Battle Report - Middle Earth Goblin Town Vs Moria Goblins, Game 0 #MESBG

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I've been playing MESBG again at Warhammer World! We had signed up for a midweek event again, just 500pts, 3 games. But this time we went down the day before, had a game and stayed overnight, so we were fresh the next day to do battle. But the 

Here's my 500 point warband with the 'might bank' from the captain's to buff the King with the Scribe.

• The Goblin King with 10 Goblins
• Grinnah with 6 Goblins
• The Scribe with 6 Goblins
• Goblin captain with 6 Goblins
• Goblin captain with 6 Goblins

And Otty's list:

• Drûzhag the Beastcaller, Bat Swarm, Mirkwood hunting Spider, 5 Fell Wargs
• Cave Drake and 1 Moria Goblin [bow]
• Moria Goblin Captain, 5 Goblins [shield], 3 Goblins [bow], 1 Goblin [spear]
• Moria Goblin Captain, 5 Goblins [shield], 3 Goblins [bow], 1 Goblin [spear]

Not sure how much a battle report these are going to be as I can't remember much. I don't even recall the mission, there were objectives and it was corner deployment. I didn't even get a selfie with Otty, so here's Ben and Otty deep in discussion at Bugman's beforehand.

I had the King, Scribe and Grinnah in the bottom right corner and the 2 Captains and their warbands in the top left. I called Heroic March twice with the King. The Scribe ensured all my goblins got the 3" bonus. I then used Grinnah to repay the spent Might

This was an attempt to outmanoeuvre the slower Moria Goblins and get to the central objective. Unfortunately the Cave Drake, Spider, Wargs and Bat Swarms have comparable speed after I marched. However, despite its fierceness the Drake's push forward ptu it close to the King. 

Who was able to smash it to bits with the help of his rabble and some poor dice rolls by Otty.

I have so little recollection of what actually happened but I think he'd been broken at some point and just started to lose models. I may have been broken too but the King was keeping everyone in check.

Then I was just rolling out of my skin - five 6's in a row.

The Kin just brutalised everyone, and being my General next to the central objective scored a lot of VP's alongside the other captured  objectives. Not sure what the score was but I think I won convincingly this time round.

Bugman's is a great venue, the coffee is decent.

This caramel brownie, was a little dry but very rich and almost decent value for the size of the beast!

We stayed at the Nottinghamshire Golf resort for the evening and had their Stack Burger [£17.95] with fries and 2 onion ring. The second best burger I've ever had. No gimmicks, just good quality ingredients, excellently prepared.

Obligatory Warhammer World pictures and painting competition

Afternoon #Warhammer Community I've still got loads of posts to try and cover but not enough time to do it. A little round up of our jaunt to Warhammer World the other week. Legally obliged to do the Rhino tank shot, this time at night as we were leaving.

I loved this Legions Imperialis/Adeptus Titanicus board.

As much as we do OK with what we've got for AT, this is awesome.

Playable, but also cinematic.

The Tyranid infestation beach is cool too.

The mix of Warhammer terrain and Lotus seed pods are great.

Mixing that old skool terrain scratchbuild with the plastic [and resin] pieces.

Goblin Town MESBG board. I mean it's awesome but it makes me laugh how the goblin's struggle if they don't start on the platforms. Climb tests just to get onto them and jump tests to get down.

I had a cappuccino and a Stroopwaffel for lunch, followed by a Philly Cheese Steak Baguette for tea. The steak was great.

Wow, this Norn conversion was stunning.

While this Norn was a feast for the eyes.

Red Scorpions

Grey Knights

Krieg

Imperial Knights

Whatever these new High Elves are called.

Tzeentch

This kitbash was insane

As you can see how the scale of it easily dwarves the Pegasus/Sphinx model on the left.

Old Skool Orcs and Goblins.

Not sure what these are but they look impressive altogether

A simple pallete with just a splash of flame.

Night Goblins in orange cloaks

Like Hallowe'en Gobbos - the Pumpkin Horde 🎃

Meanwhile in Warhammer Liverpool they had some new models on display.

