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Foreword (Version 1.4)
Welcome to the new and improved Green Dragon Podcast Tactical Dictionary, Version 1.4.

So what’s changed between versions?

There have been several updates to correct omissions in the previous version or address new
developments in the game that had not previously been consider worthy of recognition. This
means that Version 1.4 now contains more entries than any of the previous versions of this
exhaustive and definitive guide to SBG tactical terminology.

An additional change is the inclusion of Appendix C, containing all of the current GDP
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Foreword (Version 1.3)
Welcome to the Green Dragon Podcast Tactical Dictionary, your more or less
comprehensive guide to tactical game play in the Lord of the Rings, Hobbit or Middle Earth
Strategy Battle Games.

If you have acquired this document then your first question is an undoubtable ‘why?’. Why
would a group produce such a document? What could inspire madness of this calibre? Well
our reasoning is twofold.

The primary purpose of this document is to aid communication and reduce

misunderstanding in tactical discussion. In fact it is recommended that any true student of
the higher tactical game would have a copy of this document on hand at all times, whether
reviewing old episodes of the GDP or conversing with opponents between rounds at a
tournament. This should not only enable you to more easily follow the technical jargon that
is commonly used in the community, but also give you something to pass the time during
the musical interludes that occur during most episodes. Having this information set down in
a written document should also help to standardise the war gaming accent and prevent the
development of regional dialects and ‘slang’.

The secondary purpose of this document is to generate tactical discussion and facilitate
‘Theory SBG’. So take a look through the tactics listed here and see if there are any that you
can add to your Tactical Tool Box. Note, not all the tactics listed here are good tactics, in
fact many tactics are neither good tactics nor bad tactics, they are simply tactics and their
goodness or badness will be determined by the player in question.

While this is undoubtedly an exhaustive list of all possible tactical options available to a
player, it is possible that it could be more exhaustive than it currently is. To this end if you
can think of a tactic that you don’t see listed, then draw up a diagram and send it in. Your
contribution will be assessed by our impartial reviewers and may or may not be included in
the second print run.
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Activation Control - Apparent Focus
Activation Control
1) Activation Control is the ability to control or
influence your opponent’s Position through the
use of your own Position. This can frequently be
achieved through the presence of concentrated
ranged units (see Ranged Area Denial) or by
stacking one side of the battlefield with your most
dangerous troops (see Refused Flank).
2) Activation Control is the ability to control or
influence your opponent’s Position through the
use of Misdirection, Deception, Mind Games and
or other trickery.
Actual Priority
The Actual Priority is the name for the state of
affairs in which both sides intend to use heroic
actions. Correct recognition of an upcoming
Actual Priority will allow you to Position your
force to provide maximum Resource Management
efficiency and maintain Tempo.
Air Gap
The Air Gap is a defensive Position trick that can
be used to supplement a defensive Position that is
threatened from multiple directions. This is done
by deliberately forming a clear area in the centre
of the defending formation. This space will allow
your models to back away from lost combats
without trapping themselves or others. The Air
Gap is an essential part of all anti Encirclement
strategies. See Halo Defence and the Collapsing
Crescent Moon formation.
Air Superiority
Air Superiority is the happy state of affairs that
occurs when one player has a significant
advantage in mobility. This is frequently achieved
using fliers but cavalry and high move infantry
can also be involved.
Air Supremacy
Air Supremacy is the extension of the mobility
advantage offered by Air Superiority to such a
point that the opponent is powerless to engage
your force. A player with Air Supremacy can
easily control the Initiative of the game and play
at the Position and Tempo of their choosing.
Ambush
The Ambush is an offensive Position tactic that
can be used in Maelstrom of Battle style
deployment. In this tactic your warbands are
deployed either side of the target enemy
formation to achieve an instant Pincer Movement.
Anti Shade Stratagem #1
The Anti Shade Stratagem #1 is an offensive
tactic that is used to counter the Death Ball tactic
that is commonly favoured by shades, shaman and
other Double Bubble style armies. This tactic
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takes advantage of the Death Ball’s limited
Position options and restricted Tempo to
outmanoeuvre the enemy and destroy any portion
of the opposing army that leaves the protection of
the Double Bubble. This tactic is frequently
summarised by the phrase “just fight where the
shade isn’t”.
Anti Shade Stratagem #2
The Anti Shade Stratagem #2 is an offensive
Tempo tactic that is used to counter the Death
Ball tactic that is commonly favoured by shades,
shaman and other Double Bubble style armies.
This is achieved by using powerful heroes to
swiftly cut their way through to the critical
components of the enemy army and remove it
before it can overly influence the progression of
the game. See Shock and Awe.
Anti Shade Stratagem #3
The Anti Shade Stratagem #3 is an offensive
tactic that is used to counter the Death Ball tactic
that is commonly favoured by shades, shaman and
other Double Bubble style armies. This is
achieved through the application of overlapping
area of effect damage sources that can take
advantage of the Death Ball’s high Unit Density.
See the Death Wave tactic.
Anti Flier Guard
The Anti Flier Guard is a defensive Position tactic
in which areas that have been deemed vulnerable
to Assault from the Air are denied to the enemy.
This is done by liberally spreading models two or
three deep across the critical area so that the base
of the enemy flier cannot physically be placed.
The Anti Flier Guard is most commonly deployed
behind Fortified Lines, Shield Walls or
surrounding valuable support pieces, big heroes
and or objectives.
Anvil
The Anvil is the name applied to a static
defensive formation that is used to disrupt the
opponent’s Tempo. This is achieved by placing a
defensive formation in a Position where the
enemy must break through the formation before it
can achieve its own plans. This restricts the
movement of enemy Resources and reduces the
opponent’s Tempo. The Anvil strategy is
frequently used to buy Tempo for other strategies
such as the Hammer. See the Hamer and Anvil.
Apparent Focus
Apparent Focus is a Psychological Warfare and
Deception tactic in which one player seeks to
draw the opponent’s attention towards an
irrelevant section of the battlefield and leave them
blind to all else that moves. To achieve this a
player must convince their opponent that their

own focus is direct towards the Decoy location or
model. This can be done through the use of
careful and deliberate measurement and by asking
highly specific questions that are disguised as
general clarifications (such as “hey would you say
these models are within 3”, just hypothetically?”).
This tactic is normally always combined with the
Hidden in Plain Sight tactic to form a combined
Deception no Deception strategy.
Assassin
An Assassin is the Tech term that is applied to
any unit that specialises in removing specific
enemy heroes or Resources. This can be achieved
through powerful combat, deadly shooting,
sneaky magic weapons or other similar abilities.
Assassination
Assassination is an offensive Resource
Management tactic that relies upon reducing the
enemy’s available resources by killing key
characters. A proper Assassination normally
involves isolating the target first (either through
magic or Baiting) to allow overwhelming force to
be brought to bear (see Macro Trap), but this is
not always necessary.
Assassination Run
The Assassination Run is an offensive Position
tactic that utilises the Assassination tactic at a
range beyond which the opponent though likely.
This is traditionally done by either extending the
movement of your assassinating heroes through
heroic combats or other trickery or by convincing
the target to unwittingly move closer through the
use of magic, Baiting or using Deception to
mislead your opponent as to your army’s true
Tempo.
Attrition
Attrition is an offensive or defensive Resource
Management strategy in which one player directly
matches their opponent’s tactic but with greater
Resources. This tactic accepts that the enemy will
inflict proportional damage upon your Resources
and should only be used in situations where you
have a clear advantage in all of the Relevant
Resources.
Avoidance
Avoidance is a Position and Tempo playstyle that
attempts to use an army with superior
manoeuvrability to mitigate an opponent’s
advantage in combat by indefinitely avoiding
combat. If done correctly an Avoidance playstyle
can provide a player with potentially infinite
rounds of shooting with which to apply the
Whittling tactic. See Anti Shade Stratagem #1,
Kiting and the Crescent Moon Formation. Care
should be taken before applying an Avoidance
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Assassin - Big Hero Burnout
playstyle in the face of significant enemy shooting
assets.
Avoidance Bubble
The Avoidance Bubble is a defensive Position
tactic for countering large heroes with restricted
movement. See the Halo Formation.
Baiting
1) Baiting is an offensive Resource Management
and Position tactic in which a portion of your
army’s Resources are sacrificed to lure a greater
portion of the enemy’s Resources into a Position
where they can be dealt with. This tactic is
traditionally used as a setup for a second, more
aggressive tactic such as an Assassination Run,
the Jaws of Victory or the dreaded Donut of
Death.
