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is. The movie stills are clear. The miniature pictures are
brilliant and beautiful. The text was all easy to read and
the examples were all well laid out and easy to follow.
The binding looks solid and I’d expect it to hold up very
well. So far, big thumbs up just on the box contents
alone.
THE GAME
Ok, on to the meat of the book. You’ll start off a game by
choosing a scenario (there are ten of them in the book)
and then grabbing your figures. They have pre-set
participants, but also allow you to buy forces, with point
values also presented in the book, if you’d rather deviate
from the ‘script’. As in the movie, not all of the scenarios
are even. As an example in the ‘Deeping Wall’ scenario
the evil side gets three times as many points to spend on
troops as the good side.
Unlike Warhammer, and 40K, who goes first each turn is
randomized every turn, not just determined at the
beginning of the game. As the turn sequence continues
the game continues to differ from GW’s two signature
games. Player 1, or the one with Priority, moves first then
Player 2. Then we take turns shooting, with Player 1
resolving all of his before Player 2 gets to shoot. Having
priority is a very good thing indeed! Determining hits is
Just a look at the model’s profile as the number needed,
on a single d6, is listed along with their hand-to-hand
combat value. Rolling to wound will be familiar to
Warhammer players, but here you are comparing Defense
to Strength. On to hand-to-hand. The player with priority
will decide in what order combats are resolved. One-on-
One Combats are resolved by each player rolling a d6 and
the highest has ‘won’. If there is a tie you consult their
Fighting rating and then the one with the highest has
‘won’. Losers are automatically pushed back and then you
roll to wound, again a Defense to Strength comparison.
So, you’re saying that a lowly orc warrior has an equal
chance of gutting Gimli as he does on the orc? No, not
quite. Ok, so let’s say that the orc beats Gimli’s die roll in
the combat and wins. Gimli steps back 1” and now the
orc has to roll a 6 backed up by a 4 to wound the stalwart
dwarf. If they had tied their combat roll then Gimli wins.
If Gimli wins outright, then, err, Gimli wins. Also, Gimli
has two attacks so he gets to roll two dice to resolve the
combat and pick the highest. The orc just gets to pick his
nose. Multiple foes fighting one defender (like a bunch of
goblins dog-piling on you) are not the automatic beatdowns
that you might expect. Three gobbos fighting an
elf would result in the greenskins rolling three dice and
choosing the highest and the elf rolling his one die.
Cavalry are mainly a delivery system for your troops, but
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