I wonder what you could use this for in a Death Guard Army and who you could mount on it?

And their new paint display so you can see how all the Contrast paints work.

Battle Report - Middle Earth Goblin Town Vs Shadows of Angmar, Game 3 #MESBG

Afternoon #WarHamFam and #WarhammerCommunity I've been playing MESBG again at Warhammer World! We had signed up for a midweek event again, just 500pts, 3 games, done and dusted. So, with my correctly costed warband at 500pts. 

• The Goblin King with 10 Goblins
• Grinnah with 6 Goblins
• The Scribe with 6 Goblins
• Goblin captain with 6 Goblins
• Goblin captain with 6 Goblins

The last game was Fog of War and I got paired with James Dilworth, he had:

• Gulavhar, the terror of Arnor
• 8 Angmar Orc Warriors, shield
• 8 Angmar Orc Warriors, spear

• Shade
• 2 Spectres
• 2 Werewolves
• 4 Angmar Orc Warriors, shield
• 4 Angmar Orc Warriors, spear

Not sure how much a battle report these are going to be as I can't remember much [as usual]. I chose the Shade as my target [it's the only one I could choose] and to keep Grinnah alive as I figured his ability to swap places with other Goblins would help him get out of a Jam. I also chose the house top right for the terrain I was trying to capture. 

I decided to use the central watchtower as an obstacle and keep James army away from me as much as possible. Except the had some very fast Werewolves that cam barrelling down my left flank, presumably heading for the terrain piece in the left of my deployment zone. So I peeled off about 10 goblins to go an protect it. Gulavhar was also very fast and he got into my blob of Gobbos on the right. So I moved Grinnah out of the melee to jeep him safe.

Except Gulavhar did a Heroic fight, killed his opponents and then just flew over the blob to get to Grinnah and kill him outright with ease. To be fair, James was very apologetic, but it was clinical and you couldn't fault the [literal] execution. I was just stunned by how quickly it happened. The only thing I could do was just try to pin Gulavhar down. Getting a Goblin in past the Terror test. Trapping him with non-combatant goblins, hoping to win the duel or just surviving. It worked quite well for a few turns.  

Meanwhile the Goblin King was doing work on the Shade 6, 6, 6 baby! But the Angmar Orcs coming down the right left that flank failing. The left was a bit better as I had taken a wound off each of the Werewolves. I was holding that building for few losses.

I managed to trap the last of the Werewolves, but not sure if I killed it. Only now did I realise I'd been duped and the Angmar Orcs were always aiming for the right building. I sent some Goblins to secure it but time was running out and even if all 7 had got there [at least another 2 turns unmolested] I think I'd have been outnumbered.

With the Shade dead my best chance was to get the King to the building to score points, but sadly his song did not buff any of the Goblin's inside the stockade, because he was out of sight. Going into the last turn it was clear I wouldn't make the building. The only play that would make a difference would be Gulavhar fighting the Goblin King for VPs for wounds/kills [but it turns out that isn't the case in this mission, or so my old Matched Play rule state]. Gulavhar won the duel, wounded but Blubbery Mass saved all of them

I'm not entirely sure what I scored 5 points for. I know the Shade was killed, but my old Matched Play rules says that is 3 VPs. But James was the outright winner, thanks to no one being near the building he'd utterly secured.

So, another loss 13:5 but no biggy, I think my final placing was 29th out of 33! Shocking result, but I actually think the Goblins are really good. I love playing with them, although I'm often relying on someone else to remind me to sing my song! 🤣 I don't know what it is about this game, I just love it so much. And that is despite it being relatively repetitive in Matched Play. The Narrative missions tend to have a bit more variety to the experience but matched play can feel quite familiar in its experience. I may not remember a whole much but that's the overall feeling I got from 3 games in a row.

But I love it and the competitive side of it isn't as overbearing as other games. Although, I would say there were a few of the more 'gamey' lists currently available. Depths of Moria being successful and well represented, alongside a few dragons. There might be another event in September, Doubles perhaps, we'll just have to wait and see.