Hello gents! Been 6 months or so playing the game and Hobbying Hard again!

I’ve been playing Rohan/Lothlorian alliance army for the most part but I think it’s time to get cheeky and build an evil army!

Gulavhar always appealed to me and I knew I had to play him if applicable! That and the Witch King and the cool Barrow Wights!

Without further ado! 500 Pts of “Cheeky Business!”

ANGMAR

Warband 1

Gulavhar = 200pts 10 Orc Warriors w/ Shields + spears = 70 4 Orc Warriors w/ Spears + bows = 28 1 Orc warrior w/ bow 6

Warband 2

Orc Captain = 45 8 Orc warriors w/ shield + spears = 56 1 Orc warrior w/ Banner = 50

Warband 3

Barrow Wight 1 Spectre

Might: 5. Bows: 5. Models: 28

Any advice and constructive criticism!

This list uses pretty much everything I own for Mordor minus some random orcs. Any ideas on how to change up my warband any?

++ Strategy Battle Game (Mordor) [6 Bow, 800 Points, 50 Warriors] ++

+ Hero of Legend +

The Witch-king of Angmar [319 Points, 18 Warriors]

. The Witch-king of Angmar: Armoured Horse, Crown of Morgul, 3x Extra Fate, 3x Extra Might, 6x Extra Will, Heavy Armour, Leader (Legend), Morgal Blade, Sword

. Warband

. . Orc Warrior: Armour, Shield, Sword, 5x Warrior

. . Orc Warrior: Armour, Pick, Shield, Warrior

. . Orc Warrior: Armour, Shield, Spear, Sword, 5x Warrior

. . Orc Warrior: Armour, Sword, Two-Handed Weapon, 3x Warrior

. . Warg Rider: Armour, 2x Rider, Shield, Sword, Throwing Spears, Warg

. . Warg Rider: Armour, 2x Rider, Shield, Sword, Warg

+ Hero of Fortitude +

Kardûsh The Firecaller [6 Bow, 116 Points, 8 Warriors]

. Kardûsh The Firecaller: Armour, Spear

. Warband

. . Orc Tracker: Dagger, Orc Bow, 2x Tracker, Warg

. . Orc Tracker: Dagger, Orc Bow, 4x Tracker

. . Orc Warrior: Armour, Pick, Shield, Warrior

. . Orc Warrior: Armour, Sword, Two-Handed Weapon, Warrior

Mordor Troll Chieftain [217 Points, 12 Warriors]

. Mordor Troll Chieftain: Heavy Armour, Sword

. Warband

. . Orc Warrior: Armour, Shield, Sword, 4x Warrior

. . Orc Warrior: Armour, Pick, Shield, Warrior

. . Orc Warrior: Armour, Shield, Spear, Sword, 5x Warrior

. . Orc Warrior: Armour, Sword, Two-Handed Weapon, 2x Warrior

Orc Captain [148 Points, 12 Warriors]

. Orc Captain: Armour, Shield, Sword

. Warband

. . Orc Warrior: Armour, Shield, Sword, 3x Warrior

. . Orc Warrior: Armour, Pick, Shield, Warrior

. . Orc Warrior: Armour, Banner, Shield, Sword, Warrior

. . Orc Warrior: Armour, Shield, Spear, Sword, 6x Warrior

. . Orc Warrior: Armour, Sword, Two-Handed Weapon, Warrior

+ Misc +

Determine Alliance Level: Historical Allies

Determine Breakpoint & 25%

Our Enemy is Ready, His full Strength gathered

Wound Chart

++ Total: [6 Bow, 800 Points, 50 Warriors] ++

Created with BattleScribe

Hi All, I had a 500 pt tournament coming up. I recently got Gulavhur, and really want to try him out in a tournament setting. He is a fun model, and requires a lot of skill, but I understand he also has great payout if you use him correctly. I thought I would ask for some advice on a list I came up with for Angmar from others who may have used him at a lowerish points level:

                                            Terror of the North

Warband 1 
Gulavhar Terror of Arnor 
7 Orcs with Shield 
7 Orcs with Spear and Shield

Warband 2 
Barrow Wight 
3 Orcs with Shield 
3 Orcs with Shield Spear 
2 Warg Riders with Shield, Throwing Spears

Warband 3 
Barrow Wight 
3 Orcs with Shield 
3 Orcs with Shield Spear

31 models

This is the list I am thinking of running, would love any feedback about model count, models I may want to include, etc. My current thinking is trying to use both the barrow wights to slowly harass enemy heroes and specialty troops(if I can hopefully get their spells off at least half the time), shield with a lot of the orcs and slowly die, and use Gulavhar based on the objective of the scenairo. Thanks!

I am building a modular gaming table right and would be interested in the footprint of the lake town house (just the house without any of the jetties).

Would be great if somebody could help me out. I couldn't find anything online.

Cheers!

If you were going into a 400 point tournament and no legendary heroes or heroes over 105 points were allowed, what would you bring? Having a tough time deciding.

