Lord of the Rings: War of the Rings

Our local group's first attempt at a War of the Ring game.

We all had been building SBG armies for a while but needed a lot more models to field a decent sized WotR force, so you will see a number of unpainted / unfinished models in the mix. You may also notice my subtle proxy for Gwaihir. :-)

My army was Galadriel and a host of Lothlorien warriors, a large 6-company force of melee warriors from Mirkwood lead by Legolas, and another three unit company of Mirkwood bowmen under Thranduil. Ed had Saruman leading a large host of Uruk Hai warriors with Crossbowmen, Berserkers and Warg Riders. Although I would put my Wood Elves toe-to-toe against Isengard any day in SBG, the dramatically different play style of WotR showed you can't use the same tactics and I found my "soft" force crumble quickly to the White Hand.