2) Baiting is a defensive Position and Tempo
tactic used to either delay slow moving enemy
heroes or distract enemy heroes with a
compulsion to charge. See the Halo Array.
Bait and Switch
The Bait and Switch is a further refinement of the
Baiting tactic in which provision is made to
rescue the bait before it can be slain. This can be
done by either using bait that is tougher than it
looks, withdrawing the bait through the use of
heroic combats or suchlike or by reinforcing the
bait faster than your opponent though likely.
Barbarian Chieftain
The Barbarian Chieftain is an offensive Meta
Game and Energy Reserve Management strategy
that seeks to inflict the Running on Empty
condition upon their opponent through favourably
trading Energy Reserve expenditure. This is done
by inviting your opponent to join you in some
form of Decision Management or Energy
Management compromising activity in the hope
that the negative effect upon your opponent will
be greater than the negative effect upon yourself.
Examples include eating contests, drinking
contests and push up/chin up contests. This tactic
is not without personal risk. This tactic is named
after the traditional stereotyped barbarian “let’s
invite them for a feast and slaughter them when
they’re drunk” approach to warfare. See Day One
Aftermath.
Beater
A Beater is the Tech term that is applied to any
unit that specialises in dealing large amounts of
damage in combat. See Bruiser.
Big Hero Burnout
1) The Big Hero Burnout is a defensive Resource
Management tactic directed against a single
enemy character of exceptional power. This is
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done through the focused application of the
Burnout tactic to reduce the hero’s Heroic
Resources.
2) The Big Hero Burnout is an offensive Resource
Management tactic that uses a single powerful
hero to rapidly inflict damage upon the enemy’s
Resources. This is a more focused application of
the Shock an Awe tactic.
Blaze of Glory
The Blaze of Glory is the term that is applied to
the situation in which one player suffers a
stunning, crushing, even humiliating defeat in the
final round of a competitive series of linked
games (tournament) but still achieves a podium
placing. This doesn’t happen frequently, but when
it does it is glorious.
Blunting
1) Blunting is a defensive Resource Management
and Position tactic which is used to mitigate the
effect of a powerful enemy hero. This is done by
placing a highly survivable model or series of
models in the path of the enemy hero. See
Burnout.
2) Blunting is a defensive Position tactic in which
the defending army chooses a Position that will
hopefully reduce early casualties. This can be
achieved through use of terrain against cavalry,
line of sight obstructions against shooting and or
positioning models to place the correct defence
values against the correct strength values.
3) Blunting is a defensive Resource Management
tactic in which a magic user is tasked with
reducing the damage output of an enemy
character. See Shutdown.
Bodyguard Duty
Bodyguard Duty is a defensive Position tactic that
utilises an adapted form of the Buddy System to
protect a powerful hero from Assassination. In
this situation a moderate to powerful hero is
assigned to accompany the powerful hero. In
addition to the regular benefits of the Buddy
System, should the powerful hero be threatened
by assassination the hero on Bodyguard Duty will
attempt to heroic combat into the Assassination
combat to contribute extra attacks or remove key
enemy models through Pealing Combats.
Bolging
1) Bolging is an offensive and defensive counter
tactic that seeks to solve a problem through the
application of Bolg. Preferably on warg.
2) Bolging is a cunning offensive Resource
Management and Psychological Warfare tactic in
which the enemy is forced to make difficult
Resource Management choices. This is done by
charging a large, powerful hero (preferably Bolg
on warg) into a model next to a slightly less
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powerful enemy hero who has the option to call a
heroic strike and then calling a heroic combat. At
this point the enemy hero can chose to call a
heroic strike. If they do so then the Bolging hero
will simply charge someone else and the might
point is wasted. If they do not call the strike then
the Bolging hero will charge and slay them in
which case all of the hero’s remaining Heroic
Resources are wasted. Regardless of which choice
the opponent makes your subsequent actions will
demonstrate that their choice was wrong, thereby
providing you with the Perceived Confidence
Advantage.
Bordering
Bordering is an offensive Position and Tempo
mistake that can occur when an attacking force
encounters the opponent’s defensive strategy. In
this situation the attacking player is unwilling to
enter the opponent’s prepared Kill Zone but is
unwilling to withdraw and concede the field
unfought and so the attack grinds to a halt in a
Position with no tactical, strategic or defensive
value. Bordering is a mistake for two reasons.
Firstly this grants your opponent firm control over
the Initiative and the Perceived Confidence
Advantage in the game. Secondly, any enemy that
choose to adopt a static defensive Position
probably has superior ranged capabilities and as
such the attacking force will fall victim to
Whittling and the Death by a Thousand Cuts
tactics for as long as it continues to hesitate.
Bradbury
1) The Bradbury is a desperate counter tactic in
which a player adopts a strategy that relies upon
their opponent’s misfortune to achieve victory.
This is frequently seen in situations where one
player is narrowly lacking the Resources to adopt
a desired tactic but they chose to attempt the
strategy in the hope that fortune will favour the
brave.
2) A Bradbury is the term that is used to refer to a
player that through luck, chance and bizarre
occurrences finds themselves competing in a tier
above their inherent skill level during a
competitive series of linked games (tournaments).
This can sometimes be caused by strength of
schedule.
Breakthrough
Breakthrough is an offensive Position and Tempo
tactic in which one player seeks to overcome an
enemy formation by cutting a hole through the
middle of it. This tactic relies upon the theory that
most formations are established with a facing in
which they are most combat efficient. Since
achieving Encirclement against such formations
takes turns that are not always available, the
Breakthrough tactic achieves a similar result by

cutting the enemy formation in half and
surrounding them from the inside.
Bruiser
A Bruiser (also known as a Beater) is the Tech
term that is applied to any unit that specialises in
dealing large amounts of damage in combat. This
can be achieved through a combination of high
strength, multi attacks, magic weapons or other
similar abilities.
Buddy System
The Buddy System is a Resource Management
tactic in which one player attempts to optimise the
use of their Heroic Resources. This is done by
parring your expensive combat heroes with
smaller characters that can call marches and
moves that anyone can call successfully, thereby
saving the big hero’s might for the big heroic
combats that only they can call. Sometimes
moderate to large heroes can be assigned to
accompany large heroes, see Bodyguard Duty.
Burnout
1) Burnout (also known as Shock and Awe, Big
Hero Burnout or Heroic Slaughter) is a Resource
Management tactic that focuses upon accelerating
the Tempo of the game beyond the point at which
the enemy can redeploy in response to the
changing situation. This is achieved by rapidly
spending Heroic Resources to inflict maximum
damage upon the enemy in minimum time. This
tactic is particularly favoured by armies with
multiple mounted combat heroes.
2) Burnout (also known as Big Hero Burnout) is a
defensive Resource Management tactic that can
be used to mitigate the effect of powerful enemy
characters that cannot be killed in a resource
efficient manner. This is achieved by placing the
offending hero into positions in which they will
be encourage to spend their Heroic Resources
without inflicting critical damage upon your list.
Once the enemy’s Heroic Resources have been
deplete they can be safely handled by your
characters. This is frequently achieved by either
applying low cost threats, such as lance or stun
wielding warriors, or by dropping a captain with
shield in front of the character (also known as
Blunting). Burnout can be applied against single
characters or against the enemy’s characters in
general.
Burying
Burying is an offensive Resource Management
and Tempo tactic that is used to limit the
influence that an enemy character can have upon
the wider strategic game. This is achieved by
sending overwhelming numbers of expendable
troops to surround and inconvenience the hero.
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Bruiser - Charging the Dice
Burying is Similar to Flooding but it is applied to
characters rather than locations.
Can Opener
A Can Opener is the Tech term that is applied to
any unit that specialises in wounding high defence
targets. This can be achieved through the use of
high strength, two handed weapons, blades of the
dead or other similar abilities. This term is
generally applied in a relative sense so that a Can
Opener in a goblin list will be different from a
Can Opener in a berserker list.
Catch 22
Catch 22 is a Mind Game tactic in which one
player presents their opponent with a decision in
which all of the available alternatives will prove
to be the wrong choice. See Double Blind.
Circling the Wagons
Circling the Wagons is a defensive Position tactic
that is used to mitigate a crushing numerical
inferiority in situations where Tempo is not
required. See the Halo Defence.
Changing Horsemen
Changing Horsemen (or to give it its full name,
Changing Horsemen mid apocalypse) is a
defensive mistake that frequently occurs when a
player miss reads the opponent’s Tempo while
trying to adjust their Position as part of the Tempo
Change or Reform the Line tactics. In this
situation the player is panicked by a new
development and attempts to adjust their Position
without considering the number of turns that are
required to Reform the Line. This mistake results
in the defending player being caught between
Positions leaving them unable to effect either
strategy. This frequently occurs when an
inexperienced player is faced with an opponent
that possessed the Perceived Confidence
Advantage and who is employing a strategy that is
not within their Tactical Tool Box. This situation
can be avoided by carefully considering the
relative Tempo of both forces.
