Saturday 8 May 2021 – Preceding the Battle of Bywater, only one conflict of any scale is recorded in the Shire, that of Greenfields. The bold and overconfident Orc chieftain Golfimbul led a large party of Warg Riders through the patrolling Rangers and into the green lands beyond. Though he lost many of his followers …
Read more “Scouring of the Shire (2004) – Appendix – Scenario 9: The Battle of Greenfields”
Thursday 25 March 2021 – By 1903, the Shire had been established for more than 300 years, and some of the Periannath were starting to grow restless. Though life in the Shire was good, and its people prosperous, for some the chance of finding new lands was too much of a lure. Though Eriador was …
Read more “Scouring of the Shire (2004) – Appendix – Scenario 8: Whatever happened to Halfast?”
Please note: I lost most of the images that were in the original article, so this is now a mostly text-based report. Monday 15 March 2021 – In the year 1601, the king of Arnor granted permission to the Periannath to dwell in the land between the Baranduin and the Tower Hills. Few detailed records …
Read more “Scouring of the Shire (2004) – Appendix – Scenario 7: Founding of the Shire”
Sunday 1 November 2020 – A small group of Riders of Rohan chase the remains of a Warg Riders raiding force northwards, to Fangorn forest. The Orcs come to a halt on the outskirts of the wood and the Rohirrim, seeing their chance, spur forward to run down the foul creatures. As they draw close …
Friday 16 October 2020 – Having defeated an Orc raid on Rivendell, an Elf force led by Glorfindel is pursuing the survivors towards the Ettenmoors. Unfortunately, as night comes down, the Orcs recover their courage and turn to face their pursuers. To make matters worse, Glorfindel’s scouts warn him that a Goblin war party has …
Read more “Shadow & Flame – Appendix – Scenario 6: Surrounded!”
Monday 05 October 2020 – Upon taking leave of Tom Bombadil, the Hobbits travel through the Barrow Downs towards Bree. As night comes on, a chill mist comes down, and the Hobbits stray from the path, soon losing each other in the hills. Danger lurks within the mist as the Barrow-wights try to lure the …
Read more “Shadow & Flame – Appendix – Scenario 5: Fog on the Barrow Downs”
Monday 30 March 2020 – After the assault on Helm’s Deep, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli realize that they are needed in Gondor. Aragorn will go to Osgiliath to delay the assault on Minas Tirith, while Legolas and Gimli will travel with Gandalf to Minas Tirith to warn the Men of the White City of their …
Thursday 20 February 2020 – Having escaped the city of Osgiliath through the sewers, Frodo and Sam are tricked into entering Shelob’s Lair. Gollum’s master plan comes to fruition as a certain hungry spider enters the scene. This scenario is found in BGiME magazine #63 and is played exactly as described, except I’m using the …
Statistics Here are some statistics for the Two Towers DeAgostini campaign: Total number of scenarios: 12 Number of Good victories: 6 (40 Victory Points) Number of Draws: 0 Number of Evil victories: 6 (33 Victory Points) Total number of kills performed by named Heroes: 141 for Good, 2 for Evil Total number of unique miniatures …
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Wednesday 19 February 2020 – Having escaped the assault on the ranger base at the Forbidden Pool, Frodo, Sam and Gollum will now leave the city of Osgiliath to try and enter the lands of Mordor undetected. They escape through the sewers and are escorted by a small patrol of warriors of Minas Tirith. They …