Is 10 trolls too much?

Been in the hobby for 7+ years, but I still love watching videos like these. . There is always something new to learn. Thanks for all the awesome content 💜

So thankful to have found your channel, your vids have been a huge help in my decision to finally pull the trigger and get into the game. My wife and I just immigrated to Australia in September from the US, where the scene for this game is practically dead. Been sitting on a horde of Easterling minis that I can’t wait to get on the table. Thanks for the great content, maybe I’ll see you across the table one day soon.

Love seeing a new video go live on this channel - was watching older battle reports at lunch today! Best MESBG KZfaqr and appreciate all your videos! Thanks for restarting my interest in the game, got my first event coming up in a few weeks and really looking forward to it 😊

Hi Jacob, I've gotten into MESBG for a year or so now. Your channel has offered me so much. I can't thank you enough for all the tips and how - to's in playing the game. I revisit some of your batreps and tutorials to refresh my memory. I'm a lone player so it is a little bit too much for me to remember every rule and scenario etc. I love the content. Thanks a million!!

This was a really great video, thank you. Very interested in building a full army now. Been having a great time with battle companies.

Thank you so much for the wonderful guide on getting started. Something I see very frequently in games btu haven't seen a good into guide/review is terrain for the game and where and how to start if you're new to miniature wargames. I'd love to see something like that!

This is actually perfect, ive been watching your videos for a month or so and ive wanted to get into the game! Thinking of Mordor as of right now!

Brilliant videos, only really played 40k but after marathoning 13 hours of LOTR I saw there is limited edition translucent Dead of Dunharrow dudes on GW website, 2 infantry boxes and a king of the dead later decided to add in the three hunters to be thematic for jumping off a boat, then had to add in a Minas Tirith battlehost for free shipping of course. Cannot wait to get them all painted up and displayed but your videos make me want to find people to play with. Thank you, I have not been this excited on a hobby project since I painted 1000pts of melee nids as bees.

Im so glad you have so many videos on this game. I bought the box set of the fellowship online because I'm a lotr fan and I miniatures war game fan who wanted to paint the minis and now I'll be able to get use out of them beyond just painting some minis

I'm starting ME SBG, bought Pelennor Fields and started painting first warbands , thanks for the video!

Great video! I'm new to the game and I'm still painting my miniatures and the Kingdom of Saxonia that I printed 👌

Great video for begginers, got into your channel a little bit ago and now i´m into a local community, we will we having a tournament soon, thanks for your wonderful advice

The only thing I would add to this advice is to never leave home without a Banner if your faction has access to them. They are always worth the points without exception and learning to position them effectively is a skill every player needs to learn

I’m really enjoying your content! Thanks for posting!

Love the content. Keep up the great work.

thanks mate just getting into the game now, cant believe i put it off for so long. will keep a regular eye on the out of stock stuff!

Oh thank you, thank you, thank you so much! A perfect time for this video, since so many people (including myself) are getting started rn with the release of the battlehosts I personally bought the Mordor battlehost (but I can't get the mounted witch-kings arm to fit properly 😭), and heard that it can also be used for Angmar and Barad Dur, although I'm not sure how I should get started with the other two.

Good stuff as always 👍 👏 👌

Great video. I just bought the old starter, Battle for Pelennor Fields. Looking forward to making some content for Middle Earth in the future!

It would be cool if you could make a video on developing something for private players. That is what I see myself doing. Friend is curious about playing the game, I introduce him. Thematic builds and scenarios probably play a huge role then, but they should also get a good impression of the variety in mechanics. Heroes with special abilities or magic, some ranged, spearmen, some cavalry. Rule of cool is most important. No beginner gets excited playing with Moria orcs when the other guy has the Fellowship. Tips for making Evil armies exciting to a buddy would be appreciated, too. Maybe even some suggestions for useful terrain or anecdotes on what was the most successful when you introduced others to the game.

I’ve been learning how to play for about a month or so now. My friend and I had a 650 point game earlier tonight. My Isengard vs his Vanquishers of the Necromancer. 40 models vs 4. And he absolutely destroyed me 😂 I’ve never played a game where that is a thing that can happen.

Hey Jacob, love your videos and think you are doing an amazing job! As you said in this video because of the battlehosts I have found myself finally playing this game! I've watched your how to play guide but would love you to do one going into might and heroic actions and maybe some more indepth stuff for noobs myself! Thanks again love from the UK

Thanks Jacob this video has inspired me to return to the hobby after dropping it in 2005.

wow that was great and good to see that the game is still strong I played 10yrs ago and still have a dwarf and elven army in metal and want to start again not sure if I like the new books like the hobbit just enjoy the old rules anyway cheers Alan

As a kid first seeing the goblins of moria, I've always wanting to make a army based in the Goblins of moria fashioned as a hoard pulling cave trolls right behind them as they swarm the enemies deep in halls of Moria.

