Hi guys, I'm getting ready to start playing the first couple of scenarios from The Fellowship of the Ring Journey Book, now that I have at last finished my Dunedain (pics to follow shortly.) Just wanted your opinions on my BatRep map, this will show the initial deployment of the participants and plot the move by move action throughout the game. Is it too much?

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Thank you.

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For me it can never be too much.

It seems excellebt... Keep up the good work... Your site is awesome

Looks pretty slick. Don't get discouraged by the first few scenarios, the balance is terrible. There are a couple gems sprinkled through the book though.

Which side is it biased towards?

Good, by a mile. 9 Dunadain face 3 Wraiths. 9 shots at 3+ will average around 6 hits. 6 hits will average around two 5+ wound rolls. With might that's one or two dead Wraiths per turn, out of three.

Even without bows, the rangers outnumber the wraiths three to one so would butcher them in combat.

Actually no, the good player only has 3 dunedain for the first 4 turns, essentially meaning the wraiths can travel across half the map relatively unhindered. The other dunedain arrive only on a roll of 6 per man so tbh, unless if you have excellent luck, you will not be killing two wraiths per turn, and even in the case an unholy amount of dunedain arrive on turn 4 the wraiths can hide from half of them by lingering on the middle of the map then moving out of range once the rangers arrive. I think the wraiths have a clear advantage in that their forces are set and do not require rolls to materialize.

I've tried the scenario once or twice and never saw how the Wraiths could win it. This seems to hold up with what others have said and the battle reports I've seen. The problem is the abundance of Dunedain might and the lack of Nazgul fate. Even though it's hard for the Dunedain to wound the Nazgul through their high defence, they can use a might point to boost any lucky rolls to fatal shots and the Nazgul, having only 1 wound and no fate in the scenario, can not do a single thing about it. It essentially lowers their defence by 2. And even if the bows don't work, the Nazgul have to break through the Dunedain lines who can easily engage them in combat, eating up will and again, striking the occasional lucky blow.

Take a closer look at the deployment rules.


Slain Dunedain may come back on later with good rolls, but all nine will start on the board for 9 shots, 6 hits, 2 5's to wound bumped to 6's with might, and one or two 3's to kill every round.