So Ed and I decided that it was a high time that we played
another Lord of the Rings game, and of course we used now favourite rules, War
of the Sundered Realms.
the battle we chose is the final battle of the third age
when the forces of the West March into Mordor.
if you are reading this you will know the story well so I
won't rehearse it, suffice to say that the forces of the West take up defensive
positions on two hills against overwhelming odds.
the forces of the West set up with a mixture of men of Gondor
and men of Rohan, with Gandalf in charge on one hill and Aragorn on the other.
they were surrounded by a horde of orcs, goblins, Easterlings,
trolls, led by the mouth of Sauron.
the westerners chose to mount an active defence and the men of Rohan and the Knights of Dol Amroth charged turn off the hills into the enemy ranks.
The Rohan horse spent the rest of the game rampaging around the
table knocking over orc units, however the smaller unit of men of Dol Amroth
was quickly surrounded and overwhelmed.
we gave the defenders of the hill an extra point of defence
to reflect the fact that they were on the hills and this prove to be very
significant in the determination of melees.
on the hill held by Aragorn, the assault of the Easterlings
was met by tough resistance, and although one unit of Rohan infantry was wiped
out by Easterling archery, the unit of 1970s Citadel Guard polished off another
unit of Easterlings without a single casualty! the Easterlings then failed to
get on the hill.
the troops under Gandalf's command had a much tougher time
of it, orc archery whittled them down, and the early loss of the Knights of Dol
Amroth left a gap which the orcs could exploit.
On the other hill, Gandalf intervened with a couple of
fireballs which devastated one of the attacking orc units. at this point the Mouth
of Sauron decided to lead the charge, unfortunately Gandalf cut him down in short order.
The Mouth of Sauron is a really old Asgard figure which has
led the forces of Mordor since the 1970s! The Gandalf figure is of a similar
age.
at this point in the game forces of Mordor were spent, we rolled
for the arrival of the Eagles, but they refused to turn up. Despite heavy
losses on both sides it was clear that the forces of the West had a slight
advantage.
it was actually a close fought game, great to get the
figures on the table, many of which are old casts from the 1970s and 1980s.
And another triumph for these excellent rules!
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| Vintage Trolls |
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| 1970s Minifigs Citadel Guard |
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