How am i just now finding you?! SUBBED!

Thinking of getting started with MESBG for the new year and your channel is getting me hyped for it! QQ about list building, can you mix troops from the same faction? For example I’m thinking Mordor, can a Mordor orc captain have 4 Morannon orcs and 2 Mordor orcs in the same warband if that makes sense?

Hey mate, thinking about jumping into the hobby. I really like the Halls of Thranduil and just got the forgeworld model. Any idea on where to next from here?

Hi, first video of yours I’ve watched. Really helpful! You mentioned 3D print creators at the end. Didn’t catch all the names. Could you recommend some? Cheers

Thanks for making great content for a new mesbg-player like me! I recently started making my first army of Moria! Because goblins are awesome! Thinking about having the two goblin kings, one captian, two cave trolls and then ordinary goblin warriors for the rest. Should bring me up to 500p. What do you think? Swarm them with goblins and smash them with the trolls! 😆 Should be fun to play at least!

Wanting a bit more on-top of the GW range what are those 3d print names you gave I am dumb, cheers!

Thinking of beginning. Been playing middle earth: shadow of war so naturally I’m interested in going with a Ringwraith/Nazgûl army. I’ll most likely get all nine of them and a couple winged just to round the collection, but would nine Nazgûl be a suitable army or would it be too much/too little?

I'm playing a Warband from Dunland with Viking and Anglo-Saxon miniatures from other companies that still greatly seem to fit in with LOTR models. My problem really is that I love more elite, Undead and monstrous stuff... Troll only lists, Twin Dragons, Balrog + minor daemons, Mirkwood spiders, Sauron with Nazgul or just The 9 riders... most of which sounds and looks awesome, but winning battles not so much. Usually mixing is better in this game, and some of the stronger elite only options are on the good side: Three hunters, Fellowship, Thorins Company, Fangorn (aka Treebeard's Boys from the Wood), Gwahir with Eagles... Also Dead of Dunharrow are pretty sweet. But damn I wish stuff like Trolls, Spiders and Dragons would better work as stand alone armies. I would adore a troll only army that would be more than an expensive joke.

Great video! Currently played my first game last month! Only 300 points, but I’m currently building a 600 point harad army so the release of the Haradrim King is perfect this week! One quick question around banners, do I take a banner and a war spear for my haradrim model? The model I have has a banner with a spear tip on the end? Or do I just take the banner and not pay an extra point for the spear do you know? Keep up the great content!

Correct me if am wrong but according to army books and little knowedge what i got so far You can buy battle host like example Isengard make few uruks as Captain that make You set to play by just single box and not need buy heroes pack for start since Cpt is capable to have up to 12 soldiers 🤔

Hi, great video! I am struggling to get models here in South Africa, I got the Mordor and Rohan Battlehosts starter boxes. Ordered a Battle for Pelennor fields cause I found one supplier with it in stock. After 3 months, I can confirm they do not. So now I am looking at printing what I cannot find. Where can I find these guys who create these models?

Great video! It's a bit hard for me to tell what the names are of the companies selling 3D printed minis. I would love if you could write or DM their name. Thanks again!

Hey mate! I'm brand new to LOTR Miniatures game, thank you for your video. Still releveant in 2024.

Hey! What were the names of the alternative miniature creators you mentioned? Do they have websites? I couldn't make out the names. Thanks!

Great video! Can you please share a link to the 3d print creators? My hearing isn't that great and I only caught Medbury as one of them. Thanks!

Would you put the 2H flail on the Witch King? I'm new to the game and anytime I hear people talking about him no one mentioned the flail. Is that because it isn't worth the 5pts or is it because its just assumed you're taking it?

Hello. Thanks for this vidéo. As a first army I plan to play Aragorn, The King of the Dead, Dead Warriors and add later maybe the Dead Heralds, Gimli, Legolas, a few Dead Riders and Arwen. Painting the Dead is in progress. I was told that Arwen could not be played in the special legion 😭😭😭 As a second one, I plan to play Mordor. The new box and, when available, the 9 ringwraith riders.

Which of the newest two starters do you think is better? The pelinor fields set seems to be a better as far as models go but the newer one has a scenrio book, terrain and updated rules.

Might do a full black numenorean army led by some Nazguil

Great video! I have a sealed Escape from Goblin Town box that I’m about to open and paint with my son. How out of date if the rule book inside going to be?

I've been painting up my models and am thinking of merging my Pelennor box with the Minas Tirith Battlehost. Would Theoden leading riders work well with Gandalf leading a shield wall of warriors or are the two armies too different to merge well?

sorry for a late comment, could you link those stl creators you talked about? it would be much appreciated!

