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April 29, 2009

War of the Ring

Sorry about the lack of update. There's a very good reason for that: The new War of the Ring release from GW. I have spent most of my hobby time in the last 2 months either trolling trolling through eBay looking for figures, painting them, or working on building an army.

The Rules are probably the best I've seen from GW (some called it what Warhammer Fantasy battle SHOULD be). The rules are more abstract than WHFB (you do not worry about strict movement paths and number of figures in a rank. Geometry is much less important which I feel is what make games like WHFB or DBx complicated.

While it shares the figure range with their skirmish game (Strategy Battle game, often called LOTR:SBG for short), the rules are very different, not just a mass combat "variant". Basic turn structure is still interleaved IGO-UGO (I move, you move, I shoot, you shoot, I charge, you charge, then we fight melee). The concept of MIGHT is also preserved (i.e. heros use might to do cool things). Some other major difference:

1) Organization: Figures are organized into company (a stand) of 8 inf or 2 cav, and then company is organized into "Formations" (Units) of from 1 to 9 companies, depending on troop type.

2) Mechanics: Movement is very stylized. If you have enough distance you can move a company, exact how you get there is not important so this should speed up play and cut down on argument.

3) Fighting: Instead of rolling hit/kill/saves, the system gets converted into a single throw of massive number of dice. If you get offended throwing 40 dice in one combat then this is not a system for you.

4) Magic: A new spell system for GW that let you cast varaible number of spells with variable likelyhood of success. Some does not like the uncertainty but being a gamer who believe in Chaotic school of rules I like it.

5) Heoric Actions: A major theme of the game IMO. WHile rank and file troops can perform ordinary feats of arms, the game is won through using a hero's might at critical moments to achieve that special advantage. The amount of special actions has been greatly expanded to allow more interesting combos.

My thoughrs after about 4 games:

A) Speed of play. The game moves fast. With when a charge goes off it's not surprising to see entire formation decimated. Definitely not a good set of rules to simulate attritional warfare, but makes for a good fantasy rules set with strong narrative.

B) Modern Game play: Since the arrival of magic many game systems have a "combo" type of hook (Warmachine is the first thing that comes to mind). Now WOTR bring the same kinda of mechanism to Massed army games. While some may decry this as "cheese", what happens in WOTR are not really broken IMO so it gives it that extra tactical dimension of "getting your combo out".

C) Cool Models: FOr once GW launches a new system and all 8 factions are more or less complete with figures (there are new stuff coming out of course but there's enough core troops to get started now). I've always liked the range but never really collected given that I am not a big fan of the SBG rules (I play for social reason since many in my gaming circle are fans). One additional good thing about the figs: They are relatively easy to paint given their muted palate so you can crank out an army pretty fast (I did 18 Riders of Rohan in 2 evenings, must be a record for me).

So now I have a 1000 pts Rohan army and a 1000 orc army. Next some battle reports...

Posted by msoong at April 29, 2009 11:56 AM

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