LOTR Campaign results

[will]

So Will and I had our last game as Gondor attempted to drive the Orcs from it's borders by removing them from Mordor for good. Such vanity. The plains of Gorgoroth are not so easily quieted!

A truly great game. Both sides broken. Heroism and dastardly deeds abound. Faramir fell, transfixed by the Witchking. Captain and Knight slaying Orc after Orc as the weight of numbers began to tell and the flower of Gondor's nobility was laid low around them. Until at the end only a handful were left, the witch king looming over them on his vile winged beast.

It was such a great game and because we ran out of time we decided to call it a draw. Gondor was just ahead on points but it was too close to call without playing it out.

Gondor retreats through the Morgul Vale back to the fair lands of a Ithilien. There is a foul power alive in Mordor once more, a shadow of a greater evil? Surely a question for the Istari to answer!

Firinir (my Faramir) was wounded! Rolling 4 - misses next game.
My Knight, Aradir gained +1 courage.
My Captain, Herion gained +1 strength (the hero of the campaign for Gondor!)

Absolutely brilliant game, Will, brilliant. A fitting end!

Yeah it was amazing. Thanks for a fun game, Full of daring deeds and nefarious magic. First time I've used a fell beast and the witch king, he is truly a force to be reckoned with, just killing man after man. A lot of brave gondorians sold their lives to keep him at bay (for a while )

Very few orcs survived at the end, one orc captain foolishly decided to challenge Herion and played for his foolishness while the other orc captain held the right flank killing many men but his successes lead to his downfall as he where isolated and pulled down by weight of numbers. The shaman must have realized he was in for a severe talking to from the witch king after failing to cast his magic so became the hero I needed and got stuck in killing a fair few men and using his leadership abilities to hold what was left of the horde together while the witch king was off feeding men to his fellbeast.

I have no idea how it would have ended, seemed to swing from one side to another every turn, possibly we would have just wiped each other out it definitely felt like it was going that way. Truly epic!

The witch king will hold and rebuild his shattered force. While the orc force in dol guldur will assemble a small strike force for the coming battle next week.