So this is the second game from the First Age Middle Earth day James organised.
This was James' own game. Apparently based on the same battle as in the previous game (though earlier on). We were using James' own rules which were for a larger scale of battle than Graham's rules.
Apparently at the start of the battle Nogbad the Orc baddy grabbed a bunch of elves and cut their throats in front of their forces, attempting to lure the elves and men to battle. One of the unfortunate Elves had a brother called Gwendolyn (odd name for a brother, but still) who duly fell for the provocation and launched his cavalry at Nogbad - which is where the battle begins...
I'm not going to attempt to re-tell either the battle or the game. Mostly because I've had several sleeps since then and can't remember much of anything. Except it was jolly good fun and looked splendid.
The lighting in the room has made my pictures all look a bit yellowy. Please be assured the gaming surface was a pleasing green hue.
James (no not that one, another one) and Andy tunt my ally Matt while Graham looks on.
Very impressive..really like the terrain and the figures.
ReplyDeleteA spectacular looking game
ReplyDeleteSounds like this was based on the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. In the original, it's Gelmir, brother of Gwindor, who gets slit. Cool that you're doing pre-3rd age stuff!
ReplyDeleteGwindor/Gwendolyn, all these elf names sound the same to me.
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Thanks for the piccies. Looks like a great and interesting game
ReplyDeleteGreat looking game, nice to see some early LOTR
ReplyDeleteBy the looks of the basing, are these the OGAM "big battle" variant rules? Really intrested to hera more on these. Cheers.
ReplyDeleteNo, these are James' own rules. The individual models are based for all sorts of systems but this game uses sabots to make units.
DeleteAah - okay, thanks for the clarification. I misunderstood a previous post last year. Still looks stunning!
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