SIEGE of Minas Tirith | Battle Report | Atop The Walls ~ Lord of the Rings
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 24. 08. 2020
- The White City burns! Sauron's hordes are unleashed! The greatest siege in Middle Earth history has BEGUN!
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Minas Tirith, it is here the hammer stroke will fall hardest. Sauron's labour of war is long prepared and he now unleashes his full might on this bastion of the men of the west. This battle report launches our new Middle Earth Campaign, 'Minas Tirith in Flames', a Lord of the Rings Warhammer companion series to our Minas Tirith Scenery guides.
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This video reviews content from the Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game formerly known as Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game and The Hobbit Strategy Battle Game. MESBG is a skirmish style war game developed by Games Workshop, based off the incredible artwork from the three films by Peter Jackson as well as drawing inspiration directly from the books. Players take control of the forces of good and evil and play out epic moments from the Lord of the Rings in anything from small heroes driven scenarios to epic battles utilising hundreds of models. To find out more, head over to www.games-workshop.com
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Just like in the War in Rohan videos Ryan still talks the audience through his thinking and tactics very well! Definitely Zorpazorps best co-host! :)
He is a goodun
This is some high quality shit. So glad people are still playing this game. My first love in games workshop
Mine too Kim!!
Honestly one of the better games they've ever produced. Had its flaws across the different versions, but the hero point system and the general mechanics are so fun and contain a lot of depth in them. Shame it's so hard to find people who are interested in these post-Hobbit and covid days.
@@Andyp12 Yeah SBG is GW's best system for me :)
Those siege towers look a whole lot better than the milk carton stand-ins I used growing up. Everything here is absolutely awesome, can't wait to see the rest
Hahaha they're baller aren't they!
@@Fudg3yFalcon Well they're not store bought, but as for 'home' built, we're not sure ytet. More in a future video!
Need that siege tower tutorial!! its awesome!
Coming soon!
I second that!
Need it tooâ€ïžđđ
How soon? đ
Oh man, whereâs that siege tower tutorial? We need to start making those and donate them
Your channel is absolute eyecandy for every LotR player, thanks for the quality material!
Glad you enjoy it!
Wow. Zorpazorp always going that extra mile. You don't NEED beautiful siege towers to play this scenario, but they looked so awesome and menacing towering over the walls. You don't NEED a battlefield strewn with corpses but damn, seeing that in the background while fighting atop the best Minas Tirith ever made is an awe-inspiring sight.
Looking forward to a showcase on those towers !
I disagree! I NEED AL LTHOSE THINGS hahahaha :) :) glad you're loving it all bro, thanks for watching :)
Love this! Good friends kicking back and rolling some dice, it doesn't get much better đ Awesome bat rep, and I'm so glad the LOTR Warhammer scene still has so much admiration. Thanks you two, looking forward to seeing more! â€
Yes! Thank you!
YEEEEEEESSSSSSS. This i what weâve been waiting for! Keep it up Lachie
Will do Ritchey!!
Love these battle reports! Been trying to convince people in my group to do some massive themed battles. Also just recently got two LotR tattoos!
Oh hell yeah dude that's awesome! Hopefully we can inspire people!
ME SBG is what got me into miniature wargaming, love to see such passion for it still, what a fun match! Thanks.
You and me both! Thanks Shaun!
Your battle videos are so exciting! I love the detail to the lore and narrative you focus on, and the clips from the films add allot of fun!
Zz: "The greatest siege in Middle Earth history"
*Sad '100-year siege of Angand' noises*
I was wondering if someone would bring that up ;)
What's that? Can't find anything about it but it sounds cool as heck!
if that's what I think it is (I read Silmarilion a long time ago) it was actually over 400 years old, when ancient elves and later, first humans, besieged Morgoth's (Sauron's boss) fortress and stopped him from ruling most of middle earth because he couldn't left
Props to both of you here like how your friend even helps us newbies with explaining with you
Thanks mate!!
Hey zorpazorp, could you potentially do the battle of the five armies
Was planning to film it over in NZ this year in November but Covid kyboshed that, but will be happening as soon as the planes are flying! We've got he board well on the way and most of the models painted :)
Haven't played since Legions of Middle-Earth, this brings back memories! Great stuff!
Glad you enjoyed!
