The turn order/priority changing is a better system imo than I hit u, u hit me with 40k It's also rather simple even with hero models and magic, but the simplicity doesn't detract from the strategy
the only problem is power creep when they make a new faction. when the hobbit realsed the heros out classed the old stuff. azog and bolg were to strong for there point cost at the time for example. its not as bad now since the older armys and heros have been updated a bit to keep in line with the newer stuff but im seeing the problem again with those beornings at the moment.
MESBG, Legion and 2.0 X-Wing all have superior rulesets to 40k, quite frankly. Warhammer is all grim and dark and fun but the tabletop ruleset isn't the most immersive or intriguing. I still like 40k but other games are simply better regarding some mechanics
@@leiziru9642 I agree. I switched over to OPR a few months ago, and it's amazing how fast and streamlined the matches go. I wish GW would trim some of the fat off the rules to make games shorter and keep players more immersed in each phase of the game.
Please play more of this! MESG is a great game with many gorgeous miniatures and it lends itself uniquely well to the cinematic PlayOn Style. Also Try AoS again in the 40 minute formate, it deserves it.
This video was by far the most fun I’ve had learning a new system of tabletop gaming. Middle Earth is one of my favorite fantasy settings and it helped that the terrain and models were truly immersive in their beautiful details.
You can tell the love that went into this video….as someone who was also introduced into war gaming from the middle earth strategy battle game I’m absolutely elated to see this. Please keep these on the channel!
Every Middle Earth game has emotion and an energy behind it. That moment in the game when Might has run out, Fate is gone, and all that's left is that roll for priority, there's nothing better.
Absolutely obsessed with all things LOTR and LOVE this video! Please please please keep it up! So much fun. You guys got me hooked with WH40K and this is just my absolute dream come true to see LOTR miniatures and battles! Keep it up! "FOR GONDOR! - FOR GONDOR! - FOR GONDOR!!!"
Zorpazorp’s Osgiliath is epically huge and extremely well constructed. Watching your guys play this morning has proven to me “size does NOT matter”. Your setup is equally awesome - really enjoyed the playthrough. Well done indeed.
Guys, your battle reports are arguably the best on UA-cam right now, and I stumbled on this one. MESBG is arguably one of the best games GW has ever produced and the set up was phenomenal! Great game with the rules tips popping up really explaining gameplay well. Personally, I'd LOVE to see more from Middle Earth and the factions it has to offer. Play on!!
Even though your first MESBG report, it ranks easily on the top. Great narrative, no rules mistakes, excellent board, engaging editing. Everything on the spot. Keep it up!
Its just so beautiful seeing so much fresh wind coming into MESBG lately. I hope this is lasting and will build a stronger and broader community base. I want more opponents to crush!!
Fantastic game! Beautiful board! MESBG was my gateway into the hobby and still one of my favourite games to play! Would love to see more Middle-Earth in the future!
As someone who never played wargames before, watching this video made me an instant fan! Rules are super simple to understand - to finicky cards / economy to deal with, everything is clear and streamlined. Now, I'm gonna go and pick up my own Battle for Osgiliath box!
Awesome board and game, really happy to see Middle earth Strategy on this channel, got into the game a few months ago and i´m loving it. Hopefully we can see more of this games on the channel, the more the merrier. Cheers
The troll throwing the Osgiliath vet into the river is one of the reasons I love this game system so much, so many opportunities for funny moments. It could be kicking Aragorn off a cliff, accidentally shooting your own orcs, hobbits killing knights with a rock (and ungodly good dice rolls) and catapulting riders of Rohan off their horses.
Loved seeing this game here, it is easily my favourite GW game and to see it with this channel's extremely high production standards is great. I would really love for it to become a regular feature.
I wonder if the other content creators just scream into a pillow in despair when you put up a new game and instantly create a new standard for batreps. 40k, Star Wars legion, now MESBG. Amazing quality. Board was insane
Fantastic game! Stunning map and miniatures, and the battle was uncannily dramatic! I hope we'll see many more scenarios from Middle Earth! (Elves! Rohan! An Oliphant! Galadriel!) Thank you very much - it was a treat to watch.
