Return of the King!

So,

After a very long hiatus, Lord of the Rings is back on the table! About two years ago I picked up the newest rulebook that came with the Pellnoir Fields set. Well GW released a new box set and updated the rules that a few of the guys picked up.

New Old rules!

So after some online discussion, we all decided to take the dive back into one of our favorite games. Many of us still have armies and I have been working on models here and there. But after this past weekend I needed to pick up the new armies of Middle earth for LotR in order to conform to the new rules.

Newest book for me!

So Just before Christmas on a whim I bought two of the Dol Guldur kits to add to my terrain collection. Also since my original LotR forces were based on Dol Guldor, I had to have the kit. Now it took a few weeks of building, but I got to a point that I am happy with, next will be texture, basing and paint. But little did I know that I was going to be using this terrain piece sooner then I thought.

Back side of Ruins!

Now needs a base and paint!

So as I mentioned above, this past weekend a few of us got together to push some models around, well actually Robert and I did the pushing. Robert and I just sort of grabbed models and put about 400 points on the table. Thanks to Tom we used the new Armies book for the points, this day would be Wood Elves vs Orcs.

The battlefield, the Wood Elves trying to stop the Orc invaders.

Elves take up defensive positions near the ruin

They have a troll!

The last few Elves

The game was great and a very tough match for sure, which the elves got a minor victory as we were both broken. It was a great game and was also a good game to look at the new rules which have minor changes from the Big One Rule book we used to use.

All in all I am very happy that we are back to Middle Earth and we are starting a small slow grow league and plan to have a friendly little tournament in a few months.

TK