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I found out after I did this that I made several mistakes. I would have liked to kept doing videos, but found out that they take a lot of time, particularly the editing process. Maybe one day, I'll re-do them the right way.

Warlord I hope so, there isn’t much material out there. Especially explaining thing properly.

They were produced by Games Workshop when War of the Ring came out. They are now out of production, but you can find them on ebay and there are manufacturors that make similar ones.

They are releasing the Strategy Battle Game skirmish rules, not the mass battle War of the Ring rules.

+Warlord what will this exactly mean?

Updated rules, but essentially the same game.

The Lord of the Rings "one" book tried to put all of the rules in a single volume. It was re-branded The Hobbit Strategy Battle Game when the films came out. Games Workshop plans to re-brand the game again next year as Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game. You can get the "one" book cheap in the meantime before the new rules come out next year.

+Warlord so get LOTRs? Are they re releasing models for big battles then?

Most of the Lord of the Rings models are still available direct from Games Workshop website under The Hobbit Strategy Battle Game banner.www.games-workshop.com/en-US/The-Hobbitor you can search ebay under Minatures, Wargames, Lord of the Ringswww.ebay.com/sch/Lord-of-the-Rings-/44011/i.html

It's never too late to get into any wargame, it's just your personal desire to play it. Most of the models are still being produced by GW, but are double the price of what they were when the game came out in 2008. Best to get what you want on ebay. For War of the Ring, you would have to have two starter armies to show other players how to play. The Strategy Battle Game is going through a resurgence through points match tournament play and will be rebranded as Middle Earth SBG later this year.

+Warlord how much on eBay and what should I look for?

You can get the War of the Ring rulebook on ebay for around $10 used and $30 new www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=War+of+the+Ring+Rulebook&_sacat=0

+mithaearon Actually the Outriders are in The Return of the King book as scouts for Rohan. No mention of dwarf rangers in any of Tolkien's writings and the references to rangers are in the North (The Lost Realm of Arnor) and Ithilien.

+Warlord Sorry we are going to have to agree to disagree on that one, if they were the same thing GW would of called them Scouts. Being when we worked on the rules (yep I used to work on the game) we were well aware of scouts but GW wanted their own IP type thing in the game. The Rangers is just a name to distinguish them as more cloak and hood wearing Dwarves.

+mithaearon There is no doubt that GW added some items from Warhammer Fantasy into War of the Ring.

+Simon Sobolewski I wanted to, but making videos takes a lot of time and I messed up too many of the rules so I would have to do several takes before I got it right. Now I blog at lotrwarofthering.blogspot.com/

+Sillyrunner Thanks much. Currently working on Mordor and Gondor for our a Gondor campaign.

Yes, I think you can pay for each day or for a weekend pass. Here is the link for Historicon 2015. hmgs.site-ym.com/?page=HconHome

How much does it cost?

For non-HMGS member $50.00 for the weekend or $25.00 for a day pass.

Will it be held on Friday to Saturday or what?

I got at least 2 more questions by the way.

Thanks. Because I can only game once a month, I am coming up with ideas for content other than batreps. My next video will be running a map campaign, which I plan to use with my group.

cool look forward to it,yeah I'm lucky to get a game a month real life gets in the way.

Yes, all you need is the War of the Ring rulebook. There are no separate army books needed, all the army profiles and rules are in one volume. I almost exclusively get my minis from ebay, and you can find the rulebook for cheap there as well. You will probably have to make your own movement trays as they are out of production, but can easily be made out of cardboard. The rulebook even shows you how to make the trays.

Cool thanks for the info,can you recommend any good proxy models for use for realms of men etc for both the evil and good forces?

In due time. Currently working on Rohan and Isengard. The Mordor and Gondor. Elves and Dwarves are a little down the pike.

Won't be at Fall-in, but a few in our group will be and will be running SBG.

I'm on the East Coast and play in the mid-Atlantic states. After doing further research, it appears Sauron had a personal guard at the Battle of Gwathlo during the War of the Elves and Sauron in the Second Age. Looks like I might have to get the Black Guard after all.

Thanks Jeremy. Yes, I do all my own painting. Although I don't consider myself an expert painter, my next video will be on batch painting all the way through the process from primer to finishing touches.