Richmond Warmancers

Rules Changes

2012-01-26T12:35:00.001-05:00

From what I have heard, I do not have the Feb issue of white dwarf yet but apparently there is a 12:1 ratio of soldiers:heroes now, which is not too bad unless you are goblins, but then again a dragon probably counts as a hero. There is also no type of alliance restrictions like in Legions of Middle Earth, at least not yet, that may be in the new rulebook.

Certain heroes allow certain units to be upgraded for a points cost, ala Grimbolds Helminggas and Mahurs Marauders. The upgrade depends on the hero, I don 't know if there is the possibility to add two upgrades with two heroes.

Not crazy about the lack of list restrictions as in LoME, especially if there is not a bow limit.

From warseer user bramgaunt

2012-01-24T05:34:00.001-05:00

Re: Some hope for 2012?
Time to get a little more specific.

LotR get's a relaunch this febuary (4th of feb to be precise).

Release includes 5 books (40k codex size and price, sadly no hardcover) that cover ALL armies. All existing books will be removed and are no longer for sale, except for the rulebook itself and the three campaign books for the three movies.

Following books will be released: Realms of Men (Arnor, Gondor, Rohan), Forces of Mordor (Mordor, Isengart, Moria/Misty Mountains Goblins), Free folk of Middle-Earth (Elves and Dwarfs I assumed), Fallen Realms (Harad and Easterlings) and one that sums up the rest.

The Books will contain updated rules for ALL LotR Miniatures and nullify the entries in the big Rulebook. The rulebook is not replaced, but each of the five new themed books contains several pages of updated rules. WotR will mostly vanish from stores and be a better supported specialist game. There will be releases for WotR, but the LotR tabletop stays the third of the three big GW games.

Expect your armies to change drastically.

The release is accompanied by one (1) new plastic box set (some kind of cavallery) and a whole bunch of finecast miniatures. Some old friends, like the WotR command boxes, and some genuine new sculpts.

There is nothing else happening in febuary, at least that's what I've been told. First pure LotR month for some time now. Expect pictures any day now, the new WD will feature a LOT of LotR.

I suspect that the plastic set is easterling kataphrakts. If this is true I am sort of disappointed. No one rulebook? Seriously? We are going to have some bald assed "sort of " rulebooks ? Nice choice for the third core system.

Get your pocket books ready......

2012-01-18T16:27:00.001-05:00

What is a pocket book?

There will be a LoTR SBG relaunch.......rumor has it that there will be an entire month of LoTR with a new book with all the old supplements built into it.

That, will be a good day.
I would say grain of salt, but Harry is ever reliable.

Since we are in the rumor business-update-update again

2012-01-10T12:55:00.004-05:00

The reboxing of mini's has been essentially confirmed. Multiple sources citing an email from GW. GW stores have been requested to make space for more LoTR inventory. I am truly curious to see the new packaging and how that will coincide with a new/updated rule set. Others have pointed out that the repackaging will make WoTR more expensive. Current plastics come on sprues that contain 4 shield/hand weapon, 4 bow and 4 spear/2 handed or some similar combo of 4/4/4(except harad and fighting uruk hai). What will future plastics be? If one follows the WoTR rule of common formations being plastic, then we can speculate the following to become plastic at some point: IMHO of course

Most Likely
Knight of Dol Amroth on foot
Men at arms of Dol Amroth
Citadel Guards( mix of bow/spear?)
Rohan Royal Knights( mounted rohan royal guard?)
New High Elves( including knights perhaps?)
Great Eagle
Mordor Uruk Hai
Wild Men/men of carn dum
New warg riders
giant spiders

Easterling Kataphrakt
~~haradrim raider~~

Less Likely
Warriors of Arnor
Numenorean archers
Rohan Royal Knights/guard on foot
Orc Trackers
Dunlendings
bats
prowlers

Serpent Rider/guard

Khandish Mercenary

Which may seem like a lot but there have not been any new release in over a year.

This one seemed juicy
Newest rumor about the new rulebook due next month along with repackaging for The Hobbit Movie release.......
There must be a constant ratio of heroes:troops. This may vary by army, or it may not. WE LOVE UNSUBSTANTIATED RUMORS WWWWWEEEEEEEEEE.

And yet we have MORE.....Games Workshop Price Increase and cutting box numbers!
Boxes of plastic infantry will be cut in half(i.e. 1 sprue per box instead of 2), and the price will go up per sprue by about 35%. Example, a box of 24 dwarves currently is $33, a "repackaged" box of 12 dwarves would be $22, making 24 cost $44, a 33% price increase!!

At the moment I am not sure if this is true, however let me express my regrets for Games Workshop customers if this does turn out to be true. I will certainly avoid purchasing Games Workshop boxed infantry for The Hobbit Movie. There are plenty of alternatives available: Wargames Factory, Mantic, Gripping Beast, reaper, Red Box, caesar miniatures, and megaminis(classic grenadier for @1.50 per metal mini).

LoTR in Lego!

2011-12-19T20:04:00.000-05:00

LEGO!!!!

WotR: Skirmish

2011-12-18T10:44:00.001-05:00

These rules modifications are meant to play WotR without moving trays. Why?
1. Skirmish game looks better on the table top.
2. Skirmish game allows better integration of terrain.
3. The WotR rule book contains all the profiles whereas many SBG sourcebooks are no longer available.

The rules are changed as follow:
I. Companies & Formation (p24)
Movement trays are not used.
There are no facings.
All models within a formation must remain within 1” of another model of the same formation.
II. Dice and Measuring (p27)
Measuring is from each model.
III. Move Phase (p32)
No model may move more than its move allowance.
All models within a formation must remain within 1” of another model of the same formation.
IV. Shoot Phase (p36)
A. Calculate Number of Dice
Shooting Directly: Each model with line of sight and range to a target generate one shooting die.
Accuracy Bonus: Apply for every 8 infantry models shooting directly, 2 cavalry models shooting directly, or single monster model shooting directly.
Supporting Fire: For every 8 infantry models, 2 cavalry models, or monster model in the formation that cannot shoot directly but has range to the formation’s target, an extra shooting die is generated.
B. Removing Casualties
Casualty models to be removed must start with the model furthest away from any command model of the formation. A command model in the formation is any any upgrade listed in the Command Companies section (p60) and any epic hero in the formation.
An infantry formation reduced to four models or less is removed in total. A cavalry formation reduced to one model it must also be removed as casualty.
V. Charge Phase (p42)
Choose Spearhead. The spearhead must be a command model upgrade listed in the Command Companies section (p60) or any epic hero in the formation. If the formation does not have a command model or a hero, then the closest model to the charged formation is the spearhead.
Move Remaining Companies. Change to move remaining models.
VI. Fight Phase (p46)
A. Calculate Number of Dice
1. Fighting Directly: Each infantry or cavalry model in base to base contact generates one die. Each monster model in base to base contact generates a number of attach dice per its profile. Each Galadhrim Knight model generates two dice.
2. Combat Modifiers:
a. Charging infantry and monsters: +1 die for every eight models.
b. Charging cavalry and flying monsters against infantry and monsters: + 3 dice for every model
c. Charging cavalry and flying monsters against cavalry and flying monsters: +1 die for every model
d. Battle Skill: +1 for every fight value higher than charged model for every 8 charging infantry models, every 2 cavalry models, or every monster. In addition bonus dice are generated for the difference between single hero model fight value and the target formation fight value .
e. Unstoppable Charge: +D3 dice for every 8 charging infantry models, every 2 cavalry models, or every monster.
f. Disordered: the maximum number of dice for a disordered formation is 1 for every 8 infantry models, every 2 cavalry models, or every monster.
B. Removing Casualties
Casualty models to be removed must start with the model furthest away from any command model of the formation. A command model in the formation is any any upgrade listed in the Command Companies section (p60) and any epic hero in the formation.
An infantry formation reduced to four models or less is removed in total. A cavalry formation reduced to one model it must also be removed as casualty.

Yet More painting-Morgul Stalkers, Khardush and Black Guard Captain

2011-12-02T07:56:00.000-05:00

Rumors Rumors- what is the future of SBG

2011-11-19T14:44:00.000-05:00

Various sources have been saying that there will be a new book for SBG. Which seems logical, the only source books still available are the Lord of The Rings journey books. None of the other "army" books are available, not even Legions of Middle Earth. The last one is important because it has all the tournament army building rules and scenarios in it. GW generally does not release much on December, although that could change, so expect anything coming to be released in January at the earliest.

Glorfindel foot and mounted done.

2011-11-07T08:00:00.000-05:00

So here he is. Paints used include

GW paints: regal blue, tallarn flesh, elf flesh, adaptus battlegrey, dark angels green, snakebite leather, taupset ochre, iyanden darkson, mithril silver, boltgun metal, scorched brown and mechrite red.

Vallejo Game Colors: ultramarine blue, magic blue, sick green, scorpy green, sunblast yellow

Vallejo Game Color: sand yellow

reaper master series: shadowed stone, stone grey, weathered stone, bone shadow, aged bone, leather white and dragon red.

March of the Ents done in LEGO

2011-11-03T15:44:00.002-04:00

Here is a link to the Flickr gallery. Crazy stuff.

GW finally posts the scenarios for Forging of Fates Preliminaries

2011-10-07T12:01:00.000-04:00

Here

None in VA.

Interesting tool from Reaper on choosing color palette from pictures

2011-10-03T12:44:00.000-04:00

It is called power palette and it allows you to upload a photo which includes colors that you want to replicate. You can choose those colors and the tool will identify which reaper paints match in a best it can do color determination. Neat tool, bigger the picture the better you will be able to replicate the color.

http://www.reapermini.com/PowerPalette

Scenarios from The grand Waagh Tournament

2011-09-28T08:54:00.000-04:00

I Did not include the Bonus Cards. What are your opinion on the scenarios? Are they something that we should try to incorporate?

Round 5 – Own the Field

“One day, lad, all this will be yours!”

Layout
Terrain will be stationary, having been preplaced by the judges.

Starting Positions
Each player divides their force into four groups of as equal size as possible, with each group led by a Hero if possible. Roll for priority. The winner then moves one of their groups onto the table. Their opponent chooses either the group that enters or the table edge they enter from. The controlling player chooses the point on the table edge each individual model enters from. The second player then does the same, with the first player choosing the group or the table edge. Each subsequent turn another group enters following the same procedure. Your army may not reuse the same table edge, so by the fourth turn, all groups will have entered using different table edges.

Models entering the table may do all normal actions (move, shoot, cast spells, etc) but may not charge on the turn they enter.

Objectives
You must control more of the table quadrants than your opponent. You control a table quadrant if you have more models in it than your opponent.

Major Victory/Loss – You control all of the table quadrants at the end of the game
Minor Victory/Loss – You control more table quadrants than your opponent at the end of the game
Draw – You and your opponent control the same number of table quadrants at the end of the game

Game Ends
When one force is broken, roll a die at the end of the turn. If a 1 is rolled, the game ends. For each following turn, the die roll needed increases by one, so the second turn after breaking the game ends on a 1-2, the next turn 1-3, and so on. The game will also end when time is called.

Round 4 – Different Priorities

“Sir, I think the enemy knows our plan.”
“What plan?!?”

Layout
Terrain will be stationary, having been preplaced by the judges.

Starting Positions
Roll a die to determine who chooses their table edge. The winner may choose to deploy first and choose their table edge, or have their opponent deploy first on the table edge of their choice.

After choosing table sides, but before deploying any models, the player who deploys first places two markers; one in their half of the board and one in their opponent's side of the board. The markers must be at least 12”from the table edge and at least 6”from another marker. After the first player places their markers, the second player does the same.

Once markers are placed, the player who chose sides deploys their entire army within 12”of their edge of the table, then the other player does the same.

Objectives
Achieve the following objectives while preventing your opponent from doing the same.

You got any two models off of your opponent's board edge
You killed at least half of your opponent's models that count as heroes and/or banners
You hold more objectives on your opponent's side of the board than they hold on yours

Heroes and banners are of equal value for the first objective. A model that counts as both a hero and a banner only counts as one model. To hold an objective, you must have at least twice as many models within 3”of it as your opponent.

Major Victory/Loss – You achieve 2+ more objectives than your opponent
Minor Victory/Loss – You achieve 1 more objective than your opponent
Draw – You and your opponent achieve the same number of objectives

Game Ends
When one army achieves all three objectives, when one army is reduced to 25% of its starting numbers, or time is called.

Round 3 – Hold the Line

“None shall pass.”

Layout
Terrain will be stationary, having been preplaced by the judges.

Place three objectives down the centerline of the table, one in the center and the other two 12”to the left and right of the center objective. Objectives are clear terrain and do not affect line of sight.

