So for this duplicate mission, we swapped places and I took charge of the goblins while my brother led his Harad troops - would he be as successful?
The Falcon leads his squad towards the prison tower in the distance.
Trapped inside is one of the sergents, "The Talon"! A bit rough to have one of your sergeants out of the match (well, at least until he's rescued!)
They charge straight towards the... no... wait... where are they going?
Ahh, actually having some archery on the team, four Harad archers climb the ruined tower, which will allow them to shoot quite a distance over the battleground!
The three spearmen skirt around to the treasure chest, avoiding goblin patrols much more easily than my dwarves due to the human longer legs!
The aerial view allows you to see just how far those bowmen on the ruins will be able to shoot!
Grabbing the treasure (Healing Herbs), The Falcon sticks his crew to the edge of the board as they approach the prison from a completely different angle to the dwarven assault.
A single goblin sentry wanders into the area and is immediately surrounded by Harad spears! Poor goblin.
Until he beats back the three much taller men, who fumbled their weapons atrociously!
As the next turn begins the alarm has been raised! Well, it must be time for him to die this time! Or not! He manages to survive again, losing the fight, but the Harad fail to wound! (Even with 6 dice!)
Meanwhile, The Fang and the Wolf shoot down from their perch, arrows pincushioning two goblins!
On the next turn the luckiest goblin alive... stays lucky! This was soooo bizarre! I wonder if it's the same goblin who held off the dwarves for so long last game? It gives the goblins time to swarm towards the prison from all over the board.
Finally The Falcon takes him out!
In the very close distance you can see a goblin who was trying to skulk behind some rough terrain, but The Fang shoots him at extreme range, taking out another goblin archer!
The Harad archers decide to descend, now that they've taken out so many goblins, but wait, as they retreat a goblin archer swarms up a wall, draws his bow and shoots The Pincer in the back!
The luckiest goblin alive has given the other goblins time to really defend up the prison area.
As the spearmen approach, the goblins swarm into the doorways.
One archer remains, having a shoot-out!
And in some bizarre change of fortune, the goblin archer takes out The Serpent!
Assaulting the prison, The Fang and The Wolf take out two green goblins.
But as they charge in they are beset by too many to hold back!
Two goblins still blockade one doorway, while The Falcon tries to hold back others.
Of course, The Hawk spears in to save The Falcon from being three against one!
But the goblin counter-attack takes him out!
It's now down to 4 goblins to three humans in the courtyard, The Falcon is hit, but saves it with a point of fate!
But even the leader of the Falcons can't resist the seemingly never ending attacks and falls. The Tiger avenges him!
Outraged by his leader's falling, The Tiger and The Wolf take out another two goblins.
Up he climbs to rescue his sergeant!
The one remaining goblin archer has shorter range on his bow and so The Wolf bites one last time, a clean sweep of all goblins on the table!
Victory to the Haradrim, but at what cost?! Actually, not much cost at all. For this first mission we went easy (as the rules suggest) and there were no rolls on the injury table =)
Rolling to see what the victory reward is nets enough influence to get two reinforcements - another warrior with a spear and a serpent rider! The Wolf fails to advance, but The Fang now has Steady Aim, no more penalty for shooting when moving half speed. The Falcon also upgrades to heavy armour!
Another really close, really fun game. I was sure the goblins were going to win, but near the end a well-timed double kill and the longer bow range just snuck out a victory for The Falcon's Honour!
The next game will be a clash between the two Battle Companies!
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