And of course you can find the essential EOG War of the Ring rules summary and reference here: www.orderofgamers.com/games/war-of-the-ring/ You just can't play without it! :)
@stylemer
4 жыл бұрын
I haven't even watched past the first ten minutes and already we've made a lot of errors. Crikey Peter, we really need to lift our game! Maybe next time I get over there (when airlines start flying again) we should START with this game, as we seem to go downhill with each passing day (hmm). Apologies to the aficionados for the stuff-ups, it must be very frustrating watching the train wreck that is us playing WOTR, almost as frustrating as trying to roll a six in a siege. As for leaving Dale open, yes I possibly shouldn't have pointed that out to Peter, but in his defence you'd think I'd have learnt from the game a few years back when I left Minas Tirith un-garrisoned after capturing it with insane losses, only to have Peter use the Woses Gambit to take it back. He tells me he'd held onto that card almost since the start of the game in the faint hope of using it. There's a pretty funny description of the scene in the Orc camp after that happened in this battle report at about 19.45: kzitem.info/news/bejne/lJiHuat3q3eZrKg&feature=emb_logo Those who fail to learn from history (or in this case their own stupid mistakes) are indeed doomed to repeat it! Peter and I have been giving Memoir 44 a few good runs online lately, and we're trying to work out how to record a session, as I think my chances of getting to NZ again in 2020 are pretty slim. Anyway, thanks for watching and good solo gaming to you all!
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
"Err ... Mr King ... Mr King sir ..."
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Just a quick heads up for anyone who hasn't seen one of my batreps before - this is not for teaching purposes! This is two old friends enjoying a game and having a laugh, and we have a bad habit of having a few too many beers and forgetting rules when we play games, even WOTR. So don't expect perfection - in fact, expect the opposite! :)
@PickleTheHutt
4 жыл бұрын
Love the videos (even with some mistakes), but I thought I'd mention some that I noticed for others that read the comments looking for rules corrections. The smaller locations are settlements, defenders don't get the "roll of 6" needed to hit bonus that fortifications, cities (like Dale), and Strongholds get. Note that fortifications and cities only get that bonus for the first round of combat. When the fellowship is revealed or declares its location, you place the fellowship model in the new space and reset the fellowship track back to 0. That's important as that marker tells you how many spaces the fellowship moves on the board when revealed or declared. With Grond, you must fight 3 combat rounds, the shadow player can't choose to stop early. It's a dangerous play that likely would have led to the Witch King's demise here.
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
@@PickleTheHutt Wow, did we get those first two incorrect? They're pretty basic ones. Not the second one, surely? Well, as I said, it had been a long day, sorry about that!
@Will-gg7yh
4 жыл бұрын
Years of anticipation! At last!
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Years? Has it been years?
@JSeedProductions
4 жыл бұрын
FP: *plays any combat card* SP: "Swarm of Bats" FP: "AAAAAAGGHGHHH!!!!!"
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Those damn bats!
@Serotonin1
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, this WOTR battle report has everything we've been waiting for: Wose gambiting, Denethor Grape Eating and Will getting intensely frustrated.
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
It definitely wouldn't be a WOTR batrep without some Denethor Grape Eating.
@ericrobinson1744
4 жыл бұрын
Just checked my subscriptions tab and became unbelievably thrilled, have been waiting for another War of the Ring Battle Report ever since I found your channel for the first time a few years ago. Can't wait to watch this one!
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Aww, I'm chuffed. Hope you enjoy it!
@decb7959
4 жыл бұрын
I acquired WoTR on the back of watching one of your battle reports. Still haven't got it to the table, a year later. Still it's a joy watching you and Will rolling dice, long may you do so.
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Get that game to the table (if you've got someone to play it with in your bubble). You'll love it.
@KhanAndMrPointyEars
4 жыл бұрын
What serendipity! I just bought this game and discovered this channel.
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Welcome! There's lots to see. Be sure to grab my rules summary and reference, you'll love it.