Starting Positions
The armies will set up from opposite edges. Roll a die – the winner determines which player chooses their table edge. The opposing player sets up from the opposite table edge.

The player that chose their deployment edge sets up their army first within 12” of their table edge. The opposing player then does the same from their table edge.

Objectives
You must hold more objectives than your opponent does at the end of the game. To hold an objective, you must have more models within 3”of it than your opponent does.

Major Victory/Loss – You hold 2+ more objectives than your opponent
Minor Victory/Loss – You hold 1 more objective than your opponent
Draw – You and your opponent hold the same number of objectives

Game Ends
After ten turns, when one army is reduced to 25% of its starting models, or time is called.

Round 2 – Escort the Emissary

“Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie'
until you can find a rock.”

Layout
Terrain will be stationary, having been preplaced by the judges.

Starting Positions
The armies will set up from opposite edges. Roll a die to determine which player chooses their table edge. The player who wins sets up their entire army (minus their emissary) within 12” of their table edge. The opposing player then sets up within 12”of the opposite table edge.

After both armies are deployed, the first player places their emissary within 12”of their table edge, and then the opposing player will do the same.

Emissary Stats

F S D W A C M / W / F
2/- 3 5 2 1 3 0 / 1 / 1

Movement: 6”
Equipment: Hand weapon, armor
Special Rules:
Diplomat – The emissary is not a military leader, and no soldier takes him seriously enough to listen to him. Though a Hero, the emissary does not grant a“Stand Fast”to nearby models. He does not benefit from any friendly special rules or spells that affect your army, such as Fury or Voice of Curunir. He is, however, affected by spells cast directly upon him and negative effects from enemy models, such as Restore Courage and Harbinger of Evil.
VIP – The emissary's mission is of vital importance to your cause, and your soldiers know this. They will do whatever is in their power to protect him. When at least one of your own models is within within 2”of him, he counts as wearing an elven cloak if one of your own models blocks the enemy's line of sight to him and he may not be chosen as the target of volley fire if there is another eligible target.

Objectives
You must get your emissary off of your opponent's table edge while preventing your opponent from doing the same.

Major Victory/Loss–You moved your emissary off of the table but your opponent did not
Minor Victory/Loss–You killed your opponent's emissary (or he flees) and your emissary is alive
Draw–Any other result

Game Ends
When both emissaries are off the table or when time is called.

Round 1 – Hold Until Relieved

“Help is on the way.”

Layout
Terrain will be stationary, having been preplaced by the judges.

Starting Positions
The player whose army has fewer models in it decides if they want to be the attacker or defender.

First, the defender places an objective marker anywhere on the board, though it cannot be in impassible terrain. The defender divides their force in half. One half, with no more than half the defender's Heroes in it, is deployed anywhere on the board. The other half is further divided into three more groups of any size.

The attacker then chooses which table edge to bring on their entire army from. The attacker starts the game with priority.

Staring on Turn 2, the defender brings in one of the groups in reserve. The attacker chooses either which group comes on or which table edge the group comes on from. No table edge can be used twice (including the table edge the attacker entered from), and the defender chooses the positions on the table edge individual models enter from. This continues each turn until all the defender's models are on the table.

All models off the table count as being on the table for purposes of Break Point checks. Models entering the table may do all normal actions (move, shoot, cast spells, etc) but may not charge on the turn they enter.

Objectives
You must control the objective while preserving your force. You control the objective if you have more models within 3”of the objective than your opponent.

Major Victory/Loss–You control the objective at the end of the game and your force is not broken
Minor Victory/Loss–You control the objective at the end of the game and your force is broken
Draw–Neither player controls the objective at the end of the game

Game Ends
When one force is broken, roll a die at the end of the turn. If a 1 is rolled, the game ends. For each following turn, the die roll needed increases by one, so the second turn after breaking the game ends on a 1-2, the next turn 1-3, and so on. The game will also end when time is called.

Cave Drake Is Done

2011-09-20T08:20:00.001-04:00

It is done, but I am not really that thrilled with the finished product. To me it looks ok, but I think the deep blue/purple really hides a lot. I also had to fix the belly as it was to be painted red in the original color scheme I had in mind but I changed it after the first coat. See the pics.

The Colors used on the main body of the drake : necron abys (GW) with a heavy wash of the GW purple wash, followed by dry brushing with Vallejo Model Color Purple with white added for the highlights. The tongue was base coated with a thin layer of Vallejo Game color ultramarine blue and highlighted with magic blue adding white in small amounts.

Funny

2011-09-15T07:36:00.000-04:00

So, it could have been shopped, amusing nonetheless.

BFG GothiComp 2011

2011-08-08T20:29:00.001-04:00

GothiComp is an annual BFG model competition. All the entries are here.

Galadriel Done

2011-07-19T08:37:00.001-04:00

Finally, Here are the colors:
Face/skin-base coat GW Tallarn flesh and highlights with increasing GW Elf Flesh, lips were the slightest amount of Vallejo Vermillion.
Dress-base coat white, then Vallejo Flat Aluminum (like GW space wolfs grey ), washed with dilute GW Fenris Grey and drybrushed with Windsor and Newton Titanium White.
Armor-Base Boltgun metal, shade with dilute Vallejo Black, highlight with GW Mithril Silver
Hair-Base of GW Iyanden Darkson, highlights adding Vallejo Sand Yellow then adding a little WN titanium White for the final highlight.
Had a lot of trouble with the dress, no matter what I did I kept getting air bubbles in the recess areas with the Flat Aluminum and white layers that I could not eliminate. Which is why I washed the dress part and did not apply shading with layers. This is probably the best face I have done so far. Faces are hard. :)
The Base is a mix of GW sand, Medium and Fine Talus from Woodland Scenics. Topped with GF-9 Winter Grass and then an Army Builder Swamp Tuft.

more more more BFG and WIP and Dystopian Wars preview

2011-07-13T08:07:00.002-04:00

Whew, lots of things today. First off we have some BFG tokens that were custom make by LITKO. To get 20 is $19.99 with a lot of options for color, shape and text.

Also the heading template that is large enough to fit underneath a BFG base and covers the 45 and 90 turns.

Next up we have previews of the Antarctic faction from Spartan Games Dystopian wars via TTGN. I have been waiting for this since the fluff for Dystopian wars came out. UPDATE here are painted versions.

And here is a WIP pic of Legolas from the Fellowship of The Ring. I have been practicing my highlighting and shading with the plastic set.

Here is the finished product, based and matte varnished with Army Painter Matte Varnish.

BFG Markers

2011-06-23T19:36:00.001-04:00

Joe discovered and got some of these from Litko. I think they are fabulous though a tad expensive as i already have 2 sets of cardboard marker worth from two starter set. Note though that there is tentative plans for all torpedo markers to be bases on 20 mm x 20 mm bases.

Disappearance of the Astronomican portion of GW website

2011-06-13T08:21:00.000-04:00

If you had not noticed part of the GW website that relates/posts past articles has been removed. Speculation about this has brought to the surface the idea that White Dwarf, the GW adverzine will be going digital, in a pay per year all access pass or a pay for a all past volumes CD/DVD deal. I guess they could even go a'la carte on an article by article basis. It can still be accessed with a direct URL but has not been updated since march.

Finecast the next wave

2011-06-06T20:24:00.000-04:00

Via BoLS

Thanks Sephiroth

:
WH40K
Tyranid Venomthrope
Eldar Warp Spiders squad
Eldar Howling Banshee squad
Eldar Harlequin squad
Inquisitor Karamazov
Dark Angels Master of the Ravenwing

WHF
Dwarf Engineer w/ Great Weapon
Dwarf Thane w/ standard
Dwarf Grudge thrower
Dwarf High King Thorgrim
Lizardmen Slann Mage priest
High Elf Korhil
High Elf Prince Tyrion
Dark Elf Dreadlord on Cold One
Dark Elf War Hydra
Khorn Lord on Juggernaut
Beastmen Doombull

LotRs
Vault Warden Team
Witch King of Angmar
Dragon
Uruk-hai siege ballista
Gondor battle trebuchet

Chaos
The Changling
Greater Daemon of Khorne
Greater Daemon of Tzeentch

Not sure if the vault warden set was the best of choices, iron guard or citadel guard would have been better choices IMHO.

Citadel Finecast

2011-05-31T15:38:00.000-04:00

So, now that they have come out, anyone have real strong opinions?
I know that I like the movement to 4 models per pack in the LoTR line. We will not have to buy 8 blisters(anymore) to get an even amount for WoTR movement trays. 2 packs per company for elites is pretty reasonable. I have seen some pretty bad miscasts but I think those will become fewer and fewer as GW catch up with demand and QA picks up, but maybe I am wrong. You can check out Warseer and BoLS for a great number of fincast pics.

So, today should be the big announcement about metals-update

2011-05-16T07:04:00.004-04:00

So, a couple of things, 1-today should be an announcement about metal figures and why they are being pulled from general circulation, I have heard that it will be called Citadel Finecast ( according to the German GW website ), which will begin on May 28th.

So, of course, it seems GW takes this to mean they can increase prices. Maybe the US prices will not change.
First news in british pounds i converted to US $

Starting from the 28th of May 120 products that were Games Workshop direct only items will be coming back on the shelves as resin or resin Hybrids. This new range “Citadel Fine Cast” range will be limited in number for the first few months, so we will be taking advance orders for them.

Full details for the products and prices will be available later today.

THE DARK LORD SAURON £25.50 = $41.00 ( used to be $35 )
GULAHVAR THE TERROR OF ARNOR £30.00 = $48( used to be $41.25 )
MORDOR TROLL CHIEFTAIN £25.50
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING £37.00
ELROND AND GIL-GALAD £15.00
SARUMAN AND GRIMA £15.00
GANDALF THE WHITE £20.50
ARAGORN (THE BLACK GATE) £20.50
THEODEN (HELM’S DEEP) £20.50
BOROMIR (ITHILIEN) £20.50
SULADAN THE SERPENT LORD £20.50
THE DARK MARSHAL (RINGWRAITH) £20.50
DAIN AND BALIN £15.00
URUK-HAI WITH CROSSBOWS £14.00
URUK-HAI BERSERKERS £14.00
GOTHMOG (PELENNOR) £20.50

Full list after the break.......

2-This year is the 10th Anniversary of the LoTR SBG ruleset. Accordingly we will probably see a big release announcement soon.