Charging the Dice
Charging the Dice is the technical term for
attempting to manipulate a dice roll by appealing
to powers greater than that of simple chance.
Common examples include appeals to theme
(shouting “come on, you’re Aragorn, you will not
die to one little goblin”), aesthetics (choosing dice
of the correct colour), fate (“look, this will work, I
can feel it”), tradition (“this is my lucky captain,
he never lets me down”) or beer (“well looks like
I’m losing, better have more beer”). Other players
prefer to use more physical means of
manipulation and this can take the form banging
the dice on the table to wake them up before
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rolling, rolling the dice off the table a few times to
sneak in a few practice rolls and or rolling as
many dice as possible at the same time since even
dice need the positive reinforcement provided by
their friends.
Charge of the Light Brigade
The Charge of the Light Brigade is an offensive
Tempo strategy in which one player attempts to
mitigate the effect of a vastly superior shooting
force on a board with no meaningful terrain and
an objective that requires them to close with the
enemy. This is done by rushing at maximum
speed in a straight line directly towards the
enemy. This will minimise the number of turns in
which the opponent will be able to utilise their
shooting advantage.
Classic Kirk
The Classic Kirk is a Temporal Manipulation and
sportsmanship strategy that seeks to optimise the
use of the Warp Slingshot Effect. This is done by
approaching the use of the Warp Slingshot Effect
in a jovial and enjoyable manner in the hopes that
if the opponent is enjoying the game then they
will be more likely to forgive the occasional
temporal inconsistency in your game plan.
Closing the Air Gap
Closing the Air Gap is an offensive counter anti
Encirclement strategy that can be used to remove
the defensive benefit of the Air Gap from a
defensive formation. This is done by simply
filling in the clear space with models so that the
enemy models can no longer push back to escape
being trapped. This in turn can be accomplished
either by forcing the defending units inwards from
all sides until they meet in the middle or by
placing additional units into the enemy formation
(fliers, teleporting wraith or watchers in the water
do nicely) to form a retroactive Donut of Death.
Cole Protocol
The Cole Protocol is a defensive Resource
Management counter tactic that seeks to trade
your Resources to delay the opponent’s Position
and Tempo in response to an opponent’s initial
success. This tactic is used in situations where the
enemy has overrun an outlying formation and it
will take time to readjust your Position to counter
this development. When this occurs the remainder
of the overrun force is not withdrawn towards
your main formation as this would encourage the
enemy to pursue them at maximum speed. Instead
the surviving units are sent off in a random
direction. If the enemy pursues this force then
they will be lead away from the critical areas of
the battle field, costing them both Tempo and
Position. If the enemy does not pursue this force
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then they will be free to employ Harassment,
Encirclement and Strategic Raid strategies.
Collapsing Crescent Moon
The Collapsing Crescent Moon is a transitional
defensive Position tactic that is used when the
enemy’s numerical superiority has proven two
vast to be handled by the Inversed Crescent Moon
Formation. In this case, as the enemy attempts an
encirclement of your formation, the swept wings
of the Inversed Crescent Moon are drawn further
back until the two extreme tips meet, thereby
forming a defensive circle. See the Halo Defence.
Corbomite Manoeuvre
The Corbomite Manoeuvre is a defensive Position
and Tempo strategy that utilises Resource
Management and Psychological Warfare elements
to convince the opponent to delay their own
offensive strategy. This is done by declaring to
your opponent that the dictates of sportsmanship
require you to inform them of a particularly nasty,
expendable source of area of effect damage (such
as a urikahi bomb or magic elvish hat) that you
have at your command. Every time the enemy
moves to threaten the formation that contains this
ability you should remind them of your warning
and describe in graphic detail the level of damage
that it can inflict. This will hopefully convince
your opponent to delay any serious offensive
action against that formation until after you have
used the expendable ability. To achieve maximum
Resource Management efficiency with this
strategy relies upon gauging the correct time to
use the area of effect ability, thereby switching
from the Corbomite Manoeuvre to the Death
Wave tactic.
Corner Case
1) The Corner Case is a Position mistake in which
a formation that had previously been employing
an Avoidance strategy is pinned against not one
but two board edges by an advancing enemy
force. A formation caught in such a Position will
be unable to evade the approaching enemy and
will be force to engage in combat.
2) The Corner Case is a defensive Position tactic
that is frequently employed by armies that are
faced with the risk of Encirclement by a
numerically superior opponent. This is done by
securing both flanks of the defending formation
against adjacent board edges. This should only be
done if the defending force has superior shooting
Resources and the nature of the victory conditions
are such that the player can afford to entirely
surrender the Initiative and Tempo of the game.
3) The Corner Case is a Decision Management
term that is applied to situations that fall outside
the usual range of events that would be expected
to occur in a standard game. This can include

unusual model combinations, strange scenery
pieces or unexpected vectors that provide unique
risks and opportunities. The correct identification
of a Corner Case is of vital importance as the
unusual circumstances that pertain to these
situations are frequently sufficient to invalidate
much of the traditional wisdom that dictates
standard Decision Management practices. In these
situations the application of Standard Combat
Procedure is frequently unwise and other
strategies that would not normally be considered
become viable. The use of Theory SBG to
develop pre-planned responses for these Corner
Case is recommended to strengthen a player’s
Tactical Toolbox.
Counter Attack
1) The Counter Attack is an attempt to recover
control of a game after the enemy has achieved
superior Position, Tempo and has firm control
over the Perceived Confidence Advantage and the
Initiative of play. This is most frequently done by
gathering whatever resources you have left and
throwing them against the enemy in the vague
hope that something will happen.
2) The Counter Attack is a devastating offensive
Position, Tempo, Psychological Warfare,
Resource Management and Perceived Confidence
Advantage tactic that can be used in situations
where the opponent has reason to doubt the
competence of the commanding general. This is
achieved by convincing the opponent that they are
firmly in control of the game without sacrificing
your position, Tempo or too many of your
Resources. Once this has been achieved you can
lure your over confident opponent into over
extending their lines and leaving critical areas of
their formation lightly defended. At this point
your Counter Attack can slice through these
lightly defended areas and inflict massive damage
upon your unsuspecting enemy. This tactic
requires a detailed understanding of the principles
of Deception no Deception and can be considered
Baiting or Misdirection on a grand scale.
Counter Charge
1) The Counter Charge is a defensive Position
tactic in which Resources are placed to discourage
an attack upon a nearby formation. This is done
by ensuring that the Counter Charge is in Position
to Encircle or otherwise inconvenience any enemy
force that charges your primary formation.
2) The Counter Charge is an anti-cavalry tactic
that seeks to reduce the combat effectiveness of
the opponent’s mounted resources. This is done
by holding your own cavalry in reserve to counter
any attack from the enemy cavalry by charging
them.
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Counter Attack - Day One Aftermath
Crash and Burn
The Crash and Burn is the term that is applied to
the situation in which a player that had previously
been doing well suffers a sever defeat that
prevents them from achieving a podium during a
competitive series of linked games (tournament).
This is frequently linked to Energy Reserve
Management or Day Two Fade.
Crescent Moon Encirclement
The Crescent Moon Encirclement is an offensive
Position tactic that represents the final stage of the
offensive use of the Crescent Moon Formation.
See the Crescent Moon Formation.
Crescent Moon Formation
The Crescent Moon Formation is a Position tactic
that can be used either offensively or defensively
by armies with a significant shooting advantage.
To do this the army adopting this formation will
deploy in a concave crescent formation with the
wings extended toward the opponent. When used
offensively the army will use their shooting, the
terrain and the relative position of the armies
during deployment to bring the enemy into the
centre of the crescent so that the wings can
envelope and trap the attacker in an Encirclement
(also known as Crescent Moon Encirclement).
When used defensively the army deploys in the
same manner but instead of encircling, the wings
and centre pull back when threatened to avoid
combat while the rest of the crescent pours fire
into the enemy’s exposed flanks. See Avoidance.
Both the offensive and defensive elements of this
tactic are particularly effective against Death Ball
formations.
Damage Mitigation
1) Damage Mitigation is a counter tactic in which
a player accepts that they are unable to win a
game and instead adjust their strategy to
maximise the points that they can still achieve.
