Fimbul the Hunter, An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit
So - at the time of playing the Shadow and Sorcery tournament was due the following weekend at the London Titans club, Sam, Thomas and I set about an afternoon of quick fire, winner stays on battle. We each had two armies (350 points), but if you stayed on, then you kept the army...
...Lets see how we got on in the first (1) of these battles!
We rolled to see who played first, losing from the off set it was Tom with his Galadhrim vs Sam and his Hunter Orc army.
As always - I hope you enjoy:
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Tom deploys his Galadhrim on the board edge,
and having won priority sets about moving the spider queen closer to his army...
all those bows! |
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Sam's Hunter orc army (with Cave Drake)
comes on from the side and looks set to charge across the field to the elves |
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| Fimbul the Hunter moves half to take a shotn |
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| BAM! Fimbul kills a Galadhrim with a single shot! |
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| The dead Galadhrim |
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Tom sets his sights (and his Galadhrim's) on getting the points for the spider queen,
and continues to inflict damage as he moves her away from the Hunter orcs,
the Galadhrim bows finish her off and Tom takes the points |
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| Tom's Galadhrim hold and let Sam run across the field |
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Sam's hunter warg riders charge froward to take the Galadhrim bow shots,
whilst the Cave Drake and infantry continue to move towards them |
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| Fimbul is dismounted and another rider is killed |
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| Tom moves a few Galadhrim to get ready for the assault |
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| The cave drake lumbers forward and looks formiddable |
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| Hunter orcs still trying to get to the Galadhrim |
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| More Galadhrim shooting and Fimbul is killed, as well as the other wargs! |
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| Galadhrim hold and wait for the Drake and orcs |
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| The cave drake runs towards the Galadhrim line... |
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| ...with orcs to the side |
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| Galadhrim and orcs clash |
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| The Galadhrim try to trap the Cave Drake |
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| Legolas and Haldir keep firing at the Drake |
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| Time for the Galadhrim to charge |
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| The drake in combat with the elves |
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| Galadhrim score wounds on the Drake |
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| The hunter orcs charge the flank to protect the Drake |
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Both sides are engaged in tough fighting...
but the defense and fight value of the elves seems to be paying off |
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| Another round of combat on the Cave Drake |
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| And the fighting is at it's peak |
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| The Galadhrim seem to be winning, and it even looks like the hunter orcs have turned to run |
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| Both side re-engage as another round is started |
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| This tense battle is far from over |
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| The Galadhrim continue to smash at the Drake |
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| The Hunter Orcs get the upper hand on the east flank... |
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| ...but not on the west |
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| Galadhrim start to mop up and set their sights on the Drake yet again |
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| The Galadhrim surround the Drake, hoping for the kill - otherwise they face a corner beast... |
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| All orcs to help... |
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| ...but no, the Galadhrim the Drake and end the game |
So with a win for Tom's Galadhrim - he stays on and I field my Khazad army led by Gimli.
We welcome anyone interested in playing The Hobbit SBG, 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/Hobbit SBG figures and LOTR scenery from the Mines of Moria to the siege of Helms Deep, snow fields to desert boards ready and waiting.
Why not join our watch list for updates and look out for Easters weekend battle event... two days of fighting in the ruins of Osgiliath, Helms Deep and Far Harad, you cannot afford to miss it.
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