41-60 COMMANDER DANTE £10.50
53-60 LOGAN GRIMNAR £14.50
55-61 THE EMPERORS CHAMPION £9.50
48-63 SPACE MARINE CHAPLAIN WITH JUMP PACK £10.50
44-60 DARK ANGELS COMPANY MASTER £10.50
48-61 SM LIBRARIAN IN TERMINATOR ARMOUR £14.50
53-61 NJAL STORMCALLER £14.50
41-61 ASTORATH THE GRIM £12.50
43-60 ABADDON THE DESPOILER £14.50
43-61 HURON BLACKHEART £10.50
50-61 ORK WARBOSS WITH ATTACK SQUIG £14.50
50-63 ORK BIG MEK £14.50
50-65 ORK PAINBOY WITH GROT ORDERLY £10.50
46-61 ELDAR AUTARCH WITH POWER WEAPON £10.50
46-62 THE AVATAR OF KHAINE £22.50
46-63 HARLEQUIN DEATH JESTER £10.50
46-64 HARLEQUIN SHADOWSEER £10.50
47-61 COMMISSAR YARRICK £10.50
47-63 IMPERIAL GUARD LORD COMMISSAR £9.50
51-61 TYRANID ZOANTHROPE £15.50
51-63 TYRANID TYRANT GUARD £15.50
51-64 TYRANID HIVE GUARD £15.50
51-65 TYRANID BROODLORD £15.50
57-61 BROTHER CAPTAIN STERN £14.50
57-60 LORD KALDOR DRAIGO £14.50
57-62 CASTELLAN CROWE £10.50
57-63 INQUISITOR COTEAZ £10.50
45-60 DARK ELDAR ARCHON £9.50
45-64 LELITH HESPERAX £10.50
45-63 URIEN RAKARTH £10.50
45-61 DARK ELDAR SUCCUBUS £9.50
56-60 TAU ETHEREAL WITH HONOUR BLADE £9.50
83-62 CHAOS EXALTED HERO £9.50
83-63 CHAOS KHORNE EXALTED HERO £10.50
86-60 EMPIRE CAPTAIN WITH HAMMER & PISTOL £9.50
92-60 WOOD ELF HIGHBORN WITH GREAT WEAPON £9.50
84-60 DWARF LORD WITH HAMMER & SHIELD £9.50
84-61 DWARF RUNELORD WITH GREAT WEAPON £9.50
90-60 SKAVEN WARLORD £9.50
90-61 QUEEK HEADTAKER £10.50
90-62 DEATHMASTER SNIKCH £10.50
91-61 VAMPIRE LORD £9.50
89-60 GRIMGOR IRONHIDE £10.50
89-62 BLACK ORC BIG BOSS £10.50
87-60 CARADRYAN £10.50
85-61 DARK ELF ASSASSIN WITH TWO HAND WEAPONS £9.50
81-60 MALAGOR THE DARK OMEN £12.50
10-61 URUK-HAI WITH CROSSBOWS £14.00
10-62 URUK-HAI BERSERKERS £14.00
08-61 GOTHMOG (PELENNOR) £20.50
05-60 ELROND AND GIL-GALAD £15.00
10-60 SARUMAN AND GRIMA £15.00
02-60 GANDALF THE WHITE £20.50
04-60 ARAGORN (THE BLACK GATE) £20.50
04-62 THEODEN (HELM’S DEEP) £20.50
04-61 BOROMIR (ITHILIEN) £20.50
09-60 SULADAN THE SERPENT LORD £20.50
08-62 THE DARK MARSHAL (RINGWRAITH) £20.50
05-61 DAIN AND BALIN £15.00
97-60 SKULLTAKER £14.50
48-40 MARNEUS CALGAR AND HONOUR GUARD £36.00
48-41 SPACE MARINE TECHMARINE WITH SERVITORS £25.50
55-40 BLACK TEMPLARS SWORD BRETHREN SQUAD £25.50
48-42 SPACE MARINE STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD £25.50
48-43 SPACE MARINE VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD £25.50
53-40 CANIS WOLFBORN £30.00
43-40 NURGLE DAEMON PRINCE £21.50
43-41 CHAOS SPACE MARINE RAPTORS £25.50
43-42 DEATH GUARD PLAGUE MARINES £25.50
50-43 BOSS ZAGSTRUK £14.50
50-40 GHAZGHKULL THRAKA £22.50
50-41 ORK TANKBUSTAS £25.50
50-42 ORK BIG MEK WITH SHOKK ATTACK GUN £23.00
46-41 ELDAR RANGERS £20.50
46-42 ELDAR DARK REAPERS £23.00
46-44 ELDAR STRIKING SCORPIONS £23.00
46-40 ELDAR FARSEER AND WARLOCKS £20.50
51-42 TYRANID LICTOR £15.50
51-40 TYRANID HIVE TYRANT £36.00
51-41 TYRANID PYROVORE £21.50
45-40 DARK ELDAR INCUBI £23.00
45-41 DARK ELDAR MANDRAKES £20.50
56-40 TAU SNIPER DRONE TEAM £23.00
83-42 ARCHAON THE EVERCHOSEN £30.00
83-43 CHAOS LORD ON DAEMONIC MOUNT £22.50
83-41 CHAOS DRAGON OGRE SHAGGOTH £36.00
86-41 LUDWIG SCHWARZHELM £22.50
86-40 KURT HELBORG £22.50
82-41 THE GREEN KNIGHT £22.50
82-40 KING LOUEN LEONCOEUR £30.00
92-42 WOOD ELVES TREE KIN £30.00
92-40 ORION KING IN THE WOODS £22.50
92-41 WOOD ELVES TREEMAN £36.00
84-40 THOREK IRONBROW £36.00
84-41 DWARF GYROCOPTER £23.00
84-42 DWARF BOLT THROWER £23.00
90-40 SKAVEN WARPLOCK JEZZAILS £30.00
91-40 VAMPIRE COUNTS VARGHULF £21.50
91-42 COUNT MANNFRED £22.50
91-41 VAMPIRE COUNTS BLOOD KNIGHTS £61.50
88-41 KROQ GAR £40.00
89-44 GOBLIN SPEAR CHUKKA £18.50
89-43 SAVAGE ORC GREAT SHAMAN ON WAR BOAR £15.50
89-41 ORC WARBOSS ON WYVERN £40.00
89-42 GOBLIN ROCK LOBBER £23.00
89-45 GORBAD IRONCLAW £30.00
89-40 AZHAG THE SLAUGHTERER £55.00
85-41 DARK ELVES REAPER BOLT THROWER £18.50
08-40 THE DARK LORD SAURON £25.50
08-42 GULAHVAR THE TERROR OF ARNOR £30.00
08-43 MORDOR TROLL CHIEFTAIN £25.50
02-40 THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING £37.00
97-42 FLAMERS OF TZEENTCH £15.50

Paper craft house for miniature wargaming

2011-05-11T12:08:00.001-04:00

Some of our members have discussed using paper craft houses. Dave's Games has a free download/sample of their pdf paper craft buildings.

Linky

Tall me what you think.....

BFG Night Wednesday May 11 2011

2011-05-09T21:42:00.001-04:00

Let me know if you are interested

750 points (no fleet commander needed until over 750 points)

Rumors Rumors Rumors-metals to resin/plastic

2011-05-09T15:41:00.000-04:00

Still much ado about nothing as far as GW is concerned. Some metal Fantasy models are now up to 6-8 week shipping delays. Same with 40K, although most seem to be in the 1-4 weeks range. Supposed to be big news on May 16th about this, we shall see. There is also rumblings of some large Lord of The Rings releases/things to come. Anyone want to make some guesses?
Also added a widget that displays where/when and what we are playing during the week or weekend.

Don't forget about this , donate for a chance to win some 40K, and to support a good cause.

Rumour: GW to switch from metal to resin?

2011-04-06T22:37:00.005-04:00

Plastics will stay as is but the metal models are being recalled and to be recast in resin?

Link

The GW games i play are predominantly metal: Warmaster, BFG, and LotR. I have an all metal SoB and Khand army already.
I wonder if these game systems will switch as well.

Apparently they are removing them in waves, some of which were already re-rendered in plastic, with the first ones to be removed being these after the break
Updated list of discontinued metal LoTR models- a lot of popular models.......
02-06 THE BREAKING OF THE FELLOWSHIP
02-07 RINGWRAITHS
02-35 ARAGORN FOOT & MOUNTED
02-36 GANDALF THE WHITE FOOT & MOUNTED
02-37 LEGOLAS FOOT & MOUNTED
02-40 RINGWRAITH FOOT & MOUNTED
02-43 GOBLIN CAPTAINS
02-97 WITCH KING OF ANGMAR FT & MTD
03-35 SARUMAN AND GRIMA
03-36 MAUHUR
03-37 MAUHUR COMMAND
03-39 THEODEN FOOT & MOUNTED
03-40 Thrydan Wolfsbane
03-41 Saruman (Orthanc)
03-49 DUNLENDING WARRIORS COMMAND
03-53 MORGUL STALKERS
04-35 ARAGORN KING OF GONDOR FT & MTD
05-07 THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
05-09 MORANNON ORC COMMANDERS
05-17 URUK-HAI SEIGE ASSAULT BALLISTA
05-19 TREEBEARD
05-35 GOTHMOG FOOT & MOUNTED
05-36 ORC SHAMAN ON WARG
05-40 THE DARK MARSHAL
05-41 ELF SPEARMEN
05-42 ELF COMMAND
05-44 MORANNON ORC CAPTAINS
05-45 ORC TASK MASTER AND DRUMMER
05-46 MORDOR ORC CAPTAINS
05-49 BLACK NUMENOREAN WARRIORS
05-62 URUK-HAI WITH CROSSBOWS
05-63 URUK-HAI BERSERKERS
05-71 ROHAN ROYAL GUARD ON FOOT
05-82 ROHAN ROYAL GUARD MOUNTED
05-84 MORDOR ORC COMMAND
05-85 WARRIORS OF MINAS TIRITH COMMAND
05-92 GUARDS OF THE FOUNTAIN COURT
05-95 EASTERLING COMMAND
06-08 GONDOR BATTLE CRY TREBUCHET
06-16 MINAS TIRITH COMMANDERS
06-32 TROLL CHIEFTAN
06-35 DUINHIR
06-36 BLACKROOT ARC. CMMND
06-37 KHAZAD GUARD
06-38 GOBLIN KING OF MORIA
06-39 MEN AT ARMS OF DOL AMROTH
06-40 FARAMIR OF ITHILIEN
06-41 ARMOURED BOROMIR FOOT & MOUNTED
06-48 RIDER OF THE DEAD
06-56 KNIGHT OF DOL AMROTH FOOT
06-66 HARADRIM COMMAND
06-67 HOBBIT ARCHERS
06-68 HOBBIT MILITIA
06-77 FORLONG & ANGBOR
06-78 AXEMEN OF LOSSARNACH
06-95 SHAGRAT & GORBAG
07-06 THE THREE HUNTERS
09-17 SERPENT RIDERS
09-34 EASTERLING KATAPHRAKT
09-39 KHAMUL THE EASTERLING FT & MTD
09-41 CIRION AND MADRIL
09-43 DWARF COMMAND
09-47 WOOD ELF COMMAND
09-50 DALAMYR FLEETMASTER OF UMBAR
09-51 CORSAIR BOSUN AND CAPTAIN
09-52 CORSAIR ARBALESTERS
09-53 SULADAN THE SERPENT LORD FT & MTD
09-55 SERPENT GUARD
09-57 WATCHERS OF KARNA
09-62 HALF TROLLS
11-11 GULAHVAR THE TERROR OF ARNOR
11-51 HILL TROLL CHIEFTAIN BUHRDUR
12-06 DRAGON
12-40 MORIA GOBLIN SHAMAN
:

43-13 CHAOS DREADNOUGHT BOX SET (Limited)
43-41 CHAOS SPACE MARINE SORCEROR (Limited)
46-13 ELDAR SHINNING SPEARS (Limited)
46-16 ELDAR FARSEER & WARLOCK BODYGUARD (Limited)
46-22 ELDAR DARK REAPERS (Limited)
46-24 ELDAR HOWLING BANSHEES (Limited)
46-26 ELDAR SWOOPING HAWKS (Limited)
46-30 ELDAR AUTARCH ON JETBIKE (Limited)
46-37 ELDAR WRAITHGUARD (Limited)
48-18 SPACE MARINE CHAPLAIN ON BIKE (Limited)
48-24 SPACE MARINE TECHMARINE AND SERVITORS (Limited)
48-31 SPACE MARINE STERNGUARD VETERAN SQUAD (Limited)
48-33 SPACE MARINE VANGUARD VETERAN SQUAD (Limited)
49-10 NECRON HEAVY DESTROYER BOX (Limited)
49-13 NECRON C’TAN THE DECEIVER BOX (Limited)
50-23 ORK BIG MEK WITH SHOKK ATTACK GUN (Limited)
51-09 TYRANID HIVE TYRANT BOX (Limited)
51-43 TYRANID HIVE GUARD (Limited)
56-15 TAU SNIPER DRONE TEAM (Limited)
83-58 CHAOS KHORNE CHAMPION (Limited)
84-25 DWARF SLAYERS (Limited)
84-43 DWARF MASTER ENGINEER (Limited)
90-15 SKAVEN SCREAMING BELL/PLAGUE FURNACE
90-37 SKAVEN WARLORD QUEEK HEADTAKER (Limited)
97-10 DAEMONS PLAGUEBEARERS OF NURGLE (Limited)
97-11 DAEMONS PLAGUEBEARERS OF NURGLE COMMAND (Limited)
97-13 DAEMONS FLAMERS OF TZEENTCH (Limited)
97-14 DAEMONS FLESH HOUNDS OF KHORNE (Limited)
97-18 DAEMONS LORD OF CHANGE GREATER DAEMON OF TZEENTCH (Limited)
97-20 DAEMONS BLOOD THIRSTER GREATER DAEMON OF KHORNE (Limited)

These below have also been discontinued product codes-

46-25 ELDAR STRIKING SCORPIONS

46-27 ELDAR WARP SPIDERS

46-29 ELDAR RANGERS

46-36 ELDAR WARLOCK

47-64 TECHPRIEST ENGINSEER

48-38 SPACE MARINE CHAPLAIN

48-44 SPACE MARINE TERMINATOR CHAPLAIN

48-45 SPACE MARINE JUMP PACK CHAPLAIN

48-53 SPACE MARINE SCOUT SERGEANT TELION

50-38 ORKS IN MEGA ARMOUR

50-42 ORK BOSS SNIKROT

55-12 BLACK TEMPLARS CHAPTER UPGRADE

85-43 DARK ELF DREADLORD

95-11 OGRE KINGDOMS TYRANT

L03-35 SARUMAN AND GRIMA

Mike over at the SPR forums posted pics of the new Tomb Kings

2011-04-05T14:44:00.000-04:00

Originally from TTGN
Go check them out, pretty nice looking models.

