The Battle for Osgiliath | MASSIVE Lord of the Rings Warhammer Battle Report

This is a MASSIVE game of Lord of the Rings Warhammer! A Zorpazorp classic returns in the first battle for Osgiliath! Will Frodo and Sam escape the flooded city?
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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 wargaming scenery and terrain how to make guide explores the mighty city of Minas Tirith perfect for getting you ready for our new Middle Earth Campaign, 'Minas Tirith in Flames'. Lord of the Rings Warhammer is BACK BABY!
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[@zorpoftherings]

What battle report would you like to see next? And thank you for supporting this new little venture to bring Middle Earth gaming back to Zorpazorp. Make sure you hit the subscribe button for me fam

[@rhyssmith7912]

Ever thought of a reclaiming of Moria? Similar to the Hobbit movies? Young Thorin etc

[@zorpoftherings]

@@rhyssmith7912 How did you find this early you sneaky little Hobbit Rhys hehehehehe

[@purerel]

Would be cool to see Lothlorien vs. Moria (1,000pts each).

[@saltytyranitar6981]

How about the Battle at the Black Gate itself? The fall of Sauron and the final stand for Frodo?

[@LobstahBrood]

One of my absolute favorite memories ever involving the front gate of Minas Tirith is the level in the Return of the King PC game where you play as Gandalf atop the walls commanding Trebuchets to take down siege towers, shooting away Ring Wraiths, and knocking down siege ladders, all while slicing apart Uruks. I feel like there's an amazing video scenario in there for this even though it wasn't ever in the movies. I know there's a scenario for atop the walls in the Gondor at War supplement but I think its a bit lackluster for a video.

[@E-Lykos]

RIP Bernard Hill, none could have done Theoden better. Rest well, King of Rohan.

[@zorpoftherings]

Indeed

[@francescogulisano2917]

Baby wake up, ZorpaZorp battle reports are back!

[@zorpoftherings]

Hahahahaha thanks mate

[@BattleCamperHome]

Here's Zorp, just casually dropping one of the best looking MESBG battle reports on the internet.

[@zorpoftherings]

Hehehehehehehe ty

[@mikewyatt2262]

In terms of bat-reps the ambush in Ithilien could be very cinematic with the Harad troops trying to get off the board as a battle objective. Personally I’d love to see the Easterlings invasion of Dale and Erebor depicted!

[@zorpoftherings]

Oh yes Mikeyyy

[@RickardLejonhjarta]

the saddest part is that there likely will never be a movie like it ever again

[@syd4890]

And that is one of its strengths: Immortality ❤

[@innocentBystander19]

Y'all give this channel some love so he keeps them going!!

[@zorpoftherings]

Thank you!

[@skerr1932]

I'd love to see the Wolves of Isengard assaulting the travels to Helmsdeep. Gotta love me some wargs!

[@twistedphoenix]

This is a great idea

[@microforgeminis]

Man two zorp videos dropping at the same time. It is an impossible choice. Loved revisiting this video and can’t wait for the next one!

[@zorpoftherings]

Hahaha thank you mate!!!

[@thebestplaguemarine3130]

This battle report was amazing the best I’ve watched and ur daughter saying bilbo was cute 😂😂

[@zorpoftherings]

I'd forgotten all about that till I watched it back haha

[@brutalfunkcore]

Maybe a bit niche but I would love to see the kinslaying of Alqualonde on your Grey Havens Board. #feanordideverythingwrong

[@zorpoftherings]

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate yesssssssssssss hashahahaa

[@TiagoRamosVideos]

Great video 👌 If I can make a suggestion: make more detailed videos on specific parts of the board, that would be shorter, maybe 30 minutes, and it would be easier to see the evolution of a Battle in a specific part of this EPIC scenario 😊

[@odysseus7992]

Late to the comment party, but I cannot wait to see that gorgeous Gray Havens board finished and in a battle report.

[@zorpoftherings]

Me toooooo mate!!! So keen to get some games on it!

[@momosthegreen]

He has done it again bois, the madman has done it again! I really loved the old battle reports, hope everything goes well with this new channel!!!

