Great video, and a lot of great minis. Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game (the current edition) is my favorite war game, both due to how it plays compared to 40K as well as it has been a passion of mine since I was a kid. Unfortunately I only got into wargaming about 10 years ago, and MESBG really only started to play about 7 years ago. I am slowly building my collection of the older minis when they are rereleased. Thanks again for your video!
Thanks for the great story and comments. I am curious to how much the MESBG differs from their original LoTR Strategy Battle Game. I may have to look into a new edition rule book. I have all the originals, plus expansion books, but I know they kept expanding. I did not know they overhauled and rebranded. As a Tolkien fan and scholar, I found lots of "errors" in their point valuing and weaponry of Middle Earth, but that is being too technical, I guess. lol I recently looked at figures again (I never built a Ruffians vs. Shire battle set, which I intended), but my money tends to go to trains these days.
@@ModelTrainOutsider I did not play the original game, I did play the Hobbit Strategy Battle Game for about a year before the current version came out, and they are very similar. The core rules did not change much between those two editions. From my understanding from those I have gamed with, it has not changed much since the beginning. Mostly just small tweaks and balancing. If you do decide to get back into it, there is a new version coming out (just announced) soon, likely around end of the year, maybe early next year. Wargaming is my primary hobby, and LotR is my primary passion within that hobby, so that is where my money goes, lol.
@@brianv769 I saw the new version coming out and may get the hardcover rules manual just as a great book to add to the collection. I know when my family and friends played LoTR SBG, we tweaked the rules a bit ourselves. I am still "in it," just have not played in a few years as my kids all moved out and moved on, and my former battlefield is now a giant train table, but I have the armies and know the old rules... maybe I will set something up in the kitchen... lol
Cool show, I've never played-collected table top war games etc as I've always had console gameing & pc games as a second hobby ,I always drop in to a games workshop is I see one on my travels..I've bought paints and tools in the past from the shops. One huge game I did play was in a visitor center "The Battle of Bannockburn Visitor Centre" which was very cool, funny Charlotte sent some bizarre commands on her team that actually worked very well and nearly won and she was 11 at the time.. Some moneys worth there in your collection Anthony. 👍🏻
I was ahead of the console games, so we had to play board and map games. lol Colecovision/Intellivision came out when I was in high school. It is interesting you mention the Bannockburn Centre. My late friend, Dean, was of Scottish ancestry (and quite proudly, too) and visited Bannockburn in 2010. When Joyce and I visited the UK, we were to go to Bannockburn and spread his ashes there. Unfortunately, when the time came, his wife couldn't part with the ashes.
I can't love this video enough Anthony! We are the same person on different sides of the pond. I was fortunate enough to be born and raised in Nottingham, the home of Games workshop. I loved painting the figures. I had a huge Epic Warhammer army (the really little ones ;) and a few groups of Dark Eldar. I loved the Fantasy side though and built a fairly big Bretonian Army which they don't do anymore. I also loved the War Games but very rarely had anyone to play against. I had a few star Wars games and other but my favourite was Axis and Allies released by Milton Bradley. . I love strategy games, ones you have to think about. The one thing I love more is playing against people who think that they are so good at them and expect to trounce you. Those are always the most rewarding games to win 😋. Playing Starwars X-Wing a few years back, I had someone who was going to 'Teach' me. After the first move he instantly regretted his decision. By the end of the second turn he had nothing left on the board 😆 What I love most about this video though, is your infectious enthusiasm and Knowledge. It's great to see interests beyond model railways. Take care Anthony and my best regards to your good lady too
Woew, to be so close to Games Workshop is very cool. I play W40K on the computer, but never the board game (too much money and I was already invested in other wargames and LoTR). I loved Risk and any of those military board games. I did not get into Axis and Allies as much, but I did have its two predecessors by Milton Bradley- "Conquest of the Roman Empire" and "Pirates of the Carribean" (fairly obvious). I loved those game, and even painted the figures. Axis and Allies was actually the 3rd game in the series, but, by far, the most successful. There was a 4th game which basically was a modern world war, but I forget its name. By the time Axis and Allies had come along I had moved on from WW2-based games and toward classical and medieval, and, like trains, I had a limited budget. I tended to play most of my war games against myself. I never even played my computer games online. I watched my son play, and the trash-talking and uber-competitive snark was a turn-off for me. It scared me off.
