"That is a fair lord and a great captain of men. If Gondor has such men still in these days of fading, great must have been its glory in the days of its rising."
Legolas, The Last Debate, The Lord of The Rings
The Swan Host of Dol Amroth vs The Moria Marauders
This weeks battle saw Thomas Secomb travel to mine for a battle report. I fielded a fully mounted Dol Amroth army, led by Prince Imrahil, with mounted Forlong the Fat and Knight Captain. Tom led a Moria army with shaman, Buhrdur, Druzhag and other creatures of the deep including Wild warg, giant spiders and a host of goblins. Both armies were circa 750 points.
I hope you enjoy...
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| The Swan Host of Dol Amroth |
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| Captain and 12 Dol Amroth Knights |
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| Converted Forlong the Fat Mounted |
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| Prince Imrahil and a warband of Dol Amroth Knights |
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| The battlefield for our Hobbit SBG report |
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| Buhrdur - Hill Troll Chieftain of Angmar |
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| Giant spider |
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| Giant spider |
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| Troll, bat swarms and wild warg |
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| Tom's host of Goblin Warriors from Moria |
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| Deployment of Dol Amroth |
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| Deployment of Moria |
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Dol Amroth roll priority and immediately ride around the edge of the board,
hoping to out flank the goblin horde |
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| The rest of Dol Amroth edge forward |
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| The goblins adjust and edge forward as well |
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| Dol Amroth hold the ground |
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| Tom uses his move to jump on the Dol Amroth Knights who are surprised by the movement range of the bats |
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| But Dol Amroth win the fight and push the bats back |
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| Dol Amroth priority again, and this time they charge the bats and goblins |
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| Dol Amroth - Full charge... into the goblin lines |
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| Prince Imrahil gets stuck in to combat |
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But the Dol Amroth did not expect Buhrdur and he manages to hurl the knights off of their horses,
whilst one of the bats is slain |
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| The centre of the battle field is locked in combat, two shaman casting fury saves |
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| "WITHDRAW" Dol Amroth leave a vanguard and withdraw away from Buhrdur |
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| The cave troll smashes Dol Amroth knights to the ground |
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| Dol Amroth force the left flank in an effort to find a whole in the goblin defense |
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| Forlong the Fat, Captain and Dol Amroth Knights fight against enraged Warg and horrid goblins |
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| more Dol Amroth ride the to left flank |
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| The cave troll and swarm of goblins seem to have taken the centre of the battle field, and Prince Imrahil, now on foot charges the goblin shaman |
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| but there is fight left in the Dol Amroth knights yet |
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| Dol Amroth clear the left flank |
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| and try to support the centre. in an effort to save their Prince |
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| Prince Imrahil takes on a bat swarm, who flew in to protect the shaman |
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| Buhrdur comes in the combat again as the right flank starts to fall |
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| Dol Amroth, having cleared the left, now set to charge the goblins |
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| Imrahil is fighting hard and wounds the bat swarm |
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| Dol Amroth are now starting to falter |
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| Buhrdur, with a thirst for blood, charges at Prince Imrahil |
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| Dol Amroth cannot get there in time to save their Prince and he is slain |
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| "FORM UP" the captain rallies the men and prepares to re-engage the goblin army |
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| The goblins are broken and so are Dol Amroth, both armies converge on the centre and fight on |
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| Buhrdur rips through the Dol Amroth cavalry, hurling horse and rider |
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| Dol Amroth stand firm |
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| Dol Amroth Captain now stands against Buhrdur |
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The battle ends and it is a very close victory to Dol Amroth,
but with only 2 points in it, this could have easily gone either way |
Final thoughts
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| Man of the Match: Buhrdur - Hill Troll Chieftain |
This was a tough game for
Dol Amroth, I know i charged them straight in, but I just wanted to see how they would perform... maybe next time i will chose my moment a bit better, Dol Amroth are fun, and look very nice as a fully mounted army, I just need to get round to painting them all (even the foot troops).
I think i under estimated the goblins. Tom is a very good player, but I did look at his army and think it would be easier then it was, lesson learnt!
Man of the Match
Easy - Buhrdur - he easily ripped through the heart of Dol Amroth, killed Prince Imrahil and the Captain and would have completely decimated my army given another opportunity!
A lovely model and hard as nails! And a worthy winner of the accolade of Man of the Match.
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