Some LoTR, W 40K and Warhammer Crystal Brush entrants

2011-04-04T15:57:00.000-04:00

Elrond with a ridiculous amount of freehand

Black Numenorean

Red Dragon of Krynn with rider

Lone Plague Marine

Singles Winner Kraken Princess

54mm Winner

Downloadables that work quite well.....

2011-04-04T14:24:00.000-04:00

Thought I would throw up some basic web stuff,
First army builders based in MS Excel
There are two, one for Strategy battle Game and one for War of The Ring.

Paint Conversion Chart

Want to touch up that model but do not have access to the specific manufactures paint?
Use this handy paint converter, or download all 224 pages of comparisons!

For news don't forget to look at Tabletop Gaming News!

Local stores where we play and buy our stuff.
FTW games
A-Game Hobbies

Work In Progress-Theoden from The Two Towers

2011-03-16T21:03:00.004-04:00

Update III finished with foot and now mounted version.

Really need to work on increasing the differentiation in my highlights and shading.

Here are some pics of the Theoden I am working on, in the background you can also see some converted High Elves. Don't know how I am going to do all the gold bits on his armor...yet.

Other pics after break-

Update:

Older Pics After Break

Here are some pics of the Theoden I am working on, in the background you can also see some converted High Elves. Don't know how I am going to do all the gold bits on his armor...yet.

Gathering in The Desert results and pics

2011-02-25T15:33:00.002-05:00

Found here.

UK Grand Tournament 2011 Winners and armies updated 3-10-2011

2011-02-14T11:35:00.001-05:00

I will edit this to include as many army lists as possible

1st. Mikolaj bakalarz - gondor and Harad
Good:
Saruman
Madril
Beregond
18 Guards of the Fountain Court with Shield
2 Guards of the Fountain Court
10 Citadel Guard with Spear and Longbow
2 Rangers of the North
8 Rangers of Arnor with Spear
2 Rohan Outriders
Evil:
Golden King
Shadow Lord on Horse
18 Corsairs with Shield
18 Haradrim with Spear
11 Haradrim with Bow and Spear
10 Haradrim with Bow
6 Haradrim Riders with Warspears

2nd. Tom Moore - high elves and mordor
Good:
Saruman
Twins on Horses, Heavy Armour, Bows
13 Elves, Heavy Armour, Shield
12 Elves, Bows, Spears
7 Elves, Shield, Spear
6 Elves, Shield
1 Elf, Bow
Shadow Lord, Horse
Nazgul 2/8/1, Horse
Spider Queen
Orc Taskmaster
17 Morannon Orcs, Shields
18 Orcs, Shield, Spear
8 Orc Trackers
7 Orcs with Bow and Spear

3rd. Simon grant - wood elves and mumak and 2 fellbeasts
Good:
Legolas, Haldir, Wood Elves (exact list unknown)
Evil:
Mumak, Tusk Weapons, Gnarled Hide
Khamul on Fell Beast
Knight of Umbar on Fell Beast

4th. Jamie goblin- Wood elves and moria
5th. Craig ? -Arnor and Harad.
Good:
Glorfindel lord of the west on horse
Elladan and Elrohir with armour, bows and horses
Dunedain with spear
34 Warriors of Arnor
17 Hobbit Archers
Evil:
Shadowlord
WitchKing 2/10/2
Harad Chief wiht bow
19 Corsair with shield
19 Corsair with shield and spear
19 Harad bows, 3 with spear.

6th. Nick Jones- Wood elves and mordor.
7th. Charles simms- Galadhrim and mordor.
8th. Jay Clare- Galadhrim and moria
9th. Michael Tetley-Gondor and moria.
10th. Chris Jones- Wood elves and mordor.

GW releases updated book for Orcs and Goblins

2011-02-09T15:07:00.000-05:00

Yeah, it's fantasy stuff. The Aracknarok spider is pretty neat looking. Sits on a 100x150mm base so I doubt it could be converted to a new Spider Queen.

Instant Mold quick project

2011-02-06T21:41:00.001-05:00

So as I said last week I purchased some Instant Mold from Cool Mini or Not. Here are the results from a quick, and I mean quick grab whatever I had on my desk and try to make a mold in 15 minutes quick. This stuff really is pretty easy to work with. I placed the sticks I received in 208 degree water for about 5 minutes, pulled it out with a sculpting tool and flattened it with my fingers. Then proceeded to push these pieces into the flattened mold. Waited for the Instant Mold to cool ( couple of minutes), I then pulled out the object. Using green Milliput I pressed it into the mold to make the copy. I used two separate bases to make molds, one was simple and another was complex , to get an idea of what this stuff was capable of. Also one of a Rohan Royal Guard arm bit like the gun they did in the video. Overall, this stuff is easy to use and really does recycle. I tried it and yes it does work when you heat it up again and remold, the arm bit is proof of that. So two thumbs up from me.
Here is a second batch.

Greatest tables ever-Custom made gaming tables

2011-02-04T11:40:00.003-05:00

http://www.geekchichq.com/index.html
All I can say is...want.

My List from last nights WoTR game

2011-02-04T09:51:00.002-05:00

It was rocky and took us about 3 hours for 6 turns but we got a 2k 2v2 game in last night. Rohan did not fair well. Here is my list from last night.
Forgot that my warg riders had throwing weapons :(.

List is per formation with how many companies first.
1000 Pts - Mordor Army - WoTR 1k mordor feb 3

1 Ringwraith [Khamûl the Easterling], 125 pts (Hand Weapons; Khamûl the Easterling; Epic Strike; Spells of Darkness; Spells of Dismay; Spirit Grasp; Terror)

1 Gothmog, Castellan of Minas Morgul, 110 pts (Epic Defense; Epic Strike; Master of Battle; Overlord)

3 Mordor Orc Warband, 60 pts (Hand Weapons; Two-handed Weapons; MobRule)

5 Morannon Orc Warband, 125 pts (Hand Weapons; Heavy armour; Shields)

3 Warg Rider Warband, 75 pts (Hand Weapons; Shields; Thrown Weapons; Prowlers; Skilled Riders)

3 Warg Rider Warband, 75 pts (Hand Weapons; Shields; Thrown Weapons; Prowlers; Skilled Riders)

3 Black Guard of Barad-Dûr, 150 pts (Hand Weapons; Heavy armour; Shields; Berserk; Stalwart)

1 Siege Bow Battery, 50 pts (Hand Weapons; Heavy armour; Artillery; Siege Bow)

1 Siege Bow Battery, 50 pts (Hand Weapons; Heavy armour; Artillery; Siege Bow)

1 Mordor Troll, 100 pts (Armour; Hand Weapons; Thrown Weapons; Hard to Kill!; Terror)

4 Mordor Orc Warband, 80 pts (Hand Weapons; Shields; MobRule)

WoTR quick start rules not updated, I am just in need of LoTR love from GW

2011-02-02T17:07:00.002-05:00

Edit: not updated, just an old release that I missed at some point. Sigh, we need some LoTR love GW, I am going through withdrawal.

GW have stripped down the quick start rules, no more spells, maybe something else. They have included a new QS scenario and army suggestions though. Interesting. The two armies are Gondor and Mordor with others in the option list. Starter box anyone?

Feeling adventurous, check this out.....casting stuff...

2011-01-31T11:34:00.000-05:00

So, I know I said I would post more pics, but I became distracted with this little ditty from Cool Mini or Not.

Watch the youtube video, seems kinda neet huh? Well, I purchased some and will let you know how it goes. If all goes well I may even do requests. :)

Paper terrain

2011-01-27T21:41:00.003-05:00

Check this site out. http://www.paperterrain.com/
It has paper terrain for houses and villages in a variety of scales. There isn't much for fantasy but what it does have is the ability to go from normal to ruins in seconds because inside each normal house is a ruined version that is only revealed when the normal version is lifted away.

More of last years work-BFG

2011-01-20T21:12:00.000-05:00

A Games LoTR scramble rules-10am Sunday the 16th

2011-01-14T12:11:00.001-05:00

Lord of the Rings Scramble - 200 points
• Normal Rules apply
• 33% bow limit

Missions:
• Each player rolls a D3 for their own mission:
1. To Kill a King - Pick a friendly hero. If this hero dies or flees, then your opponent is successful.
2. Treasure Hunt - Light Object in center of board. Retrieve object and bring it to your deployment zone to be successful.
3. Reconnoiter - Have 25% of your force in the enemy deployment zone to be successful.

Setup:
• Dice off to setup first. Winner's choice.
• Dice off to go first. Winner's choice.

Tournament Length:
• 4 rounds
• Opponents are chosen randomly each round.

Tournament Scoring:
• 15 Battlepoints for a win
• 10 Battlepoints for a tie
• 5 Battlepoints for a loss

Comments?

The Past Years Work-Thranduils Halls

2011-01-10T21:35:00.000-05:00

Over the course of the next month I am posting what I have managed to paint over the past year. First up are the wood elves-Thranduils Halls, first heroes then warriors. How about your pics?

New WoTR scenario on the mothership site

2011-01-04T18:50:00.002-05:00

Here is the linky...
A what if scenario...

BFG: FAQ for 2010

2011-01-01T13:48:00.002-05:00

The latest FAQ is done. A total of 30 pages. I guess that is both a good thing and a bad thing. Good because it should clear up many fuzzy items. Bad because it suggests the original rules set was rather fuzzy. Oh well.

But the greatest significance is that BFG still has life. It breathes!

oh, and of course, Happy New Year!

