WOTR 1000 pt Reunited Kingdom vs Isengard Shieldwalls

Xelee · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:53 am

This time it is the Biege Wizard who dares take on the King: http://roughwotr.blogspot.com/2011/06/b ... or-vs.html

The guidelines worked well. Actually wanting to take Captains? What next?

Ultrageek, I've even put in the lists

Sir Richard · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:24 pm

I can't see it for some reason...

Xelee · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2011 8:21 pm

Sorry Sir Richard! Thanks for reading and it should work now.

Slythar · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:07 pm

Sappers can be boom or bust. Its really disheartening when you loose a formation first turn. Nice storytelling once again but The Beige Wizard had severly bad luck. It does make you want to start taking banners and captains when the rolls are not going your way.

So did the Osgiliath Veterans have Cirion (renamed albeit)? That was quite abit of ranged.

Xelee · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:22 pm

Yes the vets get the Lieutenant as a 3 might hero. I dislke bow in WOTR but my current thing is to make sure there is a mix of unit types, even some legendaries. The shooting was not super-effective (nothing like xbows) but then Rangers sit well in a ruin/wood (and can even fend off a couple of charges that way) and Osgiliath Vets have might to resist spells, are immune to terror while the hero lives, and are pretty tough troops. They cost just slightly less than their number on WOMT + their number again in Archers, with captain do their job well enough.

As you say though, EVERY marginal case went my way. I just managed to explode the sappers, the Vets just won the combat with the Ferals and Uruks, I just managed to undisorder my troops while Jason's guys wouldn't do the same, then he maanged to fail the charge. I think that, were it me, I'd have put Saruman into the Orcs when it clearly mattered so much to the battle. His might and R3 should have saved him vs an ES duel but then that is swapping one risk for another. I think key formations like that will have likely have a banner next time, since he can use Overlord to allow heroic actions.

Hilbert · **Joined:** Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:07 am **Posts:** 2088

Nice battle report...
Can you plese add the army lists... It's something everyone woudl love to see

Xelee · **Posted:** Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:26 am

Hi Hilbert, they are in the report but there you go and slightly reformatted:

Quote:

Isengard:
Himself (Saruman),
three coy of xbow,
two formations of four coy Uruks with shields,
three coy Berserkers,
a base of sappers,
six coy of Orcs with 2HW
Grima Wormtongue

Reunited Kingdom (Gondor):
Elessar (Aragorn)
three coy of White Mountains Rangers,
six coy warriors of Minas Tirith,
four coy Axemen of Lossarnach,
four coy Osgiliath Veterans,
four coy Knights of Minas Tirith
four coy Warriors of Eriador. (Warriors of Minas Tirith)

Cheers

Hilbert · **Joined:** Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:07 am **Posts:** 2088

Thanks,... Continue the good work!

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