AAR: Lord of the Rings: New Battle Companies Games

       This weekend, Kalissa and I were able to get the new version of Lord of the Rings: Battle Companies. Because of this, we had to re-invent our battle companies that we had in the older version. I am not sure how everyone else will feel about this when we meet up with the rest of the players later this week, since Kalissa and I have ran through seven games in one day. This just means that we have gained a lot of upgrades and troops from the starting company. And we would have had more people if we did not already kill permanently six characters. That is how the game goes. Either way, we tend to have fairly fast and furious games. This post is to share some of the games. 

Batman! The Dark Knight Rises at Our House!

   Just recently, Kalissa and I received our Batman game from a Kickstarter we did not too long ago. Nothing says "yes" to me like coming home to a rather large box that is filled with goodies. Even though, this is a massive board game with lots of missions and such, I still look forward to making a 3D board for this game. It is just my nature. The figures did not come painted, but I have found that with each mission I can pace myself fairly easy to finish the job. I think I did fairly well to start with.

In the first game, I felt that it is definitely worth the Kickstarter. This is especially, true when Batman barely survived the first game. We will see what happens with the next episode. 

AAR: What A Tanker: 15mm Tank Battles!

      These were pictures of some recent What a Tanker games. It only seems fair to try to play on commission mats I make before they are sent out into the world. I like to say that this is for testing purposes. What A Tanker works out great with testing mats. Plus, it is a fun and easy game. Kalissa and I initially started play a game while waiting for more people to show up at Hobbytown, U.S.A. We, then, recruited more players for the next game. This gave me a chance to see how brutal the King Tiger was with this rules. It turns out that it is a bad ass like it should be in other game. Rolling errors in my part tend to make a King Tiger not that big of a deal. An SU-100 took it out in the end after a couple of kills. Anyway, below are the highlight pictures of both games. Enjoy!

AAR: Lord of the Rings: Cutting Down Orcs

     This was another round of Lord of the Rings gaming using Battle Companies. It turned out to be a 3 versus 3 battle. Oddly enough, this time we had some evil Dwarves with the Orcs. The Good had two Rohan companies and a hero-fest of Elves. No problem! The goal was to capture and hold on to Frodo in the center and then, see which companies break. In this game, the Orcs did not have a chance despite trying to fortify the farm in the middle of the board. The humans and elves apparently went to practice at the range, since they had nearing no problem picking off Orcs from a distance.
Anyway, here are the photos of this game. Enjoy!