This is traditionally done as part of a competitive
series of linked games (tournaments) in an
attempt to salvage some points from an otherwise
lost game.
2) Damage Mitigation is a defensive counter
tactic in which one player determines that they are
unable to fully counter their opponent’s tactic
given the Resources that they have available. In
this situation the player instead choses to mitigate
the enemy’s tactic and improve the exchange of
Relevant Resources. See Blunting.
Day One Aftermath
The Day One Aftermath is an offensive Meta
Game and Energy Reserve Management strategy
that seeks to inflict Day Two Fade upon other
players at a multiple day competitive gaming
event. This is done by inviting people to hang out
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after the end of the first day of gaming and then
attempting to trade favourably on Energy Reserve
expenditure. This tactic is not without personal
risk.
Day Two Fade
The Day Two Fade is a Energy Reserve
Management mistake in which a player
overestimates the energy boasting potential of a
single night’s sleep at a multiple day competitive
gaming event and finds themselves forced to play
the second day while Running on Empty. This can
sometimes be mitigated through the use of various
consumables.
Death Ball
The Death Ball is an offensive Position tactic that
is favoured by armies that loose effectiveness
when spread out. To this end the Death Ball tactic
involves gathering all of your strength into a
single mighty formation and throwing it straight
into the opponent’s teeth. Due to the limited
manoeuvring options available to such a large
concentration of troops the Death Ball is prone to
being out manoeuvred by its more agile
opponents. This tactic is normally favoured by
army’s using the Double Bubble style of force
construction as the high Unit Density of the
formation allows for greater overlap of the
relevant radiuses, but it can also be used by pike
blocks or particularly cautious opponents.
Death by a Thousand Cuts
The Death by a Thousand Cuts is an offensive
strategy that depletes enemy Resources through
the repeat application of individually insignificant
losses. This is most frequently used by Avoidance
armies that can use their superior mobility to
control the Initiative and Tempo of the game and
provide a large to indefinite number of turns for
its shooting units to gradually reduce the enemy’s
Resources. The Death by a Thousand Cuts can be
considered an army wide application of the
Whittling tactic.
Death Wave
The Death Wave is an offensive army selection,
Resources and Tempo tactic that involves the use
of multiple sources of area effect damage that can
remove enemy Resources with a minimum of
interaction with your enemy. A well-executed
Death Wave will leave the opponent’s army
devastated without allowing the opponent to roll
dice or otherwise influence their fate. Examples
included Mumakil, targeting warriors with
channelled area effect magic and or massed camel
damage.
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Deception
Deception is the basic principle of Psychological
Warfare. The term Deception can be used to
describe any activity that has the intention of
convincing your enemy that your intentions are
different than they are. This can be done by
moving surplus resources into nonsensical
positions, careful measuring irrelevant distances,
asking detailed questions about terrain features
that you have no intention of entering or making
idle comments that would suggest that you are
more or less aggressive than you actually feel.
Deception no Deception
The principle of Deception no Deception is the
key to maximising the effect of the Deception
element of the Psychological Warfare strategy.
This maximisation is based upon the
understanding of the limits of the Deception
strategy in any given situation. This is because if
you always apply the same Deception tactic your
adversary will eventually catch on. However if
you vary your Deception tactics then your
opponent’s belief that they have seen through
your Deception can be used to further disguise
your intent. In a properly managed Deception no
Deception strategy the opponent should never be
sure if what they see is real or if it is merely what
you wish them to see. If you hear the phrase, “but
what if they know that I know that they have
determined that I suspect that…” then the
Deception no Deception plan has succeeded.
Decision Management
Decision Management is the meta strategy that
refers to the process by which a player selects the
strategies and tactics that they will apply to a
given situation. This can be competitively focused
(see Objective Based Strategy), theme based (see
WWGD) or influenced by personal bias (see
Standard Combat Procedure). Gaining insight into
an opponent’s Decision Management process is a
vital part of the Deep Deception Tactic.
Decoy
The Decoy is a Resource Management or
Psychological Warfare tactic that is used to divert
enemy Resources away from critical locations or
venerable Resources. To achieve this the player
uses the principle of Misdirection by sending
portions of their force to secure multiple
objectives, some real, some imagined. Your
opponent must then identify which detachments
are pursuing true objectives before they can plan
their response or they risk diverting their
Resources in the pursuit of your Decoy forces. In
some situations a Decoy force can be sent in
pursuit of a real objective so that even if the
enemy realises that you intend the move as a
Decoy, they must still respond in force.

Deep Deception
The Deep Deception is an additional layer to the
Deception no Deception principle in
Psychological Warfare. The Deep Deception
operates by identifying your opponent’s existing
prejudices and their favoured strategies and
counter strategies (see Decision Management) and
adopting a Deception that presents the opponent
with a situation in which they are shown what
they wish to see in such a manner that they choose
to do that which they already wish to do. By
presenting a Deception that is consistent with
your opponent’s beliefs you reduce the chances
off the opponent identifying the Deception before
it is too late.
Defeat in Detail
Defeat in Detail is an offensive Position and
Resource Management tactic that attempts to
bring localised overwhelming force to bear
against successive elements of a dispersed enemy.
To successfully apply this tactic requires the
enemy commander to split their force either by
choice or necessity. Once this division occurs the
player must seize the Initiative by concentrating
their Resources against smaller pockets of the
enemy’s Resources.
Digging In
Digging In the term for the defensive Position
decision in which a defending commander choses
to attempt to hold a critical area of the battlefield
against a superior enemy assault. If a commander
choses this approach they will maximise the
defensive use of terrain and then wait for one of
three occurrences, either the game will end (see
Glorious Last Stand), the position will be
reinforced or the enemy will be forced to redeploy
their Resources to respond to other developments.
If none of these events occur the defending
Resources must be eventually withdrawn or they
will be lost.
Dissipation
Dissipation is a defensive Position and Tempo
mistake in which one player concedes the
Initiative entirely to their opponent and withdraws
their force to defend the absolute minimum
number of objectives necessary for victory.
Although on the surface this manoeuvre appears
similar to the Glorious Last Stand tactic it remains
a mistake for two reasons. Firstly by entirely
conceding the Initiative while attempting to
defend multiple objectives you present your
opponent with the ideal situation in which to
employ Defeat in Detail tactics. The second
weakness is that since you are defending the
absolute minimum number of objectives required
for victory, if the enemy can contest even one of
your objectives then they will be victorious.
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Dog Piling
Dog Piling is an offensive Position tactic where
one player attempts to remove an isolated enemy
asset through the application of overwhelming
force. See the Macro Trap.
Donut of Death
The Donut of Death is an offensive Position tactic
that focuses upon manipulating enemy movement
to trap a portion of the enemy’s Resources. See
the Halo Trap.
Doom Box
The Doom Box is and offensive Position tactic
that can be used by a numerically superior force
that is faced by a concentrated and aggressive
enemy force (such as a Death Ball). This is done
by assuming a Position with an apparently
vulnerable centre portion. As the enemy advances
upon this perceived weakness the centre
withdraws and the two flanks of your force push
forward and wheel to catch the enemy in a three
sided trap. An additional force is frequently used
to complete the Encirclement and form the Ring
of Death. See Sealing the Doom Box. This tactic
is a more ridged variant of the Crescent Moon
Encirclement.
Doorway Manoeuvre
The Doorway Manoeuvre is an offensive Position
strategy that can be used by shooting armies to
lure an enemy out of cover using Deception. This
is achieved by advancing with the combat
portions of the army while the ranged component
remains stationary in such a way that your own
army restricts your own arcs of fire. The enemy
will see that your army is split and will hopefully
seize the opportunity to isolate your combat
resources and apply the principles of Defeat in
Detail. Once the enemy has left cover open a gap
in your lines and pull back to where the archers
are waiting. The enemy is then forced to pursue
while your stationary archers fire through the gap.
Double Blind
The Double Blind (also called Catch 22) is a
Mind Game tactic in which one player presents
their opponent with a decision in which all of the
available alternatives will prove to be the wrong
choice. This situation will undermine the
opponent’s confidence and help secure the
Perceived Confidence Advantage. An example of
this situation would be the inclusion of a
sorcerous blast in a shooting army when facing
mounted heroes. If the enemy hero leads the
charge then you employ the Halo Tactic. If the
mounted hero adopts the Wait and See then you
blast their own models into their hero.
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Double Bubble
The Double Bubble is an army selection and
Position strategy that utilises overlapping area of
effect modifiers to achieve a compounding
benefit. This strategy is frequently built around an
initial aura model such as the shade or Malbeth
the Seer with additional auras chosen to enhance
the initial effect, such as shooting mitigation,
shaman and banners. Double Bubble army lists
frequently favour high Unit Density tactics, such
as the Death Ball, to ensure that a maximum
portion of the army’s Resources can benefit from
the auras.
