Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game

Hobby Heresy: A Hobbit Hole in a Book Nook

Sometimes, just occasionally, it's nice to bend the skills of a wargamer towards something cosy and adorable. When my dear friend and inveterate wannabe-hobbit Drew finally got the keys to her first house, my wife Alex suggested we buy...

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game: Rise of Angmar – Legions of Good

With Rise of Angmar hitting stores and gaming tables soon, Thundercloud takes a dive into the new Good units and Legendary Legions. We would like to thank GW for providing a copy of Rise of Angmar for review. New Units While Good...

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game: Rise of Angmar – Legions of Evil

With Rise of Angmar hitting stores and gaming tables soon, Thundercloud takes a dive into the new evil units and Legendary Legions. We would like to thank GW for providing a copy of Rise of Angmar for review. New Units No LOTR...

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game: Rise of Angmar – The Lore, Scenarios and Campaign

With Rise of Angmar hitting stores and gaming tables soon, Thundercloud takes a dive into the lore, scenarios and campaign in the book. We would like to thank GW for providing a copy of Rise of Angmar for review. The Lore While...

Lore Explainer: The Lands of Gondor from Middle Earth

In Lore Explainer, we take a deep look at the lore behind our favorite games, movies, and books, and talk about the story behind them and sum up what you need to know and how you can find out...

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game – Battle of Osgiliath Review

Many thanks to Games Workshop for providing a free early review copy of the new Battle Of Osgiliath boxed set. The new MESBG starter set is here! Following in the footsteps of the Battle of Pelennor Fields box, Osgiliath...

Muster the Banners – How to construct an army in Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game.

So we’ve talked a bit in other articles about different armies, and I’ve used examples of builds with different point values, but I’ve not explained why. In ME:SBG people play at a variety of points levels, and this makes...

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game: Rumil & Orophin Showcase

Many thanks to Games Workshop for providing a preview of these models. As we discussed in the recent Middle Earth Preview Roundtable, there are a grip of Elves incoming! Michael has painted up Rumil & Orophin; brothers of Haldir,...

New Year New Armies: The Return of the King

In New Year New Armies, Lupe attempts to go from a Warhammer Zero with no playable forces for any mainline Games Workshop game, to a Warhammer Hero with an army for each of Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar, and...

There’s something in those Trees: Fangorn in Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game

Do you play Imperial Knights? Do you want your opponents to go ‘wow that’s characterful’ instead of rolling their eyes when you get your models out of the case? Do you want to make no changes to how you...