Ive never seen something so epic. Great work!The time to build my minas tirith army has come
YESSSSSSSSSSSS
I gotta say, the edited in openings/conclusions are just fantastically written. Keep it up Lachie!
Glad you like them! I really enjoy writing them :)
What can I say that hasnât already been said. Beautifully done.
Thanks man
Damn those Gondor Models look absolutely insane
Ryan did a great job!
I just love the cutscenes. It just makes it much more awesome.
Thanks dude!
Yet again you have given us an absolutely superb battle report. Have waited so long for a new one to drop on the channel. Such a well balanced scenario and I wonder how many people are gonna add Beregond to their lists now.
But the highlight for me was the moment you realised you were still in your pj's and just went with it; classic Lachie!!
Haha thanks man :D :D Yeah I'm really happy with it and people are loving it which is awesome!!
Amazing, missed sbg battle reports so much :) really enjoyed this
More to come!
Not gonna lie you do this so professionally
Thanks you my dude :)
when you see one video more than one time, propably you have make something very good !! thank you man !!
YEEEEESSSSS!!! I have been waiting for this like a child for a present! Thank you so much for this and what a amazing fight!
Hope you enjoyed it Hak, can't wait to get the gatehouse done for part two!
This looks superb! Thanks for preparing and sharing this battle!
Any time! Much more o nthe way!
@@Zorpazorp my favourite MESBG reports, fun and informative
Your passion for Tolkien is really getting me fired up. I grew up soaked in Tolkien lore and your videos bring it all back to me. Thanks for what you do!
Thank you so much buddy!! Lots more to come :)
This content has more fire than a pit of Balrogs!
burn baby burn
Absolutely epic game, can't wait to see the next episode! That terrain is incredible too!
More on the way!!!
Just recieved my geekgaming stuff from you, thanks for importing it! Lifesaver!
Glad I could help! Thanks for the support
this looks AWSOME!!! i like how your using lesser used trackers
Yeah made it interesting@!
Always top tier content, the battle towers, walls, models and overall board look amazing.
Glad you like it bro!
I have never thought about this game ever until I watched this video. The tables really are the heart of any war game in my opinion. I might even by a kit haha!
Best wargame going mate!
Finally I got to see Your insane Minas Tirith walls at least some of them, in action. What a nerve wracking game. Absolutely great stuff. I want more, I want more.......
MORE ON THE WAY! :D :D :D: :D
Great to be back on to battle reports. Scenary is brilliant. Would have be funny to see a snake eye tally, I'm only half way through but looks like Ryan is getting plentyđ
They did come thick and fast at the start haha
I had to delete my account and recreate it, so glad to add this channel again! Love these battle reports! My buddy and I ordered a bunch of minis and paint them on weekends! Good vid as always boys!
A cool bat rep idea is the siege of erebor in the war of the ring
That will definitely bee happening soonish
Helms deep
I love this!!! Well done.
Really nice. Looking to get into this game. Really like the terrain you did. Hope to see the tutorials soon.
Tutorials for the terrain are already out here: czcams.com/video/k30HdMAYOTc/video.html
Oohh :). Going to check it out. Can you please do a video on must have expansions after buying the The Lord of the Rings Battle of Pelennor Fields? Iâm new and itâs quite overwhelming.
Stellar phrases out of this one!
"If you want on orc dead, let him do it himself"
Indeed hahaha
**screams like a little girl** YYYEEEESSSS!!!
*screams like gimli* YESSSSS
Whahaha just watched the whole 10k pelennor battle and finally here they are: Gandalf, Pippin and Beregond. Courage and friendship is their best defense
Indeed it is!!! Glad you're enjoying it all :)
Wow this siege Tower are Amazon...Wish you could make a turtorial. Best wishes from Germany!
Maybe one day!
Your terrain is inspirational as always!
Thanks sizzle :D
This is what I always wished I could pull off when I used to read my ROTK supplement years ago (as well as when I would check the old GW website that actually had fun, helpful articles and battle reports on it). In a way, seeing this is highly cathartic.
Hell yeah dude! :) :)
Such a beautiful and epic video!!
Thank you so much!!
Two hoursssssss of zorpazorp middle earth đ„łđ„ł
thanks for the preview on yesterday's stream by the way,đđ
Yeah boyyyyyyyyyyyy
I love this game. So glad I found this channel.
