Game today at Stephens using the Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game he is currently collecting and painting armies for.
We used a newer edition of rules (2024) than last outing and I found the online army lists much easier to use than older version (more 'Armies' but less options per list).
I selected a Minas Morgul Orc list with the Witch King of Angmar on a Fell Beast as main 'character' with a Troll (well one just has to) with a selection of Orcs and associated Orc Captains with a couple of Spectres (as experiment), points total was 650.
Stephen fielded a Rivendale Elf force led by Elrond with lots of Archers, Eleven Swordsmen, a few mounted Eleven Knights (bow and lance) an Eleven Bannerman and with a couple of other Hero leaders whose names I forget.
A fun game that has a simple basic system with the complication coming from the various abilities and traits of the troops and the Heroes and how these are enacted and how they interact.
But this generates a myriad of options and decisions to make combined with the use of Might, Fate, Initiative and Heroic actions and indeed give a nice Middle Earth feeling to proceedings.
Stephen loves points based pick 'n mix and this system feeds that very well.
Overall an enjoyable foray into the fantasy realm (I do like a bit of Middle Earth).
A few pics from later in game ie after Troll had been knocked on his butt by an Elrond special ability (knocks down all enemies within 3") and surrounded and pummeled to death (he is just visible in last pic in front of Fell Beasts head) after wandering ahead of main force.
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