"Will you follow me, one last time?"
Thorin Oakenshield. The Battle of Five Arms, The Hobbit
This report saw Sam And I travelling to see Rick. Sam took team Ravenhill, which comprised of Thorin, Kili, Fili, Tauriel and Bilbo. I took Sauron and Rick took Gandalf the Grey, some Woses with Ghan buri Ghan and Haldir with some Galadhrim - 450 points each.
The Frodo was placed in the middle and each army started on their own token. The points were 3 points for holding an enemy token, -1 for any of your own troops within 6 inches and kill points for generals. The game would end at a certain time, unless there was a clear victor.
The terrain was placed and the armies deployed... let battle commence!
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| Hobbit SBG battle field layout |
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| My Army - Sauron the dark lord with the One Ring |
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| Ricks army of Elves and Woses |
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| Sam's team Ravenhill |
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| Rick deployed on his token |
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| I deployed on my objective - just in view of Ricks Woses |
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| Sam then deployed his hero team |
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| I marched straight to Rick who managed to wound Sauron with bow fire from his Elves |
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| Sam ran his hero army straight towards Sauron |
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| Thorin leading the Dwarves |
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| Rick sent woses into the woods to hide from my Sauron |
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| While his elven bows shot at Sauron |
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| Sneaky little elves's |
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| Sam reaches my token |
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| Whist Gandalf moves forward with the woses |
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| Sam takes cover in the ruins |
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| Rick emerges from the woods |
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| Sauron chases two woses running for Sam's token |
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| "CHARGE!" Thorin Oakenshield leads the charge against the woses |
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| Rick brings his elves forward |
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| Gandalf and the woses |
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| Sams token claimed by the warrior of Druidan |
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| But Sauron gives chase |
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| Sauron, using magic to pull the Woses back to him |
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| Kili nears the Woses |
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| As Thorin and Tauriel follow |
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| Haldir fires his bow |
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| Kili wins the first fight |
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| Kili then takes on Gandalf and Thorin and Kili join the fight |
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| The full weight of Ricks army hits the Dwarves |
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| Gandalf survives |
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| MSWG dice |
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| Thorin makes his way round |
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| Everything to fight for! |
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| Tauriel wins and Haldir is knocked over |
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| Tauriel and Fili charge Gandalf |
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| Ghan buri Ghan vs Fili - Fili is lost |
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| Meanwhile Tauriel is mopping up |
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| Elf vs Elves |
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| And there is only every going to be one winner - Tauriel! |
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| Ricks army is decimated, Haldir and Gandalf are slain as well as Thorin and Kili |
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| Bilbo hides, right by the objective marker |
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| Tauriel finishes off the last of Ricks army |
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| Woses can run, but can't hide |
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| Tauriel is victorious, but now Sauron is returning to finish the job |
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| Sauron v Tauriel |
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| Add Bilbo (but no ring) |
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| Sauron wins and wound Tauriel , then moves in to the attack again |
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| Bilbo finds the courage and re-charges Sauron |
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| But they lose |
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| Sauron moves back and casts spells on Tauriel |
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| Who again charges Sauron |
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| That is the end, they both fall to Sauron and so ends the game, total wipe out and a victory for Mordor |
Man of the Match
This was an easy choice, Sauron being the last man standing. However he did stand up to everything that was thrown at him (well what was left!). I wanted to get stuck into the heart of battle, but got side tracked with the woses running around the woods.
Sauron is a beast - he has brilliant stats, and as he was wearing the One Ring, if he was killed I could re-roll to come back to life and continue with one wound! I knew it would be tough facing Sams hero team as they had lots of might to strike up their fight value, win the fight and keep me from damaging them.
I guess my tactic paid off, let Sam and Rick fight it out and I would come in and mop up!
An expensive, but solid Sauron claims man of the match.
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