The beacons are lit and Rohan will answer in a new box set for Warhammer’s Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game, and it’s remaking 20 year-old models in time for War of the Rohirrim.
Unveiled on Hobbit Day (September 22, AKA the birthday of a certain Bilbo Baggins), ‘War of the Rohirrim – Battle of Edoras’ seems to contain everything you need to play the Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game. It’s weighed down by a full rules manual for the game’s new edition, scenery, a playmat, accessories, a scenario book, and 56 models in total – enough for two armies. Because this is based on the upcoming War of the Rohirrim movie, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that those miniatures depict the Rohan Horse Lords and barbarian Hill Tribesmen.
What caught my eye was the brand-new Warriors of Rohan. These are brand-new sculpts paying homage to miniatures from 2002, and they do a remarkably good job of keeping that oughts spirit whilst showing off the last two decades’ advances. I was always fond of the Roh..
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