@seanmcdonald737
4 жыл бұрын
Oh Will, you lost an action when you let Peter move back into Dale (which was a bit dishonorable for "the good guys" to undo a turn after taking it ;p ). That was your attack right there.
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Dishonourable? I hadn't finished my turn yet! ;) Yeah, he really shouldn't have moved out of Dale, I'd forgotten that would have won it for him if he still had that...
@jimhockey4374
4 жыл бұрын
🙄 Some victory
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
@@jimhockey4374 Oh Jim, it's only a game. I've know Will for 40 years, if he'd had a a serious problem he would have laid down the law, and if he'd changed his mind on a move I'd whinge but I'd let him. Sure I was pretty bloody cheeky and I'm not particularly proud of it in hindsight, but we're not playing for the future of the human race here. :)
@seanmcdonald737
4 жыл бұрын
@@EsotericOrderGamers We're just ribbing you Peter. All's fair in Love and War of the Ring 😀
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
@@seanmcdonald737 I don't mind a good ribbing! I think Jim's a little offended though. :) My first reply was said with a wink. Hard to get across one's facial expressions and tone of speech in text sometimes!
@andrewrichesson8627
4 жыл бұрын
I purchased war of the ring many years ago because of your excellent battle reports. It thrilled me to see another pop up on KZitem today.
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@DakingofAP
4 жыл бұрын
Yes!!! It's been too long. The perfect way to wind down the day with one of the best games ever made... Can't wait for the next one!
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Me neither!
@kennethhendrickson2865
3 жыл бұрын
Fun watching. Great game. So many eyes at the beginning and the hobbits kept moving! Thought Will was going to have an aneurysm.
@RapidVisionLoss
4 жыл бұрын
Always great to see a War of the Ring battle report. Thanks for sharing!
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Cheers! Hope you're safe!
@bobbydante9392
4 жыл бұрын
in the first skirmish on the fields in front of dol Amroth’s fortress, Gondor took 4 wounds, but you took off an elite and 3 regulars. The anguished cries of all the free people echoed throughout Middle Earth.
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
These things happen in the heat of battle! :)
@jakeveryard1775
4 жыл бұрын
Love these battle reports, and I can hardly blame you for making mistakes, there’s certainly a lot of information to retain. I think my favourite thing about this game is how you always think ‘if I’d just done that one thing differently, I could’ve won’ Case in point: my sister and I were playing In our very first game, she was unable to utilise Aragorn because Gondor had fallen by the time he’d been separated. The next game we played, she made sure he split from the Fellowship right away, and had him help defend Gondor. Unfortunately for her, a combination of some good shadow rolls, and Words of Power meant that Aragorn ended up dying trying to defend Pelargir. I just love how every little thing matters, there’s no miniature, no card, no dice, that can’t make a difference, which incidentally I feel is very thematic
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Well, if everything went according to plan, it would be very boring! :)
@jakeveryard1775
4 жыл бұрын
@@EsotericOrderGamers True of the game and of life!
@Balrog7
4 жыл бұрын
Really enjoy to see your battle reports, especially for War of the Ring. There is always something special about it and really would like to see it more often. Thank you guys for sharing and keep up the great work
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks César. I'd love to make them more often, only Will lives in another country! :)
@Balrog7
4 жыл бұрын
@@EsotericOrderGamers Yeah I already have noticed that Will lives far away (didn't know it was another country). You need to convince him to play several games of War of the Ring to have content to release for several months :) It is good that Will wants to do this, really enjoy seeing you guys play games. Thank you for sharing
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
@@Balrog7 Very happy you're enjoying them - don't forget to go through the back catalogue! :)
@duesmanjones7918
4 жыл бұрын
Always REALLY enjoy these batreps. Thank you very much! Great pacing, great fun. Cheers from America.
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
It takes a lot of careful editing to get any sense of pacing at all, it sure isn't there in the original! :)
@shaneflickinger
4 жыл бұрын
Haha, the table flip! Great game fellas. I also realized that I love Will's laugh, it's contagious! Thanks for the video!
