WOTR Hobbit style: From the Red Fortress Ministry of Truth

Xelee · **Posted:** Mon Dec 31, 2012 1:02 am

Andy and I are both suitably inspired by the very cool Hobbit Movie.We haven't got to the REALLY (in a wargaming sense) good bits yet but we can see the wargaming possibilities. Azog/Bolg and the Orcs of Gundabad, the Undead Legions of Dol Goldur, the Men of Rhovanion, the Stout Dwarves, the Noldor (and Wood Elves, once we see how PJ does them). So I made up a couple of lists - Dol Goldur and Rhovanion, Andy gave some feedback and tweaks, and we had a 1200 game of WOTR to give them a try.

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Brothers of the glorious revolution against the Tyranny of the Valars' running dog lackeys, there is much progress in our great cause!

After thoroughly reforming the peaceful, hardworking, pastoralists of the Carn Dum plateau, the visionary Witch King has set out to raise a new force at the cool place he (or it is runmoured... his Dark Master) took from some of those slimey Elves.

Facing the forces of Dol Goldur were the decadent and weak remnants of the Elf-Loving men. And some Elf-Hating Dwarves they had bribed to show up, likely to betray by having them die first, and so collect no pay....

On the left were mercenaries from Esgaroth, then some wood-cutters with bows, the luckless Dwarven Mercenaries , then some more Woodsmen with bigger bows, more Mercenaries (this time on horses) and some more men provided by the wine merchants of Dorwinion.When we abolish private wealth throughout Middle-Earth, truly these pawns of the Valar will have no one to fight for them!

Full report here: http://roughwotr.blogspot.co.nz/2012/12/wotr-batrep-dol-goldur-vs-rhovanion.html#more

Thanks for Reading.

Constantine · **Posted:** Mon Dec 31, 2012 7:47 am

I like your description of the battle, it is funny and entertaining. It almost makes the Evil side likeable!

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Mon Dec 31, 2012 8:56 am

I agree with entertaining AND the indication of which forces were involved helps understand what is happening. I had a quick look at some other reports on the roughwotr site - they cover a variety of formats and have some impressive terrain (I like the Syrian port).

Xelee · **Posted:** Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:41 am

Thanks guys.

Constantine, no matter how I write it, those Men of the West, Elves, and other lackeys of the Valar will never be likeable

Constantine · **Posted:** Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:03 am

Your comment made me laugh so much.Thank you mate

And on a side note, thank you for your excellent house rules. I am planning to completely integrate them to the official rules in my future games.

Xelee · **Posted:** Mon Dec 31, 2012 8:08 pm

No worries, Constantine. Once done, I'll post up the new 'Hobbit Era' based that I've been working on as well. They incorporate most of those house-rules, along with some point and stat changes.

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:49 pm

I read through your report yesterdau but was too tired at the time to reply.

I'm glad your still 'in business', your reports are as entertaining as ever, great stlye, nice evil bias too.

If I read correctly you had Radagast's Bunny Sled too. Which awesome just because it is.

Xelee · **Posted:** Fri Jan 04, 2013 7:52 pm

Thanks Gothmog - I hope we stay in business! We got in another game yesterday, using my theory on what a Noldor list should be like. Tough, tough, Elves. Ouch. We've made good progress on the 'Hobbit Era' (or pre WOTR) lists and I should have a batrep up, after the weekend.

Xelee · **Posted:** Sat Jan 19, 2013 6:26 am

Better late than never... The second round in our in our 'War of the North' set of WOTR battles saw Angmar up against our new Noldor Army list.

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Gods below, it is cold, cold as the grave. The Elves seem to like the cold though and can be relied upon (being a consistent threat is both their chief vice, and virtue) to come gliding over the snow whenever the boys want to settle in for the winter. Sure enough, the muster of the Grey Mountains spied a band of them in their gold armour, bright gold and no doubt made of stolen candle-sticks and women's jewelry. Morgoth's teeth, they had a lot of archers with them, and the ones in front of my brother's company seemed to be led by some screeching waif of a girl....

Was this to be another Convincing Carn Dum victory over the Elves?
Full report here: http://roughwotr.blogspot.co.nz/2013/01 ... .html#more

Thanks for reading.

Xelee · **Posted:** Sat Feb 02, 2013 7:23 am

Ruh Roh. Someone told the Dol Guldur player how Heroic Charge works...
Full version here: http://roughwotr.blogspot.co.nz/2013/02/wotr-batrep-rhovanion-vs-dol-guldur.html#more

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