This week we compare Strength values of profiles, weapons, spells, seige weapons and impact hits to see what stands out. THe key question to think is...what would you rather be punched by?
We couldnt convince Loz's wife to be our quiz master so went for Loz's brother instead. Rick is an excellent quizmaster and we have a lot of fun answering the quiz questions our community sent in.
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This week’s episode is a short and sweet update from Dan. The poll on which army patrons wanted to see Dan build has ended and there is a clear winner… Listen along to find out!
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This week we are joined by two experts in the Three Trolls to help us go through an army with potential, that hasnt been doing that well recently. Can Jonny (the one with the strong Barnsley accent) and Jermaine (the one with the strong Leeds accent) convince anyone to play this army?!?
This week we have Harry Parkhill from Entmoot podcast as a special guest. Join us as we go through the actors in the LOTR films, discussing how they got their iconic roles, how much they got paid, what films they were in before and after the trilogy and what other actors were considered for these roles. We really enjoyed researching this one and Harry was a perfect addition so we hope you enjoy it too!
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This weeks email email goes through Loz vs Thorin - keep these emails coming in!
We are joined this week by the number 1 player on Longshanks for Men of the West - Ric Calladine. Ric shares his experience will the list and offers advice on list building and strategies to use with this army. As always with our deep dives, we do a somewhat related quiz - this time on 'men' and 'the west'.
Please let us know if you enjoy these episodes as we have plenty of people in the community who we would like to invite on to share their secrets!
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Join us as Rich again reads through some amazing feedback and insights we received from someone regarding the Loz vs Thorin episode
We have discussed some of the best armies to start with in this hobby, this week join Dan and Rich to go over some of the worst. Reasons could include, cost, rarity of models, complexity, competitiveness, or a combination of the above.
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In this mini episode Rich goes through some feedback we had on the episode Rich vs Aragorn - can the debate finally be settled?
This week we take a step back to understand the basic stats and to discuss any characters in the films that have too much, or too little resources!
We haven't done a tournament review for a while and its the first GBHL100 we have been to for a while. Tune in to find out how Loz and Rich got on. We also hope you enjoy Rich's new quiz format.
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Mark joins us this week to go over more new armies that are perfect for beginners!
Join us for Rich talking us through Minas Morgul - should you take the Morgul Blade, Trolls, a second Ringwraith, a drummer etc. As always with the deep dives we have a quiz that's slightly related to the army, can you guess what this one is?
This week we go through Fight Value, starting at Fight 1 and going up to Fight 10 discussing the models in each bracket, what it means to be each Fight Value and offer our opinions on whether we think its correct.
We also have Daniel Scott on who is promoting a charity event he is co-hosting with Rich in Worksop on 6th December 2025. To find out more please see:Minas Merryth.docxThe charity is for :ANDYSMANCLUB - It's Okay To TalkTickets are £25 to d.scott91@outlook.com and include both breakfast and lunch!
We have been there and are now back again for season 3. This week we warm up the season with some stories of whats happened in the off season (legacy, new book, new scenarios) and chat about what our plans are for season 3 (we have lots of plans!)
Apologies for Richs mike - he needs a new one for S3!
Here we bring Season 2 to an end with an episode going through the Hobbit films. Should Thorin be F7 and have free combats, should he have Barrel Riding as an ability? should the Oakenshield be better? where are the dwarf songs? and the Arkenstone?!?! We go through the significant scenes in the trilogy to try and understand what should be in Thorins profile.
This week its just Loz and Rich catching up on the mailbag and discussing upcoming tournaments - can anyone join us???
Over the recent bank holidays Rich has been teaching people some other LOTR board games and this week we have 2 guests to discuss them with.
A massive welcome to Richard Calladine and Olliver Hammond!
The games we are discussing are the 2000s co-op board game The Lord of the Rings and the 2019 app based game Journeys of Middle Earth
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This week we complete our epic trilogy of spells. Listen to the end for a quiz and news about the upcoming season 3 of the podcast!