Special Event: Battle for Middle Earth, Historicon 2023

[chriscoz]

Trying out fantasy Triumph in prep for LoTR at Historicon. Mordor: Dol Guldur vs Mirkwood

[David Kuijt]

I'm loving that two-headed troll!

[David Kuijt]

Mike S is going to be in Poland instead of Historicon, so he's sadly dropped out of the LOTR campaign.

As such, Saruman is available.

[David Kuijt]

Finished version of the heraldry tile for the Kingdom of Dale.

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[Rod]

Looks good

[chriscoz]

Should we supply / make our own tokens for the campaign? Thanks.

[David Kuijt]

Should we supply / make our own tokens for the campaign? Thanks.

Hey Chris,

No, they're already done. Here's most of them (picture blurry, because taken in low light):

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[David Kuijt]

14 players signed up now; after including me and DS. Mike S had to drop out (will be in Poland); Rod's friend Mark won't be able to make the long drive from Michigan.
Does anyone have an appropriate 80mm base Saruman army they could bring, in case we can recruit a signup at the convention?
Rod will be bringing the Southron army Mark was going to field as a loaner.


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 22rd. Saturday Evening
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:
We're even again; that means new signups need to be in pairs to make things work. Bring a friend!

Forces of the West:

• Elves of Mirkwood: Glenn Cosentino
• Elves of Lothlorien: Larry Weichel
• Gondor (Dol Amroth and the South): Chris Cosentino
• Dwarven Kingdom of Erebor and the Iron Hills: Troy Heck (Adam Stephen on FB)
• Rohan: Brian Peruski
• Men of Rhovanian and Dale: Aaron Cain
• Gondor (Ithilien and Minas Tirith): one of the Davids
• flex (a second Rohan or a third Gondor): <available>

Forces of the Shadow:

• Misty Mountain Goblins: Keith Stemmel
• Mount Gundabad Goblins: Paul Pecena
• Mordor (Dol Guldur): Andrew Cosentino
• Mordor (the Black Gate): Spencer Ginder
• Saruman: <available>
• Easterlings: Mike Guth
• Haradrim: Rod Cain
• Southrons: <available, and we have a loaner if you don't have an army and want to play>
• Mordor (Minas Morgul): one of the Davids
• flex (Umbar, Khand, or another Southron): <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

[David Kuijt]

Everyone -- please bring 80mm legal Triumph terrain if you have it. We'll have some loaner terrain, and I'm in the process of cutting up old 24" legacy boards to make more, but if you've got your own, bring it.

And if you have your own generic (green) legal Triumph 80mm battlemat, please bring that as well. We will have enough, I hope, but some of them are going to be repurposed from slightly odd things -- two white/snow/ice boards created for DS and my Ice Elemental/Snow Barbarian armies, for example. One underground board intended for a Drow/Underdark/Utapau set of armies. I'm hoping I don't have to use the (very nice) board I created for a Star Wars demo built for 80mm Triumph battles inside a Star Destroyer.

If you're bringing a battlemat, please let me know.

[michaelguth]

IF you are a a single person wanting to join the campaign you are welcome to take my Easterlings into battle. I'd be happy to give you my spot. You can message me or post a response to this note.

Guth