I went to the largest MIDDLE-EARTH tournament in North America 2024

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Richard recaps his experience at Adepticon 2024, one of the largest Middle-Earth SBG tournaments in North America, sponsored by Games Workshop! Will he have what it takes to compete for gold?
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00:00 Introduction
00:34 The Beginning
01:21 January 2024
02:59 February 2024
05:23 Before the Tournament
07:03 The Grand Tournament
07:25 Round 1
09:05 Round 2
11:25 Round 3
14:11 Round 4
16:37 Round 5
20:22 Round 6
23:03 Conclusion

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@haukem766 2 ай бұрын

Loved the report! Just started the game and have been really enjoying the competitive side of it. Apart from the green dragon podcast, your channel is probably the best when it comes to learning strategies & tactics. 🙌🏻 A YT video suggestion: Play a competitive game & take a picture each turn of the map vertically from above. In the YT video, show these pictures one at a time to share your thoughts behind your decision-making. These thoughts could be split up into kind of a macro-level (e.g. why deploying more units to the left to apply more pressure there, your intentions of utilizing the terrain, how to play the tempo of your vs. The enemy army etc.) and a micro-level (e.g. why does hero A call a heroic move, why does spear guy X support front guy Y instead of front guy Z etc.). I think this would be quite novel in the MESBG content space and could teach a lot about the game :) Best from Groningen NL 🙋🏼‍♂️

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! That's a great suggestion that I would love to implement one day, I may have to give it a good think how best to go about it first - it's always a challenge to gauge how deep into the tactics the audience want us to go! We tried to find a balance of that in our battle reports but doing a deep dive analysis could be very interesting to do.

@Ryu102684 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for this report, I found it very educational as a new player that has never even been to a tournament and your recounting of how the battles went kept me well entertained!

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

Glad you found it helpful!

@FireflyMyLife 2 ай бұрын

This is a fantastic tournament report - thank you for all of the work you put into it, and congratulations on doing so well with an inventive list! I'm already looking forward to the next one, and I wish you the best of luck.

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Wanted to try a different style of video, so glad people are enjoying it!

@hyberias248 2 ай бұрын

Great video! I need a tactic video on Warbats. How to utilize them etc.

@AngmarCaptain 2 ай бұрын

Well done Richard! Way to represent the Canadians well!

@lutzeichmeyer9338 2 ай бұрын

Congrats on 2nd! Limosine warg for the win

@chriskay284 2 ай бұрын

very well presented video, I was actually feeling nervous myself. I liked the graphics for the army lists and the battle report. Six large and tough battles in a row, to keep playing let alone winning must require a lot of mental concentration as you can't afford to make a mistake and need to keep pushing your positives. Although this army is new to you having played a lot there must be a lot of tactics that cover all the armies, do you ever feel you are on auto pilot.

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Absolutely these games took a lot of mental concentration! There were a few moments in the first few games that I could go on autopilot a bit more after I felt secure of a victory, but I still tried to maximize my points so it still took more concentration than usual for sure!

@mgt4494 2 ай бұрын

Hey Richard, Was great meeting you and the rest of the guys and hanging out the weekend! Hope to catch up soon. Greetings from Germany! Max

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

Great meeting you too! Kept my promise that you'd be in the video lol See you next time! -Richard

@mgt4494 2 ай бұрын

@@intothewestpodcast you’re the man! 🤣👍

@PMMagro Ай бұрын

Azog's is a nice army, fast and attack heavy but fragile. Fun to play fun to meet (unless Azog/Bolg chews on your "my army really is all about these 1-2 heroes". :)

@LakeyWargames 2 ай бұрын

Great event report, loved the layout and your explanation of how things unfolded and the choices you where thinking at the time of them. Congratulations on second! Out of 85 people is an amazing feat. Keep up the great work! :)

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

Much appreciated! 🙏

@Competentetyler 2 ай бұрын

Awesome recap Richard! Thanks for sharing your experience. Loved seeing Scott repping the NorCal MESBG Shirt!

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! He said he was "undercover" lol

@Competentetyler 2 ай бұрын

@@intothewestpodcast One does not simply play Grima, without embodying him.

@Caesar_221 2 ай бұрын

This is probably the best tournament report I have ever seen! (And I watch quite a few) Not much to improve on here. I love the breakdown of the tactics with the visuals. Don't know how good your editing team is but if you can continue to "polish" up the tactics breakdown you would be outclassing any other content out there. Again, really great video and great job on your performance!!

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback! The "editing team" is just Charles and Richard alternating between videos (this one was all Richard). We are just a couple amateurs googling "how to edit KZfaq videos" lol but we are always looking to improve!

@markduree 2 ай бұрын

Great report really detailed and interesting. Congrats on the 2nd place seems like you piloted the army very well.

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

Thank you, it was a super fun list to play!

@tigrousuperfiotte583 2 ай бұрын

Love your channel and your vibe !! :)

@wuothanar3544 2 ай бұрын

Great video, very well done!

@GollumGamers 2 ай бұрын

The into the west shirt goes hard I can't lie

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

Gotta do a jersey swap in the future!

