The GREAT BATTLE of our time

We decided that my cousin had to command the Calembel guardians. Just because I always pretend to be a bad guy… I always play imperials in Star wars games, Harkonnens in Dune, black pieces in chess, DM in role playing games, orcs in Lord of the rings…

He distributed most of the Gondor soldiers of his army along the walls, to be used as the main defense against the dark waves of orcs. At ground level, outside the fortress, he placed a lot of troops to be sure that my tortured souls would not have an easy access to the walls. Almost every elf and dwarf was put in the zone in front of the front door, protected by the lower stone barriers. He also grouped a host of 12 human archers in the upper side of the main tower, so that they would have a good perspective to throw volleys at the enemy. The trebuchet was deployed over the left section of the wall, and the bolt thrower was asigned to cover the right side of the fortification.

The most funny gambit my cousin did  was to place the main group of dwarves just in the middle of the gap between both outside barriers, exactly on the way to the gate of the fortress. Sure he though they would be hard as rocks… a good way to prevent anyone to enter the aperture between barriers using the stone road… the only way my siege tower could approach the walls of the castle…

Another small group, just four dwarf rangers, was deployed on the right small tower of the fortification, while on the left small tower, five small hobbits were ready to use their small bows to deal small damage.

The rohirrim and the dwarf rangers were set outside the gaming table, as they would enter just when the first group of dark side miniatures had to deploy, that is, when the first 45 dark side miniatures had been slain.

The dark side (me) simply deployed alongside the south edge, placing the mumak and the wargs on the right, the whole goblins army with siege ladders, ready for the big escalade to the left, and the center was filled with uruk-hai and orcs. The siege tower was also at the center, following the road. Being moved by no less than four trolls, I wanted to ensure that some orcs could travel on the upper floor of the tower, with the front gate safely closed, ready to attack the walls…