"So much death! What can men do against such reckless hate?"
King Theoden, The Two Towers, The Lord of The Rings
Last Man/Uruk standing
This latest installment was a battle report form a few weeks ago. Each army was 450 points, with only one objective; last man standing wins. Of course there was an agreement that all armies would advance and fight and not hide away until both other armies had killed each other (my normal Arnor tactic).
Rick's army - Galadhrim led by Haldir, Woses led by Ghan-buri-Ghan and Gandalf the Grey.
Sam's army - Team Raven Hill, Thorin Oakenshield, Kili, Fili, Biblo and Tauriel.
My army - Isengard Berserker army, with Troll, Captain and Shaman
Dice at the ready, it's time begin...
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| My Isengard Berserker Uruk Hai Army |
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| Berserker Troll conversion and more Beserkers |
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| Rick's Elves n Woses force led by Gandalf |
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| Sam's Team Ravenhill, hiding in the woods |
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| Priority Isengard and the Troll leads the advance |
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| Rick's force advances to the centre also |
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| Ravenhill dwarves charge forward |
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| Isengard Shaman channels his fury spell |
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| The Elves continue to advance |
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| The troll gets excited and breaks rank! |
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| and is promptly compelled and surrounded by elves and woses |
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| The Beserkers are stunned at the trolls stupidity and cannot re-act in time to help |
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| Haldir adn the elves make short work of the troll and he is slain straight away! |
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| The Uruks spread out and prepare to engage the elves |
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| Meanwhile - Thorin, Kili, Fili, Tauriel and Bilbo advance on the even flank |
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| Finally the Bersker army charges in |
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| Rick moves Gandalf to the rear and prepares to fight it out |
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| CRASH - Team Ravenhill hit the Elven lines |
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| Fili covering the flank for Bilbo, while Thorin and Tauriel attack |
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| The elves break rank to fight the dwarves |
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| Haldir is surrounded |
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| Even Bilbo gets stuck in |
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| Elves looking thin on the ground |
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| Team Ravenhill are unstoppable |
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| Tauriel v Woses |
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| The elven flank is in trouble |
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| Meanwhile the Uruk army is smashing the elven line |
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| The Elves withdraw and the Uruk Hai reform centre! |
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| Team Ravenhill continue to push the advantage, and give no quarter for the elves |
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| Thorin and Bilbo clearing the galdhrim |
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while Tauriel, Kili and Fili take on a few woses
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| Not surprisingly Thorin wins... |
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| as do Kili, Fili and the she elf, Tauriel |
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Using the momentum, Team Ravenhill win priority and again attack the elven flank,
#and Tauriel manages to get it on Gandalf |
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| THe elves charge the Uruk Hai in a last ditched effort to kill them |
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| Gandalf holds on by the whiskers on his chin |
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| but is soon swamped |
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| Bilbo, is just too far for the Berserkers! |
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| Team Ravenhill still unstoppable |
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| Gandalf stands firm |
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| and wins the fight |
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| Poor Bilbo, caught short is surrounded by 6 berserkers |
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| Gandalf refuses to die |
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| Kili and Fili reach the Uruk Hai |
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| The Uruk Hai Berserkers make a dash for Gandalf and Thorin |
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| Bilbo, against all the odds wins the fight and pushes the Uruks back |
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| Gandalf and Thorin fight it out... |
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| ...while Tauriel engages the Uruk Hai army |
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| "You put your left leg in..." back in go the Uruk Hai |
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| and again, Gandalf will not die! |
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| While Tauriel beats the Uruk Hai |
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| but fails to kill them |
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| With the elves out of the fight, Team Ravenhill set to work on the Isengard Berserkers |
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| Everything to fight for now |
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| No, Bilblo didn't put the ring on, he is finally slain |
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| Gandalf fires a cheeky scourers blast! |
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| Thorin concerned for his kin, charges the Uruk Hai protecting Kili and Fili |
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| but he is too late, both Kili and FIli fall to the might of the Uruks |
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| But Thorin, is outnumber and quickly overwhelmed, ending his line |
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| Next up, Gandalf, who suffers a similar fate! |
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| and is also slain |
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| Last up, Tauriel... may the odds, be ever in her favour, or not in this case! |
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| The Uruks engage her one at a time and try to technically trap her |
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| But she is a beast and smashes the Uruk back |
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| In the go again, all in this time |
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| ...but again she wins the fight |
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| and kills the Shaman and an Uruk |
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| Last few in, this time she must go down |
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| But I don't think the Uruk Hai have met a she elf like Tauriel before! |
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| Tauriel charges, but this time looses and dies, giving the victory to Isengard Berserker army |
Final Thoughts
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Man of the match:
Tauriel |
I should have taken these to the tournament, the Uruk hai berserkers are awesome! However I haven't had time to paint for the last 6 months due to moving and renovation work in our new house, so they weren't an option.
Team Ravenhill, looked the part and played the part... at the end I was worried Tauriel would end up with a victory and wipe out my army, it was close, but we won!
Man of the Match
I thought about my troll... what a waste of points! This is simple, Tauriel is such a beast that she is hard to contain and kill. She has won man of the math before, and again, she gets it here! Well done to her.
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