[@zorpoftherings]

MOMOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS hey buddy!!! Yeah I hope so I really miss making them!

[@matthewhobbs1642]

Would love another battle companies campaign. Was such a good series.

[@zorpoftherings]

Oh me toooooooooooo

[@davet2325]

Yes! Mesbg Battle reports are back! And this one is a master piece!!! Stoked for part two! Also: Love to see a battle report on your dol guldur built...

[@Pryrates89]

Yes. That is exactly what I want. To see amazing minis on your awesome boards with your great editing. Lets go. The dream of battle companies remains :D

[@zorpoftherings]

Haha thank you mate!

[@mjinoz1677]

Wargaming at its finest - incredible, immersive terrain, nicely painted minis and a cool narrative scenario that takes advantage of both. Outstanding 😎

[@zorpoftherings]

Thank you very much!

[@kaz9357]

Somehow I was already subbed! Awesome! Can't wait for more battle reports! Would love another battle companies campaign!

[@austinblake4079]

I love this so much. I'm a new player to MESBG and this has been very educational and also very entertaining. I love the models, I love the sets, I love the editing you did cutting in shots from the films to enhance the watching experience. Thank you so much.

[@marcdelabarreraibardalet4754]

Lovely, thanks a bunch. My personal opinion, is that I don't need the "film bits". It makes the video longer and looses focus from the game. We want more battle reports!

[@mr.nuggelton2754]

I've been watching for years and I dont want to see the Zorpazorp channel die so I'm going to give my criticism. It's too cinematic. I understand the desire to make the videos all polished and 'epic' but I find it too much. The clips from the original movies are used way too much and just slows down the videos dramatically. It took 4 minutes on this video to actually see any pieces moving due to the cinematic buildup. This is just my opinion so take it or leave it but I know a few friends who have stopped watching alltogether because they just get too bored watching the same clip over and over. Don't take this the wrong way, I have loved your videos and want to see you succeed but just had to give my criticism.

[@ScorchMat]

Love that the Batreps are back! I would love to see a battle on your Grey Havens board! I was thinking Elves protecting the Grey Havens from Goblins or Corsairs like the battles in the Battle for Middle Earth game.

[@zorpoftherings]

Yeah I was thinking that too!!!

[@Sveabajare]

This is one of the best battle reports ever made. I would love to see some Isengard action moving forward. Perhaps Merry and Pippin have to try and escape while Eomér rides on in to kill of the Uruk-hai. One could also add a twist where Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli joins the battle If it goes on for long enough!

[@jonny251990]

Yes! So hyped that your battle reports are making a comeback, looking forward to the next instalment 😄

[@charlescassels3826]

Great timing! I’m finishing painting my Star Wars Legion collection, time to start LoTR!

[@star_wars_miniatures]

Feels much like that early level on return of the king for PS2 with the hobbits and Gollum making their way through the ruins 😍

[@Alexanderfication]

I hope this channel pops off for you Zorp, best wishes.

[@zorpoftherings]

Thank you mate me too!!

[@michaelhaskell2155]

Perhaps a bit more scene setting at the start of a battle report; let the camera rove around the terrain and pick out key pieces; give a sense of the whole if possible (perhaps an annotated map to show every so often with arrows pointing to the action?). Talk about the scenario and each side's commander discuss their strategy and tactics - especially referencing any use of the wonderful terrain. It is great to see engagements being fought over such lovely terrain.

[@daedalus6796]

This is awesome. Would love to see a battle report on Faramir's failed charge to reclaim Osgiliath, see if Gondor can change the outcome

[@stephensayers4998]

Love the format of your battle reports. The editing is fantastic and really helps to emerse the audience into the narrative.

[@sgtmilk11]

Me and a buddy went into the Osgiliath box set together. Now I guess we need to figure out how to craft a board as epic as this.

[@twinklecave9475]

You just can't beat Zorp quality. Nice work mate, keep at it!

[@garygeorge6940]

Brilliant stuff! Can’t wait for more LOTR battle reports!

