I wanted to post some pics of some recent games that never made the blog. While maybe not all that recent, there's some good pics nonetheless. This is more of a pictorial essay, so enough of me and let's get straight to it.
The set-up for Saga. We play the good edition, not the money sucking GW model newer editions. This game featured the Late Romans vs. Saxons somewhere in Britain in the 5th century. The Romans deployed their two units of hearth guard behind the wood with the idea that they could react and go either way while being hidden from the slings and arrows of their outrageous enemy.
The Saxon Warlord. I fucking love this figure. It reminds me of an old friend long dead who often struck this pose on the battlefield,
Fyrd. Thinking WTF? right about now.
The bloody Romans. Shield transfers from Little Big Man studios. Shout out to them; their products are great! ( I hand painted all the Saxon shields.)
Legionnaires in the woods.
The Saxon Hearth Guard running to keep up with Gorath the Warlord.
Who doesn't like chicken?
Gorath gets caught in the open, his aggression is his demise. 13 attack rolls later, he was kaput.
More Romans.
More Saxons.
My Roman archers who did two things all game: jack and shit.
Set up for Songs of Blades and Heroes. I had been wanting to get this game on the table for years and it was good to finally do so. The results made me want to play again. It's quick, easy and an excuse to use those old/odd figures we don't use so often.
Goblin archers hide behind a rock from approaching Tengu.
Beastman Guard looking for a fight.
They've got a cave troll, I think. Oops, wrong game.
One of Chris' stellar models.
Both sides advance.
The Troll Slayer meets the giant centipede. While this fight was inconclusive, it ended shortly after with the Beastmen carrying the field.
This is a good game. Try it if you can.
Off to Moria and the LotR Strategy Battle Game. This is the first edition of the game. (I'm not sure how many times GW has had people re-buy it since, but this is the same game.)
We all know Balin died in Moria, so we decided to tempt fate and see how he and 40 of his best mates would fare against the Balrog. We played that the dwarves would win by either exiting Balin off the far edge or killing the Balrog. 12 turns.
Some of Moria's finest.
We used our old Ral Partha figs, still the best range for LotR IMO. These guys are 44 years old. (That's young for a dwarf, right?)
Armored goblins with spear support.
There he is, in all his terrifying glory. My father painted that model in 1976.
These goblin figs, especially the guys in skull helmets, may very well be my favorite models of all time.
The dwarves push inexorably forward, brushing aside the Balrog's puny goblin detail. Meanwhile, he was using his lash every turn to grab a dwarf and bring it into close combat where he would pulp it. If you look on the far left, you can see Balin. On the 3rd turn, the Balrog used his lash on him, dragged him in an did 4 wounds. Now we know how Balin died.
Fiercely and quickly, the Khazad Guard cuts through the goblins.
The first dwarf hits the bridge! He died.
The Balrog come to us. On the 3rd turn we made base to base contact with the beast. And for 9 consecutive turns he won the fight roll (getting at least one '6' eight times ((meaning he automatically won)) and on the 9th try we had 10 chances to beat a 4 and could not.)
So he killed an average of 3 dwarves a turn for the next 9 turns. The dwarves never won a fight roll, never touched him. He exited with no wounds gone for a starting 10.
I guess this is what happens when you fight a Balrog. Observe Balin's crumpled body on the bridge where the demon left him. At least he didn't fall into the chasm so he can be entombed later.
Lots of fun games and cool pics. I hope you enjoyed.
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