2011 Spring Map Campaign Rule Discussion: Part VI Campaign Turn Resolution

2010-12-22T21:27:00.002-05:00

VI.A. When and Who. At the end of each campaign game night, the players present must resolve all activities together. They must also do so for any players unable to be present that night. Any player not present may select a designee to represent his or her interests, or leave it to the group to act in a fair manner.
VI.B. Realm Army Battles.
VI.B.1. Uncontested Battle: one army invade an undefended tile. An undefended tile is any tile that does not have an army, tower, fortress, town, or citadel belonging to another player. For uncontested battles, the sole player army involved in the activity automatically win the battle.
VI.B.2. Open Field Battle: when one realm army invade a defended tile that does not have a fortress, city, or a citadel belonging to another player. A defended tile is any tile that has an army, tower, fortress, town, or citadel belonging to another player. Each standard realm army is 1000 points. Each player rolls a D6 for each 500 points of army participating. If the player has one army acting, then 2D6 are rolled. If the player has two armies in the battle, then that player rolls 4D6.
Each D6 is modified as followed:
+1 if the player has earned one tactic point that turn.
+2 if the player has earned two tactic points that turn.
+1 if the player earned his tactic points from a WotR game.
+2 if the player actually used that army, fielding that particular named realm general along with his army.
+1 if at least one of the player’s army has a guard mission in the map tile being invaded or the player tile as a tower within the tile.
+1 for the player defending a mountain tile
The player rolling the highest wins the battle. In event of a tie, the defender wins. The winning player now control the tile. The loser must withdraw into an adjacent tile under friendly control. If there are multiple tiles the army can withdraw to, the army must withdraw to a tile currently with a friendly army, realm or garrison. If there are no eligible tile for withdrawal, the army is considered destroyed and the realm general lost to the game. Any mine in the tile is considered destroyed.
VI.B.3. Siege Battle: when one realm army has a siege order against a defended tile that has a fortress, town, or a citadel belonging to another player. Each standard realm army is 1000 points. Each player rolls a D6 for each 500 points of army participating. If the player has one army acting, then 2D6 are rolled. If the player has two armies in the battle, then that player rolls 4D6. Note that a fortress, town, or a citadel has a 500 points garrison army, thus yielding the owning player an extra D6.
Each D6 is modified as followed:
+1 if the player has earned one tactic point that turn.
+2 if the player has earned two tactic points that turn.
+1 if the player earned his tactic points from a WotR game.
+2 if the player actually used that army, fielding that particular named realm general along with his army.
+1 for the player controlling the town
+2 for the player controlling the fortress or citadel
+1 for the player defending a mountain tile
The player rolling the highest wins the battle. In event of a tie, the defender wins. The winning player now control the tile. The loser army is considered destroyed and the realm general lost to the game. The town or citadel is now downgraded to a fortress and the fortress is now downgraded to a tower. Any mine in the tile is considered destroyed.
VI.C. Fleet Battles.
VI.C.1. Sea Battle: when one fleet on a “to sea” mission from a port that is currently being blockaded by another player’s fleet. Each standard fleet is 500 points. Each player rolls a D6 for each fleet participating.
Each D6 is modified as followed:
+1 if the player has earned one tactic point that turn.
+2 if the player has earned two tactic points that turn.
+1 if the player earned his tactic points from an Uncharted Seas game.
The player rolling the highest wins the battle. In event of a tie, the defender wins. If the winning player controls the port, the losing must return to the closest friendly port and cannot take any activities for a turn. If the winning player was blockading the port, the losing player must return to port. If there are no friendly port to return to, the fleet is considered destroyed.
VI.C.2. Uncontested Sea Assault: when a “sea assault” mission is assaulting an undefended tile. An undefended tile is any tile that does not have an army, tower, fortress, port town, or citadel belonging to another player. The player conducting the Sea Assault automatically wins control of the tile. Any mine in the tile is considered destroyed.
VI.C.3. Contested Sea Assault: when a “sea assault” mission is assaulting a defended tile. A defended tile is any tile that has an army, tower, fortress, port town, or citadel belonging to another player. Each fleet can transport one realm army of 1000 points. Each player rolls a D6 for each 500 points of army participating. If the player has one army acting, then 2D6 are rolled. If the player has two armies in the battle, then that player rolls 4D6. Note that a fortress, town, or a citadel has a 500 points garrison army, thus yielding the owning player an extra D6.
Each D6 is modified as followed:
+1 if the player has earned one tactic point that turn.
+2 if the player has earned two tactic points that turn.
+1 if the player earned his tactic points from a WotR game.
+2 if the player actually used that army, fielding that particular named realm general along with his army.
+1 for the player controlling the town
+2 for the player controlling the fortress or citadel
+1 for the player defending a mountain tile
The player rolling the highest wins the battle. In event of a tie, the defender wins. The loser army is considered destroyed and the realm general lost to the game. The town or citadel is now downgraded to a fortress and the fortress is now downgraded to a tower. Any mine in the tile is considered destroyed.
VI.D. Raids. Each player’s raiding army rolls a D6. This is the number of Empire Points the target of the raid will lose. This D6 is modified as followed:
+1 if the player has earned one tactic point that turn.
+2 if the player has earned two tactic points that turn.
+1 if the player earned his tactic points from a LotR SBG game.
VI.E. Force Maintenance. Determine how many realm armies and fleet compared to how many fortress, citadel, and ports the player has. Any excess realm army or fleet must be disbanded if there are not enough citadel, fortress, or ports. The named hero leading the army to be disbanded will be lost to the player and will be available to be recruited again later by any player.
VI.F. Hero Recruitment. All players recruiting named heroes use the same process as drafting generals and heroes. See II.C. and II.D.
VI.G. Empire Points
VI.G.1. Each player starts with 6 empire points in their treasury.
VI.G.2. One empire point is collected each campaign turn per tile controlled
+1 per fortress controlled
+2 per citadel controlled
+3 per town (+4 for town in a river tile) controlled
+D3 per mine tile (D3+1 for mine in a river tile) controlled
+D6 for mine in a mountain tile controllled
VI.G.3. No empire points are collected if a controlled tile is currently interdicted.
VI.H. Map Tile Upgrade.
VI.H.1. Allowed only as long as the pieces are available.
VI.H.2. Build a mine. Not allowed in swamp tile. Costs 2 empire points in a mountain tile but only 1 empire point elsewhere.
VI.H.3. Build a tower. Allowable in any tile, even swamp. Costs 3 empire pointS.
VI.H.4. Upgrade a tower to a fortress. Not allowed if the tower is in a swamp tile. Costs 6 empire points.
VI.H.5. Upgrade a fortress to a town. Allowed only if the fortress is in a farm tile. Costs 6 empire points.
VI.H.6. Upgrade a fortress to a citadel. Costs 6 empire points. Note each player may only control one citadel at a time as it represents his capital.

2011 Spring Map Campaign Rule Discussion: Part V the Campaign Game

2010-12-22T21:26:00.002-05:00

V.A. Campaign Night. All campaign games are to be played on campaign game night. Games on other nights can be arranged if announced ahead of time.
V.B. Campaign Game. Each campaign game can be with any of the three approved game systems: LotR SBG, WotR, Uncharted Seas. Only one game per campaign week will count as a campaign game.
V.B.1. LotR SBG. The player must field his Raid General. Total points will be at least 500 points and up to 700 points. The game must adhere to the rules of Strategy Battle Game and Legion of Middle Earth. Scenario to be played is up to the player. There are no restrictions as to who the player plays against as long as it is against another campaign player.
V.B.2. LotR WotR. The player must field one of his Realm General. Total points will be at least 1000 points. The game must adhere to the rules of WotR and most recent GW FAQ. Scenario to be played is up to the player. There are no restrictions as to who the player plays against as long as it is against another campaign player.
V.B.3. Uncharted Seas. The player must field at least the starter set from Spartan Games Uncharted Seas and up to 1000 points. Scenario to be played is up to the player. There are no restrictions as to who the player plays against as long as it is against another campaign player.
V.C. Tactic Points. Regardless of which game is played, a Major victory earns the player 2 Tactic Points and a Minor victory earns the player 1 Tactic Points. Tactic Points will be used to determine battles outcome. Tactic Points cannot be saved from one campaign turn to the next.

A-Games Grand opening starting 1/14/2011 with LoTR scramble on Sunday

2010-12-21T10:59:00.000-05:00

Information can be seen here on the A-Games website.

2011 Spring Map Campaign Rule Discussion: Part III Revised as Forces and Part IV as Campaign ActivitiesCampaign Activities

2010-12-20T17:06:00.001-05:00

III. The Forces
III.A. Realm army.
III.A.1. A realm army must be led by a Realm General. Each realm army consists of the named hero and additional models to total 1000 points. Each realm army must be of the player’s faction. Up to 25% of the realm army may be of an allied force per WotR.
III.A.2. Only a realm army can conduct guard, invade, besiege, or interdict missions.
III.A.3 A realm army may not conduct a raid mission.
III.B. Raid army.
III.B.1. A raid army must be led by a Raid General. Each raid army consists of the named hero and additional models to total 500 points using Strategy Battle Game rules. The additional models must be of the same faction as or an ally of the named hero per Legions of Middle Earth.
III.B.2. A raid army may only conduct a raid mission.
III.C. Garrison army.
III.C.1. Garrison army composition is based on the player’s primary faction.
III.C.2. Each controlled tile with a fortress or a citadel has a garrison strength of 500 points of troops.
III.C.3. Each controlled tile with a town has a garrison strength of 500 points of troops.
III.C.4. Garrison armies do not have a named hero or any allies.
III.C.5. Garrison army are in addition to any realm armies currently located in the tile.
III.C.6. A garrison army can only guard its tile.
III.D. Unnamed hero limits. There are no limits to unnamed heroes.
III.E. Realm fleet. Each port may support a fleet.
III.E.1. Fleets may be chosen from any Uncharted Seas factions.
III.E.2. Each fleet is 500 points constructed per the Uncharted Seas rules.
III.F. Models note. Each player only needs the model he intends to play with on the table top. Player do not need to have the actual model for any named hero he has recruited. Player do not have to have Uncharted Seas models to have fleet actions in the campaign. Needless to say, if a player does not have the specific model required, he cannot play with what he does not have on the table top. See section V. and VI. for army and fleet action resolutions.

IV. Campaign Activities.
IV. A. Submit activities plan. At each gaming session and prior to actual game play, each player must submit his realm’s activities plan. Plans are revealed at the beginning of the gaming session prior to game determination.
IV .B. Army activities. Each army must be given a mission each turn. If no mission is specified for an army, it is by default holding in the current tile and continue its previous order. A mission must include the tile where the mission is to be performed.
IV.B.1. A guard mission is for an army to defend a controlled tile against possible invasion.
IV.B.2. An invade mission is for an army to enter an adjacent uncontrolled tile and win control.
IV.B.3. An interdict mission is for an army to enter an adjacent enemy controlled tile, surround and blockade an enemy fortress, citadel, or town. An interdicting army does not gain control of the tile it interdicts but the controlling player gains no economic value for the tile.
IV.B.4. A siege mission is for an army enter an adjacent enemy controlled tile containing a fortress, citadel, or town, fight a battle and win control of the tile.
IV.B.5. A raid mission is for a raid army to distrupt economic activities of a specified player’s realm.
IV.C. Navy activities. (optional) Each fleet must be given a mission each turn. If no mission is specified for a fleet, it will default stay in or return to its home port.
IV.C.1. A to sea mission is for a fleet to sail for open water. The fleet may also include one army of 1000 points.
IV.C.2. A sea assault mission is for a fleet, to invade a tile with its transported army.
IV.C.3. A blockade mission is for a fleet to blockade a port city. The owner of the port city retain control of the city but receives no economic income for the city.
IV.C.3. A raid mission is for a fleet at sea to distrupt economic activities of a specified player’s realm that has a port city.
IV.D. Maintenance activities
IV.D.1. In addition to its garrison, each player’s citadel can support one realm army and one raid army.
IV.D.2. In addition to its garrison, each player’s fortress can support one realm army.
IV.D.3. Each city can support its own garrison. In addition, each port city can support one fleet,
IV.D.4. Any excess realm army or fleet must be disbanded if there are not enough citadel, fortress, or ports. The named hero leading the army to be disbanded will be lost to the player and will be available to be recruited again later by any player.
IV.D.5. Note that realm hero cannot be lost due to maintenance activities.
IV.E. Recruiting activities. Activities plan may also include any “Recruit Named Hero” plan and how much “Empire Points” to be deducted from the players treasury.
IV.E.1. If the total number of a player’s realm armies is less than the number of fortress and citadel the player has, the player may recruit additional named hero to lead new realm armies to the number the realm may support.
IV.E.2. If the total of realm hero is less than the number of non-port cities the player has, the player may recruit additional named hero to become realm hero to the number the realm may support.
IV.E.3. All players recruiting named heroes use the same process as drafting generals and heroes. See II.C. and II.D.
IV.F. Collect empire points. Activities plan must also include “Empire Points” collected that turn and the total amount in the player’s treasury.
IV.G. Tile upgrade activities. Activities plan may also include any “Upgrade” plan and how much “Empire Points” to be deducted from the players treasury.

2011 Spring Map Campaign Rule Discussion: Part III Campaign Activities

2010-12-19T20:24:00.002-05:00

and addendum to Part II the Realm.
II.D. Drafting realm heroes. For each city not on the coast (a city on the coast is also referred to as a port) within a player’s realm, the player may recruit an additional named hero. However, this named hero does not come with an army and must be attached to an existing realm or raid army. He is considered a realm hero. The named hero may be either an epic hero or that of a legendary formation from the WotR book. Note that a few legendary formation requires two named heroes to be fielded. All players roll a die to establish an order, highest first and lowest roll last. Resolve ties with a roll off.

III. Campaign Activities.
III. A. Submit activities plan. At each gaming session and prior to actual game play, each player must submit his realm’s activities plan. Plans are revealed at the beginning of the gaming session prior to game determination.
III.B. Army activities. Each army must be given a mission each turn. If no mission is specified for an army, it is by default holding in the current tile and continue its previous order. A mission must include the tile where the mission is to be performed.
III.B.1. A guard mission is for an army to defend a controlled tile against possible invasion.
III.B.2. An invade mission is for an army to enter an adjacent uncontrolled tile and win control.
III.B.3. An interdict mission is for an army to enter an adjacent enemy controlled tile, surround and blockade an enemy fortress, citadel, or town. An interdicting army does not gain control of the tile it interdicts but the controlling player gains no economic value for the tile.
III.B.4. A siege mission is for an army enter an adjacent enemy controlled tile containing a fortress, citadel, or town, fight a battle and win control of the tile.
III.B.5. A raid mission is for a raid army to distrupt economic activities of a specified player’s realm.
III.C. Navy activities. (optional) Each fleet must be given a mission each turn. If no mission is specified for a fleet, it will default stay in or return to its home port.
III.C.1. A to sea mission is for a fleet to sail for open water. The fleet may also include one army of 1000 points.
III.C.2. A sea assault mission is for a fleet, to invade a tile with its transported army.
III.C.3. A blockade mission is for a fleet to blockade a port city. The owner of the port city retain control of the city but receives no economic income for the city.
III.C.3. A raid mission is for a fleet at sea to distrupt economic activities of a specified player’s realm that has a port city.
III.D. Maintenance activities
III.D.1. In addition to its garrison, each player’s citadel can support one realm army and one raid army.
III.D.2. In addition to its garrison, each player’s fortress can support one realm army.
III.D.3. Each port city can support one fleet,
III.D.4. Any excess realm army or fleet must be disbanded if there are not enough citadel, fortress, or ports. The named hero leading the army to be disbanded will be lost to the player and will be available to be recruited again later by any player.
III.D.5. Note that realm hero cannot be lost due to maintenance activities.
III.E. Recruiting activities. Activities plan may also include any “Recruit Named Hero” plan and how much “Empire Points” to be deducted from the players treasury.
III.E.1. If the total number of a player’s realm armies is less than the number of fortress and citadel the player has, the player may recruit additional named hero to lead new realm armies to the number the realm may support.
III.E.2. If the total of realm hero is less than the number of non-port cities the player has, the player may recruit additional named hero to become realm hero to the number the realm may support.
III.E.3. All players recruiting named heroes use the same process as drafting generals and heroes. See II.C. and II.D.
III.F. Collect empire points. Activities plan must also include “Empire Points” collected that turn and the total amount in the player’s treasury.
III.G. Tile upgrade activities. Activities plan may also include any “Upgrade” plan and how much “Empire Points” to be deducted from the players treasury.

