[*] Ambush on the Road to Rivendell - by valpas

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Category: Battle Reports
Article Type: Miscellaneous

Article Title: Ambush on the Road to Rivendell
Author: valpas
Article Description: Boromir gets ambushed by orcs on his way to the house of Elrond.

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Farmer Maggot · **Posted:** Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:50 am

Hi,

I enjoyed the battle report, I like the layout with the story, photo, mechanics format. The report has encouraged me to go out and buy a mounted Boromir and try out the scenario, (but that's at least in part due to the reference to blips

)

Nick

Haldir_Strikes · **Posted:** Sat Mar 25, 2006 9:13 am

Wow nice work Valpas! Loved the layout, minitures, scenery...EVERYTHING
what a well balanced and thought out battle report!

Good Work

TheBucklandBrewer · **Posted:** Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:20 am

Way to go Pasi! Lovely report! I wish there were lots more of these!
Well written and a nice bunch of pictures! THanks for sharing mate!

Dorthonion · **Posted:** Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:06 pm

Very detailed and well illustrated; playing singlehanded against 21 orcs is extremely intimidating odds.. I would not fancy that myself but then going outside our personal comfort zones is part of life.

Nice report!

Timo the Cimmerian · **Posted:** Sat Mar 25, 2006 6:19 pm

A great battle report Pasi, and an excellent example of how I'd like to see White Dwarf do these things. Although you say English is not your priamry language, I really enjoyed the descriptions and the green mechanics section was also a nice touch.

One Boromir vs 21 orcs - Ah the days before powergaming, 1000 point army lists and un-themed forces. This fun scenario can be played for £20 (1 box of orcs and 1 mounted Boromir) - how many GW scenarios can say that these days?

As for the result, with a name like Timo - I dont see how your brother could lose!!

Eldacar the Great · **Posted:** Sun Mar 26, 2006 3:23 am

Great article! Battle reports are my favorite articles and I'm extremly picky with them. Great job!

DurinsBane · **Posted:** Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:10 am

Great article Pasi, well written and well laid out, just what a battle report should look like !

Kalamir · **Posted:** Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:37 am

Well written and thought out indeed!

MacGothmog · **Posted:** Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:23 pm

Nice report Pasi!
Great effort on this one... hope that there are a lot more to come!

This one was a pleasure to read!

Specially in these dark days in wich WD seems to be going down the toillet... :s

More please!

Beatrice · **Posted:** Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:49 am

this article is a pleasure to read!
it is only my second having read on gaming. me is only painting minis (so far...). but your narrated description and pretty pics made me understand the fascinating and adventurous world of table top gaming!

Curunír · **Posted:** Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:24 am

I just read your battle report. I enjoyed it very much and thought that it was very well done. More please :!:

valpas · **Posted:** Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:58 am

Thanks for your comments, everyone! I will probably write another one but on my speed it will be ready in 2008...

We played "Ambush on the Way to Weathertop" after that (I won!) but I have lost my notes.

@Timo: I remember you supporting the idea of reasonably priced scenarios already a long time ago. You had a very nice scenario in TLA, if I remember right?

-- Pasi

Tobold Hornblower · **Posted:** Wed Mar 29, 2006 1:20 pm

A fascinating read, Pasi.

Reading this makes me feel like I'm not fooling myself in thinking I'll enjoy playing games of LOTR with my son in the years to come. Sometimes it feels as though the gaming side is not interesting, and that I should accept that all I'll ever do is collect a vast amount of toy figures, some of which I'll actually manage to paint. :wink:

However, when one reads material like this, the wonder and fun of gaming comes through. How better to appreciate those fine terrain pieces (of which you have several) than to maneuver your forces amongst them? How better to enjoy the effort that went into your hero than to see him scything his way through the enemy horde? Yes, gaming is definitely a side of the hobby that I will continue to entertain, even if it takes me a few more years to really start playing properly.

Thanks for the article Pasi, and I too look forward to reading more like this one. Oh yes, 2008 is not too late for me, I'll still be interested.

Viruk · **Posted:** Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:51 pm

Interesting scenario and great description of the game.

Also, the minis that took part in it look very impressive and together with great pictures make reading the article very enjoyable.

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