Lord of the Rings Campaign - Pass of Caradhras and Endless Wargs!

 To General B.'s once more to continue the journey of the Fellowship.

First up an attempt to cross the terrifying Pass of Caradhras - in this case represented by the somewhat less terrifying method of using a deck of cards.

Once we'd found and read the errata (as written the rules miss out a fairly crucial point about turning the cards face up!) it turned out that what the game lacked in visual splendour it made up for in tension and speed of play.

In fact we enjoyed it enough to swap sides and play twice - the Fellowship escaping on both occasions.

Then we set up for a proper game of soldiers.

This game sees the Fellowship surrounded by an endless supply of hungry Wargs. All they have to do is survive - but the Wargs keep on coming!

The Fellowship set up in the centre

Wargs pour on from all sides

The Wargs race toward their prey. Legolas shoots a couple but they're soon back.

Gandalf and Aragorn move to block the way.

But there's Wargs everywhere!

Oooooooooooowwwwooooooooo!!!!

Soon Bormomir is hacking wolves apart for fun (but burning through his might)

At one point the Wargs close right in and Merry and Bill the Pony get eaten.

Gimli racks up a huge pile of Warg pelts

Legolas goes down under a tide of claws and teeth but Aragorn just keeps on butchering Wargs

Sam and Frodo remain alive and the Warg tide is stemmed.

Just as the Wargs begin massing for another attack the priority roll is tied and the game ends!

A win for the Fellowship. A tight and tense game (if a little repetitive when feeding Wargs into the Aragorn/Gimli blender).

I actually took lots more pictures, but they are a bit "samey" TBH.

However the Fellowship has used a *lot* of Might and Fate getting this far, which may make getting through the Mines of Moria a tricky proposition...