Lord of the Rings Midgard

As a change of pace I asked Stephen if he fancied giving James' Midgard rules a go using our Lord of the Rings collections. He did, so we did.

Truth to tell without having played for a while and without James on hand to remind me of the rules I was a bit underprepared, but we kind of muddled through a very basic battle.

The Easterlings advance

Mixed archers and swordsmen

Crikey, Gondorian cavalry

Going to work on the Orcs.

The Easterlings punch through the centre.

Whilst a scrum develops

Archers take their toll

And the half trolls are caught in the flank.

It's all kicking off in the middle of the park

On my left flank more knights are killing more Orcs

Whilst other horse mop up midfield.

Finally the Khand mercenaries arrive

And the Gondor flank is destroyed.

But on the other side the Orcs are in trouble.

At this point we called a halt - some limited success on the evil right was more than counterbalanced by the destruction of their left and centre.

I think Steve enjoyed his first try at Midgard - though we missed loads out and forgot plenty of things.

Was good to get the LotR toys out for a big battle too.