The other day we played the first Battle LotR of the year. The Battle of Dale. The Good forces consisted of Dwarves and Men. They tried to protect the city of Dale from the invasion of the Evil Mordor forces. For our game the objective was to hold for three turns the Goddess statue of the ruined temple in the center of the city.
The defending Good forces were:
1 Dwarf Captain with throwing axes
8 Iron Guards and 4 Dwarf
Warriors
Drár and 12 Dwarf Rangers with longbow
Cirion and 12 Osgiliath Veterans
Boromir and 12 Warriors of Minas Tirith
The total points of Good force: 943
The attacking Evil was represented by:
2 Morannon Captains and 24 Morannon warriors
12 Orc Trackers
1 Troll
1 Orc Captain with shield and warg
12 Warg riders
Shagrat with shield and 17 Mordor Uruk Hai
Totally 946 Evil points.
The battlefield was the ruins of Dale.
The ruins of Dale from the Evil side
The Dwarves (Left flank)
The Men (Right flank)
Morannons and Orc trackers (Right flank)
Troll (Center)
Shagrat with Mordor Uruk hai (Center)
Warg Riders (Left flank)
Boromir leads the Veterans
Morannons attack
Boromir: "Lads, they have a secret weapon, a flying ruler!"
Veterans shooting
First duel. Boromir vs Orc Captain
"Oops! Smile, they are taking a picture of us!"
Troll enters the ruined temple, reaches the Goddess statue challenging the Veterans.
Boromir kills the Orc Captain
Boromir enters the temple and accepts the challenge of the Troll.
Veterans try to enter the temple
The Troll attacks Boromir
The Boromir vs Troll duel
Boromir's fatal dice cast
In the meanwhile the Dwarves are killing Warg riders on the right
advancing towards the Evil archers
who, in their turn, are throwing arrows against the Dwarves. But in vain, of course!
On the left, the Warriors of Minas Tirith buffer the Morannons repeated attacks
Morannons are attacking
supported by the Orc trackers
The unstoppable Boromir fights against Shagrat
and his boys!
In the pandemonium of fight
The Rangers try to support Boromir and his lads!
Boromir next to the statue wins one fight after the other
Morannons counterattack
The Rangers win the fight
The die indicates the first turn with the statue under the Good forces
The Evil forces face massive losses and their casualties are increasing rapidly
The end of the second turn - end of the game
Undoubted victory of the Good forces!
That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!
