Today I took part in a Lord of the Rings tournament at Multizone which was great fun. Took lots of pictures so as usual I will do a post of battle reports!
My Army:
I showed it before, but here is the army I took, the 3 Trolls + some Wargs.
Game 1: vs Wood Ekves (Sam) in Domination
For those not familiar in this game you have to control 5 points at the end of the game. The black bases in this case. I thought this would go really bad since there are 5 points and I just have 8 models but have to try!
Spread all out to cover ground. My plan is for the Trolls to advance, some WArgs to hold back points, and the Cheiftan to flank around the back.
First couple of turns just moving closer as the Elves plug away. But they are not having much luck.
Turn 3 getting close to the action. The Warg chieftain is really getting back there thou. This was the time for action, Aragorn charged out to face Bill! We both used Heroic Strike and got 10 fight, and the duel roll was a tie! Happy for Bill despite his fancy Elven blade Aragorn lost, Bill went for a 'Mince em' Fine' and rolled very high. End result was no more Aragorn. Good way to start.
After that the rest of the Trolls got into the fight. Haldir tried to put one over on Tom but luck was not on their side today.The Cheiftan lurked waiting for the perfect time to strike.
Next turn the battle raged on. Bert had a good time and pegged an elf with a stone killing him. Other than that some Knigts start playing cat and mouse with my back wargs. The big Trolls were having trouble getting kills for some reason.
Eventually as the turns passed the Elves were getting whittled down badly, and were not getting the Luck to wound the Trolls.
Finally the Elves were done and the game was over. The Trolls were able to dominate 4 points and weren't broken vs the Elves 1 point. So if I remember right it was a 10-2 or something like that.
Game 2: vs One of the Eastern Armies with the Betrayer (Joseph) in Fog of War
On to round 2 this time it's Fog of War around some Gondorian tents.In this mission you have to write down a hero to kill, a hero to protect, and a terrain item to capture. For me it was kill the betrayer, protect Bert, and capture the 1 tent hill. The other side had to protect Betrayer, capture 2 tent hill, and I think kill Tom, but might have that wrong. Lots of bows and posion and sneaky magic to face this time.
Turn 1 the Trolls stampede forward. While the Wargs hang back, was worried about them gettig shot to pieces.
Closing the gap, still no wounds for me.
Missed a turn, but as you can see the battle has started. Bert broke left to try and protect a hill, but Bill and Tom are in the thick of it. The Wargs are running over a few guys as well. I lost some fights with tons of attacks but was blessed with luck so just lost a wound on Tom.
More fighting, chipping away at the puny humans. Suladan killed the chief of wargs as well.
This turn was a big one. I forget who started it but the betrayer got in a fight with BIll! Bill called heroic strength and won his fight. Once more choosing to Mince Em Fine and rolling very high, there was a dead Nazgul! Sadly ppor Tom was overwhelmed.
Things quickly got worse. Bill the mighty was brought down! This meant for a critical time, as the game might soon end due to me loosing lots of guys. Bert had fought his way back to the main show and was smashing some guys up thou.
But with my force broken the game did indeed end. I achieved Kill ad Protect, and the Betrayers force got capture the terrain and kill. But with my force broken and theirs not it was a 9-6 loss.
Great game thou, this is a really fun scenario for some reason!
Game 3: vs Gondor in Lords of Battle
Next round, fighting outside the Black Tower of Cirith Ungol. What the Trolls are doing ehre we may never know. Might have the name of this scenario but the idea is you get points for murdering people!
Oh snap they have a bolt thrower that seems bad. But the Trolls are a bit lost of choice so have to run across. Plan for the Wargs is to run around the flank.
Slowly getting there but I am seeing this is going to be a problem.
Next turn the bolt thrower is wounding Bill, and the bows are all on Bert. Bad day to not be Tom. The Wargs are safe thou so there is that.
Next turn, not good. The bolt thrower brings down mighty Bill, and Faramir and his pals kill the chieftain and a couple of wargs with a nice Heroic combat. Wargs are not good at fighting Knights it seems, glad I ran away in game 1 now.
Finally make it into combat, but its bad luck time for the Trolls and they just can't win.
Turns out Gondors lances are perfect for Trolls fighting. They are able to finish me off pretty fast. Tom gave it his best shot but died as well. I think I killed 1 man but it was a total victory for Condor, 12-0.
Game 4: vs Betrayer again in Clash of Champions
This one is all about how many guys your leader can mash. Also our lines ended up starting very close. I can't say how happy they Trolls were to not have to walk across a table of arrows again!
Deployment. Bill getting ready to smash.
Of course we are straight into it. This game the Trolls are on fire winning all the fights and killing guys. The Betrayer and Suladan do a Heroic Combat and kill a Warg sending Suladan right into Bill. The Betrayer had tried to Transfix him but with a little might help Bill passed. Suladan called a heroic strike but rolled terrably, so we were tied in fight. Down to a roll off again. But BIll Won! And as per usually pulled a brutal Mince Em Fine and Sulidan just like that was pie filling.
Next Round I was lucky and got the priority, so Bill was able to catch the Betrayer. Not wanting to be transfixed or posioned any more he again went for a Heroic Strength. He won his fight as well and pulling his favorite trick 'Mince Em' Fine' the betrayer was down. I rolled a 5 or 6 on that every time, this tournament talk about luck! This was of course very bad news for the Betrayers force.
Indeed it wasn't long before the Trolls and Wargs were cleaning up. Most of my Wargs died but overall couldn't ask for better luck. With Sulidan down on turn one and Bill mashing all kinds of guys it was a victory for me. 12-0
Overall the tournament was great fun, was excellent to get some good games of the Lord of the Rings in. The Trolls did much better than I would have thought as well which is always great. Will have to drop in on another Middle Earth tournament at some point for sure.
Thanks to all my opponents and the people who were involved in the organizing, great job.
Bit of a longer post.
Thanks;
Mike
Cool battle reports. Looks like a fun tournament.
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