Encirclement
Encirclement is a generic name for a range of
offensive Position strategies in which the enemy’s
Resources are surrounded by your own. See
Crescent Moon Encirclement, Doom Box and Hit
and Wrap.
Energy Reserve
A player’s Energy Reserve represents their
physical and mental ability to continue playing
the game with their usual level of strategic insight
and Decision Management. Over the course of
multiple games, potentially over multiple days,
correct Energy Reserve Management becomes a
vital element of the Meta Game. The Energy
Reserve is a Resource.
Energy Reserve Management
Energy Reserve Management is one of the key
strategic principles when attending a multi game
or multi day gaming event. By remaining aware
of the necessity of spending their Energy Reserve
wisely a player can mitigate or avoid Day Two
Fade or Running on Empty.
Erratic Fist
The Erratic Fist is a Decision Management
strategy that seeks to avoid the appearance of
predictability through the introduction of a
random element into the process. To do this a
player identifies several options available to them
and randomly selects one. The intention with this
strategy is that your opponent cannot predict your
strategy if even you don’t know what it is.
Fabled Movement Trick
The Fabled movement Trick is an offensive
Position and Tempo strategy that uses Deception
to move forward by moving backwards. See the
Zen of Movement.
Fighter Escorts
Fighter Escorts is the technical name for a small
group of fast moving troops sent to accompany a
Strategic Raid. The purpose of Fighter Escorts is
to run interference for the main raid, intercepting
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control zones, Pealing Combats and providing ‘in
the ways’ for shooting.
Final Place of Conflict
The Final Place of Conflict is a term that is used
to describe the area of the board where the two
army’s will meet in final decisive combat. This
will be affected by the relative movement speed
and chosen tactic of the two armies. The benefit
of correctly identifying the Final Place of Conflict
is that it allows a player to manoeuvre their
formations ahead of time to optimise their
Position in the decisive combat. Incorrectly
predicting the Final Place of Conflict can result in
your formations being out of Position (see Fort
Zindernuef).
Fire Nest
The Fire Nest is a Position tactic in which archery
units are deployed in an area with good cover and
arcs of fire. This is done to minimise the loss of
effectiveness that archers suffer when moving and
shooting. This is commonly used with the Ranged
Area Denial strategy.
Fix Bayonets
Fix Bayonets is a Tempo Change tactic in which a
player with a formation that had previously
applied Hunkering Down or Fortified Line tactics
is forced to break cover and close with the enemy.
This occurs in situations where the Tempo of the
game is such that the defending player can no
longer win while remaining stationary and must
leave their terrain feature. This is done by moving
out of cover and rushing directly towards the
enemy at maximum speed.
Flack Fire
The tactic of Flack Fire is a desperate offensive
Tempo tactic that can be used by a player on the
receiving end of a mounted attack that enjoys
either Air Superiority or Air Supremacy. In this
tactic the slower army uses their ranged troops to
try and dismount a portion of the enemy army
(similar to the Halo Tactic) so that it can now be
caught by the slower ground troops. Once the
enemy is dismounted the mobile army is forced to
either leave the unfortunate model to its fate or
make a stand when or if the slower army succeeds
in bring the dismounted model to combat.
Flanking
Flanking is an offensive Position tactic that seeks
to overcome the strongest portion of an enemy
Position by attacking from a weaker direction.
This is achieved by moving around the enemy
formation until a less imposing avenue of attack
can be found. This may require the use of
Deception or Hamer and Anvil tactics to
encourage the enemy force to stay in position
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while the Flanking units reach the correct
Position. This tactic is most commonly used
against Shield Walls, defended obstacles, and
other formation with a clear intended facing.
Flash Kill
The Flash Kill is a Resource Management tactic
that seeks to reduce the effect of the enemy’s
Heroic Resources upon the developing game. This
is done by identify the key heroes that are
carrying the Heroic Resources and killing them
before they can impact the game. A proper Flash
Kill should remove a hero that was at full stats at
the beginning of the phase, though the term can
sometimes be applied to the death of mostly fresh
heroes.
Flat Lining
1) Flat Lining is the term applied to the
unenviable situation in which a player finds
themselves facing the prospect of scoring zero
points in a game. This can occur through poor
fortune or incorrect strategy selection. A player
who is Flat Lining has a choice between initiating
Damage Mitigation strategies or attempting a Full
Bradbury.
2) Flat Lining is the term applied to the situation
in which a player has scored no points after
several rounds of a competitive series of linked
games (tournaments). At this stage the Player
must decide whether they wish to employ the
Matt Sportsmanship Manoeuvre or try for the Full
Bradbury.
Flooding
Flooding is an offensive Position tactic that is
used to secure control of vital areas of the battle
field that the enemy is attempting to contest. This
is achieved by applying overwhelming numbers to
the desired position. Flooding is similar to
Burying but it is applied to a location rather than a
miniature.
Flying V Formation
The Flying V Formation is the offensive use of
the usually defensive Inversed Crescent Moon
Formation. In this formation a player places their
high powered combat Resources forward and
moves rapidly toward the enemy. The rest of the
army is placed upon the flanks of this centre
thrust, deployed in a swept back manner normally
associated with the Inversed Crescent Moon
formation, to cover the flanks of the initial point
of contact and be present to exploit any breaks
that form in the enemy line.
Fort Zinderneuf
Fort Zinderneuf is a defensive Position mistake in
which one player dedicates Resources to defend
an area of the board that is irrelevant to the
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developing game. Dividing their forces in this
manner weakens the player’s Tempo and leaves
the rest of their army vulnerable to Defeat in
Detail tactics. This mistake is most commonly
seen when one player miscalculates the Final
Place of Conflict.
Fortified Line
The Fortified Line is a defensive Position
stratagem that involves forming a Shield Wall in
or around an already defensive terrain feature,
such as a hedge, obstacle or ruin. The use of
defensive terrain greatly increases the staying
power of the Fortified Line beyond that of the
regular Shield Wall and as such a Fortified Line
cannot normally be broken without
disproportional Resource expenditure. The
weakness of the Fortified Line is that it is a
stationary Position that therefore completely
surrenders the Initiative of the game to the
opposition and is vulnerable to Flanking and
Encirclement tactics.
Forward Observers
Forward Observers is the name given to the initial
warband drops that are positioned early in the
deployment phase to observe and report upon the
enemy’s deployment. Correct use of reliable
Forward Observers can provide a significant
Position advantage.
Full Bradbury
1) The Full Bradbury is a tactic of desperation in
which a player with a significant disadvantage in
Resources, Tempo, Position and victory points
carries on in the hope that fortune will cripple
their opponent. Examples can included hopping
wizards will fail courage tests or that significant
portions of the enemy force will drown. To
achieve the Full Bradbury the losing player must
Position their army in such a way that it can take
advantage of this hoped for misfortune. Due to the
exposed Position required to adopt this low
probability of success tactic, this tactic frequently
ends with the losing player in an even worse
situation.
2) The Full Bradbury is a tactic of desperation in
which a player realises that, during the course of a
competitive series of linked games (tournaments),
that they are no longer in traditional contention
range for the podium. In this situation the player
refuses to back down and carries on in the hope
that the players above them will wipe each other
out in a series of nil all draws, rage quite due to
sportsmanship issues, fail to return from lunch or
fall victim to Day Two Fade.
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Glorious Last Stand
The Glorious Last Stand is an offensive Position
and Tempo tactic that utilises the Last Stand tactic
to end the game after one player has secured
several objectives but before the enemy can
mount an effective effort to reclaim them. This
tactic is generally employed in situations where
one player if faced with a severe disadvantage in
terms of Relevant Resources and are therefore
unable to defend their objectives using
conventional tactics. See Digging In.
Going Dark
Going Dark is a Position and Psychological
Warfare tactic in which one player utilises gaps in
the opposing player’s arc of vision to generate
uncertainty surrounding the exact Position of their
Resources. This is done by moving into areas
where the opponent’s line of sight is obscured by
intervening terrain. Ideally the opponent should
be left unsure if this obstruction was intentional,
and thereby part of a cunning plan, or if is simply
a coincidence and you never realised that you had
enter their blind spot. This doubt will hinder your
opponent’s ability to plan strategically and the
relief at seeing the formation later emerge from
the blind spot can be leveraged by tactics such as
Perceived Confidence Advantage and Shadow
Force. This tactic is only effective against seated
opponents.