This was great. I love MESBG, but it's been a bit of a niche game in recent years. To see a channel with the ability to put this much love into MESBG is awesome. More please!
I hope this does well. I have a lot of love for this setting. There's a whole start to finish campaign that you can run taking the players from the Shire to Morder and I'd love to watch Nick lead the heros through it while various guests take cracks at him as the forces of evil. ALSO there's a pretty fun campaign system with warbands. I played it a bit as a youngling. Be great to see all the play on guys take on a warband and see who comes out on top.
That was a phenomenal display of sportsmanship, a game. I didn't even consider ever buying. But now it's on my wish list. Love the channel, love the personalities, keep doing what you're doing and don't change. I think you've got the winning combination. One of the things I do enjoy, it's not absolutely necessary, but it's absolutely enjoyable to see, is when you add those special effects to the recording. The recording. I'm talking about arrows or the sound of arrows flying through the air, explosions or rock shattering,.. I've seen it done in others. Gameplays but you've hit it right on the head of the nail. Take care, keep smiling, and all the best in your success.
Awesome to see MESBG content, especially the high quality you guys bring. Only problems I noticed was the Fellbeast moving and attacking twice. He can do that with either a heroic combat or a barge power attack, which both work a little differently than shown, and the trebuchet can't target someone in combat because they're a good army, but over all an amazing video
I suspect that they knew but were applying rule of cool. Another example: They also didn't reduce the Nazgul's Will after fighting, I assume because they wanted to showcase it and not worry about that.
I am pretty sure the beast called a couple heroic combats As for the tebuchet, no he can’t target a mini in combat, but if I recall correctly this was due to an FAQ where for a while good forces could fire swigs weapons into combat. I remember it being a thing before the first FAQ
The fell beast did call heroic combat. Though we did miss the treb firing into combat. We were a little caught up in the moment. It was kinda fun anyways :)
@@kingbonezai4925 oh what faq? Because as far as i know good can actually use treb into "danger zones" as an exception, not specifying combats to be a no no. Just a call to players to think like a good guy when deciding where to fire
Absolutely amazing board, love this game and I cant wait to see more Lord of the Rings on this channel going forward. Dont be worried about losing this game, Mordor is super strong and you will win the next one!!!
Mesbg was my first wargame back when it was lotr strategy battle game. Loved your enthusiasm and I need to get more reports done myself. Please keep them coming.
I am getting back into the game and appreciate not only the high quality editing/structure of the video, but also that it is so beginner-friendly and easy to follow. Please keep making MESBG videos!
Amazing work ethic. I can't believe how many different rule sets you guys are playing and yet the quality does not dip. Keep up the good work and of course play on.
I’ve always been into painting minis but have never played a tabletop game with them. After watching this I’ve realized how much I’m missing out. This was awesome!
Great video! Had not seen LotR played on tabletop. Loved the books and movies, so it's neat seeing how the tabletop game captures those thematic moments. The board turned out great! Hopefully we will see more of Middle Earth on the channel again in the future.
This is one of my favourite games too. I love that you guys picked it up, same goes for MCP and I really hope you will do more battles. Your edits and voice overs make these so good to watch and very easy to follow without having to know any of the rules. Happy to see ME-SBG made it on the channel!
Really fun video. I just bought the Minas Tirith battle host box from Gamenerdz because my FLGS is starting a MESBG campaign here soon and I wanna learn the game and play in it.
Great stuff you guys! MESBG is also my favourite game and the one that introduced me to the hobby way back then. Shoutout to everyone that contributed to this great match!!
That was the most amazing battle I have ever watched withut any skipp forwards as well! I also have a tones of GW LOTR miniatures and I want so much to create something like this masterpiece of yours. I hope you will continue the Battles in Middle Earth because i truly like and enjoy so much this one! Epic staff guys! Faramir was truly brave and his determination to take down this troll immediately I think change the course of the battle. Also... Gondor's trebuchet? MAN OH MAN! Game changer! Nazgul trully was this close to turn the fate of this game around.
