Having played Mahud Raiders a couple of years ago in battle companies, and then again more recently in standard scenarios, I'm not sure this review fully appreciates the potential hitting power of mass camels (10+ warriors, plus 2 heroes). It's not always possible to get all of them into combat in a single turn (they are cavalry, after all). But I have found that on turns when I can, it is not unusual to take out 8-12 models in a single turn on the charge. Yes, the odds are that they'll fail to wound every time (and typically need a 5+ to wound most standard battle lines). But there's always at least a few that wound 2-3 models in a single charge (and there is always a round where one of them gets to 5+ wounds). And statistical models have a hard time capturing just how devastating that is. The other thing that has stood out to me in recent playing is that while their F3 is a problem, they still have a decent chance of winning fights if the dice are roughly even (roughly a 40% chance in a 2-dice vs. 2-dice scenario). But when they win, they have a _substantial_ chance of killing whatever they're fighting, as long as it's D8 or below (4 dice needing a 5+ vs D7 or 8, or more commonly, 4 dice needing a 4+ vs D5-6). So the 40% chance of winning a fight is also essentially a 40% chance of killing whatever you're fighting, which is pretty good for a basic warrior. Add in the blow pipes with a 3+ shoot value, their 10" movement, and the possibility of the impact hits on the way in, and I'm not sure there's a more potent killing profile in the game at under 20 points. My two cents. :) Appreciate the discussion, as always!

4:28 The same question ("Does Fortify Spirit also affect a model's mount?") was actually also answered ("Yes.") in the FAQs of the older rulebook (Gandalf cover).

Hey! I'm on friendly tournament in May, 625p, one army (so also goog vs good), 3 games and random scenarios. I thought about starting a new Khazad Dum/Moria project, with an Iron Guard heavy list. Please review/comment, here we go! Balin 7 Iron Guards 2 Khazad Guards 5 Dwarf Warriors bow 1 Dwarf Ranger bow, throwing axe Kings Champ 2 Herolds 5 Iron Guards 2 Khazad Guards 2 Dwarf Warriors bow 1 Dwarf Ranger bow, throwing axe Dwarf Ballista, one extra crew member 625 Points, 32 Models, 5+1 Might 9 bows + Ballista, 14 throwing axes My rationale was just to spam out a bit some killy Iron Guards and keep D6 as a baseline with the rest being mainly Dwarf Warriors with bow. Some Khazad Guards for tanking S4 Heros or Terror models for a turn or two and standing on objectives. Dwarf Rangers to climb stuff and shoot things. Ballista is supposed to keep me save from shooty armies, especially so cross bows or S2 bows spam like harad wouldn't shoot off my 15p units. Ideally, if my opponent runs towards me, even use that might of the Ballista captn for a heroic move, as the other might in this list is better to use for different things. Play conservatively with Balin, try to drain a heroic move here n' there from my opponent with his longbeard special rule and keep him alive to leverage it in lategame when both are low on might as well. Bad match-ups would be D7 armies I guess, as I also could come up against good armies. Magic would be unpleasant but I hope it wont be too prevelant at that point level. Cheers!

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Welcome back! How do you guys feel about nova being at 1000 points? What do you think the meta will be at 1k? ( I know you can bring so much). Never played that high of points and I’m between Isengard pure or a Minas Tirith/Fiefdoms alliance (with Gandalf the white)

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