Halo Array
The Halo Array (also known as Seeding Decoys
or Baiting) is a defensive Position tactic that is
used to manage either slow moving enemy heroes
or enemy heroes with a compulsion to charge.
This tactic consist of deploying the Halo
Formation with the following exception. One
model remains within the enemy’s charge range
to present the opponent with a choice. They can
either not reach combat this turn or they can
charge in the direction of your choosing (further
weakening the army’s Position and Tempo).
Halo Defence
The Halo Defence (also known as Circling the
Wagons) is a defensive Position tactic that is used
for mitigating crushing numerical inferiority in
situations where Tempo is not required. This
tactic consist of forming your models into a ring
shape with spears, banners and support pieces on
the inside of the ring and the enemy on the
outside. It is vitally important to leave an Air Gap
when forming the Halo Defence. See Collapsing
Crescent Moon.
Halo Formation
The Halo Formation (also known as the
Avoidance Bubble) is a defensive Position tactic
that is used for countering large heroes with
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restricted movement. This tactic consist of
keeping as much of your army as possible outside
the enemy hero’s charge range. The enemy cannot
kill what they cannot catch.
Halo Tactic
The Halo Tactic (also known as the Spray and
Pray) is a defensive Tempo management tactic
that is used for mitigating the effect of large
mounted heroes. This tactic consist of pointing
every available bow, throwing spear, rock or other
ranged weapon at said hero and hoping something
succeeds in removing the hero’s steed. This loss
will reduce the hero’s speed and damage output
and in turn damage the opponent’s Tempo.
Halo Trap
The Halo Trap (also known as the Donut of
Death) is an offensive Position tactic that focuses
upon manipulating enemy movement. This tactic
consist of leaving a seemingly vulnerable section
of your army in a seemingly exposed position.
When the enemy attempts to surround this bait,
the rest of your army surrounds them in an
Encirclement manoeuvre. At which point you
have them surrounded from both the inside and
outside. See Baiting and Activation Control.
Hammer
The Hammer formation is the name applied to the
offensive portion of a player’s army that is
intended to provide the majority of the army’s
damage output. This term is normally applied
only when the offensive and defensive
components of the army are deployed separately.
See Hammer and Anvil.
Hammer and Anvil
The Hammer and Anvil is a two part offensive
Position, Resource Management and Tempo tactic
that is used to manipulate the enemy’s Position
and Tempo prior to the main combat. This is done
through the use of an Anvil formation to pin the
enemy’s Resources in a place of your choosing
while a Hammer formation manoeuvres to exploit
any vulnerabilities in the enemy Position.
Harassment
Harassment is the defensive use of Whittling and
Yoyo Attack style tactics to disrupt enemy
formations without exposing your Resources to
losses in return. This is done to inflict small but
annoying amounts of damage to the enemy
Resources to either force them to reform their
formation and manoeuvre to counter these losses,
thereby reducing the opponents Tempo and or
provoking them into attacking before they are
ready in an attempt to prevent the Death by a
Thousand Cuts strategy.
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Henry Kerr
The Henry Kerr is a counter strategy that can be
deployed against almost any tactic and can be
used to recover from most initial setbacks or early
losses. This is achieved by simply rolling more
6’s than the opponent has dice. Successful
implementation of this strategy can only really be
countered by the use of Death Wave tactics or by
pure movement objectives.
Heroic Resources
1) Heroic Resources are the expendable attributes
that a hero has that can be used to influence the
ongoing game. This can include but is not limited
to might, fate, will, smoke bombs, magic hats and
other limited use abilities. The correct
management of Heroic Resources is critical to the
Resource Management aspect of the game.
2) Heroic Resources are the key heroes that form
the core of your army’s ability to perform as
intended. This can be because these heroes are
equipped with large quantities of Heroic
Resources, but the designation can also be applied
in situations where the hero has other powers,
items, abilities or stats that are vital for the
ongoing plan.
Heroic Slaughter
Heroic Slaughter is a Resource Management
tactic that focuses upon accelerating the Tempo of
the game beyond the point at which the enemy
can redeploy in response to the changing
situation. See Shock and Awe.
Hidden in Plain Sight
Hidden in Plain Sight is a Psychological Warfare
and Deception tactic in which one player seeks to
draw the opponent’s attention away from a vital
section of the battlefield and leave them unaware
of a developing situation. To achieve this a player
must convince their opponent that their own focus
is elsewhere and that the critical location is not
worth considering. This is achieved by being seen
to pay minimum attention to the important area.
The Hidden in Plain Sight tactic is frequently
combined with the Apparent Focus tactic to form
a unified Deception no Deception strategy.
Hit and Wrap
1) The Hit and Wrap is an offensive Position
tactic in which a numerically superior army
attempts to maximise their advantage through
employing Encirclement tactics. This is done by
moving excess models around the enemy
formation to attack the vulnerable sides and rear.
See Flanking.
2) The Hit and Wrap (also known as Lightning
War) is an offensive Tempo strategy that seeks to
bypass enemy formations during missions with a
pure movement based objective. This is achieved
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by making initial contact with an enemy
formation to keep it in place but then taking every
opportunity in subsequent turns to move around
the enemy formation. This is similar to Flanking
but the intention of the lateral movement is to
achieve a Position from which you can disengage
with the enemy, rather than manoeuvring to
increase your combat potential.
Horns of the Bull
The Horns of the Bull is the technical term for the
two forward elements used to encircle the enemy
Position during the Crescent Moon Encirclement.
This term can sometimes applied to the leading
elements of other symmetrical Encirclement
strategies.
Horse Shoe Formation
The Horse Shoe Formation is a generic term for
any of the curved formations, such as the Crescent
Moon, Inversed Crescent Moon and Flying V
Formations. The term Horse Shoe Formation can
also be applied to smaller formations down to and
including single warband size.
Hunkering Down
Hunkering Down is a defensive Position tactic
that is used to counter unexpectedly deadly
shooting. This is done by heading towards the
nearest patch of terrain that can provide either
cover or, preferably, block line of sight all
together. Note, Hunkering Down does not deal
with shooting, it merely buys time for you to
develop a new plan.
Initiative
Initiative is the term that is used to describe the
balance of Position, Tempo, Resources,
Psychological Warfare, army selection and
Perceived Confidence Advantage that allows a
player to control the pace of the game. This can
be achieved through the application of any
combination of the afore mentioned elements
providing that your selected combination is
sufficient to counter your opponent’s chosen
combination. As the player who holds the
Initiative controls the pace of the game, they have
effective tactical control of the game and can
instigate the tactic and strategies of their
choosing. This includes deciding when and where
combat will be reached, which sections of the
board will be used and how the overall game will
be played. The player who has lost the Initiative
will have no choice but to respond to the first
player’s decisions and play the game of their
opponent’s choosing.
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Inversed Crescent Moon Formation
The Inversed Crescent Moon Formation is a
defensive Position tactic that is used against
opponents with a vast numerical superiority. An
army deployed in this formation will have a
strong centre that will make initial contact with
the enemy but the flanks of the formation will be
swept back away from the enemy to increase the
distance that the opponent must move if they wish
to encircle you. Depending upon the extent of the
enemy’s initial numerical advantage and the
effectiveness of your first contact group to reduce
this advantage, it is usually necessary to begin
transitioning to the Collapsing Crescent Moon. A
variant of this formation can be used offensively,
see the Flying V Formation.
Jaws of Victory
The Jaws of Victory is an offensive Position
strategy in which a formation attempts to
envelope an enemy formation while the enemy
formation attempts to withdraw. See Pincer
Movement, Hit and Wrap and Crescent Moon
Envelopment.
Kill Zone
The Kill Zone is an aggressive Position tactic that
establishes a formation or army sized Mega Trap
in the hopes that the enemy will stumble into it.
This is done by placing your formations into
Positions where there is an area of the board that
you can rapidly surround and from which the
enemy cannot withdraw. Then simply convince
your opponent to enter this pre-prepared trap. This
is frequently seen in Doom Box, Crescent Moon
Encirclement and Hamer and Anvil style
Encirclement strategies.
Kite Eating Tree
The Kite Eating Tree is an offensive Position
tactic that can be used to bring a Kiting or
Avoidance army to combat. This is done by
approaching the enemy Position from a direction
where they will end up being caught between the
Hammer of your forces and the Anvil of terrain.
The successful application of the Kite Eating Tree
tactic requires a detailed understanding of vectors
and the relive Tempo of the two forces. This tactic
can also utilise board edges in situations where
there is no suitable terrain features. Under no
circumstances attempt to pin an army against a
terrain feature that provides the unit with benefits
(I.E. cavalry and shallow water, wood elves and
woods, mountain dwellers and mountains).
