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[WotR] The War on Rings!

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  • SJSJ College. Forever.Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    what

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  • SvenskaSvenska Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I will basically do whatever it takes to buy a hobbit army.

    Someone tell me this is an awesomely great idea.

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    Since your name means "swedish" in swedish, I just assumed you were, ya know, swedish.

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  • SJSJ College. Forever.Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    it is an awesomely great idea

    SJ on
  • SvenskaSvenska Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Oh man, Games Workshop just got most of my monies.

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    Since your name means "swedish" in swedish, I just assumed you were, ya know, swedish.

    eNozN1RVNTYwUDVRNVUzUjOsMVQzRCON1UyApAmYbQZRYwaRBlOqZSYA7ZUOyQ==
  • AsherAsher Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    So, while this may have been bumped to the front page by a spammer, it's remarkably well timed. A bunch of my friends have been getting into LOTR at the moment, so I kinda feel like joining them. Of course, The last thing I want is to have to buy MORE models, so I'm thinking of working with what I've got. So, with the following army ne any fun?

    Balrog
    Some character I have to take
    A troll
    As many goblins as I can find/proxy

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  • RainfallRainfall Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    The Balrog is amazing.

    Trolls are also awesome.

    Billions of goblins is sublime. Dunno that much about WotR, but in the lotr SBG goblins were fantastically tough when supported with the Goblin King(Durburz) and the Goblin Shaman. Throwing in a set of Drums made it even more crazy-fun.

    And trolls are just super-badasses.

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  • AsherAsher Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Just flipping through the WOTR rule book now, I think I'd go for:

    Durburz
    Balrog
    2x Trolls
    3ish formations of Goblins with Captains/shamans and Drums.

    Of course, considering I currently have the Balrog, 1 Troll and about 4 Companies of Goblins, that goals a fair way off. Of course, LOTR stuff generally goes pretty cheap on the resale market . . . And I have a friend who was goign to give me his goblins. . . .

    Oh no. Here I go again. :(

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  • SJSJ College. Forever.Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    The thing I absolutely fucking hate about this game

    Is that they mix HW/Shield and Archer guys together in boxes, which is fucking stupid

    And all the awesome formations I want to use in WotR are metal guys that come in 2 to a blister for like 15 bucks, and fuck that

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  • RiqaRiqa Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Those leaked plastic mounted Knights of Dol Amroth and Morgul Knights look really nice and hopefully will be alot cheaper then their metal counterpart...

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  • SJSJ College. Forever.Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I want some plastic Castellans of Dol Guldur and Black Guard of Barad Dur. But noooo

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  • AsherAsher Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Whelp, I've started buying up all the cheap goblins I can find. I hate you all.

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  • SJSJ College. Forever.Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Goblins own.

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  • AsherAsher Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    20 points per company with Bows or shields?

    Yes please.

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  • SJSJ College. Forever.Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Can goblins get 2 handed weapons? I don't remember.

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  • AsherAsher Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    While you can't give Moria Goblins 2 handers, you can, for 20 points a company, get Goblin Prowlers, who are Goblins, with +1 Fight, 2 Handed weapons and Poisoned attacks.

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  • SJSJ College. Forever.Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Oh I know, Prowlers are the shit. Though technically with the 2H weapons they end up having the same fight... but who cares?

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  • SvenskaSvenska Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Ok, I just bought the King of the Dead and a box of ghost warriors.

    Don't have the rulebook...can I make a pure awesome ghost army without having to use living dudes?

    (Didn't go hobbits cuz they seemed really expensive)

    Svenska on
    Since your name means "swedish" in swedish, I just assumed you were, ya know, swedish.

    eNozN1RVNTYwUDVRNVUzUjOsMVQzRCON1UyApAmYbQZRYwaRBlOqZSYA7ZUOyQ==
  • AsherAsher Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Alright, dredging this back up to page one because I've been playing this a bit recently and it is incredibly fun.

    As much as it paint me to use this phrase: IT OWNS.

    It has basically killed any desire I had to play fantasy in the immediate future as WOTR provides the same experience in a much better balanced, smoother package.

    The Priority system is a welcome breath of fresh air, the movement system is smooth and streamlined and works very well after all the fudging and irritation of WHFB. Really, streamlined is the perfect description for the system.

    The rest of the game seems equally good, having the charge phase separate to movement adds an interesting layer to the game. It also makes the various Heroic action so much more important. Heroes and the actions the can take really drive the game. The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference. A well timed Heroic Move, Charge or fight can really turn the battle in true Heroic or villainous style.

    I also like the streamlined combat a lot. One roll means combats are quick and decisive. Bucket loads of miniatures leave the table very quickly. In one fight, 45 models were removed in one go (24 Goblins, 12 Men and 9 elves), and this was at a fairly modest 1000 points.

    Overall, I'm really impressed with the system. It's a lot better than I thought it would be, even if it does seem to have some internal balance issues.

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  • DraevenDraeven Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I really wish i wasn't broke right now, though I have heard great things about this game.

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  • SJSJ College. Forever.Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Asher wrote: »
    Alright, dredging this back up to page one because I've been playing this a bit recently and it is incredibly fun.

    As much as it paint me to use this phrase: IT OWNS.

    It has basically killed any desire I had to play fantasy in the immediate future as WOTR provides the same experience in a much better balanced, smoother package.

    The Priority system is a welcome breath of fresh air, the movement system is smooth and streamlined and works very well after all the fudging and irritation of WHFB. Really, streamlined is the perfect description for the system.

    The rest of the game seems equally good, having the charge phase separate to movement adds an interesting layer to the game. It also makes the various Heroic action so much more important. Heroes and the actions the can take really drive the game. The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference. A well timed Heroic Move, Charge or fight can really turn the battle in true Heroic or villainous style.

    I also like the streamlined combat a lot. One roll means combats are quick and decisive. Bucket loads of miniatures leave the table very quickly. In one fight, 45 models were removed in one go (24 Goblins, 12 Men and 9 elves), and this was at a fairly modest 1000 points.

    Overall, I'm really impressed with the system. It's a lot better than I thought it would be, even if it does seem to have some internal balance issues.

    This's the reason why I'm kind of looking forward to 8th ed Fantasy: a number of the movement and combat changes remind me very much of rules in WotR, and all in good ways.

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  • SvenskaSvenska Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I was hoping someone was going to say that.

    I truly want 8th to be amazing...otherwise I see a lot more LotR in my future.

    Svenska on
    Since your name means "swedish" in swedish, I just assumed you were, ya know, swedish.

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  • SJSJ College. Forever.Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Svenska wrote: »
    I was hoping someone was going to say that.

    I truly want 8th to be amazing...otherwise I see a lot more LotR in my future.

    Yep, that's why I'm waiting to see if I'm gonna build up the rest of my Mordor force or not. Plus the Battlehosts book is fuckawesome.

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  • SvenskaSvenska Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I'm still looking at how I'm going to paint my army of the dead guys.
    I wish their command had more options though.

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    Since your name means "swedish" in swedish, I just assumed you were, ya know, swedish.

    eNozN1RVNTYwUDVRNVUzUjOsMVQzRCON1UyApAmYbQZRYwaRBlOqZSYA7ZUOyQ==
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