400pts Isenguard vs Lake town

Welcome back reader. Last week I got a game in vs Chris Dan's Lake Town Militia. Here is the bat rep.

For my Isenguard force I had Saruman and a Captain leading a mix of bezerkers and warriors. Advantages: magic, S4, D6, Disadvantage: low numbers.

 

Chris' Lake Town including Bardon horse, Bilbo and Alfred in drag (!). It is cool to play a different army and the first time I would face the new Bard and Lake town. Chris' Alfred model has a great paint job so look out for it on his next post, we also used the scenic Base he comes with asome invisible bilbo, (great idea I think). Laketown advantages: bows, might and numbers. Disadvantages: weak troops and reliant on Bard.

Place your bets then read on...

Our mission is recon and we're using the new GT scenario. Here is the board some ruins on the outskirts of Gondor.

                                 

My first roll of the game, failing to enter the Board! 

Bard also fails to arrive.

Next turn everyone arrives and square off for a show down.

Alfred's council was almost too dubious for Bard but he successful goes to 6 Might! 

First blood goes to the bowmen, bringing down a bezerker and wounding the captain.

Sarum an strikes back blasting an archer to knock Bard off his horse.

The lines clash even Bilbo gets stuck in. Bards banner effect helps the Lake town win the fights.

Saruman fails a blast spell but the the uruk hai claim some kills most importantly taking Alfred out. However  Bard shoots down two from the flank. 

The Lake town archers and Bard move to surround Saruman.

A successful heroic combat by Bard  leaves Saruman surrounded. Curtains for Isenguard! 

Remember we were playing recon? Away from the main fight 4 lake towers made it off. 

I believe it was 12-0 to Lake town. Well played to Chris.  

I think the deciding factor in the game can be seen in comparing the two leaders. For 170 points Sarum an didn't have enough impact on the game, failing a lot of spells. As good as the uruks are it was an uphill battle when outnumbered. Bard was a very strong hero this game with his great bow shooting and combined might from Alfred giving him combat power.

Thanks to Chris for hosting our game. We also played some other games and tried out Dainty vs Thrandrs which was cool.

  

I will be adding some Dunland to my Tale army next. More to come soon.