Army of the Dead vs Monster Moria Battle Report - Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game | MESBG

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[@johnwhite2412]

Best battle reports on KZbin. I love the graphics and in-game commentary and explanation of tactics. Most of all, I like you guys. Smart commentary, and no annoying silly hijinks.

[@intothewestpodcast]

Thanks John, that means a lot! We definitely try to bring some meaningful analysis as discussing strategy is our bread and butter; still trying to get better on the faster paced commentary for battle reports!

[@Flint-0204]

Couldn't agree more!

[@TexasFriedCriminal]

Love those cave drakes. So pretty!

[@intothewestpodcast]

Thank you, very fun to paint as well! -Richard

[@roboticus9518]

You guys really put battle reports together well. You keep all the important info while cutting the chaff, getting it into a watchable length. You keep up the drama too with the commentary and the graphics. Most enjoyable battle reports I have found.

[@intothewestpodcast]

Thank you so much, it means a lot! Keep an eye out for the next one which will be our first narrative batrep! -Richard

[@intothewestpodcast]

Do you like seeing the Victory Points counter or would you prefer to be surprised at the end of the game?

[@NoobsandMen]

Personal at the end. I like a suprise. Nothing better then thinking one army has won then the other pulling out the victory -Sean

[@indonesiaops7276]

Counter

[@NoobsandMen]

@@indonesiaops7276 counted -Sean

[@charlesa.7550]

I like counted, but I don't know that I need to see the dice rolls for priority. Just telling me good or bad wins is good enough.

[@CapitanCorner]

i like the VP counter 👍

[@metascrub285]

I love how your battle reports bring some competive lists like bormir with banner, one of the only chanels with good editing and competitive play with actual meta relivant list.

[@NoobsandMen]

BOYS You have really out done yourselves. This is absolutely amazing. And as always, sexyyyyyy armies -Sean

[@intothewestpodcast]

Thanks Sean! First time getting a compliment on my painting skills, but I'll take it! -Richard

[@NoobsandMen]

@@intothewestpodcast thought it was Charles shit to be honest haha -Sean

[@intothewestpodcast]

Ok I'll admit it, the drake on the thumbnail is his, but the rest of Moria is mine (contrast paint). The trick is to not have too many closeups I guess 😂

[@markushammond982]

13:35 - why didn’t Aragorn combat? Strike/combat with both heroes to reverse into second drake? That would have also removed the risk of hurl.

[@intothewestpodcast]

You'll have to ask Marco, he was definitely playing a bit more conservative but I agree with you, with the amount of dice he was rolling (including Anduril) that was a guaranteed kill! -Richard

[@markushammond982]

6/5 bat rep gents. Top notch for sure, and post game stats are epic

[@markushammond982]

19:36 - beautiful analysis and picturing to really show us what the player is trying to line up.

[@arthurbriois7433]

A quite beautifull discovering during my journey into the west of battlereports ^^ I really liked the way you narrate all the battle :)

[@johnbili1717]

Love the bat rep style

[@intothewestpodcast]

Thanks for tuning in, we got more in the works!

[@tomelves]

Hey guys just found your channel and working my way through the back catalogue, excellent graphics on these bat reps!!!

[@markushammond982]

16:55 remember to check controls zones on supporting models! Hard to tell, but it looked like the bat swarm wouldn’t have been able to catch Gimli.

[@intothewestpodcast]

Good shout out! I agree that's probably something I should have measured out a bit more closely but if you look at 16:43, there was some empty space on the other side because the other warrior of the dead was in combat. So if anything I should have shifted the bat to the other side of Gimli but should still have been able to get into combat with him! -Richard

[@alexfoster5876]

Love it guys! Need more reports and keep the podcasts coming

[@intothewestpodcast]

Next battle report is in production but the editing takes a lot of time! 😅 New podcast episode coming soon!

[@mtuktuk9627]

i realy like your take on Batreps

[@intothewestpodcast]

Thank you! Aiming to drop a new one every month!

[@CapitanCorner]

Awesome battle report! The editing quality is insane! 😮

[@intothewestpodcast]

Thank you! Feel free to check out our other batreps on the channel :)

[@Flint-0204]

Hey guys! I absolutely loved your battle report! I think the graphics are great and it's really well edited together too. Think the rules notes are really helpful for me (who hasn't played MESBG for at least 15 years!) And thought all the commentary was really helpful too. Great work - looking forward to the next one!

[@intothewestpodcast]

Welcome back to the hobby! Appreciate the kind words, glad we were able to be helpful. We are trying to use different armies every time, so maybe that will help you learn some new armies too! -Richard

[@philipdeamer8787]

Really enjoy the format guys look forward to seeing more. Subbed!

[@intothewestpodcast]

Thank you! We are on a rotation of different segments, so we'll have a few regular podcast episode releases and then the next battle report! :)

[@braveryisavirtue]

Love the graphics. I think more content creators should include these in their Battle reports. It's very useful keeping track of hero stats. I would suggest that any big game changing combats have some more focus. Would be good seeing live reactions of the players as the combat unfolds. I will be watching more of your videos. Keep up the good work!

[@intothewestpodcast]

Appreciate the feedback, Matthew! Focusing more on the big moments is something we'll definitely try to do more of, we already got two filmed/in the pipeline but will keep this in mind as we film the next one! -Richard

[@EntmootVideos]

Really enjoyed the commentary!

