Calling all LOTR players

[keithdone]

The Aircon LOTR tournament has been rescheduled as a single day event for the 21st November 2004.

The Weta Trophy is still up for grabs and we hoe to entice all you LoTR players out of the woodwork with a special incentive entry fee of a low $10 ($8 for LXG members).

Call me on 33988745 for more information!

Regards,

Keith

[draco84oz]

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Ooooooooooh, this is going to be fun fun fun fun.

TEXTBY THE POWER OF THE WHITE HAND!!!!!!!

[keithdone]

The details have been finalised. Euan is snowed under with study, so Ado will run the revised LotR tournament.

Ado is hosting a One Day Lord of the Rings Miniatures Tournament at the meeting of the LXG on the 21st November.

Armies: From the Rules Books/Lord of the Rings manuals, Official Supplements for example, White Dwarf and Games Workshop web site.
750 points - rules from the "Points Match" (e.g only 33% missile troops and so on).

Three games will be played during the day, competitors selected by a Swiss chess draw (if there are even numbers on the same score evil will play good when ever possible).
Scenarios used for the games are "Relief Force" and "Pitched Battle". These will be played until one side has lost 50% or the ref calls time.

There will be prizes/trophies for:
Best General (Highest battle score)*
Best Painted (Judged by the players)
Best Sportsperson (Judged by the players)

This tournament is open to everyone:

LXG $3 entry

Non LXG: $5 entry

For further details please contact Adrian "Ado" @ [e-mail]
Or call 3276 8051.


* NB The Best General wins the Lurtz statuette donated by Weta NZ.

[Ado]

Extra info on rules

Thanx to the Orctomberfest LotR organiser!

This tournament is on before the Orctomberfest so treat it as practise match before the two-day event.

Force maximum 750 points.

Armies can be created using any models from the forces section of The Lord of the Rings Manuals and Official Supplements may be taken.

The force must have at least 1 hero to lead it into battle.

Only one model – including heroes & monsters - with a point’s cost of 200 points or more may be fielded in any force. The high points for the competition allows high points cost models to be taken.

No more than 1/3 of the models used may be armed with bows or crossbows.

Hero’s, such as Galadriel, whose profile changes depending on their location, count as “beyond the borders of their realm’; thus Tom Bombadil & Goldberry cannot be used since they never leave their Forest.

Gandalf may be used and paid for as Grey or White. If points paid as Gandalf the Grey, he cannot use spells for Gandalf the White.

The minimum force is 9 figures – the same as the Fellowship

There is no maximum number of figures, but we would ask anyone fielding a large number of figures to move them quickly

Bring the Balrog/Sauron/TreeBeard/Shelob or Aragon

Just bring a force you think will be fun to play.

Armies judge by the players for painting and sports will probably be the forces that really represent the forces of the Movie/Books.

Good Luck Guys

Ado (Man, I wish I could play!)

[shags]

Where can we find those scenarios? They aren't in the rulebook.



Shags

[draco84oz]

shags said:

Where can we find those scenarios? They aren't in the rulebook.



Shags

They're scenarios 1 and 4 from the Points Match Rules in White Dwarf #289 (January 2004) - pp 82-89.

Not avaliable on GW Online yet

[shags]

Thanks, I had no intention of going through every white dwarf and looking for it.


Shags

[shags]

BTW i want to see as many Mumaks as possible people. If i don't play one i will be very dissapointed.


Shags

[keithdone]

So, if I tape a rubber hose to my face and walk on all fours on the table, will that do........


Regards,

Keith

[shags]

Scary image keith

[Ado]

second that shags ;D

I will try to get the scenarios up on this thread tomorrow - I've been a little tired after Moab "Must be getting old not to handle 3 days of gaming and all the driving.

In short Moab was huge! Great fun! and will be providing inspiration for me to run FoW, LotR's which were both very well attended and smoothly run tournaments.

For those guys wondering about the armies I have

I can do both Uruk-Hai and Rohan rider easily 1000 point of each "Not painted" just send me an email to ask what's available or better still send in a wish list army list and I'll see if I have the models.

I have quite a few Orcs and goblins “Who doesn’t have a heap of goblins?” and some warg riders for the forces of darkness but not enough to do a 1000 points.


1st in will get the chance to use the armies.

[draco84oz]

shags said:

BTW i want to see as many Mumaks as possible people. If i don't play one i will be very dissapointed.


Shags

Mumaks?! Jeez, forget the orc bows, bring on the crossbows!

BY THE POWER OF THE WHITE HAND!

[shags]

The way i see it is...

If you play against a Mumak and lose, then it's ok because it was against something big and nasty like a Mumak.

If you play against a Mumak and win then it's awesome cause you killed something big and nasty like a mumak!!


IT's a win win situation


Shags

[draco84oz]

shags said:

The way i see it is...

If you play against a Mumak and lose, then it's ok because it was against something big and nasty like a Mumak.

If you play against a Mumak and win then it's awesome cause you killed something big and nasty like a mumak!!


IT's a win win situation


Shags

To get rid of a Murmak, one must first shoot as many arrows as one can at it, and with the resulting wounds caused, one can simply sit back and watch as it walks all over the enemy's army.

Alternatively, having a mighty hero such as Aragorn in reserve will do well.

[shags]

I've got a better idea, but that's a secret