[@Urukguy27]

Ahh just another causal stroll through the best project on KZbin

[@zorpoftherings]

Hahaha thank you mate

[@Hakazu]

Damn I have missed this! Looking forward to see more of this :)

[@Morgulvale_]

A zorpazorp battle report!!!

[@conradflanagan5003]

The edit of Frodo going "up" the stairs was hilarious.

[@danielhall6354]

It would be amazing to see the Grey havens board used for a game

[@Bjornibee_13]

I'd love to see another Battle of the Pelennor fields report or a battle of Dale report

[@RepublicOfUs]

Another head of the Zorpazorp-KZbin-Hydra to subscribe to, I see.

[@zorpoftherings]

Hehehehehehehe

[@RepublicOfUs]

@@zorpoftherings Well, if I wasn't on board before, that ominous evil chuckle certainly did the job. Looking forward to more!

[@NathanielArmstrong-xs9rh]

Glad you're back mate. Loving the content

[@Arthurkenway01]

An amazing video with amazing scenery and amazing game play

[@jadenhendrickson5285]

I'd love to see Burning of the Westfold, First/Second Battle of the Fords of Isen, and especially Ambush at Night! All from the War In Rohan book!

[@zorpoftherings]

YESSSSSSSSSS good suggestions mate!

[@JaredKerr-gz1ob]

So glad these are back, man. Nothing better than ‘Zorp Reports’ direct from Middle Earth! Fingers crossed for some battle companies action? Loved your BC content.

[@zorpoftherings]

Me too Jared, thank you mate!!!

[@lldigitall]

Glad to see you back to showing some fun games.

[@owaindavies8364]

Nice!!! The grey company assault on pelagir would be awesome and different.

[@zorpoftherings]

Oooooooooooooh yes!!!

[@joshuataylor7213]

Huzzah!!! This was such a great surprise for my flight home tonight. Thank you.

[@zorpoftherings]

Stoked you enjoyed it Joshua!!!

[@kennygpokerstrategy4917]

Love these!!! Incredible boards and editing. Thanks for all the hard work!!

[@zorpoftherings]

Thank you for watching Kenny!

[@Eiweing]

Uhh and I would love to see either a classical siege battle report (not scenario specific, just a siege) and I would love to see the Grey havens in action :) Let this be the hour of the ELVES!!!

[@zorpoftherings]

Yeah I am SO PUMPED to get the Grey Havens on the table again!

[@ryantraise5383]

So glad to see this footage, excellent work as always and sorry I couldn't stay for the whole battle. Also, if I ever try and build a shooting army please stop me Lachy 😂

[@zorpoftherings]

Hahahahahaha PUT DOWN THE BOW need to go back to those outwalkers!

[@sebastianconforto8805]

This looks like such an amazing board to play on. Would love to see the ents matching on orthanc in the future.

[@zorpoftherings]

Oh how goooood would that be!!!

[@samfarrall8374]

amazing as always! would love to see you captain a Rohan force again like the good ol days!! keep it up Lachie! love from the UK

[@zorpoftherings]

Me too Sam! Thanks mate!

[@ace2800]

Awesome video dude! Keep up the good work! I know it’s the wrong channel but I would love to see a return to Calth. Been obsessed with heresy and your mark of Calth videos were top notch

[@zorpoftherings]

MArk of Calth will be coming back to @ZorpHammer when I've wrapped up Dawn of Warhammer :)

[@jackfrench6164]

Forget the name of it, but the battle in the second one, the Wargs charge v the Rohan. Not sure how that will look as a battle report. But a big cavalry smash could be interesting. Or even scouring of the shire… idea for a new board too if you haven’t made the shire.

[@zorpoftherings]

Yeah Warg Attack would be amazing! I have a Warg army to make too!

[@kaz9357]

I love your bat reps. Conquest creations does great competitive ones, but your cinematic and senario driven ones are freakin awesome!

[@zorpoftherings]

Jakey is the man!

[@Jodneah]

This is one of my favourite battle reports I think iv watched it 3 times before. I don’t know why it didn’t do well the whole point of building the epic boards is to see some epic games once they are built. Keep up the great work can wait to see the rohirim back in action some day

[@zorpoftherings]

Glad you enjoyed it! Me too mate FORTH EORLINGAS!

