Welcome to a little project that is going to be on the blog over the next 5 months. A couple of friends and I are going to be trying the classic wargaming challenge- the Tale of (how ever many) Wargamers. Over the next few months, we will each be taking an army from the Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game, and adding new Heroes and Warriors, piece-by-piece, to build up to a 700 point army. In addition to this, we've each decided to go for an army which is something new to us- choosing a Good force where we normally lean towards Evil, and vice versa. In this post- we're each going to quickly run over what army we've chosen, what we're hoping to do with it, and how we think we'll find the challenge. To kick off, lets have a look at what I (Onod) will be working on in the upcoming months: Isengard- Onod Onod: I'm notoriously bad at picking what force I want to do. Call it indecision, call it fussiness- but I usually have several ideas of what I want to do when I s...

  The Big Boar himself Well, I have finally finished painting my Greebo Games Porclings- it's only taken me 6 months... Anyway, I'm going to quickly run over my plans for the team, and then also how they were to paint! My plans for the team are to run them as Goblins, with the Boar as a Troll- this just felt more 'right' than them being Halflings (the Boar isn't really Treeman-like) or any of the other Stunty teams, where the linemen are a bit too small for the Porcs! For my teams Lore- these are the Blue Reach Boars . Having once lived as Halflings in the Moot, one day all was to change for the little lives of these merry folk. After an altercation with a travelling wizard, accusing the Halflings of refusing to pay for his services during a warm-up game for the Thimble Cup (something the Halfling's furiously deny!), he left the village cursing the occupants for their greed. The next morning, the Halfling villagers woke to find that they were transformed into pi...

  The Uruk-Hai of Isengard, sent out by their master Saruman to seek the Halflings of the Shire, track them down to an overgrown ruin North of the lands of Rohan. Can their guide and protector, the ranger from the North, Aragorn, save the Hobbits whilst they escape? The Armies The Fellowship Leader- Aragorn with bow and armour. Frodo Sam Pippin Merry This was the list I brought for the game- a nice 300 point list based on Aragorn and the Hobbits' journey from Bree to Rivendell. The list is going to revolve around how well Aragorn does- if he can take out some of the Isenguard heroes, whilst the Hobbits keep out of danger- victory could be in reach. Start to lose the Hobbits, and Aragorn may find himself unable to win on victory points. Isengard Leader- Lurtz with shield Vrasku Gorulf Ironskin Sharku with warg My Isengard loving friend is taking out a fun 300 point all-hero list. Individually- Aragorn shouldn't have a problem taking out any of these Heroes- but can he stop all 4...