The Battle Of Pelennor Fields

After a long delay in part due to a house move and various other "real life" problems, I finally found myself able to take part in a game on a grand scale.

August the 4th, many of us met at the club to partake in the Battle of Pelennor Fields, using the War of the Ring system and scenario...

It was a great day. A few people came from quite far away to play, and in the end we had 3 players controlling Mordor, Harad and the Easterlings whilst myself and Adam controlled Rohan, Gondor & Fiefdoms and the Dead of Dunharrow.

It was a mighty game, and it wasn't clear right until the end who would win (Evil sneaked a victory at the last minute.)

Pictured below, a few high lights of the game...

The Host of Mordor, mid-siege at Minas Tirith

Rohan to the rescue!

With an Earth Shattering charge for the first 2 turns, Rohan can really hurt those orc battalions!

Dol Amroth and Minas Tirith knights ride out

to face the threat

The Witch King swoops unwittingly into the unit that

contains Eowyn!

Horns blow as the Mumak war host arrives!

It was a long game. We finished setting up at about 10:15 and ended up finishing at around 8:45pm...

Of course, with visits from family and friends and plenty of cakes and snacks going around we inevitably spent a lot longer talking than playing the game. It was however an extremely fun game and I can't wait to play the next scenario next year, with Gondor and Rohan making a last stand outside The Black Gate of Mordor!

The sun shines as the riders of Rohan smash into, and skewer

two trolls!

From the black ships, the dead swarm onto the fields

accompanied by the Three Hunters

Me on the left, with Richard and Darrel (controlling evil, boo!) in the middle

and right respectively. 

And as a final note, I am returning to my blog periodically. I'd like to say with at least a weekly post but realistically I'm not sure I'll even manage that until at least October, when I've settled into university properly and can manage my work load effectively. I am however going to be picking up a WFB  Orcs and Goblins army this coming Saturday, at the Bring & Buy in Sanctuary, so I'll be making a post on that. I'll also be making a post on an upcoming Fields of Glory game, so keep an eye out for that! and one final thing I'm planning on making a post about shortly is the new Battle Companies campaign we've started, with the new LOTR Battle Companies rules!

Thanks for reading folks.

Until next time...