[@thanoschris821]

Aploading here seems to do the trick since this poped into my feed like 3 times. Keep it up. Love the cinematic shots showcasing the board as well.

[@zorpoftherings]

That's fantastic thank you mate!!!

[@Salamigott1]

The attempted reclaiming of moria would be awsome, I can see a whole campaign with.the Balrog as the big bad Boss

[@zorpoftherings]

I actually wrote a full campaign for that back in about 2014 haha, should try and dig around for it!

[@tsizzle5343]

Mannnn, there are so many good options for what I would want to see. Honestly whatever gets you excited, I am down to watch!

[@zorpoftherings]

Roger Roger!

[@elliemay5653]

Great idea hope the change in focus for the second channel has the desired effect I would love to see more battle companies fought across smaller sections of your amazing builds

[@zorpoftherings]

So would I Ellie!!!

[@Tobokip101]

I’d love to see the battle of the five armies. Would be an absolute massive undertaking though 😂

[@zorpoftherings]

Had actually planned to film it but Covid scrapped the shoot, hopefully sometime!

[@nerdinebe]

Gods though I wanna see Minas Tirith so baaad. I love this just mess of a scenario, Gondor please hit a shot!

[@zorpoftherings]

I'm so excited to film a game on it!

[@roadgoeseveron7128]

This board... oh man this board... i would pay to olay on a board like that!

[@CorwinsTabletop]

This was *so* good! Looking forward to the next part.

[@ONIS3]

A comment for Algorithmos, Gatekeeper of Content, to prove Lachies' quality

[@zorpoftherings]

HAHAHAHA Thank you Oni!

[@Oliver-f3h]

I have always wanted to see movies accurate battles but also to have movie battle grounds like this and just have a massive battle

[@zorpoftherings]

It's been a dream of mine since I was a kid!

[@ryanshakeshaft151]

I would love to see the Rohan warg attack

[@DriveByBacon]

Can’t believe you were just sitting on this battle report. Great stuff

[@zorpoftherings]

Haha yeah been eating at me too haha, the second part is even better!

[@wolftrem4206]

Perfectly befitting my Morannon Ork painting day!

[@bleachorange]

Alright, time to sit back and enjoy!

[@Carcharoth0]

Hot damn this is great, you have built a battle report worthy of Mordor.

[@zorpoftherings]

Thank you mate!!!

[@Dylan-er9ji]

Fantastic Batrep. Very dramatic

[@thomascoutts9242]

Great editing and narrative. Thanks

[@mrlukesir486]

Oh yeah love me some lotrsbg vids

[@harazhangf5782]

It was cool to rewatch the battle report. And I can't wait for part 2 !!!

[@zorpoftherings]

Thanks Harazhang!!!

[@EricWoodyVariety59]

I would love to play but I'm a beginner and have nobody to show me the rules of the game and what it takes to get started.

[@zorpoftherings]

Have a look for a community group on facebook near your area :)

[@craig3111]

Love the editing. Amazing.

[@lorddraconum]

I would love to see Prince Imrahil on the battlefield.

[@zorpoftherings]

He'll get some time VERY soon!!!

[@Yashu1105]

Comment for the Algorithm god

[@irishtom30]

This is the coolest. Most insane gaming board of all time

[@zorpoftherings]

Thank you buddy!!

[@bathlizard5400]

Oh wow I didn't realize the algorithm doesn't like crafting + gaming content on one channel. I will gladly subscribe to as many channels as required for the channels to do well. I enjoy all of the content.

[@zorpoftherings]

Thank yoiu mate, yeah they're very different audience pools sadly, not many folks like both like we do haha

[@bathlizard5400]

@@zorpoftherings what a shame

[@jmc7034]

anything that involves the Dwarves of middle earth

[@zorpoftherings]

Yussssssss

[@yeahjfr6591]

Rohan Rohan Rohan anything Rohan PLEASE 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@zorpoftherings]

More Rohan coming!

