- Boromir, The Fellowship of the Ring
Lord of the Rings battle report - Gondor vs Mordor
So, this was my second Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game and as usual I took loads of photos for the battle report. Craig wanted to field pretty much the same army although this time he took some Minas Tirith Knights. I decided to drop the Witch King in favour of a whole additional Mordor War Band - numbers (I hope) will win the day.
We used the clubs desert board with some desert scenery, just so that it was something different and adds to the variety of grass and snow we currently use. Craig was determind to get a win in and brought knights of Minas Tirith in his army to fight the threat of my Warg riders.
Scenario 4 - Pitched Battle
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor Army |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor War band 1 |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor War band 2 |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor War band 3 with Shaman |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor War band 4 Warg Riders |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor Army |
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| LOTR SBG - GOndor, Knights of Minas Tirith |
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| LOTR SBG - Warriors of Minas Tirith |
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| LOTR SBG - Waste Land Board, Armies to deploy |
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| LOTR SBG - GOndor Command (Farimir used as Boromir) |
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| LOTR SBG - Pitched Battle Scenario |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor Army Deploy |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor Army Deploy |
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| LOTR SBG - Both Armies Deployed |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor Army Deploy |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor Knights ready to fight |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor win Priority and advance |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor Orcs rush forward |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor Warg riders head for the ruins |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor advance over the water whole |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor Knights change direction to head off the warg |
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| LOTR SBG - Warg prepare to lure the knights in to the ruins... |
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| LOTR SBG - Warg Riders seem to take the ruins |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor Captain calls the advance |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor Shaman and Orcs advance |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor hold and await the advancing Horde |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor take the bait and commit their cavalry to the ruins |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor Archers |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor numbers get close |
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| LOTR SBG - Wargs leave the ruins and trap Boromir and the Knights |
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| LOTR SBG - The Battle so far... |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor Knights advance halted by single warg rider |
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| LOTR SBG - Warg Riders charge at Gondor lines |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor archers fail to leave enough room and are both engaged |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor pull back |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor knights stuck in ruins |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor charge Gondor infantry |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor take casualties |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor flank surrounded |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor Knights break through ruins |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor pull back again |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor flank falls |
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| LOTR SBG - Boromir and the Gondor Knights desperate to get stuck in |
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| LOTR SBG - Boromir charges the rear of the orcs |
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| LOTR SBG - Boromir hacks at orcs |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor suffer as the Mordor Orcs prepare to engage |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor try to pull back but are heavily outnumbered |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor look set to lose |
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| LOTR SBG - Boromir attacks again |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor sensing victory advance again |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor numbers dwindle and are about to break |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor number overwhelm Gondor |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor surrounded |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor desperately hold on |
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| LOTR SBG - Boromir and the knights still unable to get to main Mordor Force |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor left flank still stuck in ruins |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor Archers are spread out to stop Boromir |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor Knight charges single archer |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor are broken... |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor now have to roll courage tests |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor loose heart and warriors flee the battle field |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor troops who remain are smashed |
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| LOTR SBG - Boromir's last action to attack the Shaman (who ended up being an expensive Orc) |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor finally leave the ruins |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor drop like flies (especially when archers are shooting) |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor Shaman about to die |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor last few are killed |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor again have to courage test |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor looses the last few warriors |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor wins, although Boromir survived to fight another day! |
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| LOTR SBG - Gondor dead/Loses |
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| LOTR SBG - Mordor dead/loses |
Man of the Match
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| LOTR: Man of the Match: Boromir |
I still have to get to grip with the rules so it will be interesting to pit a decent Evil hero against him and see how he likes it! And learn the rules for magic as my shaman literally did nothing!
To see my fully Painted Armies please visit this blog:
LotR / WotR Dwarf Army
The LotR / WotR - Moria / Misty Mountains army please visit this blog:
We
are about to start playing LOTR SBG - both skirmish battles and walk
through the books/films each Monday night and WotR on club nights.
We
welcome anyone interested in playing Lotr SBG, WotR or any
warhammer/40K battle - why not let us know so that we can arrange some
starter battles, like the one above, or if you/your club want to
challenge us. We have all the LOTR SBG figures and LOTR scenery from the
Mines of Moria to the siege of Helms Deep ready and waiting.
Next Week we are going to do the 'surrounded' scenerio with a group of elves and a few heros defending a ruined castle from the onslught of orcs and goblins (2 vs 1). This should be interesting and will show case three armies in one - Elves, Mordor and Misty Mountains. Lookl out for the report in due course!
East Grinstead War Gaming club
Sussex
East Grinstead War Gaming club
Sussex