Armies of The Lord of The Rings

The first of the companion books that came out last year for the Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game 6th edition, this comprehensive book contains all the armies from the Lord of the Rings part of the game.

For those looking for Dale, Gundabad or other Hobbit armies, they will be featured in a future article...

But this big boy then.  Coming in at 240 pages, this is one hefty volume filled with great movie scene pictures on the one hand, and pictures of painted models on the other.

It is divided in two main lists, the Good section and the Evil section, each containing a heap of forces inside, for a total of 16 Good and 11 Evil lists.  While I do plan on eventually getting at least a 400 point force for each and every one of them minimum, not all of them are instant "wants" to expand upon.

But there is more to this book.  It contains an (updated) Allies matrix like the main rulebook, but it also has a section on Narrative play scenarios, ranging from The Last Alliance over Ambush at Ithilien all the way to The Battle of Bywater, 11 in total to field the forces with found in this book.

So a truly "must have" for you if you are getting into the game, as you will need all those stats and special rules, as well as the army specific bonus special rule (call it a trait if you want).

For Frodo!