Kiting
Kiting is an offensive Position and Tempo
strategy in which one force uses Avoidance
tactics to inflict Whittling damage to the entire
enemy force. A Kiting force requires superior
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movement and shooting to stay mobile and avoid
enemy Flack Fire.
Kylie Special
The Kylie Special is an offensive or defensive
Position, Tempo and Resource Management tactic
in which one player sacrifices their long term
mobility to achieve a once off Position and
Tempo advantage. This is done by voluntarily
dismounting a hero. While the dismounting hero
loses their steed, they gain an extra inch of
movement and a smaller base size. Under the
right circumstances this can allow the hero to
access areas of the board more rapidly than the
opponent through likely.
Lasso
The Lasso is an offensive Position tactic in which
one player Positions their opponent’s models so
that it can be caught by a Macro Trap. This is
usually achieved through the use of magic but
some monsters have other Lasso abilities. The
Lasso is a common Assassination technique.
Last Stand
The Last Stand is an offensive Tempo and
Resource Management tactic in which a player
sacrifices their Resources in an attempt to rapidly
end the game. This is done by placing your own
models into a Position where they are likely to be
killed (see Place of Death) in quantities sufficient
to satisfy the end condition of the game. This is
generally done when one player would receive an
advantage from an extended number of turns and
the other player would not (see Glorious Last
Stand), but it can sometimes be seen at events that
impose severe penalties for failure to finish
games.
Layered Probability
Layered Probability is a pre-emptive counter
strategy that is used to mitigate the effects of ill
fortune. This is done by recognising areas where
poor dice rolling could cause significant
disruption to your plans and identifying additional
strategies that could mitigate this failure. Layered
Probability is about creating redundancy in
strategy and developing plans within plans so that
when one plan fails another plan takes its place.
Leapfrogging
Leapfrogging is a defensive Position tactic that
utilises terrain to minimise damage from enemy
shooting while conducting a separate offensive
strategy. This is done by choosing a route for the
offensive manoeuvre that allow the formation to
benefit from cover during as much of their trip as
practical without sacrificing too much Tempo.
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Leroy Jenkins
The Leroy Jenkins is the term that is applied to
the situation where one player adopts the Fix
Bayonets tactics but the majority of their
formation is delayed while attempting to exit the
terrain feature in which they were sheltering. This
results in having a small number of models that
could advance one or more turns ahead of the
main formation, should you wish. This is
sometimes done against powerful shooting forces
to try and reach combat a turn earlier and remove
a turn of enemy shooting.
Lightning War
1) Lightning War is an offensive Tempo strategy
that seeks to bypass enemy formations during
pure movement objective mission. See Hit and
Wrap.
2) Lightning War is the technical term for any
army strategy that requires a minimum of 3 elven
storm callers.
Lone Wolf
The Lone Wolf is an offensive Initiative trick that
can be used to pin key elements of an enemy force
while holding the bulk of your army to respond to
the enemy’s actions. The Lone Wolf tactic relies
upon including an allied Wild Warg Chieftain in
the army that can call heroic moves without
effecting the bulk of the player’s Resources. In
theory this trick could also be applied by any hero
that chooses not to call with me with its heroic
move, but this is rarely seen. The Lone Wolf is
most frequently used in situations where a low
courage enemy army is required to test courage
for being broken, in this case the Lone Wolf(s)
would move first to pin the enemy hero(es) and
prevent them from providing a stand fast while
avoiding combat with the enemy’s low courage
warriors. In this way the Lone Wolf forces the
enemy to take the maximum number of courage
tests.
Matt Sportsmanship Manoeuvre
The Matt Sportsmanship Manoeuvre is an
interesting tactic in which a player sacrifices in
game advantage in exchange for the gratitude of
their opponent. To do this a player gives their
opponent ongoing tactical advice to correct errors
in the opponent’s strategies and provides detailed
instructions for the most effective way to destroy
their own force. In extreme cases a player may
sometimes chose to adopt a deliberately flawed
Position in return for additional gratitude (see
Place of Death).
Macro Trap
The Macro Trap (also known as Dog Piling) is an
offensive Position tactic where one player
attempts to remove an isolated enemy asset
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through the application of overwhelming force.
This is done by the simple expedient of
surrounding the stranded enemy with as many
models as possible for as many turns as necessary.
Macro Warbands
Macro Warbands is an army selection strategy
that focus upon maximising the model count. A
Macro Warbands army will most likely attempt
numbers based tactics such as Flooding, Burying
and Encirclement.
Magic Suppression
Magic Suppression is a defensive Resource
Management tactic that attempts to mitigate the
effect of the enemy’s magic users through the
application of magic users. This can be done by
directly targeting the enemy magic users or by
targeting the area of the field that the enemy was
targeting. Ideally this tactic should be
accompanied by the cry of “Aiiee-yaaaahh! Magic
must defeat magic!!!”.
Mega Trap
The Mega Trap is a scaled up combination of the
Macro Trap and Micro Trap offensive Position
tactics. The Mega Trap involves surrounding
entire enemy formations and driving them
inwards until you can pin the enemy models
against the combats on the other side of their
formation. See Encirclement and Closing the Air
Gap.
Meta Game
The Meta Game is the term that is applied to any
element of the game that is not strictly part of the
game. This includes Energy Reserve
Management, identifying the opponents Decision
Management practices and some levels of the
Psychological Warfare strategy. The Meta Game
can be described as ‘play the player, not the
game’.
Micro Trap
The Micro Trap is an offensive Position tactic
where one player attempts to remove an enemy
asset from a crowded section of the board through
the application of the minimum necessary force.
This is done by trapping the enemy model against
the surrounding combats to achieve a one on one
fight in which the enemy is trapped.
Micro Warbands
Micro Warbands is an army selection strategy that
seeks to maximise the army’s Heroic Resources
without fully compromising the army’s model
count. This is done by hiring a small number of
warrior to accompany each hero to serve as
Fighter Escorts and be used for Screening and
Pealing Combats. A Micro Warbands army is well
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suited to Shock and Awe manoeuvres and
strategies that require high Resource Density.
Mind Games
Mind Games is the generic term applied to all of
the intellectual elements of Psychological
Warfare. This includes the Voice of Saruman and
Deception no Deception.
Minimum Safe Distance
1) Minimum Safe Distance is a defensive Position
and Tempo tactic that seeks to prevent an enemy
model or formation from inflicting damage upon
your Resources at a given time. This is done
through calculating the maximum distance at
which the identified threat can inflict damage
(including the potential for Lasso and Picard
Manoeuvre tactics) and simply remaining outside
this range. See Halo Formation.
2) Minimum Safe Distance is a Decision
Management tool that can be used to identify
which areas of the board the enemy’s army is in
Position to threaten or defend and with what
portion of their army they can do so. Unlike the
Position and Tempo tactic variant of Minimum
Safe Distance, the Decision Management variant
is less of a hard and fast distance and more of
something to be aware of.
Misdirection
Misdirection is a Psychological Warfare tactic in
which one player uses the Position of their
Resources to convince the opponent that their
plan is different than it is. This can be done by
deploying leaders in a sacrificial force (in the
hopes that the VP gained through the misdirection
will be greater than those lost by the death of the
leader) or by deploying a large cluster of archers
to convince the opponent that you intend to use a
Rolling Arrow Storm or Fire Nest strategy.
Multi Tech Units
Multi Tech Units is a descriptive term that is
applied to units and formations that can perform
in multiple specialised Tech roles. This multi
specialisation is usually gained at the price of
reduced generic effectiveness for their given
points cost. See Tech Units.
Net Present Value
Net Present Value is a Decision Management tool
that enables player to make effective Resource
Management decisions when comparing
alternatives with a significant temporal difference.
This can occur when a player must decide if they
wish to spend Heroic Resources, commit reserves
or deploy ambushing forces now or hold them for
later. This is done by comparing the relative value
of the current event with the discounted relative
value of the future event. For example if you take
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an action now it will kill one enemy warrior but if
you use it five turns from now you can engineer a
situation where it kills three. However if that one
enemy model kills four of your models during the
intervening turns then delaying the attack
produces a lower Net Present Value. Calculation
of Net Present Value should consider Position,
Tempo, Initiative, the potential for Psychological
Warfare and the balance of Relevant Resources.
Objective Based Strategy
Objective Based Strategy is a competitive
Decision Management tool that focuses upon
achieving mission objectives with maximum
efficiency. This is done by assessing the relative
points breakdown of points per objective as well
as the end conditions of the game to determine the
optimum strategy that will result in a winning
situation at the end of the game.