2011 Spring Map Campaign Rule Discussion: Part II the Realm

2010-12-11T21:28:00.003-05:00

Establish the Player's Realm.
II.A. Choose realm location. All players roll a die to establish an order, highest roll selects first and lowest roll selects last. Resolve ties with a roll off.
II.A.1. The first player chooses a fortress as his capital and replaces it with a citadel. Then the next player in descending order.
II.A.2. Once all players have chosen their citadels, each player may add an adjacent tile to his realm. This selection is performed in reverse order of citadel placement. Roll a D6, on a 6, map tile selection ends.
II.A.3. On a 5 or less, each player may select an additional map tile in descending order. Roll a D6, on a 5 or a 6, map tile selection ends.
II.A.4. On a 4 or less, each player may select an additional map tile in ascending order. Roll a D6, on a 4, 5 or a 6, map tile selection ends.
II.A.5. On a 3 or less, each player may select an additional map tile in descending order. Roll a D6, on a 3, 4, 5 or a 6, map tile selection ends.
II.A.6. On a 2 or less, each player may select an additional map tile in ascending order. Roll a D6, on a 2, 3, 4, 5 or a 6, map tile selection ends.
II.A.3. On a 1 or less, each player may select an additional map tile in descending order. Map tile selection ends.
II.B. Declare your primary faction.
II.B.1. The factions are based on War of the RIng: Arnor & Gondor, Rohan, Dwarves, Elves, Isengard, Mordor, Angmar, Fallen Realns, and Misty Mountain.
II.B.2. Two or more players may select the same faction.
II.C. Drafting the generals. All armies must be led by a named hero. Named hero may be either an epic hero or that of a legendary formation from the WotR book. Note that a few legendary formation requires two named heroes to be fielded. All players roll a die to establish an order, highest first and lowest roll last. Resolve ties with a roll off.
II.C.1. The highest pick his first named hero first, then the next player in descending order. Once chosen, a named hero cannot be chosen by another player.
II.C.2. Your first named hero must belong to your primary faction. He will be categorized as a Realm General.
II.C.3. Once all players have drafted one named hero, the last to choose will then draft his second named hero, then the next player in ascending order.
II.C.4. Your second named hero does not need to be from your primary faction or even an ally of your primary faction. However, if not of your primary faction or an ally of your primary faction, this hero will be categorized as a Raid General and can only lead Raid attacks and cannot augment the defense of your realm.
II.C.2. For each fortress within a player’s realm, the player may recruit an additional named hero. The order of recruitment of the 3rd hero should be in descending order. The order of recruitment of the 4th hero should be in ascending order.

Alternative to size of the realm would be for all to agree to the number of tiles each realm will start out with.

Update: 20101219:
II.D. Drafting realm heroes. For each city not on the coast (a city on the coast is also referred to as a port) within a player’s realm, the player may recruit an additional named hero. However, this named hero does not come with an army and must be attached to an existing realm or raid army. He is considered a realm hero. The named hero may be either an epic hero or that of a legendary formation from the WotR book. Note that a few legendary formation requires two named heroes to be fielded. All players roll a die to establish an order, highest first and lowest roll last. Resolve ties with a roll off.

2011 Spring Map Campaign Rule Discussion: Part I the Map

2010-12-05T18:15:00.006-05:00

I. The World
I.A. The map set
I.A.1. Map tiles are hexagonal pieces that interconnect with other tiles.
There are six hexagonal mountain map tiles
There are 54 double sided hexagonal map tiles of 18 types.
I.A.2. There are 48 tile upgrade pieces
There are 6 citadel upgrades
There are 12 town upgrades
There are 12 fortress upgrades
There are 12 mine upgrades
There are 6 tower upgrades
I.A.3. There are 96 player flags in 8 colors (yellow, orange, red, purple, blue, green, stone, and granite).
I.B. Generating the map. All players participate in creating the campaign map. All players roll a die to establish an order, highest first and lowest roll last. Resolve ties with a roll off.
I.B.1.Take the six mountain tiles and attach them together into a ring. These tiles form the center of the map. Compile all the other tiles into a pile to be selected one at a time at random.
I.B.2. One player then take one tile at random from the stack. That player then add that tile to the map in any location he chooses with any side facing up.
I.B.3. Note the following stipulation. Rivers can only be placed with one end connecting to a mountain or to another river, and must be placed such a way that the other end of the river is not blocked by another tile. The only thing that can connect to an already placed river is another river tile or a marsh. If it is impossible to place a river then flip it to the other side and add that side to the map instead.
I.B.4. Each player takes turn placing tile till all tiles have been placed.
I.B.5. The end result is an island with surrounding ocean.
I.C. Populating the map. The order of placement is reverse of that tile selection and placement.
I.C.1. First place towns. Towns can only be placed in tiles with farms. Towns in a coastal tile are also ports.
I.C.2. Once all towns have been placed, then place fortress. Fortress cannot be placed in in swamps.
I.D. Orienting the map. The map is oriented such that there are parallel, though slightly off setting, columns of hexagonal tiles.
The left most column is denoted as “A”
Individual tile is denoted by is column designation and the number of tile down from the top most tile.

Review-Base Contacts Large Oval Base

2010-11-08T09:31:00.000-05:00

So, I recently purchased the newly released LoTR cave drake from my FLGS. While I was there I saw a base from a company that I had never heard of before, but was perfect for my new drake. The company Base Contacts had several different styles of bases that one can choose. I purchased the large oval rock base for $4.99.
Size wise it is a perfect match for the large val base that comes with the drake (duh, might seem obvious but I should state that anyway). It is also cast from a white resin, which according to the creators has a higher impact resistance. Initial impressions were good, the bottom was flat, the sides were angled evenly as well as free from flash. Saw a few air bubbles in two large rocks but not too bad. The large ones in the rocks were filed to make them more integrative to the rock. Washed it with soap and water then primed it with straight black gesso that was thinned with a little water. Priming went well, the surface was not near (not at all) as hydrophobic as the Micro Art Studio bases that I reviewed before. Well, the priming revealed some smaller casting bubbles that were not apparent before priming. I was a little upset by this at first, but then I realized they will not show up once the bas is painted as they are all in the "dirt" part of the base. That being said I hope these guys try to eliminate this kind of thing. Now, I mentioned the price above, which I generally do not do. But this bad boy was only 40 cents more than a standard retail price of a GW oval base and almost 50% cheaper then a custom large oval base form other manufacturers. Great price. Even with the small casting irregularities this base is by far one of the best deals, bar none. I would certainly recommend this base to anyone in the market for a product like this. Base Contacts also has a 10 count 25mm rock base package for a great price as well.

This Months Scenario's

2010-11-04T11:21:00.002-04:00

This is just a reminder of what scenario's we will be playing this month.

Also, on 11/4 we will be meeting at A-Games Hobbies, for the address see the post below.

4-Ill met by Moonlight -pg 106
11-Reconnoitre -pg 114
18-Storm the camp -pg 104
25 -Thanksgiving-alternative day?

$10,000 prize for mini painting

2010-10-31T17:13:00.000-04:00

http://www.crystalbrush.com/

Yet another game store in Richmond-and a reminder

2010-10-29T06:56:00.000-04:00

Yep, another one, that makes 2 this year, which is great for us.
A-Games Hobbies
11232 Patterson Ave
Richmond, VA 23238-5011 It is next to the Subway Sandwich store

Also here is a link to some free excel based army builders
Linky

These are Legions of Middle Earth and War of The Ring based.

BFG Rules Update

2010-10-23T14:49:00.001-04:00

Final updates for Space Marine and some eldar stuffs now available here.

New rules for the October release of Dwarves/Goblins/Drake

2010-10-20T16:39:00.001-04:00

Thanks again to Grashnar the Second of The Last Alliance
See them after the break, and they should make an interesting debate about points values/stat from the last post

Gundabad Blackshields (plus their Captains):
These guys are probably the single most overpowered unit in this batch. They're basically Goblinoid versions of Uruk-hai warriors. In fact, their statline is identical to armoured Isengard Uruks with shields save for the fact that they have standard Goblin fight values. Add Cave Dweller, and the fact that they're a mere two points more expensive than a Goblin with shield, and you know these guys will be getting a lot of attention. But wait, there's more! They also have a special rule that allows them to re-roll certain failed wound attempts at Dwarves or Elves! Hmm, so for 7 points you get F2 S4 D6 A1 W1 C3 and two special rules.......

Gundabad Shaman:
This guy is... interesting to say the least. He's identical to your regular Goblin Shaman except for the spells he casts. He doesn't have transfix or Fury, but a very limited, yet powerful version of Nature's Wrath. Basically, rather than an area of effect, you draw a line between the shaman and a certain distance on the battlefield. Anyone unlucky enough to be caught in said line, gets knocked to the ground AND receives a S6 hit to boot!
His second spell is even more devastating, though it is more subtle. If the target fails to resist, it loses all wargear and becomes unarmed for the remainder of the game. F2 S3 D4 A1 W2 C3 M1 W3 F1 Not bad, only 3 fate, in this case I am assuming he can not cast on a 2+ .

Gundabad Drums:
Move over Moria drums, we won't be seeing you anymore. Ever. These guys have the same rules as the Moria Drums, except with the statline of the Gundabad warriors and the ability to move whilst drumming. In addition, if one of the drummers dies, a Gundabad Blackshield in base contact can take it's place. And to top it all off, they're a lot cheaper than the Moria Drums. Holy drummer batman!

Cave Drake:
Well, first of all, he's cheap. Very cheap. Like Mordor Troll Drummer cheap. Except that he's better than a Troll. He's got Mordor Troll stats, but with one less FV and double the wounds. In addition, he gets a few standardized Dragon rules: Resistant to Magic, Terror, Draconic Charge. Which is nice, but the real fun starts with his special rules: He ignores difficult terrain, and if he ever loses a fight whilst trapped, every model in base contact with the Drake gets a S4 hit. Oh, and if he wins combat, he can either choose to attack normally OR he can make a single strike against a victim to eat it (read: instakill it). 150 pts F6 S7 D7 A3 W6 C3 If he really has not might will or fate, as long as you do not trap him he is not so bad. Just immobilize him or face him off with a lineage of the firstborn, he has a high chance of failing courage tests.

Floi:
Statwise, he's average. He can however spend a Will point once per turn to negate an enemy special rule. He also gains a single Will point whenever the good player kills a multi-wound model or hero, and this can take him above the starting level. Neutralize shadowlord special rule, kill captain with bow fire, repeat until in H2H. Ooooo or better yet, neutralize the shade special rule while in H2H...moooooohhhhooohahahha.

King's Champion:
For the point's cost of Imrahil, you receive not only the Champion but his two banner bearers. The banner bearers carry shields, hand axes and banners, so they also grant their banner bonuses. However, you're going to want to keep them close to the King's Champion, since he gains additional benefits from them, and they gain a benefit from him: as long as they are in base contact, the Champion and the banner bearers receive defense bonuses. The banner bearers also count as mini-heroes, having Fate points. The King's Champion actually benefits from this as well, as the fate points of the Banner Bearers can be used to roll for the King's Champion. The Champion himself is quite the combat beast, but it's the coöperation with the banner bearers that makes this model lethal. Have to see these rules and how much of a defense bonus this is, probably not worth it since imrahil is 135 points.

Deconstructing LOTR SBG- point values

2010-10-16T01:51:00.003-04:00

I've played around with the numbers and values for average warriors some and have come up with the following:

The basic warrior profile for SBG costs 5 points and has Fight skill 3, Str 3, Def 3, A 1, W1, C3 and move of 6, basic hand weapon.
Analysis after the break----

To deviate from these numbers-

Fight skill- costs 1/2 point value per full point of fight skill added.
Strength- add or subtract 1 point for each point of str changed
Defense- costs a point to add a point.
Courage- costs 1/2 point value for model to add full point of courage.
Regular bows- cost a point
Elf bows cost 2 points
Losing the option to take a shield deducts 1/2 a point
Adding a shield costs a full point.
having a shooting skill < 4 costs 1/2 point, while adding skill above 4 deducts 1/2 a point

Given this system, there are some relative bargains out there because models are often undervalued by a half point. Knowing this system then, allows you to select models that the most cost effective for your army.

