The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies™ Strategy Battle Game (PDF)

[Darren Richardson]

Don't know where to really put this, but since it's Fantasy.....

Games Workshop are giving away the sourcebook "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies™ Strategy Battle Game (PDF)" away for free

[URL="http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/The-Hobbit-The-Battle-of-the-Five-Armies-Strategy-Battle-Game-PDF?_requestid=2745526"]http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/The-Hobbit-The-Battle-of-the-Five-Armies-Strategy-Battle-Game-PDF?_requestid=2745526[/URL]

Grab it while you can....

[MajorMcNicol]

Thanks for the heads up!

[Reldane]

thanks for the heads up, free rules are always welcome!

there is also a pdf with the stats for the first hobbit wave found on black library: [url]http://www.blacklibrary.com/Downloads/Product/PDF/The-Hobbit/Heroes-and-villains-of-Middle-earth.pdf[/url]

[Mr Mystery]

Heartily recommend giving SBG a bash.

Couple of boxes at most, and a single character and you've got yourself a table worthy force.

Not a massive skirmish fan these days (somewhat spoiled by Necronmunda and Mordheim), but don't let the stripped down mechanics fool you. It's a really, really fun game!

[Erik Setzer]

I actually picked up last week's WD to get a copy of that (after I noticed it was in there). Makes me glad the local GW manager stopped chucking magazines after a week and kept them around a little longer for those who might have missed the week before. But the PDF would be nice for my Kindle.

The game is actually fun, yeah. I have a 500 point Mirkwood force, basically it's Tauriel and Legolas with 10 Rangers attached to each. You can have much larger forces if you want (with Goblins or Hobbits). A Dwarf army at 500 points would be under $100, just get a couple boxes of warriors and a couple characters. That's really all you need. And it's quick enough to get in matches between other games.

[Dalleron]

I'll have to check this out. I really liked LOTR, it's a solid system and pretty fun. Only nobody plays it I my area. Haven't played the hobbit version though, and I know some things are different