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome Shane.
@Dragonxxx26
4 жыл бұрын
Think I have watched this at least three times! Love your battle reports guys! Keep it up 😁
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Wow, you're keen! Glad you enjoyed it so much! Unfortunately we live in different countries so may be a little while until the next one. :(
@gilgameshthewiseone8897
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Great video, I always enjoy watching war of the ring
@duesmanjones7918
4 жыл бұрын
The most comfy channel on KZitem. We'd love to see you guys do a game with both expansions (WOME and LOME)!
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Thankyou, I like that tagline! I'll try to do that next time when this madness is over and Will and I can game in the same room again. If I can get him to read the rules! :)
@ignacioyockers4745
4 жыл бұрын
The wait has been long, but worth it. Hopefully lots more battle reports in the future!!!
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Oh I hope so, and soon.
@positronisomer206
3 жыл бұрын
Really entertaining gents thank you. I’m no expert, but getting saruman and witch king out early (turns 1 and 2) seems key for shadow to get more of those dice that kept getting sent to the hunt box!
@EsotericOrderGamers
3 жыл бұрын
There are many strategies. The extra dice are important, but Saruman is a minion, so that allows Gandalf the White to be placed once Gandalf dies ... there's no single strategy that is key, it depends on the cards you are dealt and fate!
@BardJusik
3 жыл бұрын
17:35 with the painted minis I felt like one of the eagles flying through middle earth watching all the armies
@EsotericOrderGamers
3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@mikkexh
4 жыл бұрын
Great game! Thanks for sharing! Some people may argue that there is a bit of an asterisk next to this victory.. :) Some people that is..
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
I personally choose to ignore those people completely. :)
@DD-lm1gv
4 жыл бұрын
Battle reports are great when on lockdown. Thanks for the vid.
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
I've got a new one coming soon: '10 Things to Do With Your Games on Lockdown'!
@DD-lm1gv
4 жыл бұрын
@@EsotericOrderGamers Awesome. I wonder if, "playing with yourself" is on the list? :P
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
@@DD-lm1gv Boom tishhh! He'll be here all week folks!
@DD-lm1gv
4 жыл бұрын
@@EsotericOrderGamers I tell ya, I get no respect, no respect!
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
@@DD-lm1gv Keep working on that routine and get back to me. :)
@lorddraconum
4 жыл бұрын
Great play through.
@SaladinBarchan
4 жыл бұрын
Ah, always a pleasure to watch you two play War of the Ring. Especially during lockdown. Like every good commenter I have to do a quick rant of my own about the rules before I burst though it seems ;) Okay so here it goes: DID I JUST SEE YOU MOVE TO THE CRACK OF DOOM WITHOUT DRAWING LAST HUNT TILE?? FP immidiately wins only after that is resolved. Because if Will had managed to put several red tiles into the bag he could have in theory stalled you from moving into crack a whole turn yet by drawing red tiles one after another because all of the them have that special cancel the already done movement symbol on them. Would have certainly made an even more nail biting finish. Mordor track is almost never 100 percent safe for the FP even when at zero corruption. Just like the strongholds are never certain to fall if shadow doesn't happen to get those precious sixes. Okay, rant over. Seriously speaking though I don't blame you for getting some rules wrong. I certainly tend to get little bit of tunnel vision if trying to play this beast of a game at one go late into the night. Like I said, very fun to watch you two play. I hope me and my brother will be like you guys in the next thirty years or so; still having fun while playing games and cracking jokes.