@punchyMiddleEarth 2 ай бұрын

Richo is back!!! 😎

@andrewpalmieri2902 2 ай бұрын

Awesome recap! Loved the brekadown of veto choices that was really helpful!

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

@user-kr1lj4vh8y 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic tournament report! Highly entertaining. Thank you and congrats!!

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@JDWidhalm 2 ай бұрын

This was a really good video, thanks for the tactics graphics breakdown!

@punchyMiddleEarth 2 ай бұрын

That army combo has been gettin around a bit in our local meta, run by solid players too (has had good results).

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

👀

@twotreesgaming 2 ай бұрын

That was a great watch, thanks for making - looking forward to you going one better next time! 😁

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

That's the goal, thanks for watching!

@Eric-jt8yx 2 ай бұрын

Great video! Thanks Richard

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@warforged144 2 ай бұрын

More! Give me more of this content!

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

We will definitely do so with all this positive feedback! :)

@rosaryenjoyer739 2 ай бұрын

It was great meeting you at Adepticon Richard!

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for coming up to say hi!

@princev8283 2 ай бұрын

Well done

@metascrub285 2 ай бұрын

I myself will be playing hunters allied with legion myself soon. Just won a tournament with hunters 500 and been wanting to scale it up.

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

Awesome, congrats!

@2010Revolution 2 ай бұрын

That was a very insightful video. Thanks a lot and congratulations! I strongly consider playing a version of this list on my next 600p tournament (instead of Pits of Dol Guldur). Would you recommend simply downgrading the list by dropping a bat and a few orcs from your 650p version? And I would love to know why you chose to drop the ogre in the tournament-list. What role would it take in a 600p list? Would two bats perform better from your point of view? Or is your list not playable at 600p anymore - would you rather pivit to Pits then?

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'd downgrade the 650 list by dropping the Ogre and then adding an Orc so the numbers are the same. I think it would still work well (but no Narzug compared to my 750). The Ogre can be an extra threat and utility piece in theory but I found in most of my games he didn't end up doing too much. Too often his 3 attacks aren't even enough to win a fight, very rarely will he get his points back. 2 bats will almost always do more work. I like Pits but I also think my list works very well still too, my issue with Pits is that it's a bit more one-dimensensional (reliant on the Ambush and Azog going off), so it's harder to beat more experienced players who are looking out for that. -Richard

@2010Revolution 2 ай бұрын

@@intothewestpodcast thank you! I'll paint up the army and then will see to some test matches soon with it. I'd also love to watch a tactics video on how to make the most of your warbats like hyberias stated before (maybe a whole video on flying monsters or generelly monsters to make it longer?).

@smoothbrush4722 Ай бұрын

Congrats, you think Yazneg would worth it if you lose 2 berserkers 1 bat?

@intothewestpodcast Ай бұрын

Thanks. That would be interesting, I liked what my 3rd bat provided. Though knowing my matchups now, Yazneg might've helped but the beserkers were there to help me against terror matchups which luckily I didn't have to face a lot of.

@savannahherrell360 Ай бұрын

Where do they do tournaments on east coast I'm in ga

@intothewestpodcast Ай бұрын

There are lots throughout the year - notable ones being NOVA Open in Washington DC, a number in Philadelphia and Nashville as well. We recommend joining the American page on Facebook (ASBGA) for details of upcoming American events! Unsure if there are any events in Georgia, but you should be able to connect with players in your area in the ASBGA group.

@jmaccsarmiesofmiddleearth 2 ай бұрын

Congrats man well deserved. Whats your thoughts on no bolg or azog and full mass orc spam?

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! I like it a lot but probably only up to 700 points! Above that and you start to have less answers in certain situations like a big mounted heroes + blinding light or elite armies in a choke.

@jmaccsarmiesofmiddleearth 2 ай бұрын

@@intothewestpodcast sweeet was thinking about trying it at 600ish

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

It's so good, throw in a Merc Captain warband too!

@Elessar_King 2 ай бұрын

Generally Hobbit armies are mostly unbalanced and not fun to play against. Hopefully there will be turnaments breakouts to compete within LoTR and within Hobbit armies to scale the nonsense sometimes...

@intothewestpodcast 2 ай бұрын

Hmm that's an interesting take, the Hobbit armies definitely play differently so I get where some people don't find them fun to play against but I'm not sure I agree that they are unbalanced or overpowered. I play armies from both eras and I find certain LOTR armies just as good if not better, especially the Legendary Legions. I also agree that the statlines can be ridiculous like F7 orc heroes and 2 attack orc warriors of 8 points but the Hobbit armies tend to have less viable options to round out a list.

@obicproductions890 2 ай бұрын

Statistically (using data from longshanks) lord of the rings armies outperform hobbit armies at tournaments. Hobbit armies definitely tend to have more special rules but they pay for them heavily in points/other limitations such as some more costly/less efficient troops.

@Elessar_King 2 ай бұрын

@@intothewestpodcast If GW eventually switch sides to focus on delivering new units (to compensate lack of tactics to some of armies that desparately need it; Arnor, am looking at you