Great collection Anthony. I also have an early LOTR board game from I.C.E. I'll add photos on my Community page. 👍 The starting point of my video was early diorama modelling before model trains, but carried on the skills utilising 3d printed wargaming structures on my Model Train layouts. So in essence merged the dioramas into layouts. I love the figures and models but have never used them for wargaming. Thanks for the Shout out. Happy Modelling.
Hello, Greg! Hope you, the new grandson,, and all the family are well! I was inspired by part of Monsville's video and now have a few more inspirations for videos... perhaps a separate channel. Best of everything to you!
Oh, I have never parted with any of my Lord of the Ring stuff, except the movie action figures I collected. Unfortunately, I am not a fan of the films, especially the last two, but plenty love them. I am quite pleased with such a collection. Now and then I see more figures and consider buying them, and then talk myself out of it. Or Joyce does. lol Take care, good sir!
i was a war gamer. WW2 Pacific Theater was my thing. awesome collection of games and figures! i'm a big LOR fan as well, my fave books being the Silmarillion and 'Unfinished Tales' . Sweet vid Anthony :)
I went through so many phases, but fell in love with WW1 and then moved to medieval. As for the books, the 3 parts of LoTR are my faves. The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales have some great stuff and some real rough spots for me. Still, always a good read.
Hello, and thanks, Andy! I am not sure how much insight it was, but the idea came to me, and I ran with it. I am tempted to create another channel (The Middle-Earth Outsider) and do some of my chats on topics of the LoTR hobby. There are so many out there already, though and I could not do the graphics and cool features the pros do.
I need to take a day and clean the entire collection and shelves. I was always thinking that I could make each army bigger and bigger, but time, money, and space became an issue then.
Nice collection. I did tabletop war gaming in high school. My 2nd model railroad was our first battlefield. We were lucky in that a friend’s father was a big war gamer and built a 20+ foot long by 4 foot ho scale “town” across the back of his garage. We did everything from napoleonic to modern warfare with ho figures and vehicles. Though I played D&D from high school until my kids were born, I never had miniatures for them. Both my kids are in college and are D&D fans: maybe it was because I read them the hobbit and then LOTR at bedtime.
Hi Damian! I read Hobbit and LoTR to my kids, doing all the voices (hints of Matt Clarke). As a kid, I had a tiny room I shared with my brother and had a 2' x 4' board on which I built temporary dioramas for battles with the HO/OO Airfix and Italieri figures. My kids are far removed from college and still play D&D and many computer games, but always talk about another game of War of the Ring. lol
I'm surprised you didn't mention SPI's magazine "Strategy and Tactics". They always had add on scenarios, extra pieces for optional rules, sometimes complete games, just all kinds of game related stuff. I enjoyed the old hex square games. And I'm also surprised you don't own what, in my opinion, is the best game Avalon Hill ever published. I'm talking about 1830, the railroading game. I always loved it because like chess, the only element of chance is who goes first. I was A&A champ 4 years running at Atlanticon in Baltimore. Also did well at Civilization, and once co-championed a 15 player Diplomacy game. Diplomacy is another game with no element of chance. Thanks for the memories.
I did not mention it by name, but I did refer to it with the "folio games." Sadly, I never subscribed to S&T, though I do have a couple of folio games which came in the magazines. It definitely had great add-ons as well as independent games.
Wow, quite a shift from Marklin, although I'm guessing most of us have an arsenal of other interests, however some are sufficiently geeky that we fear they may not be worthy of propagation...maybe?
Just like model trains. We all have plenty of hobbies that some may fear to share for fear of being razzed about it. I have no problems sharing my nerd or geek and other sides. I may do another video on my action figures and Dodge cars. ;)
Great video, and a lot of great minis. Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game (the current edition) is my favorite war game, both due to how it plays compared to 40K as well as it has been a passion of mine since I was a kid. Unfortunately I only got into wargaming about 10 years ago, and MESBG really only started to play about 7 years ago. I am slowly building my collection of the older minis when they are rereleased. Thanks again for your video!
Thanks for the great story and comments. I am curious to how much the MESBG differs from their original LoTR Strategy Battle Game. I may have to look into a new edition rule book. I have all the originals, plus expansion books, but I know they kept expanding. I did not know they overhauled and rebranded. As a Tolkien fan and scholar, I found lots of "errors" in their point valuing and weaponry of Middle Earth, but that is being too technical, I guess. lol I recently looked at figures again (I never built a Ruffians vs. Shire battle set, which I intended), but my money tends to go to trains these days.
