This is my first battle report. Hopefully many more are to come!
Anyway, on to the action.
We rolled for a random points match battle, and got Reconnoitre. My opponent and I had agreed to a 400 point limit.
Isengard had won priority the first turn, so they would get to shoot first. Because the mounted Captain of Rohan has two archers aiming their bows at him, he decides to use a point of might and call a heroic shot. However, the Orc Captain counters with a heroic action of his own! A dice roll is made and the good side wins. The mounted Rohan Captain takes aim, throws his spear, and completely misses! He shouts "Fire!", hoping to cover up his mistake, and the Riders of Rohan release their arrows, to similar effect. Two Warriors of Rohan also throw their spears, and they too miss. The Orc Captain smiles, pulls back his bow, and misses (At this point it wasn't suprising anymore). He motions to his archers, who pull back their bows, and wait; you guessed it; also miss.
With no fights, we moved on to Turn 2.
Both my opponent's warbands got onto the board this turn. However, Haldir didn't arrive yet.
The Orc Captain and two Warg Riders attack the group of Warriors of Rohan, one Warg Rider is killed and his Warg flees, and the other Warg Rider is killed but his mount stays. Elsewhere the Captain of Rohan and his riders kill two orcs (Their Wargs pass courage tests) and a Berserker. Lurtz, irritated at being held in combat by one Rider of Rohan, slays his opponent easily, as does a nearby Berserker. The Orc Captain's mount pounces on its prey, a Warrior of Rohan, and swallows him whole (the Warg has a stomach ache for days afterwards for eating all that metal and wood).
In the next turn Haldir finally arrives (about time!) as the Warg Captain and riderless Warg continue their attack on the Warriors of Rohan. Another Warrior of Rohan throws himself into combat with Lurtz and loses his life to the Uruk's sword. The Wargs and Riders of Rohan continue their clash, one of the Wargs is slain.
Another Rider of Rohan attempts to attack the Uruk-hai Crossbowmen that are keeping up a steady stream of fire, but is killed instead (at least he stopped them from shooting that turn!).
The mounted Captain of Rohan charges into combat with the banner, is charged by two other Uruk-hai, but wins the fight and slays all three of them (no more re-roll from the banner) using one might point. At the end of the turn, the board looked like this:
Isengard won priority next turn and decided to try and get at least one troop off the board (the Warg Rider with the riderless Warg as an escort. The Orc Captain and some Uruk-hai Warriors attack the Warriors of Rohan. While the other Uruk-hai hold the Riders of Rohan in check (so as to prevent them from attacking the escaping Warg Rider).
The mounted Captain and a Rider attack Lurtz, they lose the fight but no wounds are dealt.
Shot of the fleeing Warg Rider.
An Uruk-hai is killed by a Rider of Rohan, breaking the Evil force. The next turn the Orc Captain is killed and the over the next two turns most of the Uruk-hai are either killed or flee.
The board at the end of the game:
The game ended because the Uruk-hai were reduced to 25% of their starting forces. The points were tallied, no models had managed to leave the table but my Good force was unbroken and the Evil side was broken so the final score was 3VP- Good, 0VP- Evil.
Good- Man of the Match- The mounted Rohan Captain who killed three Uruk-hai in one fight phase.
Evil- Creature of the Match- Crossbowmen, for keeping up a steady stream of fire and eliminating several good warriors.
Thank you for reading, more to come soon!
