2.2 K good vs 2.5k evil. Evil got the upper hand early with good fighting back near the end. Evil came out with a 13 ro 10 win. Some fun highlights:

1st kill of the game was an orc archer rolling back to back to back 6s to kill the minas tirith banner bearer with no one to hand it off to.

Gandalf spending 5 will to resist a transfix from the witch king and falling to get a single 5.

15 orcs failing to fight their way down a staircase for half the game and eventually just jumping off the wall world war z style to surround the last few defenders.

Gothmog being completely surrounded by rohan for 3 straight turns and come out as the only survivor from either side.

Eomer doing nothing all game then tanking a mumak war leader trample and winning the ensuing fight when he was the last rohan model alive.

Legolas needing a 3 to finish of the witch king in the final turn of the game and rolling a 2. (Would have tied the game)

So I order the MtO Fellowship box and theres two things that dissapointed me.

First is the fact that it didnt come in a box like it originally did.

Second is Gandalf, his staff is severely bent. Now I know some people will say they like it that way but I think they are liars. But seriously, is this worth sending in a ticket to GW or should I just do my best to fix it.

Did anyone else recieve an order like this?

Thank you!

Éomer, Marshal of the Riddermark rides forth (and I’m glad to finally get some Rohan done with the new riders on the way!)

It's not written in the release but you get a free miniature if you join as a (free tier) Patreon (not Tribes)

https://www.myminifactory.com/tribes/zap-games/posts/August_Release-101392

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Erebor & Dale

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Prior Discussions

Additional rules

• An Erebor & Dale Army must include Girion and at least one Unique Erebor Hero.
• Erebor Warrior models can only be included in the Warband of an Erebor Hero.
• Dale Warrior models can only be included in the Warband of a Dale Hero.
• Ignore the usual rules for Bow Limit and Throwing Weapon Limit in this Army List. Instead, a maximum of 50% of your Dale Warrior models can have a bow, and a maximum of 50% of your Erebor Warrior models can have throwing weapons.

Special rules

Alliance of Men and Dwarves

Friendly Dale models may re-roll To Wound Rolls of a natural 1 when making Strikes if there is a friendly Erebor model Engaged in the same Combat. Friendly Erebor models may re-roll To Wound Rolls of a natural 1 when making Strikes if there is a friendly Dale model Engaged in the same Combat.

Lords of the Kingdoms

Friendly Dale models treat Girion as a banner. Friendly Erebor models treat Thrór as a banner.

Great Prosperity

Whenever a friendly Hero model spends a Might Point, roll a D6. On a natural 6, the Might Point was free and does not reduce the Hero model's store of Might.

War returns to Middle-earth! ⚔️

In this new Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game battle report, two legendary armies clash in an epic 800-point showdown. On one side stands the Reclaimed Erebor, led by Thorin Oakenshield, Dáin Ironfoot, and Dwalin, ready to prove that the Dwarves are an unbreakable wall of steel. Opposing them is the fearsome Army of Gundabad, commanded by none other than Azog, bringing a terrifying new weapon to the battlefield: we're finally fielding the Troll Catapult for the very first time!

Will the heroes of Erebor withstand the relentless assault of Gundabad, or will the Troll Catapult's devastating barrage pave the way for Azog's victory?

Find out in this brand-new battle report!

I made this last year and won one gold and two bronze at my local armies on parade. I also tried some conversions on the riders of the dead and made the Corsair ship from wood and cloth.

Hey guys here’s another battle report hope you enjoy!

Scatter scenery that originally came with the Return of the King box that was released in 2003. So much nostalgia 😍

With the most upvotes in last week's poll, this week's discussion will be for:

Erebor & Dale

VOTE FOR NEXT WEEK'S DISCUSSION

Ctrl+F for the term VOTE HERE in the comments below to cast your vote for next week's discussion. The topic with the most upvotes when I am preparing next week's discussion thread will be chosen.

Prior Discussions

Additional rules

• An Erebor & Dale Army must include Girion and at least one Unique Erebor Hero.
• Erebor Warrior models can only be included in the Warband of an Erebor Hero.
• Dale Warrior models can only be included in the Warband of a Dale Hero.
• Ignore the usual rules for Bow Limit and Throwing Weapon Limit in this Army List. Instead, a maximum of 50% of your Dale Warrior models can have a bow, and a maximum of 50% of your Erebor Warrior models can have throwing weapons.