After watching this, I'd LOVE to see Play On to make a Khazad Dum game. Dwarves reclaiming the lost kingdom of Moria and facing the dreaded Durin's Bane. That aside - wonderful game here. Tau Nick....now Orc Nick?
As someone who collected LOTR Warhammer as a kid (and getting those awesome magazines) but never getting to actually play it, I very much appreciate you bringing it to the channel. Fantastic game!
This was freaking awesome. And I also have to say its the best LOTR tabletop battle I have ever seen played. It was truly epic, and very close, more of this!
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Amazing game guys! So glad to be seeing more people getting into Middle Earth. I wish I could press the like button more than once!
Thanks to your battle reports especially your conquest league me and my gaming group are all getting middle earth armies. So thankyou.
We want more quality mesbg reports!
This video is helping me learn the game EXPONENTIALLY
Without you, middle earth yputube scene would die! Keep up!!
i am a huge fan of that one ranger just fighting for his life the entire game on that wall. what a friggin hero
He was a hero for sure. Held off almost the entire flank by himself!
Moments like this are one of the many great things about this game 😅
"I'm not locked in here with you, you're locked in here with me!"
BOTH the ranger and the shield soldier holding a flank on their own, glorious!!
More LotR content please!
Absolutely amazing match.
This game system definitely deserves a spot in your regular content slot.
Yup
100% Agree!!
Middle Earth is probably the best ruleset GW produce, and it is certainly miles ahead of 40k and AoS. Would love to see you do more games.
It gets less bitching from the fanbase, so they have room to find out what works without excessive "feedback".
The turn order/priority changing is a better system imo than I hit u, u hit me with 40k
It's also rather simple even with hero models and magic, but the simplicity doesn't detract from the strategy
The fact that lead designer is also a top level competitive player may or may not have something to do with the system being and staying healthy.
the only problem is power creep when they make a new faction. when the hobbit realsed the heros out classed the old stuff. azog and bolg were to strong for there point cost at the time for example. its not as bad now since the older armys and heros have been updated a bit to keep in line with the newer stuff but im seeing the problem again with those beornings at the moment.
@@TheBronf Beornings are only good at a certain points value. You also don't see them win many big events.
This battle report is probably one of my favourites, it doesn't feel like nothing is happening and keeps flowing
Is it weird I'm enjoying every non-40k game they play far more? Seeing all these cool new rules and styles of wargaming is awesome!
Not weird at all!
MESBG, Legion and 2.0 X-Wing all have superior rulesets to 40k, quite frankly. Warhammer is all grim and dark and fun but the tabletop ruleset isn't the most immersive or intriguing. I still like 40k but other games are simply better regarding some mechanics
@@leiziru9642 I agree. I switched over to OPR a few months ago, and it's amazing how fast and streamlined the matches go. I wish GW would trim some of the fat off the rules to make games shorter and keep players more immersed in each phase of the game.
Please play more of this! MESG is a great game with many gorgeous miniatures and it lends itself uniquely well to the cinematic PlayOn Style.
Also Try AoS again in the 40 minute formate, it deserves it.
Some Battle Companies on this channel would be cool, especially with these guys getting so deep into narrative and immersive scenarios!
Those sentries are mvps, held up several orks and blocked lines if ingress the entire game. Truly the courage of Gondor stands!
I love the energy and enthusiasm Nick brings to this hobby, especially when it isn’t 40k 😀
By the way Gothmog dies in the movies from trebuchet
This video was by far the most fun I’ve had learning a new system of tabletop gaming. Middle Earth is one of my favorite fantasy settings and it helped that the terrain and models were truly immersive in their beautiful details.
You can tell the love that went into this video….as someone who was also introduced into war gaming from the middle earth strategy battle game I’m absolutely elated to see this. Please keep these on the channel!
Agreed!!
Extraordinary video and painting job on both the miniatures and the scenario 👌 congratulations to all 👏
Every Middle Earth game has emotion and an energy behind it.