I'm so glad you found me too!
It looks so nice when you have the camera closer to the models like this. Way better visuals!!
Thanks bro!
it looks so perfect
Now i know what ti watch before going ti sleep this evening
Hell yeah!
The look on Ryan's face when you rolled the triple 6 at 25:55 was pure gold haha xd. Super glad you guys uploaded a new themed battle report!
Haha it was classic! So much more on the way :)
23:40 "[Gandalf tripped] on that gap here, I think WHS has to be involved" LMAOOOOOOO
wow those siege towers! awesome
Right?! So gooooood
This looks awesome!! Nice work. Nice to see an Aussie channel.
Thanks and welcome
Great game guys. Those walls are fantastic
Thanks mate! Be sure to check out the scenery videos in the description!
Those are cool siege towers, one of my favorite since childhood, I really love the lord of the rings!đ
Me too Jason!
Great vid - quick note: when Zagdush got his lucky Strike-off against Gandalf around minute 25, Gandalf only got to F6 and Zagdush got to F10. When that happened, he could have Feinted and still been higher than Gandalf's FV and rerolled the two 1s he got . . .
Oh duuuuude, what a killer suggestion!!!!
That gollum voice is actually pretty good
I'm Andy Serkis's voice double
Epic. Please keep going.
More xoming!
Boi I've been waiting for this!
More and more coming!
Incredible scenery!
Thank you!
The real MVP of Mordor is the orc spearer supporting with sixes the attacks of the Morannon Captain.
He was a good lad haha
Great job with the battle report. I look forward to the next one as well đ. It definitely messed with me with how many times you guys said "tracker" though đ. Hearing my name so much kept making me think someone needed me for something.
We were talking to you! You were supposed to be bringing us refreshments. I gotta say your work ethic was terrible! Not one beverage received!
@@Zorpazorp đ€Ł yea. It'll be a little while. Flights aren't cheap
Best battle report ever!
Huge praise!
Beautiful!! :)
Thank you! Cheers!
Fast dice rolling for LoTR missile attacks: white dice to hit, red dice to wound, black dice for In The Way. Just roll all three at once. So long as there are no choices to make in the roll (like Might) then having the information of what the later roll in the sequence is doesn't matter.
Hey that's a cool idea haha
This campaign starts great, your walls are amazing.
I think Ryan should play Rohan again to get his revenge.
Haha he should indeed!
That was really cool! (For Gondor!)
Thanks! đ
Wow... watching your videos has REALLY made me want to play the LOTR game! I already play 40K & AoS so I might as well! But I am going to want to build a black gate gaming board... where do you find LOTR terrain?
I make it buddy :) Not much around to buy :)
Yay thanks for another upload zorpazorp! Can't wait to watch it
Glad you enjoy it!
Great video, as usual. I was wondering where you got these nice Fountain Guards models, they are really amazing
They are just GW ones :)
Wow so great conversions you did here well done, what an amazing work
I've always thought how did sauron know how tall to make the towers đ€·ââïž he send a orc one night with a tape measure đ don't mind me just measuring you walls gondor!
Ărc stealth mission hahaha, that would be a good scenario.
Wouldn't be surprised if there was some kind of shared records in Minas Morgul with engineering information.
@@Ilostmycactus Hahaha indeed!
This would be so goooood
This is dope đđ
Thank you!!
Wow, that is amazing! I love everything here, the scenerio, the models and the stunning battlements! The siege towers look dope (a bit too short though :P).
Why were the orcs throwing 3 dieces for thier courage?
Gandalf cast channelled terrifying aura :) :) Glad you liked it bro!
Man its been so long since i was this exited XD
Yeah GGGGGGG
1:40:23 - Ryan used all of Gandalf's will, so the terrifying Aura should have stopped and the additional orc could have joined the combat.
Very true!!
18:12
What's funny is that this happened in the movie as well xD
It did hahaha!
How good that garage for gaming sessions đ
Needs more dampening badlyyyyyyy
Probably been said already somewhere in the comments, but love watching in 4k, and all your videos are so well edited. What sort of gear are you using to get your footage? Love your work. Got me back into the hobby!
