Forcing the Pass Scenario - Midgard

In an epic confrontation between a Viking army and a "Goth-ish" type Dark Age army. The game wasn't settled until the last roll of the dice.

Highlights included:

1. An enslaved Ogre Champion slaying a Viking minor hero in personal combat before the battle.

2. A Gothic minor hero being cut down in the first cavalry charge.

3. Waves of horse flesh crashing upon the defended high ground. 

4. The Viking Huscarls, with their commander, charging successfully several times to keep their army in the match

4. On the last roll of the dice, the Viking commander was slain, resulting in the Viking force disintegrating.

This one really could have gone either way. The Goths were down to just 3 reputation points at the end. All in all, very entertaining.

Forces of Evil Fight Back

The Forces of Evil, having lost the 'Battle for Evermore' a couple of weeks ago came back for even more. As they say "More is More", afterall! This time the Forces of Good were represented by an uneasy alliance between Dwarves and Elves. Their other allies - Men - were nowhere to be seen.

This was a scenario from the new Midgard book. Despite success on their left flank, the army of Orcs and Goblins failed to break the Dwarven shield wall on its right, and lost their toughest unit of trolls to Elf bow and spear units. 

This marks a low ebb for Orcs and Goblins, nevertheless we are sure that they will be back for yet more in the near future....

"The Battle for Evermore" - Cataclysmic Fantasy Battles

In this Led Zeppelin-esque, Tolkien-inspired mega-clash, five armies - representing good versus evil - fight it out for the future of Middle Earth at the base of the Misty Mountain.

An army of Orcs and Goblins was defeated by an army consisting of Men, Elves and Dwarves. Each side had roughly 600 points. Rules used were Midgard.

Highlights included a monstrous dwarf bombard cannon ball taking off the head of the Goblin king, killing him stone dead, when he rolled a double 1 for a risk to generals test; a unit of Orc boar chariots bouncing off a dwarven shield wall; Goblin light riders humbling some Elven horse...and many more.

The big disappointments were, respectively, The Dark Lord and the Queen of Light. They were 4 star scorcerers, although they managed to fluff most of their spell castings turn after turn and didn't have a huge influence on the battle.

Either way, Middle Earth was saved for the forces of good and the evil ones were banished forever. Well, until next time at least....