[@Ilfirin_Art]

@zorpoftherings could You please explain why YT prevents You from posting batreps on Your main channel? I mean, keeping another channels for everything must be annoying. Is this the same batrep that You've put on YT about year ago on Your main channel? I've started watching it and after couple of minutes I had a feeling that "I think I've seen this before" ;)

[@zorpoftherings]

Battle Report content and Hobby content are two completely different audience pools with very little cross viewership, and for YT to work you need to basically do one thing really well targeted at one audience subset. Each time a viewer DOESN'T click on your content, you get a red mark against the channel and your recommended promotion drops. If you're trying to manage different audiences who only watch a portion of your content, you end up getting so many red marks that none of your audience see anything and your channel tanks. This is a reupload as I said in the intro :) Wil slowly reup all the old batreps here to help keep the channel active in between new ones coming out :) The hilarious thing is how many people haven't seen this one before haha, illustrates the point painfully.

[@Ilfirin_Art]

@@zorpoftherings Thanks for explaining! :) BTW this board looks so good that actually I'll gladly watch this batrep again :D Looking forward to some batrep in Minas Tirith though :D That main gate from Your last video looks so promising for gameplay - cannot wait to see Gandalf slashing some trolls ;)

[@hunsler1006]

Oh hell yeah, this is awesome

[@oldAzekai]

Amazing. Great ending

[@Thunderstorm254]

Oh my god I just saw this. I'm excited to see this.

[@zorpoftherings]

Thanks mate!

[@Hodgmeisterpro0209]

That was awesome bro.

[@pauly985]

Awesome batrep :)

[@AcoylteKraven82]

1:06- I don’t understand why you call it that?!? Does GW actually own LOTR now?!? Or ever? Is that a legit game??? “LOTR WH”?!? Because if so, I’ve never seen it! Or are you just taking the LOTR minis and playing by the WH rules? That one would actually make less sense because majority of their weapons are energy weapons and I’m pretty sure besides the wizards they don’t have any of that! Plus I like WH and all……. but their rules are some of the dumbest and overly complicated things ever!!!

[@gregwaugh616]

Great battle report!

[@vampyrjack]

I want to see a battle report of an off screen battle - the recapture of the western bank, which is celebrated in the Faramir flashback with Boromirs speech in two towers extended edition

[@zorpoftherings]

We actually almost filmed that as well on this same shoot, but ran out of time haha

[@vampyrjack]

@@zorpoftherings Do you need more orcs?

[@mikeglasswell-gameplay]

Always a great balance of story and mechanics. It's tricky what to focus on for battle reports

[@AcoylteKraven82]

23:10- Lol I had to pause it right here for a minute!?! Honestly, that looks like it’s supposed to be a American flag!?! Lol Not the 50 states one! But maybe the Civil War one!?!

[@purerel]

I will watch any MESBG battle Report. Personally I am drawn more towards the Tournament style compared to the narrative. Big support, loving the content 🤙

[@AcoylteKraven82]

19:59- I’m just curious…… I don’t remember you actually talking about it or even showing use prior to them being placed on the map but how many units are on both sides?!? Like it’s really hard to tell because at no point can we see all of them at once!!?! So I can’t even tell how many are left! Or how many are already gone!?! But also how are you keeping track of everyone’s wounds?!? Because most of the time I don’t see any tokens near any of the miniatures we have seen! Let alone anything that might be considered wound tokens! Sorry if this sounds like I’m just complaining and/or making fun of this, whatever game you guys are playing…. That is not my intentions! I’m confused! I don’t really understand what or why you guys are doing what you’re doing and not knowing any of your rules for this makes it 10x more confusing! I just want to learn! And I think this map is epic!!!

[@tarm6395]

Zorp bat reps are back in town, ah yeah!

[@zorpoftherings]

Wooooooooooooo

[@mariobenitopeinado6840]

Osigiliath megaboard full of minis looks absolutely magnificent. Hope there's more and more to come!

[@kevin-ux5qk]

thanks for the content on all your channels!

[@zorpoftherings]

My pleasure!