That moment in the game when Might has run out, Fate is gone, and all that's left is that roll for priority, there's nothing better.
Absolutely obsessed with all things LOTR and LOVE this video! Please please please keep it up! So much fun. You guys got me hooked with WH40K and this is just my absolute dream come true to see LOTR miniatures and battles! Keep it up! "FOR GONDOR! - FOR GONDOR! - FOR GONDOR!!!"
Zorpazorp’s Osgiliath is epically huge and extremely well constructed.
Watching your guys play this morning has proven to me “size does NOT matter”. Your setup is equally awesome - really enjoyed the playthrough. Well done indeed.
Zorps is going to be nuts though and he just wants the scale to reflect the lore :)
Both great boards !
i mean it's still a massive board in my opinion lol
i love this system. please please please id love to see you try a story of the fellowship choosing your own heros and ring bearer
Fantastic game guys great fun to watch, loved the editors notes and how to game play commentary…..Thanks.
Guys, your battle reports are arguably the best on UA-cam right now, and I stumbled on this one. MESBG is arguably one of the best games GW has ever produced and the set up was phenomenal! Great game with the rules tips popping up really explaining gameplay well. Personally, I'd LOVE to see more from Middle Earth and the factions it has to offer. Play on!!
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Honestly this is more interesting than the Star Wars or the Conquest game.
Even though your first MESBG report, it ranks easily on the top. Great narrative, no rules mistakes, excellent board, engaging editing. Everything on the spot. Keep it up!
Its just so beautiful seeing so much fresh wind coming into MESBG lately. I hope this is lasting and will build a stronger and broader community base.
I want more opponents to crush!!
I can't like this video more. It is fun, but also, the table is outstanding
Fantastic game! Beautiful board! MESBG was my gateway into the hobby and still one of my favourite games to play! Would love to see more Middle-Earth in the future!
More to come!
As someone who never played wargames before, watching this video made me an instant fan! Rules are super simple to understand - to finicky cards / economy to deal with, everything is clear and streamlined. Now, I'm gonna go and pick up my own Battle for Osgiliath box!
that trebuchet shot was just beautifully chaotic lol.
Blasts into the tower and knocks a boulder down that just wrecks a squad lol
That's really cool you explain some of rules in fly. I just found this video and it is best quality I saw so far from a lotr sbg. NICE!
Awesome board and game, really happy to see Middle earth Strategy on this channel, got into the game a few months ago and i´m loving it. Hopefully we can see more of this games on the channel, the more the merrier. Cheers
One of the best MESBG batreps Ive seen! Please do more
I love lotr theme battles, I hope you continue to use systems other than 40k
Fantastic Battle Report, loved it. The music was so much more dramatic than every other game.
Game system looks great, now has my interest
I never comment please make more of lord of the ring videos it’s made me even more interested in playing
The troll throwing the Osgiliath vet into the river is one of the reasons I love this game system so much, so many opportunities for funny moments. It could be kicking Aragorn off a cliff, accidentally shooting your own orcs, hobbits killing knights with a rock (and ungodly good dice rolls) and catapulting riders of Rohan off their horses.
I've just got into MESBG myself and this was both awesome to watch and super informative, would be great to see more!
Just wait…
Loved seeing this game here, it is easily my favourite GW game and to see it with this channel's extremely high production standards is great. I would really love for it to become a regular feature.
I wonder if the other content creators just scream into a pillow in despair when you put up a new game and instantly create a new standard for batreps. 40k, Star Wars legion, now MESBG. Amazing quality. Board was insane
I love Lord of the Rings! So happy you guys are showing Middle Earth some much needed support. I am so excited for this new series keep it up!
here to see more of LoTR. brings me back to my childhood
YES!! More MESBG in the future please. Of all the wargames this one has my gamer heart!
Fantastic game! Stunning map and miniatures, and the battle was uncannily dramatic! I hope we'll see many more scenarios from Middle Earth! (Elves! Rohan! An Oliphant! Galadriel!) Thank you very much - it was a treat to watch.
This was great. I love MESBG, but it's been a bit of a niche game in recent years. To see a channel with the ability to put this much love into MESBG is awesome. More please!