If Ingold is within 3 inches of friendly gondor models who are supporting non gondor models, does his ability still apply? it just says models that lose the fight dont back away, spear supports still lose dont they? Or do they not?

The dead marsh spectre ability “A fell light is in them” states you can choose a single enemy model. If you target a cavalry model that is not in combat can you choose the horse instead of the rider (for instances where the horse has lower courage) or do you have to target the rider?

I’ve tried finding forums online but can’t find anything related to this question? Thanks in advance 😁

Painted out all the green highlights on some Morgul Knights, started the metallic (Leadbelcher) and got super demoralised at how "bad" it looked (left).

Stuck with it though and downplayed it heavily with some Nuln Oil, then a thin coat of Agrax and now super happy with the outcome (right)

Still have Edge Highlighting to do, etc, but this before (left) and after (right) for the shading really makes me trust the process, even when it might look rubbish halfway through. Hope it helps someone else push their painting over the line

Hello! Just curious if anybody knows any source material for Denziens of Mirkwood army list? Special rules? Army rules, allying and Stats for the Spider Queen? Any help greatly appreciated! I’d like to build something like this for my Evil army!

Cheers!

I took some great advice from this community over a month ago with the Witch King and began on the Gandalf miniature. Translating the rules of this game to Korean is going to be a very long process but I hope it pays off as there is a lot of interest for Mesbg here and available sources to purchase citadel. Thankyou all for the help and it’s great seeing the posts and efforts this community puts in ! Kudos 🫡

I am trying to make a 500 and 700 point lists, and wanna make it competetive. I am finding it hard to fit in some cool monsters without having a low model count. Any tips or list?

Wondering if anyone here is aware of a gaming group in Brno, Czech Republic? Thanks!

I'm trying to make sure I've got all my rulebooks in order to return to the game after maybe 5 years. I've got a "Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game Rules Manual" with the Hobbit and LotR logos, as well as Gandalf on the cover, but I see they're selling one online with Sauron on the cover; not sure if there's been a revision.

Also have "Armies of the Lord of the Rings Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game" book with Aragorn on the cover.

Looks like I'm missing the "Armies of the Hobbit" book and "Gondor at War". Are those necessary are just army supplements? Hoping to ask these questions in a store this weekend but figured I'd ask.

I suspect this is kind of a no brainer, but I want to make sure we are using cavalry correctly.

If a mount has an A1 does it get to add its attack to the strike roll?

Example: A Warg Rider charges a single Minis Tirith Warrior. Is the following correct? The Initial Duel roll is 1d6 for the MT Warrior vs. 2d6 for the Warg Rider (1 die for the A1 rider, and 1 die for the A1 Warg). Also, If the Warg Rider wins the duel do both dice roll on a S4 vs the MT Warrior's D? The rider is only S3, but the Warg is S4 and the rule states that the rider and mount share the highest attribute score between the two figures. I hope this is clear. Thank you for any help you can provide.

Together with some friends we want to play the Cornered scenario (number 5 from the matched play guide) using some variations. What I have in mind is a kind of narrative game where the composition of the Armies is predefined by me (also because I am the one providing all the models):

Team A primary deployment Boromir + his warband (all on foot) Minas tirith captain (or ranger Faramir) + his warband (all on foot) Minas tirith banner in one of the warbands

Team A secondary deployment Eomer + his warband (all mounted) Rohan captain + his warband (all mounted) Rohan banner in one of the warbands

Team B Amdur (mounted) + his warband (all on foot) Easterling captain + his warband (all on foot) Easterling banner in one of the warbands
Moranonn orc captains + their warbands (all on foot) Moranonn banner in one of the warbands

For team B, the army leader will be Amdur, no brainer. For team A, the army will be split into these two groups, each led by one of the two big heroes. Which of the two big heroes should be the army leader for Team A? Note that this decision is important for the definition of the first objective: VPs are awarded if this guy is dead/alive at the end of the game. For narrative reasons, I'd rather choose Boromir, who is deployed in the center of the board, but I am afraid that this way the battle will converge too much there. If I choose Eomer, maybe the action will be more evenly spread across the board, as Team B can have a shot at scoring some VPs if it turns out that getting to the center of the board is too difficult.

I would also like to add a new objective (or modify the last one) such that you win VPs if, at the end of the game, you have banners still alive AND within the central piece of terrain. Each side will have two banners by default, so similar chances to score these VPs. From a narrative point of view, I like the dynamics of different warbands rushing to the centerpiece with their banners to claim the control of the outpost. How should I implement this objective? Doubling the banner VPs if they stand within the central piece of terrain? Only one side allowed to complete this objective?

Probably this is already taken into account in the original design, but I noticed that Team A virtually starts with an advantage of 7 VPs at the beginning of the game. Is it fair that the Armies have an equal points value? Does the "sorrounded" factor in the deployment compensate for such a difference?

I should also add that the terrain piece that I plan to put in the center of the board doesn't allow cavalry models to go in, so they should dismount first if they want to be counted for objective control.

What do you think of this custom scenario that I am trying to put together? Do you have any suggestions on how to make it as well-balanced as possible?