Was a decent scan of the Battlehosts book they did for WotR ever put up? I was always curious to read it but haven't found one.
LOTR / The Hobbit SBG
Dylan Rodriguez
Dominic Rodriguez
Yeah, the LotR and Hobbit books are all compatible with the current Hobbit Rulebook, which is nearly identical to the old LotR blue rulebook.
Here they are:
archive.4plebs.org
If you want to get started with the game I would buy Battle Companies this weekend. It has rules for using one box of figures a side.
Gabriel Reyes
Been painting some LOTR recently, my Orc Banner Bearer.
Levi Jones
LOTR was the best game ever made by GW with some of the best models. The hobbit is shit.
Play lotr and use the return of the king rulebook. That was the shit
Aaron Jackson
The Song of Durin also has "metal wrought like fish's mail", with mail here as a generic term for armour. So the Dwarves sometimes used scale armour even if actual mail is far more common.
Theoden's armour is pretty good overall but really should have been worn over a mail shirt given the many large gaps in coverage. When Theoden is injured defending the gate at HD kills me, the Uruk goes to stab him with a spear and instead of going for the armpit gaps which the red tunic worn underneath advertise he just thrusts right through the centre of the breastplate. Then again since orc arrows effortlessly pierce Gondorian plate, armour is of questionable value in the movieverse. Does it ever save anyone other than Frodo in Moria?
Jose Edwards
Looks good, his skin reminds me of an Uruk-hai though.
Easton Richardson
All those old links are dead. Are there any newer ones?
Samuel Diaz
If you want to start slowly op, the battle companies rulebook has literally gone up for pre-order today. It's all about starting small and growing your force over a narrative campaign.
Zachary Russell
Would tidy the cloth unless the silver is just the sheen of the light
Blake Sanchez
Battle Companies are a fun change of pace but I'd honestly not recommend them for a beginner.