Tuesday 7 January 2020

Middle Earth SBG - Fords of Isen


A bit of a late post as this was my last game of 2019 but hey, that's the way things roll recently.

With the release of the recent War in Rohan supplement for Middle Earth SBG, Kev wanted to give the troops a try out and plumped for the ever popular Fords of Isen scenario to give the rules/stats a try out.


Myself and Alan plumped for the Evil side (as usual) and Kev and Ian taking the Horsemen s side for the encounter, with all the toys supplied by Kev as usual.

The game was it's usual very enjoyable affair with the evil side having to kill Theodred and have 12 bods on the other side of the river by game's end being a very tough nut to crack.




Luckily for us this time, Ian was the 'One King' and threw multiple 1's for much of the game and the Uruk Hai shooting was pretty effective when the Multitude of Rohan Mounted re-enforcements arrived being mown down as if facing machine guns.

Needless to say, the game was a ding-dong affair with much splashing about and only a couple of Uruks drowning trying to cross at the deep end and much heroics on both sides and Theodred refusing to die gracefully, but die he did in suitable style surrounded and alone on the evil side of the river and the evil side just managing to squeeze the victory on the last (twelvth) round of the game with having twelve bods alive and on the other side. Skin of the teeth stuff.

Anybody's game right to the end and a great way to end the year with. Look forward to more Middle Earth shenanigans this year.

10 comments:

  1. Nice little game, one that I need to revisit.

    Cheers, Ross

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    1. Cheers Ross, You should do, I always enjoy the Middle Earth outings that Kev organises and the other forays I've had with the SBG

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  2. Over on my blog you expressed an interest in Bombadil and Goldberry models. I checked last night and I have unpainted spares (in fact I have 4 spare Bombadils!, but just one Goldberry) Let me know if you'd like them.

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    1. That would be great, would love to have the models if you have the spares

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    2. Drop me a line twd6968 at Gmail dot com and we can sort it out.

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  3. Rohan characters, cavalry, foot and a Helms Deep going soon.

    Cheers, Ross

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    1. Shedding excess to requirements R?

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    2. Yes, having a much needed look at the lead pile and moving stuff on to make way for the old stuff 😎

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  4. Love that water board. I did up a board for the fords of Isen last year, but never finished up the water feature pieces (so right now it's just a field in the middle). Such an iconic location.

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    1. Worth doing the terrain board, the Fords of Isen is a particular favourite and can be played lots of times not just with Middle Earth SBG

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