The fall of the Elves

This is our first try at using Dragon Rampant for larger Middle Earth skirmishes. Many years ago the forces of the Dark Lord swept down from the north to assault the Elven homelands.  

The battle was fought amdist the ruins of a long lost city now barely remembered by men.  

Elven Forces

The elves were one strength point per figure as normal.

Fenmenor, Prince of Harlond and his retainers (Elite Riders, Level Headed, Fear) - 10pts

Elves of Harlord (Heavy Foot) - 4 pts

Elves of Forlond (Heavy Foot) - 4 pts

Elves of Mithlond (Light Missiles) - 4pts

Marchwardens (Scouts) - 2 pts

Total: 24pts

Forces of the Dark Lord

All the orcs are half a strength point per figure to give them the hordes that look right.

Tarkrip, a great orc chieftain, and his largest Uruks (Heavy Foot) - 4pts

Warg Riders of Angmar (Light Riders) - 4 pts

Warg Riders of Gundabad (Light Riders) - 4 pts

Uruks of Angmar (Bellicose Foot) - 4pts

Uruks of Gundabad (Bellicose Foot) - 4pts

Misty Mountains Goblin Archers (Light Missiles) - 4pts

Total: 24pts

By the dark lord's will the orcs massed their snarling warg riders on their left and their uruks on their right.  In the centre came their chieftain and his bodgyguards proceeded by many goblin archers, come down from the misty mountains.

The prince placed his brightest spears against the Uruks facing his left wing and the Marchwardens scouted before them.  The archers of Mithlond watched the right flank warily while Fenmenor and his household waited in the centre to strike.

The Orcs rush forward to meet their foes at close quarters.  Hopping over broken stones and across cobbles worn by the ages of the world.

Fenmenor leads forward his most trusted companions and drives Tarkrip and his great Uruks into panicked flight.

The Dark Lord's will is still strong and his forces are far from beaten as the battlelines redraw.  

The Orcs come on for a second attack and sweep in from both flanks as the Elves fall back.

  

With his lines overrun Fenmenor tries desperately to win the battle with only a handful of his trusty companions.

As the stars fade, the battlefield lies strewn with the corpses of fair elves and foul goblins.  Fenmenor unable to break the Orcs with so few remainly soldiers falls back to regroup.  

The Orcs hold the field this time.  Can the Elven homeland be saved from a terrible fate?

We made some msitakes with the rules but the game went pretty well.  We may try some games using Fistful of Lead Bigger Battles as these rules are quite generic and little different from Lion Rampant but I think they will be needed for very large games as they are not card based.  We have a lot more troops we could add.