I saw this week that Games Workshop is offering a new Osgiliath focused starter set for the Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game. It is an all plastic set with new sculpts for Faramir, Damrod, Madril, and Gothmog. These look so much better than the old metal ones. Plus it comes with 12 Rangers, 12 Warriors of Minas Tirith, 24 Morannon Orcs, and a Troll. Plus an updated Rulebook, Osgiliath scenarios book, tokens, plastic ruler, dice and Osgiliath ruins.
Sigh, should I buy, hmmm. The thing is that I have everything I need for this campaign but the new sculpts, books and ruins entice. On top of that I have run two Osgiliath battles in the past. I will probably cave, even though I have only played LOTR once since my LOTR club fell apart in March 2020 (Care to guess why? It was not Sauron or the those pesky elves.)
I realized that the last Osgiliath game in 2014 did not make it to the blog. So here it is.
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After the Battle of Pelennor Fields, the Forces of Good cleansed Osgiliath. These include Gandalf, Prince Imrahil, Aragon, Gimli, Legoland, and Eomer. (The Lord of the Nazgul, Gothmog, Theoden, Eowyn, and Meriadoc are casualties at this point.) The game was called in favor of the forces of Good. I don’t remember many details, but folks had a great time.
Units included Swan Knights, Rangers of Ithlien, Rohan Royal Guard, Riders of Rohan, Rangers of the North, Morannon Orcs, Mordor Uruk-Hai, Easterling Phalanx, and Easterling Kataphrakt.
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