In the dusk of the current edition and in time before Halloween, I am starting the Fall of the Necromancer (2021) campaign. I continue playing against my opponent (my brother-in-law) from the previous campaign I played (Siege of Gondor) with me playing as Good and him playing as Evil.

I am looking forward to playing a campaign in the new (soon to be old) edition and enjoy the setting. The painting and terrain requirements are moderate, so I look forward to do the required hobbying.

An overview of all the played scenarios can be found here:
https://aiwendil.net/fall-of-the-necrom ... -overview/

Scenario 01: The Founding of Dol Guldur (10-10-2024):
https://aiwendil.net/fall-of-the-necrom ... ol-guldur/
Scenario 02: The Gathering Evil (29-10-2024):
https://aiwendil.net/fall-of-the-necrom ... ring-evil/
Scenario 03: Corruption of the Greenwood (ETA: 23-11-24)
https://aiwendil.net/fall-of-the-necrom ... greenwood/
Scenario 04: Lurking in the Shadows (23-02-2025)
https://aiwendil.net/fall-of-the-necrom ... e-shadows/
Scenario 05: Flight to the East (06-04-2025)
https://aiwendil.net/fall-of-the-necrom ... -the-east/

Scenario 06: The Watchful Peace (ETA May/June 2025)
Scenario 07: Clearing the Nests (ETA June/July 2025)
Scenario 08: Attack on Rhosgobel (ETA July/Aug 2025)
Scenario 09: Exploration of Dol Guldur (ETA Aug/Sep 2025)
Scenario 10: Thráin the Broken (ETA Sep/Oct 2025)
Scenario 11: Capture of the Grey Wizard (ETA Oct/Nov 2025)
Scenario 12: Make Haste to Dol Guldur (ETA Nov/Dec 2025)
Scenario 13: The Fall of the Necromancer (ETA Dec 2025)

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I'm looking forward to the reports!

Scenario 2 is up! The battle report isn't as detailed, because I wasn't able to note down too many details. However, I did really enjoy the scenario.

https://aiwendil.net/fall-of-the-necrom ... ring-evil/

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Scenario 3: The Corruption of Greenwood has been played and published:
https://aiwendil.net/fall-of-the-necrom ... greenwood/

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As always, a good read. From the scenario title, it's not shocking that Evil seems to have an advantage in this scenario.

But that dierolling..... Have you been spitting on crucifixes or something?

Yes, I do wonder how such die rolling is possible and whether I am a mathematical anomaly. Fortunately the bad luck doesn't transfer out from MESBG. Not even in other board / tabletop games with dice rolling.

I am also happy to report that Scenario 4: Lurking in the Shadows has been played and published. It is the first scenario we played using the new 2024 rules and profiles (wherever possible) and I must say it was a blast. I feel like the new rules are clearer than before, but perhaps that is because I re-read the Rules Manual since about 6 years.

https://aiwendil.net/fall-of-the-necrom ... e-shadows/

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Fun read. Your conclusion was surprising, as this seemed pretty one-sided during the playthrough.

Thanks! It was one-sided, but it did feel like Good's objective was possible because all it would take is a few bad rolls by the Spider Queen and a few good rolls by the Elves. But perhaps I was too optimistic about that.

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Scenario 5: Flight to the East has been played and published.
Will the Necromancer escape to Mordor in secret, or will Gandalf find out?
https://aiwendil.net/fall-of-the-necrom ... -the-east/

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Interesting read. I think this is another movie scene where it's hard to come up with a reasonable scenario. Your suggested modifications seem like good changes.

The scenery looked great. How many Ruins of Dol Guldur kits do you have there on the board? I've got a some extras that I intend to get to eventually but the memory of how long it took to paint all those rusty iron railings on the one kit I did complete is a little demotivating.