[@intothewestpodcast]

Much appreciated, need to get on your level! :D -Richard

[@MathieuVuylsteke]

Great format! I really like the animations to keep the score and the start of each phase

[@intothewestpodcast]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@pieters3624]

Moria's army list is super cool with the big monsters. The Cave drake positioning was risky, maybe you should have waited one extra turn to have the goblins surround the cave drake to prevent trapping :o

[@Paddywoodman]

well-done, love the layover information all of it is awesome, agree leave the VP points secret

[@intothewestpodcast]

Thank you! Hopefully majority feels the same, it's less work for me haha! -Richard

[@markushammond982]

17:15 did the KotD not strike? Lol you can tell I’m pulling for good!

[@intothewestpodcast]

He already burnt it in the first turn of combat so he didn't get heroic combatted into! Yes, you are definitely biased!! :D -Richard

[@chimichunguss]

Beautiful armies, sexy boards, top tier lads of the MESBG scene. What’s not to love! - Tim

[@intothewestpodcast]

Awww making me blush! 😍 -Richard

[@xproctor1793]

Great battle rep! great editing and love the format!

[@intothewestpodcast]

Much appreciated!

[@paperclip181]

really cool and interesting format for batreps :)

[@intothewestpodcast]

Much appreciated, that was our goal! We tried to do something different than the other batreps out there!

[@Crazyko]

awesome job guys, love the content

[@intothewestpodcast]

Thanks for the support!

[@charlesa.7550]

A lot of amazing content and comments. Great stuff for a new player. If anything I'd like more. For example there was a comment that "a bat swarm and cave drake will kill anything", why? What's the combo, what do I need to worry abou or look out for? Thank y'all so much for amazing work!

[@intothewestpodcast]

Thanks for the great feedback! As for the bat/cave drake combo, it's because the bat lowers the fight value of anything it fights in half. And with a maximum fight of 10, no hero can essentially get above fight 5 with the bat, and since a Drake's fight is 6, that's an automatic combat win if the bat/drake rolls a 6! Sounds complex but it's straightforward once you play it a couple times, it also works with anything above fight 5! -Richard

[@charlesa.7550]

@@intothewestpodcast Thank you so much!

[@davideregalia6318]

Good job!!

[@TheFlashman]

Nice graphics and I like the commentary

[@intothewestpodcast]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed!

[@giorgiobarracca4381]

Good game guys! Thanks

[@intothewestpodcast]

Thanks for watching!

[@JMACCSArmiesOfMiddleEarth]

Great rep guys. Close game could have gone either way

[@intothewestpodcast]

Thanks, I was sweating bullets all game! 😂 Congrats on the 1k! -Richard

[@giovdb]

Awesome battle report! The graphics are wonderful to have. Love it. Couple of thoughts: at the end (when Gimli died), did the Cave Drake do both a barge and a rend in the same turn? I thought each monster could only do one brutal power attack per turn. Also, I thought you said that good had more models in the center objective, but all the points went to Moria. I guess I’m confused. Anyway, awesome stuff. Will be watching more of these. Edit: I see the rend got addressed in another comment. And I think I misinterpreted what was said about the center objective

[@intothewestpodcast]

Thank you! Haha spot on, like we said on the other comment, Charles mispoke! And yeah, at the end what we were trying to say was that Good was able to get most/all their models in the centre, but still slightly less than Evil. Appreciate your support, we just came out with a new one yesterday! -Richard

[@GrandeOldWorld]

Can you call a Heroic Strike whilst the Hero isint even in melee?? it still uses Might even if a melee doesn't occur too right? 🤔

[@intothewestpodcast]

Yes to both!

[@Pierre-AlexandreHELLE]

On turn 8, since Aragorn did a heroic move, can he still do the heroic combat ? I thought it was only one heroic action per turn

[@intothewestpodcast]

It’s one heroic action per phase, not per turn.

[@joshua9490]

This was put together very nicely. Good length and lots of detail. Nice battle report :)

[@intothewestpodcast]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@johnwhite2412]

What is a “kill box?”

[@intothewestpodcast]

Haven't rewatched this video in awhile but I assume we were talking about that batswarm combo with a monsters with at least Fight Value 6. If you can get a hero surrounded by at least these 2 models, it's almost always an instant kill, regardless of how tough the hero is.

[@ondrejstepanek6597]

Great report! I need mooooooar :)

[@intothewestpodcast]

The next one is coming soon!

[@joshoulton4501]

When cave drake 2 killed Gimli after the barge did you say he died to rending attacks? I is it not the case that you can't use brutal power attacks after a barge?

[@intothewestpodcast]

Great catch, you are correct Josh! I believe Charles may have meant it as the drake did most of the damage to Gimli through rend on the previous turn, otherwise he was incorrect . The drake finished off Gimli's 1 wound with 10 dice needing 5s. -Richard

[@robertbarnes1783]

Another great battle report! Always hard to win with army of the dead because of the low model count (also, for what it's worth, I think the Heralds of the Dead or Legolas are more useful in this list).

[@intothewestpodcast]

It’s tough being outnumbered, on top of the fact the enemy also has Fury. Agreed on the hero selection, and thanks for watching! -Charles

[@muesliman100]

Probably bring a few more prowlers? Then the warriors have a bit more power to kill opponents heavily armed warriors

[@intothewestpodcast]

Thanks for the suggestion! Prowlers are really good but it's a balance to still get enough numbers and since I took 2 drakes, I didn't want to go too low on model count! For these games, we don't know each other's armies or lists going in so I wasn't trying to build against AotD specifically, but rather go for something more well rounded. -Richard