@@ModelTrainOutsider I did not play the original game, I did play the Hobbit Strategy Battle Game for about a year before the current version came out, and they are very similar. The core rules did not change much between those two editions. From my understanding from those I have gamed with, it has not changed much since the beginning. Mostly just small tweaks and balancing. If you do decide to get back into it, there is a new version coming out (just announced) soon, likely around end of the year, maybe early next year. Wargaming is my primary hobby, and LotR is my primary passion within that hobby, so that is where my money goes, lol.
@@brianv769 I saw the new version coming out and may get the hardcover rules manual just as a great book to add to the collection. I know when my family and friends played LoTR SBG, we tweaked the rules a bit ourselves. I am still "in it," just have not played in a few years as my kids all moved out and moved on, and my former battlefield is now a giant train table, but I have the armies and know the old rules... maybe I will set something up in the kitchen... lol
Cool show, I've never played-collected table top war games etc as I've always had console gameing & pc games as a second hobby ,I always drop in to a games workshop is I see one on my travels..I've bought paints and tools in the past from the shops.
One huge game I did play was in a visitor center "The Battle of Bannockburn Visitor Centre" which was very cool, funny Charlotte sent some bizarre commands on her team that actually worked very well and nearly won and she was 11 at the time..
Some moneys worth there in your collection Anthony. 👍🏻
I was ahead of the console games, so we had to play board and map games. lol Colecovision/Intellivision came out when I was in high school.
It is interesting you mention the Bannockburn Centre. My late friend, Dean, was of Scottish ancestry (and quite proudly, too) and visited Bannockburn in 2010. When Joyce and I visited the UK, we were to go to Bannockburn and spread his ashes there. Unfortunately, when the time came, his wife couldn't part with the ashes.
I can't love this video enough Anthony! We are the same person on different sides of the pond. I was fortunate enough to be born and raised in Nottingham, the home of Games workshop. I loved painting the figures. I had a huge Epic Warhammer army (the really little ones ;) and a few groups of Dark Eldar. I loved the Fantasy side though and built a fairly big Bretonian Army which they don't do anymore. I also loved the War Games but very rarely had anyone to play against. I had a few star Wars games and other but my favourite was Axis and Allies released by Milton Bradley. . I love strategy games, ones you have to think about. The one thing I love more is playing against people who think that they are so good at them and expect to trounce you. Those are always the most rewarding games to win 😋. Playing Starwars X-Wing a few years back, I had someone who was going to 'Teach' me. After the first move he instantly regretted his decision. By the end of the second turn he had nothing left on the board 😆
What I love most about this video though, is your infectious enthusiasm and Knowledge. It's great to see interests beyond model railways. Take care Anthony and my best regards to your good lady too
Woew, to be so close to Games Workshop is very cool. I play W40K on the computer, but never the board game (too much money and I was already invested in other wargames and LoTR). I loved Risk and any of those military board games. I did not get into Axis and Allies as much, but I did have its two predecessors by Milton Bradley- "Conquest of the Roman Empire" and "Pirates of the Carribean" (fairly obvious). I loved those game, and even painted the figures. Axis and Allies was actually the 3rd game in the series, but, by far, the most successful. There was a 4th game which basically was a modern world war, but I forget its name. By the time Axis and Allies had come along I had moved on from WW2-based games and toward classical and medieval, and, like trains, I had a limited budget. I tended to play most of my war games against myself. I never even played my computer games online. I watched my son play, and the trash-talking and uber-competitive snark was a turn-off for me. It scared me off.
Very nice Anthony. Brings back a lot of good memories. Thanks for sharing. Dave
Glad you enjoyed it
Great collection Anthony.
I also have an early LOTR board game from I.C.E.
I'll add photos on my Community page. 👍
The starting point of my video was early diorama modelling before model trains, but carried on the skills utilising 3d printed wargaming structures on my Model Train layouts.
So in essence merged the dioramas into layouts.
I love the figures and models but have never used them for wargaming.
Thanks for the Shout out.
Happy Modelling.
Sounds great!
Awesome video! Brought back alot of memories.. my favorite Avalon Hill game was “B-17 Queen of the Skies” 😊
Hi, Jorge. I never got to play the Air War games like "Luftwaffe." I was always curious how they played.
Ty for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for sharing your other hobbies Regards Greg
Hello, Greg! Hope you, the new grandson,, and all the family are well! I was inspired by part of Monsville's video and now have a few more inspirations for videos... perhaps a separate channel. Best of everything to you!
