Campaign Finale - Escape from Goblin Town

The Dwarves Make their Escape

This was very much a game of two halves, with the second half belonging to the dwarves. At the beginning of the game the situation looked quite bleak for the dwarves with the goblins bearing down on them and the early loss of Ori. Balin will need to find another scribe.

However, slowly as the game progressed the dwarves began to gain the upper hand and then Thorin managed to take down the goblin king with a little of Gandalf’s magic. In end with the death of the goblin heroes, the dwarves escape looked certain. It was then just matter minimising risk to the vulnerable heroes and get them across the table.

Throughout the game Oin, struggled to heal any of the wounded dwarves, which was my plan to get a couple of the dwarves healed before the bulk of the goblins arrived. So, in the end I had to commit fighters like Fili and Dwalin to battle with only one wound.  

The first few turns were quite tense as the dwarves struggled to deal with the masses of goblins and Ori had to sacrifice himself to stop Thorin from being surrounded. Gandalf’s use of immobilise was crucial to stopping the goblin king to pilling in at key moments. 

Turn four marked the low point for the dwarves and with the exception of Dori, the dwarves only won through desperate measures (might) and even then, both Bofur and Fili were beaten down to one wound each. Thorin duelled with the goblin king after he had been immobilised by Gandalf but couldn’t land a wound. And to cap it all Oin still couldn’t heal any wounds, so Dwalin had to join the fray with only one wound. 

And then on turn five the game turned again, and the dwarves took down scores of goblin and the king was dead. Gandalf being able to Immobilise the Goblin king meant the dwarves could pick who took him and deal with his bodyguards first. 

After the Battle

Interestingly both Fili and Dori managed to kill hordes of goblins in every game but both were taken out of action before the final game. Dori seemed particularly lucky right up to his last stand. Where as both Dwalin and Kili didn't perform all that well. 

Now, the dwarves have escaped the Misty Mountains they have just the small matter of evading a few angry Wargs and goblin riders…

I now fancy painting up a few Mirkwood spiders to continue the adventure.

Not Friday Night Beer

Ok so it's not Friday night, and not technically a beer but I was given this by some friends and while I wouldn't drink this all the time it is an interesting change.

Rob