Middle-earth

“I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone.” Gandalf the GreyFree League’s new The One Ring: Over Hill and Under Hill box set is now available for pre-order. Described as a ‘beginner-friendly starter set’, this forthcoming release promises to be the ideal way to explore not only Tolkien’s timeless world, but also Free League’s The...

The King of Rohan plays a vital part in the defence of the realm. He cannot, however, be at hand on every front, or in every battle fought in the Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game. In such situations, his pages serve a vital role.Lief is one such page. Revealed today on the Games Workshop website, Lief can be fielded as part of Rohan army, and is able to award buffs to fellow Rohan models. These b...

Games Workshop have revealed yet more Middle-earth miniatures.As seen on the Warhammer Community website, these new additions include the war drakes of Rhûn and the Umbar ballista. The former are fierce, venomous lizards venerated by the Easterlings. Often fielded by larger Easterling armies, war drakes produce a slow-acting venom which inflicts a -1 penalty to the Fight Value and Attacks of any m...

The enemies of Azog are in for a rock-hard time.Previewed yesterday on the Games Workshop website, the new Middle-earth Gundabad catapult troll is the perfect illustration of goblin ingenuity: strap a catapult on the back of a grumpy troll and voila! You’ve got yourself a warmachine that is not only easy to manoeuvre, but also defends itself from anyone stupid enough to get within arms reach. This...

Free League are going all in on the elves with two new expansions for their The One Ring and Lord of the Rings RPGs. Now available for pre-order and immediate access to the PDFs, Realms of the Three Rings and Keepers of the Elven-rings are expansions for the One Ring and Lord of the Rings respectively. These two expansions examine the realms, landmarks and inhabitants of Lórien, Rivendell and...

There's a fiercesome new trio at large in Middle-earth, and they're fixin' for a fight.Coming soon from Games Workshop, this new boxed set of Forge World resin miniatures includes the orcs Shank and Wrot, and their pet snow-troll. They act as a independent warband in the Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game, with Shank as the Captain, Wrot an Independent Hero, and the Snow Troll a Mons...

Games Workshop Reveal More Details About the Middle-earth Strategy Battle GameFollowing the recent news that the Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game is making a Gandalf-esque comeback, Games Workshop has revealed one of the key models in the forthcoming starter set: Wulf, the leader of the Dunlendings.This new edition of the Strategy Battle Game is based upon the upcoming Warner Brothers movie, The ...

Games Workshop have published a significant update about the new edition of the The Middle-earth Strategy Game. As detailed in the update, the new edition focuses on the characters and events featured in the forthcoming anime fantasy film The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (due for release in December, 2024). Also, the core mechanics of the game have not seen any major changes, with GW...

Games Workshop have revealed the cover for their next Middle-earth supplement, Rise of Angmar. Not only that, but they've also graced us with a look at the remaining miniatures that will be accompany the book and some of those miniatures' special rules. A 112-page supplement, Rise of Angmar details the origins of Angmar, and the Witch-King's ascension and his campaigns against the k...