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Well, yeah, but without watching it all again I can see I had very little corruption. But I must admit it may be that we have probably never draws a last tile and instead assumed that once Frodo has made it to the last space that's a win. Which of course is wrong, and now that you've pointed it out, probably all the results in every game we've ever played are also wrong. Oh well! Thanks for pointing that out, it's a game changer! :)
@SaladinBarchan
4 жыл бұрын
@@EsotericOrderGamers No problem :) Yes, red tiles are very nasty weapons in Shadow's disposal; almost always looming in the bottom of the bag as a potential draw even at the literal last minute. Particularly those with reveal and stop icons as a combo. Though they are great way to potentially relive the events of the books where you think you have won when ring is about to be dropped but suddenly Frodo declares 'the ring is mine' instead. Corruption spikes up and you just hope all is not lost yet :D But yeah, no matter how hard you try there always seems to go something wrong at the rules department when playing this massive game. I for example didn't get for the longest time that attacking an army and capturing a settlement (even a small town) under them moves a nation two steps on the political track instead of one. Also couple of event cards always go wrong when you don't read the text carefully thinking you have memorized them all already and then you have that awkward moment of "ooh I didn't realize Cruel Weather had those requirements". Sigh. We'll get all of them right someday I'm sure. In the meantime painting the figures of my copies of War of the Ring, Hunt for the Ring and Battle of the Five Armies. Sometimes I think I'm mad for taking such an undertaking with no prior experience but hopefully I get them finished just in time when the mini expansion Fate of Erebor gets released for BotFA. Great time to play the whole board game trilogy as a one massive session :D
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
It's a constantly challenging game and it just goes to show you can play it for years and still be making a mistake!
@ruffbeard3634
4 жыл бұрын
So good to see more War of the Ring, complete with Denethor's Folly! The Dale move was a bit sneaky, although if I were Will I'd have made a beeline for undefended Erebor! More please - perhaps when the expansion comes out?
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
World events will make it difficult to get together for a while, sadly (we live in different countries), but more at first opportunity.
@andyallsebrook3967
4 жыл бұрын
The Esoteric Order of Gamers I play this with a mate via zoom. It works really well if you both have a copy of the game.
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
@@andyallsebrook3967 Will and I have played on Tabletop Simulator successfully.
@andyallsebrook3967
4 жыл бұрын
The Esoteric Order of Gamers I’ve not looked at that. I like setting up the board etc rather than just playing on the pc but any way to play this excellent game is good.
@42Randomise
4 жыл бұрын
Feel like Will’s turn has started once he was talking about board state for the play through. Rather than retaking dale.. poor will lol
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Yes yes I'm a bad man. :)
@ignacioyockers4745
4 жыл бұрын
What are your thoughts on the new expansion? Personally I am excited about the new characters, but I think a new expansion is unnecessary. But of course I will buy it with out a second thought.
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
You summed up my thoughts exactly. Though I am looking forward to seeing what they do with siege engines, because I hate trying to roll those sixes!
@joshuabreen112
3 жыл бұрын
More of this please!!
@jonathangrant3019
Жыл бұрын
I've watched this video multiple times. THREE YEARS AGO!!! WHEN'S THE NEXT WOTR BATTLE REPORT WITH WILL?!?!?!?!
@EsotericOrderGamers
Жыл бұрын
August, I promise.
@MRdaBakkle
4 жыл бұрын
Grond is the name of Morgoth's hammer, and of course also the name of the battering ram.
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Thankyou!
@Antenociti
3 жыл бұрын
You should still have drawn a Hunt Tile on your "last move" - if it had been a "Stop" then you would not have been able to move the fellowship onto the final crack of doom slot on the Mordor track.... Stop tiles always stop your movement on the track from happening altogether.
@EsotericOrderGamers
3 жыл бұрын
Oh well!
@SubtleMoments
3 жыл бұрын
"This is not the fellowship ure looking for" 🤣🤣🤣
@jackrutter9797
4 жыл бұрын
Great video, makes me want to finish painting the minis and play the game! You guys sound the same so often hard to tell who's talking, eek!
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Oh, that's silly, we sound *completely* different!
@jackrutter9797
4 жыл бұрын
@@EsotericOrderGamers haha sorry, must be the accent, I'm sure us brits all sound the same to you......... Just to add, War of the Ring is very social distance friendly game because the board is so freaking big! Game on!
