Here are a few of Pictures I took of some pregame maneuvers between my forces of Gondor and Franks Dwarves of Khazad-dum. I will have some more from the first round of battles this past Monday when a handful of Generals from across Middle Earth gathered at Gamers Haven to give battle and commence the Campaign. The rest of the pics will be up in a day or two.

The Thundering Hooves and Flapping Banners of Minas Tirith Knights

Arathorn and Halbarad lead the Rangers into battle.

Khazad-dum on the attack

The Grey Company Crosses the Parched Earth

Campaign Rules for LOTR “Rumors of War”

Fighting is breaking out in Middle Earth.  Just small skirmishes, but its getting worse and worse.  People are starting to talk that their soon might be an all out war between Good and Evil.

That’s the setting for our campaign we are starting here at Gamers Haven.  The purpose of the campaign is to have players build new LOTR armies adding to their forces a little each month until they have a 1500 point army completed by October and 2000 pts in November.  We will start playing small skirmish games and eventually end up playing larger and larger battles until all out war breaks out in Middle Earth.  We might even have a mega-battle in December.

We will start out using the LOTR Strategy Battles rules for games up to 750 points and switch over to the War of the Ring Rule Book for larger games.  We will keep track of the battle results between good and evil so we can declare a winning side in November.

Players will be rewarded for participation for both painting and playing.  The winner will not necessarily be the best paint job or the best player.  Prizes will be awarded at the 350, 750 and 1500 point levels.  Here is how you will win.  When you bring in your army to play each month if its all painted you get a ticket added to the jar for the next prize drawing.  When you play your one required game each month each player gets a ticket for the drawing.  Any additional games you play that month earns you another ticket for the drawing.  Each additional game you play has to meet the following requirements:  you may play any of the other campaign participants at Gamers Haven at the monthly current point value or larger.  When the first drawing is done at 350 points the tickets will all be thrown away and you start earning tickets for the next drawing.  So, the more you play the better your chances to win something.  That’s three chances to win a prize plus prizes for the winning good or evil team at the end of the campaign.

We have 14 players with seven on each side and Steve Gusky is setting up a method for us all to stay in contact through email etc.  I will track the results and post them on our web site so others can track the progress of Good vs. Evil.  Everyone is in the process of building their first 150 point force and the first set of games will be in Feburary.  Make sure your army is painted when you bring it in to play so you earn that extra ticket for the drawing.

Let the battles begin.

If your interested in finding out more about the LOTR Strategy Battle game stop in and check it out.  If you already play and are looking for some competition we can introduce you to some of the group that are looking to play.