Hail Gondor

As well as the Prairie Grove game, last Thurday's meeting also saw John and Ralph playing Hail Caesar. They used some of Johns 25mm LotR collection, and played an Orc/Goblin ambush on a Gondorian column advancing along a river. A bit Lake Trasimene, I guess..

The snowy battlefield was due to Ralph having lost his rather nice green ground-cloth.

Ralph makes a point. Possibly he's telling John that he doesn't want anyone outside the room to know that he's played with fantasy armies ...

The Gondorians:

Orc warband columns:

Orcs swarm across the battlefield:

Do you know what? It's only as I come to write this that I have no idea who won...