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
@@jackrutter9797 Not really, in fact I can almost pick the part of the country an English speaker is from! :) Will and I are from the same part of Sydney though I guess.
@jackrutter9797
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah its mostly about region I would say, someone from Wales and another from Liverpool sound very different... get two people from the same region, like magic they meld into one person. Clearly if I was from that respective region I'll be say this is BS! ... I digress... keep up the good work! (and get more Folklore Affliction on the channel ;) )
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
Ahh, Folklore, it's been a while. Maybe I can do a solo game.
@indimarien9699
4 жыл бұрын
Nice!! I'm in a LOTR zone now! Next stop: battle of the 5 armies? :D
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
I don't think we'll be meeting over a table again for a while, unfortunately.
@williammyles
Жыл бұрын
Really great game love this thanks
@scottagnew7388
4 жыл бұрын
Now I could be wrong but, when will re revealed the fellowship. Shouldn't they have been on 0 on the fellowship track? Seeing as they haven't moved since being revealed.
@ericrobinson1744
4 жыл бұрын
You are correct. There was a large number of rules errors in this game but they were occurring on both sides so I'd say it evened out pretty well lol
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
@@ericrobinson1744 These things happen when you're tired and sozzled!
@ericrobinson1744
4 жыл бұрын
@@EsotericOrderGamers Absolutely! My comment was by no means a condemnation, just an observation. And what I observed with this video was two chums having a blast playing one of the best board games out there in what ended as a very tight finish (as seemingly all WotR games do!)
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
@@ericrobinson1744 :)
@GrievousFrom
3 жыл бұрын
Salty Will is the best. Rooting for him always.
@EsotericOrderGamers
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a character from an old seafaring tale or a TinTin comic!
@michaellao7264
4 жыл бұрын
Hi, great battle report as usual. What kind of sleeves do you guys use?
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
From memory, both Ares (in cooperation with Mayday) and Fantasy Flight Games make tarot-size sleeves of about 68x20mm.
@michaellao7264
4 жыл бұрын
@@EsotericOrderGamers Thanks!
@lorenzoperfetti9681
4 жыл бұрын
I have a question about the game rules if anyone wants to clarify my doubt: if I move an army in which there is for example gandalf I have to move that army of three regions that is the level of gandalf? Thank you very much
@EsotericOrderGamers
4 жыл бұрын
No, armies only move 1 region. they don't take on the movement of a character with them! Download my rules summary, it will make it all clearer: www.orderofgamers.com/games/
@JLH111176
3 жыл бұрын
Between all those dice rolls and all the card draws how do you ever plan a strategy for what you are going to do ? I would not be able to plan out my next turn in advance and I would not like that
@EsotericOrderGamers
3 жыл бұрын
You have to plan and adapt your strategy in response to events as they unfold - like in life! :)
@fraser5493
3 жыл бұрын
I want your card stand it looks great... happen to remember where you got it?
@EsotericOrderGamers
3 жыл бұрын
I made them: kzitem.info/news/bejne/0oiX14mtsaadopg
@fraser5493
3 жыл бұрын
@@EsotericOrderGamers Wow, that's great. I already have what I need, aside from the metal plates :) Cheers!
@infinitedonuts
3 жыл бұрын
For the algorithm
@brezzab
4 жыл бұрын
YESSSSSSSSSSSS! It's been toooooo long!
@christophrehse
3 жыл бұрын
what card holders do you use? I do believe there was some cheating at 1:06:34. :)
@EsotericOrderGamers
3 жыл бұрын
I made them myself - and you can too: kzitem.info/news/bejne/0oiX14mtsaadopg
@Nealonify
3 жыл бұрын
Play more war of the ring games, need to see the grapes 🤣🤣
@EsotericOrderGamers
3 жыл бұрын
I think that joke comes out in every game now. :)
@PMMagro
4 жыл бұрын
MY PRECIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@simon069d9
8 ай бұрын
Changing your mind after a better play was pointed out to you was not very gentlemanly…..
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