@ar1608 why and when did SBG northside close down,and do you know any gyms
around the baldoyle area that do muay thai,Thanks man :)
The Hobbit Strategy Battle Game Tutorial "A Beginners Battle Report"
GBHL James and Jamie give a basic run through of how to get started with the hobbit strategy battle game! This beginner batrep is exactly that, a tutorial for the ...
+arrshyan In this example I believe we have 12 warriors and a hero from each list. The Elves equal around 200ish points and the Goblins have about 100ish points. Imagine this scenario with double the amount of Goblins. The elves would have a much tougher time. - GBHL Jamie
+arrshyan this game wasn't representing on how powerful a certain army is but just to show how to play the game. i own a full 1000 pts army of pure goblins no bows and my opponent's have allway's been having a tough time defeating them on any set point amount. there good as a mass force but there elites are a bit weaker. i have most army's but my fav one to play is moria goblins they have good cheap troops. good monsters and very powerful hero's all they lack is cavalry ( they have one but its costly and you wouldn't want to many of them). mass army's are very good and work well at any type of scenario
I refuse to play the new rule set, it just another way for GW to make
money.
The 2nd edition 2005 of the rules was the best. Loved this game so much!
Its hard in California to find players anymore as the game isn't a
"Supported" game anymore. Still my favorite!
+Merchant Ivory Thanks for your comment pal! Although hard for a business to support a game when people refuse to play the new rules or buy the new stuff :( Whilst I don't agree with all their business moves, they are a business and they need to make money. The new rules are pretty cool though! Hope you find some fellow hobbit hobbyists matey - GBHL James
Very different to Warhammer in the sense of movement and combat however shooting stays reasonably similar. In this game every model moves independently, it's more like a large scale Mordheim than typical Fantasy. - GBHL Jamie
eBay is a great place to pick up Isengard, lots of plastic models and the heroes are relatively cheap. - GBHL Jamie
SBG Ireland training
a 'call out' surfing drill for passing the guard just a wee idea i had for helping guys get 'into' the guard. like all the surfing drills, it is not a collection of techniques ...
Concept/ Film/ Edit REEL VIEW [email protected] Ultimate Fitness Centre Dublin is the home of SBG Ireland and run by John Kavanagh -- Irelands first ...
In a channel first, GBHL James and Jamie are joined by Ian Spiller to bring you an epic battle report, as 1000 Dunlendings, a rare sight of metal SBG wonder, ...
+Nick Godske Happy to help Nick! Rohirrim are mainly greens, browns and reds! I use lots of caliban and castellan green, mournfang brown and rhinox hide, and khorne/mephiston red! Hope it helps get you started! - GBHL James
Been looking forward to watching this one for a while now and finally got a
chance to sit down and watch it tonight. The scenery and armies are
incredible and it's great seeing that many models in a bat-rep, the scale
of it was just magnificent. It was also great to see Jamie and Ian making
the decision to Piercing Strike and go Two-Handed with 99% of the combtas,
just for the lols - great stuff and exactly the kind of fun-first tactics
that make narrative bat-reps so great. Ultimately though, it seems like a
bit of an opportunity missed and, as Jamie says in the breakdown at the
end, little more than a dice rolling exercise. The Dunlendings really never
had a hope of breaking through the Rohan line and as such there was very
little tension or hope of an upset. It would have been cool if slain
Dunlendings could re-enter the board from any table edge to really force
James to divide his forces and chase them down all over the table. As it
was they were simply never going to be able to make enough progress,
particularly when there were a group of Outriders camped on the staircase,
safe in the knowledge that their table-wide stand-fast would mean they
never ran if the Rohan army was broken. It was a clever tactic from James
but frustrating to watch and. lets face it, hiding at the back is also
pretty much the last place that Outriders would be! Finally, what the hell
was Knight of the Pellenor doing there? Surely it should have been Marshall
of the Riddermark, that would've helped out the Dunlendings no end. Ah
well, ultimately it looked great but it would be worth tinkering with the
scenario next time to make sure both sides had a chance - Damian
+GBHL Podcast Only just read this Damian! Sorry I haven't replied to the criticism yet pal, but I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it as much as everyone else :( I think we did alright considering it wasn't particularly planned beyond knowing Ian wanted to do a 1000 point battle report of Dunland versus Rohan, that it was relatively last minute being at mine with the terrain etc and we had a time limit (I had work later and they'd been at the gaming centre longer than expected.) I'm sorry you found my own play frustrating in contrast to the decisions of Ian and Jamie :( I personally thought I played very 'counter-competitive' and made decisions for the benefit of the entertainment of the game rather than just winning, such as not sitting back and outshooting them, charging in when I had priority, making myself vulnerable to certain heroic combats, coming up with on the spot rules such as Thrydan couldn't be targeted by bow fire if leading from the front etc, but I'm sorry you didn't see it that way. I definitely wanted to defend Meduseld so didn't play completely stupidly, if that's what you would have preferred? With regards to Marshall of the Riddermark, ultimately, that is pretty much every mounted Rohirrim model I own to just about get the 1000 points, so I hope that explains the Knight of the Pelennor inclusion and I personally think that decision paid off from an entertainment point of view as it was cool to see a character everyone knows survive against great odds, his avoidance of almost certain death pretty much being what stopped Dunland from winning - until that last couple of turns, it looked hit and miss and was a pretty close game! But that's just my own opinion, these things are of course subjective. Ultimately, it's been one of our most popular battle reports with 136 likes to 1 dislike, it got featured on Beasts of War for it's awesomeness and has soared to over 3500 views in a very short space of time. But of course, we can always look to do better going forwards and I'll take on board your points :) - GBHL James