I hope this does well. I have a lot of love for this setting. There's a whole start to finish campaign that you can run taking the players from the Shire to Morder and I'd love to watch Nick lead the heros through it while various guests take cracks at him as the forces of evil.
ALSO there's a pretty fun campaign system with warbands. I played it a bit as a youngling. Be great to see all the play on guys take on a warband and see who comes out on top.
That was a phenomenal display of sportsmanship, a game. I didn't even consider ever buying. But now it's on my wish list. Love the channel, love the personalities, keep doing what you're doing and don't change. I think you've got the winning combination. One of the things I do enjoy, it's not absolutely necessary, but it's absolutely enjoyable to see, is when you add those special effects to the recording. The recording. I'm talking about arrows or the sound of arrows flying through the air, explosions or rock shattering,.. I've seen it done in others. Gameplays but you've hit it right on the head of the nail. Take care, keep smiling, and all the best in your success.
Awesome to see MESBG content, especially the high quality you guys bring. Only problems I noticed was the Fellbeast moving and attacking twice. He can do that with either a heroic combat or a barge power attack, which both work a little differently than shown, and the trebuchet can't target someone in combat because they're a good army, but over all an amazing video
I suspect that they knew but were applying rule of cool. Another example: They also didn't reduce the Nazgul's Will after fighting, I assume because they wanted to showcase it and not worry about that.
I am pretty sure the beast called a couple heroic combats
As for the tebuchet, no he can’t target a mini in combat, but if I recall correctly this was due to an FAQ where for a while good forces could fire swigs weapons into combat.
I remember it being a thing before the first FAQ
The fell beast did call heroic combat. Though we did miss the treb firing into combat. We were a little caught up in the moment. It was kinda fun anyways :)
@@kingbonezai4925 oh what faq? Because as far as i know good can actually use treb into "danger zones" as an exception, not specifying combats to be a no no. Just a call to players to think like a good guy when deciding where to fire
Also the banner re-roll doesn't apply if the bearer is knocked prone
Absolutely amazing board, love this game and I cant wait to see more Lord of the Rings on this channel going forward. Dont be worried about losing this game, Mordor is super strong and you will win the next one!!!
Was fantastic to finally see some MESBG with Play on! briliant board excellently demonstrating how great the game is! Great work Nick and team!
This is one of my favourite battles you've filmed! please keep doing more Middle Earth batreps!
Mesbg was my first wargame back when it was lotr strategy battle game. Loved your enthusiasm and I need to get more reports done myself. Please keep them coming.
MESBG is my favorite table top and easily the best one that GW has produced, so I'd love to see more on the channel!
YES!!! FINALLY! Please keep the MESBG-content coming, I can't get enough of this
That was pretty awesome, nail bitter all the way.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just returning here to encourage you to do more Middle-earth content, because this is still such a great video :)
That witch king base is amazing i think i will be copying that gem
Amazing table and a great battle guys
Love seeing you guys playing GW's best game (and best kept secret). Looking forward to seeing more!
More LORT please! War of the Ring would certainly dovetail with the Conquest games!
I am getting back into the game and appreciate not only the high quality editing/structure of the video, but also that it is so beginner-friendly and easy to follow. Please keep making MESBG videos!
Amazing work ethic. I can't believe how many different rule sets you guys are playing and yet the quality does not dip. Keep up the good work and of course play on.
I’ve always been into painting minis but have never played a tabletop game with them. After watching this I’ve realized how much I’m missing out. This was awesome!
The little moments that this system produces are so cool, I wasn't expecting to love this system but this turned out great!
Great video! Had not seen LotR played on tabletop. Loved the books and movies, so it's neat seeing how the tabletop game captures those thematic moments. The board turned out great! Hopefully we will see more of Middle Earth on the channel again in the future.
We need more !!
I didn't think I would have any interest in this system, but you sold me. Hope to see more LOTR batreps
I'm so happy you guys are moving into KT, Legion, and LOTR! Your batreps are such high quality
49:00 Love the zaboomafo reference! Brings back childhood memories!
