The Mighty Gondorians - well maybe but not with my dice

[James]

right well its 10 past 3 and i've finally finished twiddling and fiddling with numbers and annoyance for only having 250 points to spend on allys and by allys i mean ents

but hey - I've had one game of LOTR against Pete and it definately taught me a few things: 1 - Courage seems to be key, 2 - A high Defense is nigh-on-mandatory if you want ur unit to survive, 3 - moving those company trays around is a pain with terrain and 4 - Uruk hai are fecking hard.

Also its a good time to point out that i wont be taking citadel guard as when i used them - they fell apart to a unit of Uruk scouts, D5 meant that they're 35pts cost wasnt justified and they never showed they're F4 and S4 so they're out, deffo out.

Also I wont be taking Numernorians anymore - the extra dice from the extra fight value isnt enough to justify the drop in defence especially when with that xtra dice im still only going to be making good use of it 16% of the time with S3 - So they're out too.

The warriors of Minas Tirith didnt really exceed my expectations but then i wasnt expecting them to do much - and they didn't - kill count was pathetic and the only redeeming feature is the D7 - I will be keeping them but i dont expect them to actually do any damage against anything other than goblins, but thats what core units are for - numbers not damage - or have I been playing Vampire counts too much...

The star of the game would have to be without a doubt the bowmen - these guys picked up a hobbit in turn 1 and did practically nothing else all game as they were on the extrem flank but in turn 5 they suddenly woke up and from nowhere destroyed a unit of Uruk sappers and a siege ballista in two turns - the hilarity of this alone is enough to make me keep them in. Now I know they wont do much - archery doesnt in this game but i dont think it would feel right without them.

Alongside the narcaleptic archers and the rubber chicken wielding warriors, appearing at the next battle will be the treeman (Its actually beeping painted!!!) Im aware that I made a huge mistake sticking it on the far left of the board in setup but it was my first game so i beg your forgivness However this guy is nuts - hes very hard the only thing i could rely on to do damage to Petes Uruks. Pretty sure hes a full-time member in the list now.

So Riders of Rohan are the best in the game are they??? - well they have yet to prove that to me and I'm willing to give them another chance as I realise my mistake in how I used them - but then again I was very cramped for space which leads back to my point number 3. I do see the potential in these guys and I hope they can justify their title of horse-lords - so for now judgement is reserved.

That just about sums up my forces - leaving just heroes - well i say heroes I mean hero... Elendil is my 'chosen one' not only does he have a fight value of 10 million but Narsil's bonus of +2 to the dice rolls of his company is more appealling than a naked Angelina Jolie lying on a red leather couch and Im thinking about this too much... lost my train of thought now... oh yeah - Elendils staying because Angelina jolie likes red or something. But I dont think i can really justify the points cost of another hero - so its just the one, although if one hero is chosen then you have to pretty much forget about Might unless you captains - but I didnt think that (again) points could be justified, so Im having to rely on basic, unmodifiable rolls. Which i suppose makes learning the game a bit easier but thats not really relevant when learning from sedge - as you get taught ALL the rules in one game, so best learning trousers on!

Finally after a bit of a long-winded intro heres the list I think I shall be presenting at the next game. As usual any thoughts and comments are welcome - but if anyone wants to correct me on my spelling then they can feck off

Elendil
4 companies of Minas Tirith Warriors
4 companies of Minas Tirith Warriors
4 companies of Minas Tirith Warriors
4 companies of Minas Tirith Warriors
2 companies of Minas Tirith Bowmen
2 companies of Minas Tirith Bowmen
4 companies of Riders of Rohan
1 BIG Ent

Also Sedge could you tell me how many gondorians you have for sale. I need... *goes and checks* *back* ideally 18 bowmen and 76 with hand weapon/spear and shields. - but i can model repp 42 models using rohirrm and elves.

Now how the hell did that take me 50 mins to right ¬_¬

[James]

Ok - I think lack of sleep and over-worked have affected my judgement - minor change to the above list:

Elendil
4 companies of Minas Tirith Warriors
4 companies of Minas Tirith Warriors with captain
4 companies of Minas Tirith Warriors with captain
2 companies of Minas Tirith Bowmen
2 companies of Minas Tirith Bowmen
4 companies of Riders of Rohan
1 BIG Ent

seems a bit more manageable imo - also cuts down on the sheer number number of models i need. - 32 less infact so thats gotta be good

[Sedge]

Yeah I think I've got those models for you. I'll bring them to the club for you Monday.

As for the list. I like it. You have a lot of figure which always helps I feel.
Elendil Is Hard, helped with the MTW heros.
The Ent, well he's just big and sticky. Ambush is your friend.
The Riders of Rohan, there Medium Cavalry so use them as such.

So who is your first opponent?

[James]

As yet i dont know - i've been working so much recently, I havent been able to think bout warchiefs - which is why i havent been down the club.

Not too fussed bout who the opponent is if im honest.

[Scotty]

I can give you a game but can you wait until late October?

[Mr Pete]

I'm up for a begginer game - no balrog in htis one though! just squishy gobo's and a few spiders...snigger!

Having watched your and pete's game I have to say that it was closed and a bit of a grind match - ambushing that tre would have hirt him loads! high defence seemed to help him out and the strength of the crossbows was amazing. Don't put yourself down though, they stood up to the Uruk line, you charged cav into pikes, left the ent and 1 unit of archers out for 2/3 turns and still won the match. Props to the newby on that one.....don't forget he set up on 2 hills with ammo to spare! I think his balista aimed at the wrong tree though!

Not coming this week but the one after should be ok, I might need a few replica's till I get the whole team in..ok? Having a guy that create's cav is good, but you need the potential models to pull it off. royal pain mate.

Have you got any fates or fancies in the list? I only sor 1 I liked and you can get some good one's for 25pts.

[Pete T]

hey mr jim

i like your list a lot, dont worry about not having too many heroes as you have lots of high defense troops.

In my defense i didnt play to the objectives too much, rest assured in a league game i wont be giving objectives to defense 3 orcs and then charging ents with said unit. however, it was a very enjoyable game. I hope the most important thing you learnt james (and Mr Pete) is the importance of getting flanks and rears where not only do you ignore shields but you cause -5 or -3 attacks to each company.

whenever you chaps are happy and ready enough for a league game, ill be waiting

On a side note, what the heell were you doing posting your list a 4am james - a recipe for disaster... and also slghtly sad

[James]

As far as posting lists at 4am goes - I think its generally got summit to do with the fact that i really am nocturnal and have sod all to do at those time so why not post a nice long post..

And a nice quick update - I now have all my models for the force (its too many to count) well i say all, i mean all except 5 bowmen but i think i'll be able to get away with saying that they're 5 men just dresseed up as Elves

[Sedge]

Don't worry I will have some more archers kicking around.

[Jonny H]

If Sedgy doesn't have enough let me know as I've got a few spare.