E.g compare a standard harad warrior vs. a warrior of rohan. They have the EXACT SAME stats. So why does a warrior of rohan cost 6 point and the harad cost only 5? The answer if because the rohan warrior can take a shield while the harad can't. If you ask me, so what, but the game designers thought it was important. So, Harad should crush Rohan because they will have on average 20% more guys in their army compared Rohan.

having said that, some of the most cost efficient model work out to be Morannon orcs, elves and harad.

Updated FAQ for WoTR

2010-10-12T06:52:00.000-04:00

GW has updated the FAQ for War of The Ring to version 1.1. That means 0.1 fewer questions!!!!!
Linky

Blog post about "what it takes" to get people into Lord of The Rings table top wargaming

2010-10-08T16:08:00.002-04:00

This one is over at Cursed Treasure. Let me know what you think.

Next couple of months scenarios

2010-10-04T15:05:00.000-04:00

Here is the list of scenarios we will be playing, if you are interested in joining us, bring a 700 point Legions of Middle Earth legal army. Most of us are able to play either good or evil, so just bring what you have and we will adapt.
-Jobu

Date - scenario -page in LoME
October
7 -Take and hold -pg 111
14-Clash of Piquets -pg 113
21-Contest of Champions -pg 105
28-Meeting Engagement -pg 108
November
4-Ill met by Moonlight -pg 106
11-Reconnoitre -pg 114
18-Storm the camp -pg 104
25 -Thanksgiving-alternative day?

How to make a wet palette

2010-09-14T13:25:00.001-04:00

Linky
I started using one not too long ago, before the dark times, before the emp......oh wait..anyway. It has been nice addition to my painting. I can put paint on it, big drops of all the colors I plan
to use for any set of minis ( since I am all about efficiency at this point ) and have the paint ready when I next get a chance to sit down and paint. No having to get paint out, get a dry palette with my dilutions ready. Paint is ready to go, might have to add a dilution drop next to it(since i do not use straight water, but that is for another post) to dilute my paint a bit, but other than that it is wet brush and go. My paint has been usable for at least two weeks on my wet palette. More than enough time to finish the 4, 6 or 8 minis I am working on at the moment. I went and purchased some specific paper from an art store, and I have used the wax/baking paper method like the one in the link. I have found the second to be a better option for me. The special paper still absorbs a bit of the paint, which is not a good thing since I am sometimes working with small quantities. My current set up is a small box with lid, about 4x6 inches, a sponge and a couple layers of that special paper(needs to be used) and then wax/baking paper.

Differences between WoTR and SBG: calling actions

2010-09-14T08:58:00.005-04:00

So, I wanted to start a discussion on some important differences between War of The Ring and Strategy Battle Game. First topic, calling actions which require might.

In SBG players may think about calling or actually countering the opponents heroic call(move/shoot/fight etc), while in WoTR you must declare your intention to use might to perform and action or to use a hero in a duel. This is a key difference and can be very confusing for those of us who are most familiar with SBG. In WoTR before a phase starts ( move, shoot, charge etc) players declare what might requiring moves/duels/fights etc they are going to call that phase, the two players then roll off to see whose gets to go first, then perform the action(s) in an alternating fashion. It is important to remember that certain actions, even some special rule actions, can only be used in certain phases. As a nice confusing example: one person calls a heroic duel, the only way to counter this is to call a heroic duel yourself (if able to do so). Now opponents who want to call a regular duel must roll off to see who gets to perform that action first. So, does this mean that ring wraiths are really overpowered? They only have one might, which is like their get out of duel free card since they have Epic Strike. After that first duel though they are vulnerable to another duel. Tactic: keep WR's in a company with a captain who can counter call a heroic duel if you think your opponent is out to kill it. Which they probably are due to the WR's level 3 spell casting.

Misty Mountain incoming on pre-order

2010-09-14T08:04:00.001-04:00

Here is the link.

Update on the incoming Misty Mountains

2010-09-12T08:40:00.001-04:00

So, word over at The One Ring is the release in October for Lord of The Rings will be a cave drake along with Floi Stonehand, Kings Champion in a 3 character box, Gundabad Blackshields and a command box for the Blackshields.

Edit: Here are better pics, courtesy of another The One Ring member Lorizael. Top to bottom Kins Champion Boxset, Gundabad Blackshield captain/drummer, Gundabad Blackshield Command Drum and shaman, Regular Gundabad blackshield, Floi Stonehand, Cave Drake, . Here is a link to a post by Scryer in the darkness with the figs in WoTR . Pics After the brake....

Good basics videos from Lester Bursley

2010-09-08T07:16:00.003-04:00

Two good videos covering brushes and paint selection.

Brush selection

Paint selection

Both are @ 25 minute long youtube videos

Good looking resin Battle Fleet Gothic type ship

2010-08-30T13:13:00.005-04:00

Good looking like me,

Here is the order page. Made from resin, not like me. Pic after the break

Pics of the Golden Demons from Games Day 2010

2010-08-26T15:58:00.003-04:00

Here is a compilation of all the winners From Games Day 2010.

Amazing freehand work on that Knight of The Empire.

Useful tools for your gaming toolbox

2010-08-24T14:13:00.003-04:00

Here are some useful links

Army builders for SBG and WoTR as well as Magic/Spell Cards for SBG and WoTR

Linky

HT to Lonely Knight for all the work that went into these.

Misty Mountain update

2010-08-23T15:50:00.003-04:00

Rumors swirl once again around the base of the Misty Mountains. With at least three blisters and two boxes expected there can be no doubt that one box will be a metal cave drake, the other a dwarf command with a horn blower. The blisters three will be: Floi Stonehand Loremaster of Moria, a Dwarf Ranger Captain, and Gundabad Blackshields that come four to a blister. What will come true, if I only knew, but please leave a comment if you have a clue.

I will see you later-as always-Jobu

New WoTR starter box coming?

2010-08-10T16:09:00.004-04:00

Rumor of the day is there will be a new starter box for the Lord of The Rings games from Games Workshop. The box will contain an army from minas tirith and another army containing orcs. Orcs from somewhere, whether that is mordor(most likely) angmar or isenguard has yet to be verified.

Edit: Been told that it is a mordor army. Which means it will be an osgiliath type battle. WIth the new osgiliath terrain that makes sense.

This box is also rumored to contain new wargs, which are bigger than the current ones, whether they have riders or not has yet to be determined. Maybe wild (i.e. misty mountains) wargs are smaller than mordor/isenguard bred wargs?

Take it all with a grain of salt as this is pretty slim information.

And to you I say "Good day sir!"

New GW models "snap together"?

2010-07-26T12:43:00.004-04:00

So, I was looking at what was new today, and even though it was all WFB news I read about the two geedubbs assembling their models. I was shocked to run across the phrase "even though all the models snap together".....wait, did I read that right? They SNAP together. Holy Anti-Hobby Batman! Guess I will have to wait and see the models in that kit to really determine if this is a real decline in the hobby side if GW or not.

Here is a Link to the what's new section of GW site.

Edit:

It is just to make it easier for people starting the hobby to get things assembled.

Turns out a lot of the starter kits come this way, and have been this way for a while. Guess I have never really looked closely at the WFB/40K starter kits when they were on a sprue.

The joy and pain of painting miniatures....when you are 4

2010-07-21T11:27:00.004-04:00

My daughter got into my paints this morning while I was in the shower. She did not pick up a color on my workbench(mostly greens/blues/browns) she got into my storage and picked out a purple vallejo model color (read very thick paint when used undiluted). Luckily she only painted one rohan royal gaurd(only primed but all detail was gone, it was more of a rohan royal purple blob after she was done) and one wood elf( fully painted just last night :( but she only got the arrows and the head) before I caught her. She emptied 90% of the paint bottle into various wells of my palette and destroyed one of my kolinsky brushes by crushing the brush onto my cutting mat to make stars. Nothing like puddles of purple paint to clean up, good times :).

I usually let her paint them when she asks me. I get out some mini that I am not concerned about, a palette , water and some paints. I then let her go to town with my only instruction: wash and dry your brush between colors. She usually makes a very cute multicolor randomly painted figure. I am pretty excited that she is interested. I am laughing about it now. I would have taken pics but I ran out of time.

Review of Micro Art Studio ruins bases

2010-07-19T14:48:00.002-04:00

Since GW has no model of a generic Orc Captain on Warg and I wanted to give my dwarf heroes ( new favorite if those of you in the group can't tell ) some distinction. So I decided to base them in a unique way.

To that end I purchased some Gale Force 9 snow and some resin bases by Micro Art Studio. Both 25mm and 40 mm from our new FLGS.

To start off, the sculpts are really quite nice. Attention to detail extends to the texture on the rocks. They were also cast very well, no bubbles or deformations that I can make out even in the aformentioned details. They were also sanded flat on the bottom so there is no "lip" on the edges from the casting process.

Funny thing is, I washed one 40mm, scrubbed it with a toothbrush and soap to be exact, dried it with a towel and proceeded to prime it with my usual mix of black gesso and a little white paint. This priming method usually has no problems as far as coverage goes on plastic or metals. However, the MAS base acted very hydrophobic ( the gesso was balling up ) and it was very difficult to cover. At first I thought I had introduced some static electricity with the toothbrush and towel. To test this I grabbed a 25mm base and proceeded to wash it with my hands+soap. Rinsed it well and dried it by dabbing it instead of rubbing. Even went so far as to touch it to some metal on my work light. No dice, still very hydrophobic. I had to do 2 coats to get the entire thing covered. Maybe this is just a property of the resin MAS uses, although I have not run into this property from other resin pieces I have painted.

Overall, minor problem but I don't know how well a spray primer would work on these, so just be prepared to do more than one coat. When I am finally done with the actual painting part I will post a pic.

Incoming: Misty Mountains

2010-07-18T10:57:00.002-04:00

From GW's newsletter:

Khazad-dûm, nestled below the mighty peaks of the Misty Mountains was once the greatest of all Dwarven holds - a place of beauty, light and artisanship unequalled. Now, however, it is the haunt of Moria Goblins, lumbering Cave Trolls and other, more terrible creatures.

For generations the Dwarves have longed to reclaim their ancestral home, fighting long and bitter wars against the Goblins who have usurped their cherished kingdom beneath the mountains.

This October the battle for dominion is set to intensify as both the armies of the Dwarf Holds and the Misty Mountains receive new reinforcements. With new miniatures for both factions, Good and Evil players have something to look forward to.

For more information about the Misty Mountains releases in October, watch out for future newsletters, keep an on the Games Workshop website and check out October's issue of White Dwarf. Players of the Strategy Battle Game will find rules to accompany all these models in November's issue of White Dwarf.

It's the 40K Ork Tater Titan

2010-07-15T13:12:00.001-04:00

Originally at Boing Boing

Tater Titan

BFG Gaming Session

2010-07-03T12:27:00.006-04:00

I am planning on a BFG gaming session at 630 pm on Tuesday night on July 20th at the FTW game store. If you have a fleet and know how to play, great; bring 500 pts. If you don't learn how to play, no problems. Bring what you have or I'll lend you some models. I'll help you learn to game.

BFG resources: Rules and Fleet lists can be found here and
Turn Sequence
How to inflict damage

Update: Space tables at FTW Games, just waiting for us

Chart for Paint equivalents

2010-06-21T14:08:00.004-04:00

I have really become a fan of Vallejo paints, they dilute very well and are easy to handle. FOr those who are nervous about variability here is a paint equivalent chart for GW and Vallejo.

Chart for GW to Vallejo Game Color and Model Color

Edit: I knew a found another list somewhere, here it is, has reaper, P3, coat d arms and rackam. Not all are exact matches, but if you are trying to match something you have seen on the webs it should be a good place to start.

"New" Packaged Releases

2010-06-18T14:22:00.004-04:00

So along with the "new" wargs some repackaged dunlendings came out. One may now order them w/shield, with bow or with a 2 handed weapon in 3 pack blister that are direct order only. Could this be due to a generic plastic wild men or plastic dunlending release coming? On another note, they are relatively cheap for a 3 pack, only $13.25 US. Probably one of the cheaper 3 packs available.

Paper Building

2010-06-16T20:17:00.002-04:00

Here is a link to making paper buildings, including a bridge, and fortress walls and gate.

