Introduction

To accompany the release of the War of The Ring, we decided that it was only right and proper to show a battle played out in full, and include some details on the tactics and tricks that both players unleashed throughout the course of the game. For the protagonists we decided to pit Mat Ward against Adam Troke, reviving an old rivalry between Mat (the games author) and Adam (the Studio's resident Hobbit-friend).

Both players have been enthusiastically building up their armies since the rules for War of The Ring were written, and agreed to fight a 1500 points battle - allowing for plenty of the models in their collections.

For the scenario, both players agreed to play the game in the manner described in the 'To Battle!" section of the rulebook, which meant rolling to determine deployment and objective, but first let's check out their armies.