The terrain displayed here is absolutely exquisite! Whoever makes the terrain for these videos is a beast, their work is very inspiring!
This is one of my favourite games too. I love that you guys picked it up, same goes for MCP and I really hope you will do more battles. Your edits and voice overs make these so good to watch and very easy to follow without having to know any of the rules. Happy to see ME-SBG made it on the channel!
Really fun video. I just bought the Minas Tirith battle host box from Gamenerdz because my FLGS is starting a MESBG campaign here soon and I wanna learn the game and play in it.
More Middle Earth Games please !!!!
Haven’t watched it yet, more please
Damn, this brought back some memories! Awesome stuff. Good job 🤘🤘🤘.
Faramir proved his quality today
Great game!! Love Ian’s emotion and engagement too - matching Nick’s enthusiasm is hard, but he did it!!
Great stuff you guys! MESBG is also my favourite game and the one that introduced me to the hobby way back then. Shoutout to everyone that contributed to this great match!!
a great LOTR palate cleanser. thank you for giving us all great content in such a dark time for tolkien fans.
That was awesome as well as being my introduction to how the game is played!
Omg iv waited for this day for so long...... It's beautiful. My favorite game on my favorite gaming channel. Now give me more lol
So excited to see this game played with the PlayOn overlays. Loved all the updates on the heroes' stats
Really enjoyed seeing some Middle Earth strategy battle game and would like to see more. Mines of Moria would be great to see as a skirmish!
Excellent timing, I got into MESBG as of last month so seeing more content on YT related to it is always appreciated!
That was the most amazing battle I have ever watched withut any skipp forwards as well! I also have a tones of GW LOTR miniatures and I want so much to create something like this masterpiece of yours. I hope you will continue the Battles in Middle Earth because i truly like and enjoy so much this one! Epic staff guys!
Faramir was truly brave and his determination to take down this troll immediately I think change the course of the battle. Also... Gondor's trebuchet? MAN OH MAN! Game changer! Nazgul trully was this close to turn the fate of this game around.
Really glad you're doing MESBG, I dont have any friends that play it so its great to check it out in such dramatic fashion!
So great to see you guys getting into MESBG! By far the best game gw makes - please please please make more middle earth content
I Love SBG, and highly recommend Charles as a commission painter too, he did an awesome job on my Iron Hills!!
Absolutely love the game!! Best Middle Earth Batrep on UA-cam. Please give us more!
Great battle report and the table you guys made looks great! So hyped to see more lotr content.
I am so happy that you guys are playing MESBG now!! Beautiful board and fun game!
This is a Dream come true. Love to see more from middleearth
After watching this, I'd LOVE to see Play On to make a Khazad Dum game. Dwarves reclaiming the lost kingdom of Moria and facing the dreaded Durin's Bane.
That aside - wonderful game here. Tau Nick....now Orc Nick?
As someone who collected LOTR Warhammer as a kid (and getting those awesome magazines) but never getting to actually play it, I very much appreciate you bringing it to the channel. Fantastic game!
This was freaking awesome. And I also have to say its the best LOTR tabletop battle I have ever seen played. It was truly epic, and very close, more of this!
I can definitely watch more of these battles. I hope you will turn it into a regular series.
Absolutely amazing work. Crazy how you guys managed to work on so much detail and effects , absolutely the best that happened to YT in the last year.
I definitely want to see more Middle Earth batreps in the future.
Gonna chime in with all the others. Definitely need to add this to your repertoire of game coverage. Thoroughly enjoyed this!
Wow. just wow thank you Play on Tabletop - heroes one and all! :)
This was awesome to be able to watch! I've never seen much of this game but I found it just as fun to watch if not more so than your 40k stuff.
Only thing missing was a slow motion shot of the orc falling down the tower :) Awsome game!
Great batrep guys well done. And what a board! Looking forward to more of this
Great battle report. Board was truly amazing. More middle earth.
Such a thematic battle on what's honestly the best board on Play On. I personally would love to see a ME campaign fought on it.