As an addendum:
Here is a link to some basic harad or desert style buildings, although they have a lot of stonework on them.

Remember, most of these are scaled to 25mm, not the heroic "28" (really 32) that fantasy and 40K fall under.

40K MMO coming out

2010-06-15T15:46:00.002-04:00

There I said it....and I feel dirty.

Here is a little taste, view the trailer....

Painting tips

2010-06-13T16:37:00.004-04:00

Aristo asked today where I read about painting tips and tricks.
Here are some of the websites:

The Painting Corps updates almost daily and links to a number of other sites.

The Painting Clinic is great for all the basics.

Terra Genesis is all about terrain...go figure.

This is a commercial page selling how to DVD's but still has some good tips.

Awesome Paint Job has a large number of useful videos and some good looking products.

Dakka Dakka has a huge collection of articles on many many topics.

Of course Cool Mini or Not is also a great site with a lot of articles.

And I forgot Massive Voodoo, which has a great blending article.

Well, that is about it, if anyone has any others please let me know and I will post.

Chance to win and donate to DWB

2010-06-04T22:28:00.002-04:00

Santa Cruz Warhammer is raffling off a fully painted army. Painted by them, and if you have seem their work it is amazing. Each dollar gets you a single entry, the winner gets the fully painted Storm Wardens Space Marine army. They then donate all the proceeds to Doctors Without Borders. I guess it's win win then.
Here is a link to the details.

Battle report-it's long

2010-06-04T17:21:00.002-04:00

Battle report 500pts
Corsairs Vs Rohan
Played in a wooded, hilly land containing a small village that was home to a giant
Scenario-Reconnoiter: Game ends when one person is reduced to 25%, to win, a player must get more units off their opponents table edge( minor victory ) or keep them from getting any while still getting at least one off ( major victory ).

Chris deployed his Arbalesters on either end of his board edge, with dalamyr, a Bo sun, corsiars and some reavers in the middle. It went: A small contingent of pirates and 2 reavers on my left, arbalesters, Dalamyr's group, arbalesters with a corsair and arbalester captain on my right.

I deploy 5 Riders of Rohan (RoR) on my left flank while Grimbold and helminguys w/ banner go in the middle. On my right flank I had 2 RoR, 2 Riders of Eorl (RoE AKA tanks ) and Erkenbrand on horse.
We both had 37 models.

Turn one – Rohan
I moved my RoR on my left a full move forward, followed by moving the cavalry on my right forward as well. Split my main group of foot soldiers into two to get around the village. This turned out to be a blessing and a curse.
The corsairs moved straight forward.
No one shot.

Turn two-Corsairs
Chris continued straight forward, moving his middle troops into the forest.
I made a half move with my left flank RoR hoping to kill a few corsairs before charging into them. In the middle I moved to confront Dalamyr and Bosun while a small group of helminguys try and get across the table. On the right I brought the RoE and Erkenbrand close enough to start to threaten Dalamyr in the middle ( RoE move 12 inches !) while moving the RoR on that side up the table to shoot at the arbalesters.
Shooting dismounted one RoR on my left flank and one on my right.
The RoR shot like pansies and did not hit a thing, corsairs taunted “na na na na boo boo my Grandma shoots better than you”. In a post fight interview with TTGN, Grandma confirms this.
Arbalesters shoot at Erkenbrand but fate saves the wound.

Turn three-Rohan
I move to the edge of the woods in the middle to tie up Dalamyr. Grimbold moves into the woods with the banner some helminguys.
RoR on left move directly right to keep shooting at the pirates one more turn.
RoR on right move forward along with dismounted RoR. Stray helminguys keep moving across table. RoE move to forest edge.
Sneaky Sneaky corsairs move to within 6 inches of my shield wall but not the guys with the throwing weapons behind them. A captain with the arbalesters on my right moves to intercept the helminguys trying to get across the board.
In the shoot phase I kill one pirate on the left, corsair arbalesters dismount another RoR on the right while killing one helminguy in the middle with a lucky shot through the forest, on my right they kill two helminguys innocently trying to get across the board.
Helminguys wonder why the pirates are sponsored by CutCo, they soon find out why as two are downed by the sharp knives.

Turn four-Corsairs
Dalamyr charges the left flank of the helminguys in the middle. CutCo claims another two victims. A reaver and some pirates stay in the woods to intercept my RoE.
Pirates and reavers on my left move forward. Arbalesters on my left move to the right. One arbalester on my left moves forward with their captain to intercept former RoR who are coming at them.
I charge corsairs/reavers on my left with 4 RoR and one on foot. Move to contain Dalamyr's group in the middle, my TW kill one corsair as they charge middle groups left flank. Move RoE further into woods. Move erkenbrand across the board to protect the innocent helminguys trying to get off the board and to attack those arbalesters moving across the board.
Arbalesters kill erks horse.
In combat I lose 2 RoR on my left who charged, they can not win the fight, even with two attacks. One manages to kill a corsair.
Lose a lot in the middle, can’t remember total, three I think. Still can not win fights ( most of my warriors are f3, his are f4/5).

Turn-5 Corsairs
I call heroic move with Grimbold, use it to charge into the middle again to try and contain dalamyr's group. Move one RoE out of the forest to back up erk and innocent helminguys trying to get off the board. My TW are not doing to hot.
Corsairs surround the remaining RoR and rohan warriors on my left, while dalamyr's group fully engages my middle troops. Arbalester and captain on my right charge former RoR warriors again.
Move erk into contact with reaver who was trying to intercept innocent helminguys trying to get off the board. Move some middle guys to help surrounded RoR and WoR charged by corsairs and reavers on my left.
In combat I am losing 2:1.

Turn 6 Rohan ( getting fuzzy, there was a lot going on too )
Move two innocent helminguys trying to get off the board off the board. I break in the middle of this turn, but I did not realize it. Erk and RoE charge Arbalesters who were moving across the board from my left. Move former RoR away from arbalesters on right towards board edge. Move former RoR on my left into one corsair (there are still 4 corsairs and 2 reavers here), those middle guys who were sent to help on the left , to the left some more. Charge into middle group again, one RoE and Grimbold charge his left flank guys.
Most of my heroes do well in combat, still lose about 2:1 though, especially in the middle. Killed two of his arbalesters that were moving across the board with erk and RoE.

Turn 7 – Rohan
At this point I was almost at 25%, I had 2 models off the table and he had none. He was at 50%, every time he won a fight he chose not to land a blow, to keep the game going. I killed a couple of more corsairs, including another 2 arbalesters that had been moving across the board.

Turn 8- Corsair
Almost a repeat of last turn, except he moved his models on my left flank closer to the board edge and tried to ignore my models, he was close to getting five off the board.
I sent my RoE into his arbalesters on his left side and moved erk and the dismounted RoR closer to the board edge. Killed some more of his corsairs but not enough to get him to 25%.

Turn 9 Rohan
I charge his arbalesters on his left with a RoE, move erk and the former RoR closer to the edge while charging into the corsairs/dalamyr/bosun in the middle. He moves 2 models off the board edge with another 3 close behind. He does not shoot and during combat I kill another 2 of his models but any combat the corsairs win they do not strike blows.

Turn 10 Rohan
I move Erkenbrand and the former RoR off the board and that ends the game since I have less than 9 models left on the board.

Minor Victory for me. GG Maniacmime.
However, things may have been different had I remembered to start courage checks at the 50% mark, but then again, maybe not since erkenbrand would have been close enough to keep the innocent helminguys trying to get off the board on the board long enough to get off the board. On another note, corsairs are cheap, F4, D3, throwing weapon equipped warriors who cost the same as a wood elf with no equipment. Reavers are also a good buy with F5, TW and 2A. Maniacmime used no might the entire game even though I think he had 2 with a captain and 1 with Dalamyr.

New WoTR scenario and Base Modeling at the mothership

2010-06-03T17:23:00.002-04:00

Scenario is here
Sounds like a fun one.

The Base Modeling one is a great one, reading through it makes my snow bases more likely to happen.

FTW Games grand opening

2010-06-01T15:47:00.004-04:00

This Friday June 4th FTW Games will be open for the first time! Hours are 2pm to 10pm.

FTW Games will carry Vallejo Paint, micro art studio bases/bits, Infinity, Warmachine, Sabol Army Transport, Army Painter, Games Workshop, Gale Force 9, Battlefoam, Magic, Comics and Flames of War.
Link to a previous post about the new store.

FTW Games
13176 Midlothian Turnpike
Midlothian, VA 23113
804-464-1873

Rivendell model

2010-05-31T22:52:00.003-04:00

More pics of Rivendell here.

More of his terrain architecture here.

What have we been doing?

2010-05-21T15:24:00.003-04:00

Yet another article for LoTR on the mothership homepage

2010-05-20T14:18:00.004-04:00

We have really been given all kinds of fun stuff lately. Here is an article about painted wizards and here is an article about the heroes of Gondor and Arnor. Mentions are a couple of the new Faramir model rules as well as some others. In the article they talk about the advantages of the heroes for both WoTR and SBG.

Super Secret SBG rules for new releases

2010-05-19T12:19:00.004-04:00

Thanks once again goes out to grashnar the second from the last alliance. Clarifications in bold

Faramir is a lot stronger(more attacks, wounds and defense), but overpriced(same as a troll drummer). He has an extended stand fast.
Duinhir ignores difficult terrain and causes D3 wounds with shooting against monsters rather than 1.
Blackroot Vale archers have a separate entry. They are basically rangers with lower Fight and Courage, but get to re-roll wounds against monsters when shooting. They do not carry longbows and cannot carry spears. They cost the same as regular Rangers.
Mauhur and his Marauders ignore difficult terrain and move 7".(like Helmingas they cost 1 extra point)
The Dwimmerlaik has a two-handed sword and forces heroes to spend another Might, Will or Fate on a 4+ or their action fails and any MWF comitted is lost.
The drummer does not get rules. Morgul Knights do not get banners.

New Hobby/Game store opening

2010-05-18T09:49:00.006-04:00

Stoney Point Refugee poster/member Rob Baer has decided to take the plunge and open up a hobby/game store. He is planning on having at least six tables and a paint bar. The store will be located in Casey's neck of the woods. Link to the thread over at SPR.

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Yet another article-Minas Morgul

2010-05-13T12:31:00.003-04:00

The mothership must be trying to get this whole Lord of The Rings thing out of their system before 8th edition comes out. We have been flooded with articles and releases over the past several months.

Here is the Minus Morgul article by Adam Troke.

GW price increase

2010-05-12T14:13:00.002-04:00

TTGN says that there will be a price increase come June on some GW releases, with fantasy and 40K taking the brunt of the blow ahead of the new 8th edition rules for WFB.
here is a list.

WoTR/SBG article at GW main site

2010-05-12T14:05:00.002-04:00

A nice article from the mother ship about Dol Amroth and the fiefdoms.

War of The Ring FAQ

2010-05-06T06:59:00.003-04:00

title really says it all.
WoTR FAQ

BFG Modeling Competition

2010-05-01T14:23:00.001-04:00

The annual modeling and painting competition for BFG is now open.
More information here.

And yes, there are prizes!

WotR: GW Battle Report

2010-05-01T10:40:00.002-04:00

The White Horse & The White Hand: Battle Report

LotR Battlehost Review

2010-04-17T18:46:00.002-04:00

from BoLS.

Campaign Rules: Spring 2010 Season

2010-04-16T20:59:00.006-04:00

Force Composition:
Army list is per Legion rules with regard to bow limits and allies.
A base of 1 Command Points with an additional Command Point per 150 pts of force. Host is allow to grant an additional Command Point to all players.
Command Points (CPs) allows the following as applied to your force:
For every one CP one unnamed hero selection may be taken in your force.
For every two CPs one named hero selection may be taken in your force. Nazguls will be considered named.
For every two CPs one unnamed ally hero selection may be taken in your force
For every three CPS one named ally hero selection may be taken in your force.
Note, a siege captain is considered an unnamed captain of that list.

Campaign games:
Campaign games are limited by the force composition restriction as above.
Scenario, victory condition, and game size will be determined by whoever hosts.
Each winner will be given 2 Victory Points (VPs); each tie will earn 1 VP.
The player with the highest VP total at the end of the campaign season will be the winner. A minimum of 6 games played is required before declaring yourself the winner.
Prize for winning will be a set of the new Ruins of Osgiliath.

Tactical use of VPs.
Instead of saving your VPs, you can elect to spend them in a game. Once spent, they are permanently deducted from your total VPs.
Each VP can be translated to a CP for that game and that game only. Thus if you think it will allow a victory (thus a net of 1 VP) in your game it might be worthwhile.