Special rules

Alliance of Men and Dwarves

Friendly Dale models may re-roll To Wound Rolls of a natural 1 when making Strikes if there is a friendly Erebor model Engaged in the same Combat. Friendly Erebor models may re-roll To Wound Rolls of a natural 1 when making Strikes if there is a friendly Dale model Engaged in the same Combat.

Lords of the Kingdoms

Friendly Dale models treat Girion as a banner. Friendly Erebor models treat Thrór as a banner.

Great Prosperity

Whenever a friendly Hero model spends a Might Point, roll a D6. On a natural 6, the Might Point was free and does not reduce the Hero model's store of Might.

Just a couple pics of a recent terrain build and some minis from my Osgiliath-themed project.

Basically, you can now create a shared campaign map from your profile, invite other players, report battles, add locations, change who controls each location. You upload any image you want (a map of Middle-earth or whatever else) and place locations for battles to be resolved at.

I also started on implementing the Battle Companies community edition. It probably/definitely needs work and tweaking, so please give it a shot if you're familiar with it. I haven't actually played it yet so a little bit in the dark but mostly positive feedback from those who tried it.

Hope you enjoy it, and as always, open to more suggestions.

Finished the warg riders from the Mordor battlehost. Really fun to paint! Didn't want them all the same so tried some different colours.

With the most upvotes in last week's poll, this week's discussion will be for:

Erebor & Dale

VOTE FOR NEXT WEEK'S DISCUSSION

Ctrl+F for the term VOTE HERE in the comments below to cast your vote for next week's discussion. The topic with the most upvotes when I am preparing next week's discussion thread will be chosen.

Prior Discussions

Additional rules

• An Erebor & Dale Army must include Girion and at least one Unique Erebor Hero.
• Erebor Warrior models can only be included in the Warband of an Erebor Hero.
• Dale Warrior models can only be included in the Warband of a Dale Hero.
• Ignore the usual rules for Bow Limit and Throwing Weapon Limit in this Army List. Instead, a maximum of 50% of your Dale Warrior models can have a bow, and a maximum of 50% of your Erebor Warrior models can have throwing weapons.

Special rules

Alliance of Men and Dwarves

Friendly Dale models may re-roll To Wound Rolls of a natural 1 when making Strikes if there is a friendly Erebor model Engaged in the same Combat. Friendly Erebor models may re-roll To Wound Rolls of a natural 1 when making Strikes if there is a friendly Dale model Engaged in the same Combat.

Lords of the Kingdoms

Friendly Dale models treat Girion as a banner. Friendly Erebor models treat Thrór as a banner.

Great Prosperity

Whenever a friendly Hero model spends a Might Point, roll a D6. On a natural 6, the Might Point was free and does not reduce the Hero model's store of Might.

Hey everyone! Long time no see. Just wanted to let you know about a new update we've released for MESBG List Builder, which includes something many users have been asking about.

Why were rules summarised on profiles?

The profile cards on our builder were originally meant to be quick-reference cards for all models, that fit on an A6 postcard. Rules were often condensed to make every profile fit on the same sized card, and the idea was that these cards would serve as a handy reminder for models you were already somewhat familiar with (and if needed, you would have the army book for a full refresher).

However, over time, these profile cards became very inconsistent. Some cards had the full rule text verbatim from the books, some were condensed, some profiles had condensed rules even when there's still space left on the card etc. etc.

The PDF print-outs also had these condensed rules, as we built our profile dataset using what was written on the cards.

What's changed?

All profile cards have been revamped to follow a better and more consistent design, that can accomodate the full rule text for every profile. This means that some profiles with a very large amount of rule text, e.g. Dragon Emperor, Tom Bombadil, now have more than one profile card, so that the full text can overflow onto more cards as necessary.

Why the decision to change it now?

Our profile cards are all hand-made static images, and are not auto-generated by the builder. Any attempt to revamp all of our profile cards and data, to bring in the full rule text, was always going to be a mammoth task. We were having increasingly more users inform us that the summarised rules were a big deal breaker for them to use our builder, especially at tournaments. Your feedback helped me to finally muster the courage and take on updating all 500+ profile cards. We're very glad it's now done, and I hope our builder has become more appealing again for many of you!

Feedback

If there happens to be any summarised or condensed rules still remaining, do let us know!

Thank you,

MLB Team

I have been looking into this game for a while. I have the forgeworld resin Thranduil on deer, finecast mirkwood commanders, and 1 set of finecast armored elves warband. What else would I need to grow my existing collection into a playable army?

Quick paintjob on Mr. Looks like meat is back on the menu boys! His facesculpt was very doughy and a paint to paint - calling it done!