!
- The Rohan General😎
Last post, I displayed my Theoden conversion and started a new series on hero upgrades called Case Studies.
Yeeeaaahh, so we're doing an Uruk-hai Captain today (should be fun, just remember he's 60 points, and you can take more than one of him, WITH a very solid combat profile)
Uruk-hai Captains can take crossbows, but are probably only needed unless you want heavy-armored archers.
Uruk-hai Captain can take two-handed weapons, and if you're okay with D6, this is a great option to take (1+ to wound at strength 5 HURTS, A LOT).
Uruk-hai Captains can also take shields, as I said in my last post, ALWAYS, ALWAYS TAKE IT.
It's always worth it.
The Uruk-hai Leader is a perfect leader for Isengard, with 3 Attacks, 3 Wounds, and can lead 18 troops into battle.
anyway, that sums up Case Studies for today, so have fun gaming, The Rohan General😀
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.)
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,
- The Rohan General
So me and my good friends Tie Die and Blue Boy got together and decided to play a battle report (the first in the history of the blog - YAY!).
This is a two-part tournament that should be fun (and hopefully easy to understand)
The Rohan General's 270 point Rohan List (obviously)
Theoden, King of Rohan with heavy armor and shield - 85 points
5 Riders of Rohan - 70 points
4 Rohan Royal Guard with throwing spears and horses - 72 points
1 Rohan Royal Guard with Banner - 43 points
Total - 270 points
Tie Die's 270 point (almost) Mordor List
Zagdush, Orc Captain - 65 points
5 Mordor Orcs with shield - 36 points
My converted Mordor Orc - 6 points
6 Mordor Orcs with spear - 36 points
Orc Captain with shield and Orc bow - 50 points
4 Mordor Orcs with Orc bow - 24 points
4 Mordor Orcs with two-handed weapon - 24 points
Total - 235 points
Blue Boy's 270 point Isengard List (Assault on Helms Deep LL)
Uruk-hai Leader with shield - 65 points
Uruk-hai Captain with two-handed weapon - 65 points
6 Uruk-hai with pikes - 70 points
3 Uruk-hai with shields - 60 points
1 Uruk-hai with banner - 34 points
Total - 254 points 
Those are our forces for the tournament, so stay tuned until the next post!
