Been thinking about Army of Thror again, with the new Thror and Thrain combo pack for $35 you can get yourself a nice starter army, 500pts-ish for $105 Thror and Thrain 1 box Erebor Warriors 1 box Grim Hammers Probably not an ideal list, but looks like a great way to start in.

Great video and well thought out comments and structure I agree mostly on all the points Balin, Dwalin, Thorin are fantastic heroes for smaller games, and Thror/Thrain make welcome additions at larger points - even though they are over costed Warriors of Erebor are the key to success, and while Grim Hammers are ok, they just struggle sometimes, especially vs Str 4 armies - and I run 24 of them so it's not like I don't love them! BUT my disagreement comes on the Men of Dale Men of Dale are fantastic - on an equal points footing as Easterling/Gondor/Rohan foot troops being the same points and 1pt more than the Rohan Warriors who are cheap as chips BUT you get a decent priced archer unit - and you need bows! A small warband of 12 only costs 96 points and you can never underestimate the value of 12 bow shots a turn! F4 means as the game wears on you can throw them happily into combat - I run a 12 strong archer warband in my Easterlings to great effect. YES the lower D is a concern - but at the same time it's a nice little cheap addition to the army and gives them their only real ranged option

If anyone could clear something up for me about the new monster rules for The Hobbit SBG; -How can you tell if a character can use the monster special attacks? Trolls etc. have (monster) behind the name in their profile, but a dragon in the khazad-dum sourcebook for instance doesn't, yet I would assume they can use the special attacks. -Also, can Sauron use them, he's classified as a spirit, but he does have strenght 8 and how he throws men around in the movie looks like he'd be able to hurl? Thanks in andvance

I personally use Thrain, but then again I use the SBG profiles, but even without it I prefer him.

You said to bring bows, wouldn't it be more effective to use dale than allies for that since the bow limit is separate for allies? Also I have made the mistake to use the champions of Erabor versions of Dwallin and Ballin, but now I now better, it is nice that they can be used as Thorin's company profiles so I don't have to buy new models. This vid was great, thanks. Looking forward to the profile update so the models are no longer over pointed.

Looks great! Can you do one for Durin's Folk?

where do you purchase the mounted thorin and dwalin?