Hello can you please make tutorial how to play MESBG basic ( i know you already done basic ) and advanced

What does one army consist of or is there a listing where you can see?

Oh, so I can play Rivendel and Mirkwood together, as long as they're led by their own faction leaders? That's sick. Could I play all the wizard heroes together, like Radigast and Gandalf?

In what box can i get Boromir? I saw there are 3 Versions. 2 on foot and 1 on horse. Where to get the normal one, most players are playing? In a starter, seperat, i need some help..

I want to build a rangers of gondor army, but I cant find the army information online, and I don't want to buy the whole book just for one army. What should I do?

Is a tree ent army a meme army? What would treeents pair best with?

thanks a lot for the video! Just the one i was looking for. I currently have two very small armies. i have 6 rohan riders and theoden^ and i have 6 rivendell knights and arwen ( which i use as elrond) what should i get next for those armies? thanks a lot)

After Osgiliath Starter and command set what would you recommend to buy next for good and evil side? I think of 3 additional boxes for each

I don't have any models yet. I really love the armored troll models. The ones that are labeled mordor/isengard troll as well as the chieftain. If I want to run a list with all of those armored trolls and maybe some cave trolls, is that viable and what faction would I be running with a list like that?

maybe I'm just hard of hearing but could somebody type the names of those 3d model makers so I can look them up

What would be good for Boromir

От души! Thanks bro!

Does anyone know where i can geht the Files for the ringwraiths?

one question about ringwraiths - do they really poses only 1 wound? or is there any other mechanic in play? ( in first edidton i remeber that they Will actualy was theirs wounds)

First, you buy models. Then, you build some of them. Then, you put them away for two years. Then, you rediscover them, build them all, and paint them all in a couple months. Rinse and repeat.

Who were the three 3D printer creators you mentioned in the video? Thanks

Hi I am the dark lord sauron and I am rebuilding my army of orcs and I was wondering are Mordor uruk hai good

I am sorry to bother you here and for the offtopic, but I hope you can solve a doubt we have in my playing group that is causing a disrruption every time we play Do you think that the special rule Backstabbers also apply to Prone models? I am asking, because according to the Rules Manual, Prone models: "When resolving Strikes against a Prone model, they are always considered to be Trapped." Thank you in advance. Regards.

I wanna play Sauron. Super cool!

Any advice on a ghost army 2k pts and easterlings those guys are awsome and I got some from the pelannor fields box they just leap out at me

so im looking at getting back onto the hobby after a few yesrs doing 40k, how would you guys rate the lothian armoured elves? looking at one lead by Haldir. mix of inf and cav....

What were the 3d alt names?? I'm always looking for new stls

Hi, thank you very much for explaining the hole "army starting proces". I wanted to start a Army for MESBG for a long time. (played Age of SIgmar for some years, but as it's like for the most of the people, LotR is the place where the Heart lies). So, my Question is, what is the best way to Start an Army with a Mumakil? I know, it's one of this question where expierenced palyers think "man, there are better ways to start", but i absolutly love the Model and it's a Dream since my Childhood to Paint one (one of my Classmates had one, back when he came out) So what are the best ways to build an Army with a Mumakil? Maybe someone can help me? ps: is the Mumakil War Leader from ForgeWorld a good option to consider? (because for Style reasons he is^^)

So I'm really interested in this game I grew up with lord of the rings the hobbit and the symiriliam, never new this was a game. So my local game store has the pellonor fields starter box should I pick it up?

cruzlock? how do you spell that? is it on myminifactory?

Hopefully they release arnor again

What books would you need to play the game?

I want to play a list with Legolas, what do I need to get to do that?

The Mahud stuff went out of stock in the UK double quick

What were the names of the stl file creators? Cant quite make it ou

If we are going by rings of power lore that mean I can have sauron and galadriel in the same army lol

can u mix hobbit armies and lotr armies

Hi I have just been on the website and all the prices are in dollars what is the price in pounds I am looking for the full set of buildings and gat and walls

I came to the game from a book and lore enjoyer. And the Allies Mattix doesn't make much sense. Especially the yellow ones. They have options don't make sense and such left out that make sense. Also it completely takes the timeline out which as a book oriented person can be so confusing. But I guess compromises have to be made somewhere.

Woohoo! ... I can build an All-Balrog army ...

Angmar and Mordor didn't ally in the lore? Did I smoke too much Mushrooms? Weren't the nazghul, including the witch king, basically saurons slaves?

Just think about what you just did there

Khazad-dum need more allies!

Would you get away with using wargames Atlantic models

Maybe more like 4 trolls 10 will be a bit to many points.😁

I WANT TO PLAY MUMAKIL TO DO LIKE IN DA MOOOOOOOOOOVIIIIIIIE

You have interesting eyes

Really, really, really?