Very high level entertainment. Concluding the awsome setting and terrain, the professional players on both sides (especially great moving phases from Gondor), the directors cut and comments (this is art, man!) and finally your explainations and jokes while playing, you have clearly created a SBG battle report worth 11 of 10 points.
Why not 12?
Feinting has been already pointed out, I think. Most time the orcs used stabbing, feinting was the correct option. The Gondorians could also have used this option several times imo (in the beginning with spear support).
Also, a critical question for the game outcome: Orcs who killed themselves with stabbing... do the count to the kills for win? Since your rules say "Gondorians have to kill"?
Yeah the stabbing orcs count, stabbing is clearly intended to reflect punishment for lowering your guard with a bold stroke, so it'still the opponent dealing the damage even if you're rolling the dice, but they of course shouldn't have been stabbing haha! Glad you enjoyed it man!
Absolutely beautiful!?!
God I can't wait for the ten thousand point game its gonna be amazing great job
Yeah me too Haha so much city to build first though hahaha
Hello Latchie, your battlefield is incredible đ€Ș I have a question about the siege towers. I viewed the video about the 3D printed towers but yours seem to be different (exactly like the towers we can see in the film). Do you have a tutorial on this đ
Thanks
Never thought about the manpower it must've taken to load up the large chunks of wall. Lol
Those numenoreans knew what they were doing!
@@Zorpazorp For real. đ
Great Video, almost makes me want to build these walls right now, but still have some other projects which have priority.
correct me if i am wrong, but you stab when your fight value is lower than your opponent. In any other case (equal or bigger) you feint. I saw serverall cases where stabed with an orc vs a warrior of minas tirith
Oh man I've been playing that wrong for YEARSSSSS hahahaha Glad you enjoyed it thoguh man!
Any decent links to buy foam like the ones you use you absolute legend?
Absolutely love your videos my man, such great effort!
I get these from Bunnings Australia, but only certain big ones stock them :)
I really love that white pearl like dice. I have to ask where did you get them ??
They're the Gandalf dice but they're out of production now :(
I love zorpazorp. But also do you have a tutorial for making the siege towers?
EDIT : I hear its coming soon so i cant wait!
Yes, soon :D :D
Amazing video again ! Just a question when the next episode will be release ?
A little while yet, but have some other great stuff using Minas Tirith in April :)
Even though I didn't understand a thing I enjoyed it
Haha that's awesome!
Iâve been saving up for the Clone Wars core set. What basic paints would you recommend?
Work out your scheme, get a list of colours then pick a range easy to access. Citadel and Vallejo are great options I use :)
Zorpazorp, thx
Could you make a cut out of the wall for the battle towers, like the cut outs of your eriador bord for the bombs?
Absolutely!! could even magnetise them :)
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You should do a minas tirith battle and straight after have another pelennor fields battle but make sure ryan dosent embarrass rohan
That's the plan for the 20k sequel bro!
Great video guys, love it. I think Gandalf should have lost his terrirfying Auro at the end there when he blasted with his last two will points in the store plus his free one. Might have made a difference to the courage test.
Very true!!!!!! And Gandalf only rolled a four to win that combat! I'm rolling all three dice now to check if we wound him....
Two hander rolled a 6 down to a five to win the fight!!! Took the risk going two handed hahahaha 1/6, nailed it
Okay so three attacks, S4, one two hander, needing 5s and a 4...
6, 3 and 4 TWO WOUNDS! Gandalf now has three fate with a re roll
First Fate... 3
Great battle đ How did you make the assault towers ? Have you a plan or better... a tutorial ? Thanks
Tutorial coming fourth quarter 2020 :)
Super đ Thank you
I hope some day my terrain pieces look as authentic as this game board does. When's the big 10,000 pointer coming out Lachlan? I'm thoroughly looking forwards to it! Are you going book version or movie version? Personally, I'd like to see the grey company in action. On a bit of a tangent, did Mordor attempt to 'siege' Minas Tirith... or did they in fact 'storm' it?
I'd say the 10k match is about 8-12 months away! It'll jsut focus o nthe siege itself, we won't include the Pelennor elements....yet....that'll be the 20k sequel haha! I think it was probably more of a storm haha!
@@Zorpazorp a pellanor fields army of just cav will be epic!
On which website do you by your miniatures ? :)
Thank you !
Games Workshop mate.