First off, the terrain used in the pictures is not mine, nor GW's, it is owned by one of the Chicago area LoTR players. Its probably the best stuff ever made for this game, and is a ton of fun to play on!

Battle For The Two Towers (1500 pts per side)
Good: My Dwarves, three Gondor armies, Grey Company.
Evil: Orcs, Orcs w/Barrow whight, Morannon orcs, Uruk-hai, Easterlings.

Objective: Two towers, in the north and south sections of the city, need to be taken if progress is to be made by either the orcs or the Army of the west for the re-taking of Osgiliath. Whomever controls both towers at the end of the game wins.
When captured, towers count as 'Fury' spells, and also a 12" banner.

Map:
Dense cityscape.

Part I
First turn: Good Priority: Me and my Gondor buddy rushed everything out of our deployment zones to try to ascend the battlements of the tower before the orcs could get there. The other Gondor and GreyCo advanced on their respective tower. Evil move was basically the same as ours. No shooting or combat for either side.

The dwarves and men break cover and run for the battlements.


Orcs advance on the objective.

Second turn: Evil Priority: Orcs began climing the western face of the tower, two falling to their deaths. Uruks and Easterlings advance on the right side of the tower, avoiding the GreyCo archers. Good move, My Dwarves and Gondor friend ascend our face of the tower, the brave warriors of good never once falling or slipping as they climbed. GreyCo re-ajusts to meet the new threat, Other Gondor moves into a defensive position to allow some troops into the north tower. Shooting Phase yielded no kills for the hapless orcs, but legolas fells two archers as they crest the western stairs. No combat.

Third Turn: Evil Priority: Orcs now scramble up the western face of the tower, three more falling to their deaths. Uruk-hai and Easterlings both clash with the Gondor defenders, Good move, Dwarves move in to the courtyard and further climb the east wall face. GreyCo advances, and three Warriors of the Dead start climbing up the stairs of the north tower. My Gondor friend is 4" away from the Objective, and my dwarves will be on the walkway next turn. Shooting phase, orc archers again fail to find marks in the gleaming armor of the dwarves, and the Iron guard return fire with a flurry of remorseless throwing axes. Three orc archers fall and Legolas picks off the Orcs ascending the tower. Combat, Other Gondor is beaten badly at the hands of the Uruk-hai, but manage to kill their troll. Easterlings don't fare as well, the front rank decemated by previous archery fire.

Part II coming soon... but here are more pictures.

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That terrain is simply astounding. Thanks for posting the pictures, it's very inspiring.

Hey Brightlance, that terrain is awesome. I'd love to play on that board. Nice start to the battle report. Do you have any wide angled shots of the entire board?

Looking forward to reading the end to this huage battle report

Ahh! that must be Chad's board. I remember a 2 vs 2when he and my buddy Mike owned me and Dave on it!
That's some of the best terrain I've seen I think. I really enjoyed playing on it. How'd your game go?

The terrain looks great, I'm sure it was a fun board to play on.

looks nice,
could you post a picture of the entire board ?

That terrain is awesome! Gives me ideas.....

The armies also look quite well painted. I wouldn't mind seeing more photos if u got more.

Dylan.

O_O

That terrain is amazing! Sounds like a great game so far, if only for the beautiful, yet functional , terrain.

no i think that that is gw terrein, so he probably diddnt make it

I disagree, but then, I also read the post...

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As John said, might be better to also read the text instead of only looking at the pics.



Must have been a nice game, any chance for part two?

Guess what?

PART II

Turn 4: Good priority: The dwarven Iron guard rush into the distracted orc archers, two orcs falling to their deadly throwing axes. Gondor has claimed the southern objective, and the men ready themselves for the coming orc assault, taking up defensive positions in the tower-objective. The ascending dwarf units reach the catwalk, and run to the human positions in the tower to prevent the orcs from overwhelming it. The north tower, also controlled by the forces of good, is set on all sides by uruks and easterlings, but terrain only allows for a handful of warriors to ascend the tower, and made short work of by the warriors of the dead and Gondorian spearmen. Evil move: yet again, more orcs fall from the slippery tower, one landing on his back and the other to his death. The first orc reaches the top of the tower, and engages the human defenders inside. The northern evil force begins to ascend their respective tower, but to little or no avail. Good archers have slim pickings, as much of the evil force is already dead or in close combat. Evil archers, mostly the easterlings, take aim at the unbeatable Warriors of the dead. Arrows skitter off the stones of the tower and pass through the spectral presence, doing no harm. Combat is the final blow to the evil forces, the orc that reaches the tower is sent falling to his death, along with one of his counterparts at the northern tower. Dwarves slaughter the Orc rear-guard, breaking through to the eastern face of the southern tower where the orcs are ascending. The south tower is now firmly in the hands of the dwarf/human alliance. But the north tower is still contested...

Turn 5 coming soon.

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