Blimey...all them figures. The Lord of the Rings trilogy are in my top ten films. Amazing that you've kept them. Nice one Anthony...take care.
Oh, I have never parted with any of my Lord of the Ring stuff, except the movie action figures I collected. Unfortunately, I am not a fan of the films, especially the last two, but plenty love them. I am quite pleased with such a collection. Now and then I see more figures and consider buying them, and then talk myself out of it. Or Joyce does. lol Take care, good sir!
Love the LOTR collection
Thanks. It is nice to find fellow fans of it all.
i was a war gamer. WW2 Pacific Theater was my thing. awesome collection of games and figures! i'm a big LOR fan as well, my fave books being the Silmarillion and 'Unfinished Tales' . Sweet vid Anthony :)
I went through so many phases, but fell in love with WW1 and then moved to medieval. As for the books, the 3 parts of LoTR are my faves. The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales have some great stuff and some real rough spots for me. Still, always a good read.
Hi Anthony 👍 very interesting insight thank you for sharing
Hello, and thanks, Andy! I am not sure how much insight it was, but the idea came to me, and I ran with it. I am tempted to create another channel (The Middle-Earth Outsider) and do some of my chats on topics of the LoTR hobby. There are so many out there already, though and I could not do the graphics and cool features the pros do.
I saw that video and it was really cool. The modeling definitely translates from one hobby to the other.
I wish it did for me. The only thing that translated over for me was the shaky hands. lol
@@ModelTrainOutsider at least you are consistent! 😂
@@TwoRailfans I am very consistent at being inconsistent. ;)
Great video on channel thanks for the share on channel thanks lee
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice collection of figures I really like Lord of the rings and the Hobbit I wish I had some more figures to put on my train layout.
I need to take a day and clean the entire collection and shelves. I was always thinking that I could make each army bigger and bigger, but time, money, and space became an issue then.
wow those are amazing
Thank you, Dwight! I am pleased you think so!
Nice collection
Thank you
Great figuren WOW cool games stuff hobby anthony ,nice video ,groetjes ian❤
Dank je, Ian. Ik had vroeger veel scenery om erbij te doen, nu grotendeels op de modeltreinbaan. Andere landschappen zijn opgeslagen
Nice collection. I did tabletop war gaming in high school. My 2nd model railroad was our first battlefield. We were lucky in that a friend’s father was a big war gamer and built a 20+ foot long by 4 foot ho scale “town” across the back of his garage. We did everything from napoleonic to modern warfare with ho figures and vehicles. Though I played D&D from high school until my kids were born, I never had miniatures for them. Both my kids are in college and are D&D fans: maybe it was because I read them the hobbit and then LOTR at bedtime.
Hi Damian! I read Hobbit and LoTR to my kids, doing all the voices (hints of Matt Clarke). As a kid, I had a tiny room I shared with my brother and had a 2' x 4' board on which I built temporary dioramas for battles with the HO/OO Airfix and Italieri figures. My kids are far removed from college and still play D&D and many computer games, but always talk about another game of War of the Ring. lol
I'm surprised you didn't mention SPI's magazine "Strategy and Tactics". They always had add on scenarios, extra pieces for optional rules, sometimes complete games, just all kinds of game related stuff. I enjoyed the old hex square games. And I'm also surprised you don't own what, in my opinion, is the best game Avalon Hill ever published. I'm talking about 1830, the railroading game. I always loved it because like chess, the only element of chance is who goes first. I was A&A champ 4 years running at Atlanticon in Baltimore. Also did well at Civilization, and once co-championed a 15 player Diplomacy game. Diplomacy is another game with no element of chance. Thanks for the memories.
I did not mention it by name, but I did refer to it with the "folio games." Sadly, I never subscribed to S&T, though I do have a couple of folio games which came in the magazines. It definitely had great add-ons as well as independent games.
Wow, quite a shift from Marklin, although I'm guessing most of us have an arsenal of other interests, however some are sufficiently geeky that we fear they may not be worthy of propagation...maybe?
Just like model trains. We all have plenty of hobbies that some may fear to share for fear of being razzed about it. I have no problems sharing my nerd or geek and other sides. I may do another video on my action figures and Dodge cars. ;)
You have some nice figures.You like Battles.As you know my layout is a battle field
Yes, your layout is quite a battlefield... a very cool one, but very dangerous for the trains! lol