What does it take to win a large MESBG tournament?

[@big-guy_Sheev]

Nice having you back, and congrats for the Tournament win

[@levianr.3283]

Paul is a good mordor player, but he never won against minas tirith hehhehehehe

[@levianr.3283]

*without gandalf

[@sneakybeak4032]

Congratulations on your 1st and 4th placings guys :) I love the channel, i agree with fewer but higher quality videos. Id be interested in a tournament report/recap video similiar to this for Ardacon with your thoughts :)

[@nataliepearson7074]

Glad I found your channel when I did. Been painting up my first black dragons and am excited to try them out later this year once I've picked up the rest of the army

[@NoobsandMen]

Amazing video mate. Congratulations on the huge win. On the topic of the Shire not winning a 2 day 1000pt event, recently we just had the Australian Championship run by games workshop and it was won by 'The Shire', My Question is "WHERE THE HELL IS THE TERRAIN????"

[@SeanRKirkby]

Turns out my 80+ hobbit games were worth it

[@kevinvanravenswaaij4060]

I guess that teaches me to never say never, haha!

[@SauronTheDeciever775]

Told you, you would win

[@tannerpaxman2451]

Hello Kevin! I am going to the Netherlands in a few months and I would love to see if there are any tournaments or opportunities for games while I am there. Is there a way that I can message you?

[@lowlandswargaming1302]

You're in luck, there's lots of events in the Netherlands. Best way to talk to me or the community is to drop by the Dutch mesbg discord: discord.com/invite/WeZr3b88

[@johnhickman8391]

Grats on the win.

[@wookiesofmirkwood7780]

Great video Kevin! Was lovely meeting you and congratulations again on your win!!

[@kevinvanravenswaaij4060]

Thanks so much mate! I had a blast!

[@The.Jam.Merchant]

Loved our game mate (Jamie) hope to see you at another tournament 🙂

[@kevinvanravenswaaij4060]

Likewise! Are you at ardacon this year?

[@The.Jam.Merchant]

@kevinvanravenswaaij4060 Not this year, will hopefully make it next year though.

[@punchyMiddleEarth]

Excellent video as always mate. Congrats on the results too. Your army also dodged any nerfs in the recent faq haha Here is a quick little look at a tournament held in Perth Western Australia recent... kzbin.infoJ39-9ipmCVw?feature=share

[@massimilianomorato5059]

First of all: congratulations on the achievement! Second: damn you now my friends will go on until end of time saying Easterlings are broken and calling me names. Thanks for all the quality content, I regularly go back and rewatch your Factions videos. Now that I think of it...why haven't I subscribed yet? Because I don't know how to use socials. I'm going to fix that right now. Edit: I REALLY don't know how to use socials. I already was a subscriber.

[@lowlandswargaming1302]

😂 This comment was a roller coaster. Thanks for the support!

[@lowlandswargaming1302]

Also sorry not sorry

[@MathieuVuylsteke]

I've watched your easterlings strategy video a while ago and have been crushing my local scene with it at 500-600 points. It almost feels a bit like cheating or taking a cheesy min-maxed list. It's a lot of fun to play though and I really need to add more acolytes. However, for an upcoming tournament I'm considering a less competitive list at 750pts: Helm's Guard. Still not sure if it's the right choice though since he'll instantly lose against magic. Maybe I'd still go for easterlings ^^

[@naugladur8534]

Helm is a machine; take King’s Huntsman

[@HodgePodgeHobbies]

learned i did! Congrats man!

[@jangohemmes352]

Great vid, congrats!

[@krizzledizzle454]

Love the videos man, keep them coming. I would really like to know more about the tournament structure such as pts for Bye and specifically the scenarios that were altered as I might like to use this format myself. Thanks

[@lowlandswargaming1302]

If you're on Facebook at all, reach out to Michael Bradford or search for the northern Ireland GT page. You can get the full tournament pack that way :)

[@giraffediety2477]

The Tournament Point Scoring is very interesting. Im in Texas, and people would riot if a guy with less wins than another beat him in standings. But i get why people would want to do it differently.

[@lowlandswargaming1302]

I did really enjoy it. It puts more emphasis on fighting for VP's rather than just cheesing out a win by leader kill or something.

[@Enigmatus23]

Good to see you back mate

[@LittleMushroomGuy]

Gigachad Easterlings enjoyer

[@Corppi22]

Is playing a top 3 LL really a gigachad move lol

[@princev8283]

Good vid as alway’s

[@massimilianomorato5059]

May I ask you what made you prefer numbers over one more warband? Don't you think 8 might is kinda low at 800?

[@lowlandswargaming1302]

The Easterling LL doesn't typically use a lot of might. There are many turns where you don't mind the opponent having priority or doing a heroic move, if you've positioned properly. Rutabi's master of battle also helps. More numbers means more benefits from the emperor banner/bonuses, to the point where your warriors do all the work, and your heroes are just there to manage the opponent a bit.

[@massimilianomorato5059]

@@lowlandswargaming1302 thank you very much for answering me despite being caught up in Ardacon! I see, that's something I actually argue a bit with a friend of mine. I say that the Emperor has flipped the Easterlings upside down, because they used to be Heroes-focused and now they are troops-focused. He disagrees. I may feel the need for Might since he used to play Lame Town Soup and bring to the table some 15 might. God I love the latest FAQs and erratas. Since you've been so gracious to answer me I'll abuse of that and ask: no honesty bows?

[@lowlandswargaming1302]

@@massimilianomorato5059 nah, bows are overrated. Daggers make their mounted heroes be a bit careful. Drum up and punch them in the face

[@olivergunson]

Wait Ben... Ben?..... Ben! The dude is currently teaching me how to play this game at the moment! We've played a few games and now going to my first gameday this weekend. It's a small island Ireland 😅 💚🤍🧡

[@wookiesofmirkwood7780]

Would this be the one and only Ben Fitzpatrick? I unfortunately am missing the event this weekend myself. But I hope you enjoy it and we can have a matchup sometime soon

[@olivergunson]

@@wookiesofmirkwood7780 Aye indeed it is, ah that is a shame, I'm finally getting into MESBG after being on the fence about it for years. Aye indeed hopefully we can get a game in one day though I'm sort of reliant on Ben or Alex to tell me about events as I despise Facebook

[@lowlandswargaming1302]

I dislike Facebook as well, unfortunately it is a necessary evil for international mesbg events. Thankfully for the Dutch events we've created a discord server for all of the players. Over 200 strong at this point!

[@wookiesofmirkwood7780]

Awww man Facebook is awful. As Kevin said it's a necessary evil! Il make sure Ben and Alex keep you well informed haha

[@olivergunson]

@@lowlandswargaming1302 ah Discord is so much better, that sounds like something we need for Ireland and possibly for the UK too.