Riders of Theoden vs Army of Dunland - Middle Earth SBG Matched Play 500pts Battle Report

[@hirmetrium1]

Always great seeing thematic battles, and I love 500pts games.

[@StridingEdgeGames]

Plenty more to come 😁

[@GlennMusson]

I love how you explain your tactical choices. That's very useful for a novice watcher.

[@StridingEdgeGames]

Thanks, that's good to hear! Always a struggle between not explaining at all, and talking far too much! Glad it's of help 🙂

[@Competentetyler]

This was a really well done Battle Report. I enjoyed the style a lot as a viewer. Keep it up!

[@StridingEdgeGames]

Thanks, means a lot! We're furiously working away with the new edition so there'll be more along soon!

[@craig3111]

Rohan charging the fixed position and getting swamped was hard.

[@StridingEdgeGames]

Sometimes the horn call compels you to charge! It would help winning one or two priority rolls though 😅

[@benschwikkard7006]

What is the convention on when you declare you are using a two handed weapon or not? As an observer it seems not fair to call it after the opponent as rolled as then you are making a decision based on their roll. (Unless this is how it works, I've never used 2H weapons). As a follow up question, does the side with priority roll the duel first or does it not matter?

[@Hanrohan]

You are meant to call before any dice are rolled, unfortunately people sometimes get a bit overexcited and start rolling dice before you can get a chance

[@StridingEdgeGames]

You are meant to call whether you shield/call special strikes/or any other rules that may impact the duel before any dice are rolled, though it can be easy to forget and get overexcited and roll before calls are made, especially if you are playing to time, but people generally are pretty good about being fair. In terms of sequence, again it generally doesn't hugely matter, often it'll be obvious depending on the situation what a model should be calling and often players will just agree that if one side calls a certain strike, the other will shield for example. Much like heroics, you can go back and forth between discussing/calling options until both sides are happy, its certainly not a situation where you have to declare in an exact sequence or you 'miss out' In terms of our videos, it may be that whole sequence occasionally gets lost in the edit, but we're generally pretty consistent in being fair to each other, even if it doesn't come across that way on camera!