Special Event: Battle for Middle Earth, Historicon 2023

[David Kuijt]

The Battle for Middle Earth

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This is an event that I've been wanting to run for a long time! Players pick one of a number of armies at the end of the Third Age, fighting for the West or for the Shadow. Exact details will be forthcoming as we get closer to the event. The main reason for this LONG advance notice is to give players time to build and bring their own army. Advance signup begins now. I will be publishing the army lists in a week or so -- this is not completely free-form.

WHEN: Historicon 2023. June 19-23rd. Exact date and time to be determined, based upon other events we will be running at that convention.
WHERE: Lancaster County Convention Center
SCALE: 28-30mm figures on 80mm wide bases only. Bring your own army. Advance signup required.

ADVANCE SIGNUP: If you signup for an army, you are committed to coming and nobody else will be able to field that army. Which means if real life happens and your plans change, you must let me know so I can free up your slot for another player.



AVAILABLE ARMIES:
My initial aim is to have 14-16 players as follows. If sufficient signups come in, I will expand.

Forces of the West:

• Elves of Mirkwood and Lothlorien: <available>
• Men of Rhovanian and Dale: <available>
• Dwarven Kingdom of Erebor and the Iron Hills: Troy Heck (Adam Stephen on FB)
• Rohan: <available>
• Gondor (Ithilien and Minas Tirith): <available>
• Gondor (Dol Amroth and the South): <available>
• flex (a second Rohan or Elven or a third Gondor): <available>

Forces of the Shadow:

• Misty Mountain Goblins: Keith Stemmel
• Mordor (Dol Guldur): <available>
• Mordor (the Black Gate): Spencer Ginder
• Mordor (Minas Morgul): <available>
• Easterlings: Mike Guth
• Haradrim: Rod Cain
• Southrons: <available>
• Saruman: <available> Saruman may not be present in the army -- he doesn't put himself at risk that way.
• flex (Umbar, Khand, or Mount Gundabad Goblins): <available>

ARMY LISTS: Armies will be 51 pts from a described list. All battle cards must be paid for -- nothing for free.
To save space on the forum, here's the link to the Google Doc where I am developing the army lists for this event:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

[Rod]

Haradrim Please!

[David Kuijt]

Haradrim Please!

You got it, Rod.

[michaelguth]

I have the Easterling army, just need to rebase.

Guth

[David Kuijt]

I have the Easterling army, just need to rebase.

Guth

You got it, Mike.

[David Kuijt]

To save space on the forum, here's the link to the Google Doc where I am developing the army lists for this event:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

[David Kuijt]

5 players signed up now; plus me (waiting until the last minute to fill space -- I've got almost all those armies). Very likely also attending (but not signed up yet) are Larry Weichel and Brian Peruski and Dave Schlanger. So that's 9.

The Battle for Middle Earth

This is an event that I've been wanting to run for a long time! Players pick one of a number of armies at the end of the Third Age, fighting for the West or for the Shadow. Exact details will be forthcoming as we get closer to the event. The main reason for this LONG advance notice is to give players time to build and bring their own army. Advance signup begins now. This is not completely free-form -- there are a set of army lists for each power. See the end of this note for a link.

WHEN: Historicon 2023. June 19-23rd. Exact date and time to be determined, based upon other events we will be running at that convention.
WHERE: Lancaster County Convention Center
SCALE: 28-30mm figures on 80mm wide bases only. Bring your own army. Advance signup required.

ADVANCE SIGNUP: If you signup for an army, you've got it and nobody else can take it. So you are committed to coming. Which means if real life happens and your plans change (as sometimes happens), you must let me know so I can free up your slot for another player.



AVAILABLE ARMIES:
My initial aim is to have 14-16 players as follows. If sufficient signups come in, I will expand.

Forces of the West:

• Elves of Mirkwood and Lothlorien: <available>
• Men of Rhovanian and Dale: <available>
• Dwarven Kingdom of Erebor and the Iron Hills: Troy Heck (Adam Stephen on FB)
• Rohan: <available>
• Gondor (Ithilien and Minas Tirith): <available>
• Gondor (Dol Amroth and the South): <available>
• flex (a second Rohan or Elven or a third Gondor): <available>

Forces of the Shadow:

• Misty Mountain Goblins: Keith Stemmel
• Mordor (Dol Guldur): <available>
• Mordor (the Black Gate): Spencer Ginder
• Mordor (Minas Morgul): <available>
• Easterlings: Mike Guth
• Haradrim: Rod Cain
• Southrons: <available>
• Saruman: <available> Saruman may not be present in the army -- he doesn't put himself at risk that way.
• flex (Umbar, Khand, or Mount Gundabad Goblins): <available>

ARMY LISTS: Armies will be 51 pts from a described list. All battle cards must be paid for -- nothing for free.
To save space on the forum, here's the link to the Google Doc where I am developing the army lists for this event:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

[Texus Maximus]

I am considering taking “Mount Gundabad Orcs”; would that use the Misty Mountain Goblins list?

[David Kuijt]

I am considering taking “Mount Gundabad Orcs”; would that use the Misty Mountain Goblins list?

Mostly. Let me glance at the list for a moment and make it up. Hold on...

Done.

Yes, that's good. I was thinking about taking away their possible Nazgul hero, but even though the Nazgul didn't spend any time up there during the hunt for Frodo, half the Nazgul were on other tasks even during the assault on Minas Tirith, and one could easily have been assigned up there if Sauron thought it worthwhile.

I've modded it very slightly. In progress right now...

Done. The two lists are almost the same, but the Gundabaddies could go 0-2 Trolls or Hill Giants (rather than 0-1) and can only go 0-2 Horde (rather than 0-6). Heart of the army is the same.

Let me know (you only have six months to decide, unless someone else takes the Goblin list first).

[Texus Maximus]

I will take the Mount Gundabad Orcs please. Thanks!