Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game

Road to Nottingham: Painting a Middle Earth Event Army

Thundercloud is heading out to a Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game tournament in Nottingham, and that means it's time to paint some Uruk-hai.

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game: Beechbone the Ent Model Review

GW are releasing even more Middle Earth models - filling in entries in army lists that didn't previously have models, or providing updated plastic versions. In this article we review Beechbone the Ent. Before we dive in, we’d like...

MESBG: Battle of Edoras – Hill Tribesmen and Characters Review

We would like to thank Games Workshop for providing us with a review copy of the Battle of Edoras, which these miniatures are from. The Sprues The Battle for Edoras box brings two new evil plastic kits: Hill Tribesmen and Wulf...

Hobby Heresy: A Hobbit Hole in a Book Nook

Sometimes, just occasionally, it's nice to bend the skills of a wargamer towards something cosy and adorable. When my dear friend and inveterate wannabe-hobbit Drew finally got the keys to her first house, my wife Alex suggested we buy...

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game: Rise of Angmar – Legions of Good

With Rise of Angmar hitting stores and gaming tables soon, Thundercloud takes a dive into the new Good units and Legendary Legions. We would like to thank GW for providing a copy of Rise of Angmar for review. New Units While Good...

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game: Rise of Angmar – Legions of Evil

With Rise of Angmar hitting stores and gaming tables soon, Thundercloud takes a dive into the new evil units and Legendary Legions. We would like to thank GW for providing a copy of Rise of Angmar for review. New Units No LOTR...

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game: Rise of Angmar – The Lore, Scenarios and Campaign

With Rise of Angmar hitting stores and gaming tables soon, Thundercloud takes a dive into the lore, scenarios and campaign in the book. We would like to thank GW for providing a copy of Rise of Angmar for review. The Lore While...

Lore Explainer: The Lands of Gondor from Middle Earth

In Lore Explainer, we take a deep look at the lore behind our favorite games, movies, and books, and talk about the story behind them and sum up what you need to know and how you can find out...

Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game – Battle of Osgiliath Review

Many thanks to Games Workshop for providing a free early review copy of the new Battle Of Osgiliath boxed set. The new MESBG starter set is here! Following in the footsteps of the Battle of Pelennor Fields box, Osgiliath...

Muster the Banners – How to construct an army in Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game.

So we’ve talked a bit in other articles about different armies, and I’ve used examples of builds with different point values, but I’ve not explained why. In ME:SBG people play at a variety of points levels, and this makes...