Boromir with Shield, Horse, Banner: 215
8 Fountain Court Guard with Shields: 88
4 Warriors with Spears and Shields: 36
2 Knights with Shields: 28
Madril: 55
5 Rangers with Spears: 45
3 Warriors with Shields: 24
1 Warrior with Spear and Shield: 9
Total 500, 25 Models, 9 Might, 5 Bows, 3 Horses
And Steve's list was something like:
Theoden with Armoured Horse, Heavy Armour, Shield: 100
4 Royal Guard with Throwing Spears: 68
4 Riders of Rohan: 56
Deorwine with Horse: 85
4 Royal Guard: 60
4 Riders of Rohan: 56
Dernhelm: 75
(I may have got the last few points of this mixed up but it gives you an idea). Unfortunately I forgot to take any pictures of this game but Steve took a few so I have included those where appropriate!
We randomly determined the scenario and got the one with 5 objectives (I think its called Capture and Control but I don't have my scenario cards on me right now!)
Madril deployed first and rolled a 3. Upped it to a 4
with his ability and deployed towards the back left behind the hill with my
flank protected by a lake. Dernhelm deployed on her own on the right, next to
the right hand objective. Boromir then rolled a 1 so Madril couldn’t even help
him. Deployed just over 10 inches back from the centre line to avoid the Rohan
charge of doom. Deorwine and his warband deployed in the middle but towards his
back board edge and Theoden on my left.
My line of FCG swung around to block the pass between the
2 hills and the 2 knights went to deal with Dernhelm. Madrid’s band stood still
apart from 1 guy who went to claim my back objective. Deorwine’s band came up
the middle and Theoden’s went down the left hand board edge. Shooting killed a
Royal Guard for no return.
Deorwine’s band did not want to charge my shield wall so
cut across the hill towards the left to team up with Theoden’s. My Rangers and
Madril tried really hard to unhorse Theoden but no luck.
Next turn and only Deorwine is in range to charge my
Madril’s band but he bounced off and got his horse killed for his troubles!
Meanwhile my centre line is swinging around to try and catch the last few
Riders.
Now it all kicks off. Lots of charges from Rohan but now
Boromir has come back to lend a hand and his banner which meant I only lost
about half the fights. Those that I did lose I invariably died but I think I
killed a few in return. Boromir called a heroic combat and minced a rider
followed by a royal guard. By now the closest part of my centre line had come
back to help, just leaving a few guys to go objective hunting. All the FCG
charged Theoden, we drew the combat but he won the roll off. This happened
several times much to my annoyance! However once we were in the thick of it and
he had run out of might to call heroic moves my F5 rangers and FCG minced their
way through his riders. Meanwhile my 5 man objective hunters had claimed the
middle and left hand objectives.
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| Lots of Riders of Rohan! |
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| Where did all the horses go?! Oh right, Boromir... |
The right hand objective was fought over by Dernhelm and
my two knights for the entire game. We traded charges but I could never wound
when I did win the fight. One of my knights was stabbed in the face by Merry
but the other hung on until the end, and even pushed Dernhelm off the objective
in the final turn making it a 9-0 victory to me.
This was a really fun game, at first I was really scared
of the Rohan charge but when I realised I matched or won fight value with
Boromir’s banner I became much less scared! Can’t believe I ever doubted
Boromir, he is a beast and the banner is incredible. I’m really glad I went
with a large contingent of FCG too as their natural D7 is much better than
having to try to maintain the Shieldwall. Still haven’t played any big scary
things (I am pretty sure at least 1 Azog and Balrog will be attending) so we’ll
have to see how it fairs against those but overall I am very happy! Thanks for reading!
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