Path Less Travelled
The Path Less Travelled is a Decision
Management tactic that seeks to deliberately
unbalance the opponent through selecting an
uncommon strategy or tactic. In this scenario the
player attempts to identify a tactic that the
opponent is unlikely to have encountered recently
and therefore will be unsure of the correct counter
strategy that they should employ. This tactic is
frequently used by experienced players who have
developed extensive Tactical Tool Boxes.
Pealing Combats
Pealing Combats is defensive trick used to rescue
valuable Resources from multiple combats in the
enemy’s favour. This is done by charging
additional models into the enemy’s multiple
combat to split it into several smaller combats.
This is particularly useful in situations where the
counter charge can remove the enemy’s fight
value advantage from the main combat. Pealing
Combats also works on spearmen.
Perceived Confidence Advantage
The Perceived Confidence Advantage is an
important element of Psychological Warfare, in
which one player displays strong confidence in
the inevitability of their victory. The player who
enjoys this advantage can use it to control the
Initiative of the game through forcing the
opponent into a conservative or reckless approach
by convincing them that that tactic is their only
chance. This tactic can also be used against a
player by convincing them that their victory is
assured as part of a long term Deception plan. See
Deception no Deception.
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Picard Manoeuvre
1) The Picard Manoeuvre is an offensive Tempo
and Deception tactic that seeks to convince the
opponents subconscious that a mounted hero is
slower than it really is. This is done by moving
the mounted hero in a group with a selection of
slower troops. The hero must always be seen to be
moving faster than the troops but must never use
its full speed. Once the enemy sees the hero
outpace the slower troops they will assume that
the mounted hero is displaying their full speed
and this will affect the enemy’s ability to judge
the Tempo of your hero should they attempt to
eyeball (guess) their threat range later in the
game.
2) The Picard Manoeuvre is an offensive Tempo
and Deception tactic in which one player attempts
to disguise the intended Tempo of their army.
This is done by not using heroic marchers or other
movement enhancing abilities on turn one when
your opponent is trying to gauge your army’s
overall strengths and weaknesses. This initial
show of sluggishness at this impressionable stage
will cause your opponent to underestimate your
army’s mobility and adjust their strategy based
upon this flawed data.
Pincer Movement
The Pincer Movement is an offensive Position
tactic in which a player attempts to trap enemy
Resources between two portions of their own
army. This is done by approaching the enemy
Position from two directions in an attempt to trap
the enemy against the other force.
Place of Death
1) The Place of Death is the name applied to any
Position from which it is difficult if not
impossible to withdraw resources from without
the incurring heavy or complete losses. Once a
formation is caught in a Place of Death the
controlling player has little choice but to
commence Digging In.
2) The Place of Death is an offensive Tempo
tactic in which one player adopts a Position that
will maximise losses. This can be done by
allowing the enemy to employ Encirclement,
Defeat in Detail and Macro Trap tactics. The
Place of Death is most commonly used in
conjunction with Last Stand tactics, but it can
sometimes be combined with the Matt
Sportsmanship Manoeuvre.
Psychological Warfare
Psychological Warfare is the overlying factor that
effects all other elements of the game. This term
refers to the interaction between the two players
in an attempt to gain advantage outside the strict
dice game. This can be done through the use of
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Deception, the Perceived Confidence Advantage
and the Deception no Deception game.
Rally Point
A Rally Point is the Tech term that is applied to
any hero or other unit that specialises in
preventing their surrounding units from fleeing
once a force is broken. This can be achieved
through the use of high courage heroes, extended
stand fast ranges, furious magic or other similar
abilities.
Ranged Area Denial
Ranged Area Denial is a defensive Position and
Tempo tactic that utilises massed shooting to
achieve Activation Control. This is done by
deploying an army’s ranged resources early in a
concentrated mass with good arcs of fire covering
one area of the battle field and poor to no arc of
fire for another section. This will encourage the
enemy to advance through the blind spot in your
ranged fire, following a predictable and pre-
determined route. This tactic is used to setup other
tactics that require the enemy to adopt a
predetermined Position.
Reconnaissance in Force
The Reconnaissance in Force is an offensive
Position and Tempo tactic in which one player
seizes the Initiative but does not have a plan
beyond this initial move. This is done in situations
where one player believes that they have a larger
Tactical Tool Box than the opponent and are
therefore confident that they can adapt faster to
the changing game. Based upon this knowledge
the player applies maximum early pressure to
their opponent, forcing them to respond and
allowing the player to respond to the opponent’s
response, hopefully exploiting any errors that the
opponent may make.
Red Flag
1) The Red Flag is a term that is applied to a unit,
formation or combo that is present in your
opponent’s army list that will inflict a
disproportionate Resource Management exchange
upon your force unless it is properly dealt with.
The identification of a Red Flag must be achieved
at the earliest possible opportunity (hopefully
before deployment) to provide the greatest
possible range of tactical and strategic options for
mitigating or removing the threat. See Blunting,
Shutdown and Assassination.
2) The Red Flag is a subconscious Decision
Management mistake that streamlines the overall
strategic process by developing an array of
predetermined responses to counter specific in
game situations. This can be a positive situation if
your subconscious identifies the correct response
but this is generally dis-advantageous as anything
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that reduces your strategic options will weaken
your Tactical Toolbox and leave you vulnerable
to Deep Deception strategies. Examples include
players that will always avoid concentrated
archery (see Ranged Area Denial) or who will
always throw everything they have into an
Assassination Run if confronted with a shade. By
identifying your own Red Flags you can launch an
even deeper Deep Deception strategy against your
opponent (provided that you know that they know
your red flags).
Reform the Line
Reform the Line is a transitional Position tactic in
which one player decides that their current
Position is untenable and a new Position must be
adopted. A formation preforming a Reform the
Line transition will generally experience a
moment of vulnerability after they abandoned the
remaining benefits of their current formation but
before they gain the benefits of the new
formation.
Refused Flank
1) The Refused Flank is a Position and Tempo
tactic in which one player attempts to use their
mobility to change position faster than the
opposition can keep pace. This is done by
deploying the army in two separate formations. If
the enemy splits their own army to match your
deployment you then recombine your force and
engage their force before it can recombine.
2) The Refused Flank is a Position and Tempo
tactic in which one player has identified a
weakness in their opponent’s deployment and
deploys their own force to exploit this. This is
achieved through the use of Forward Observers to
gain an overview of your opponent’s layout. Then
deploy your formations in a concentrated block
and rush the weaker flank, hopefully using your
higher Resource Density to apply Defeat in Detail
tactics before the enemy can recover their
Position.
3) The Refused Flank is an offensive Misdirection
and Position tactic in which one player attempts to
influence their opponent’s deployment by using
an asymmetric deployment strategy. In this case
the player concentrates their most power units on
one flank of their deployment zone (see Resource
Density) and their weaker units on the other flank.
The enemy will then hopefully seek to exploit this
by deploying the bulk of their army against your
weaker flank to employ Defeat in Detail tactics.
This can be viewed as Baiting on an army wide
scale and is frequently employed as part of a
wider Activation Control strategy.
Relevant Resources
Relevant Resources is the name given to those
resources that are relevant to a given situation.
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Resource Density
Resource Density is a Position term that is used to
refer to the magnitude of Resource within a given
area. This differs from Unit Density in that Unit
Density refers to the concentration of your models
while Resource Density refers to the
concentration of your killing power. Resource
Density is a key component in Defeat in Detail
and other strategies that require concentration of
force.
Resource Management
Resource Management is the underlying principle
of any successful battle plan. This principle
understand that both sides have finite Resources
with which to secure victory points and therefore
victory will belong to the player who makes best
use of what they bring to the table. To this end
Resource Management tactics can be either
defensive or offensive in nature. Defensive tactics
aim at conserving your resources while the
opponent is forced to spend theirs. See Blunting
and Burnout. Offensive tactics aim to spend your
resources in such a way that they secure a
disproportional return. See Shock and Awe,
Burnout and Yoyo Attack.
Resources
A players Resources represent all of the assets
that a player has available to them with which
they may attempt to influence the outcome of the
game. This includes but is not limited to Heroic
Resources (might, fate and will), model count,
banners, powerful heroes, turns remaining (see
Tempo Advantage), time remaining, level of
alertness and knowledge of relevant movie
quotes. Since the Resources available to each
player are finite, the correct and efficient
application of these Resources is vital to
achieving victory. See Resource Management.
Ring of Death
The Ring of Death is an offensive Position tactic
in which an enemy position is entirely surrounded
by the assaulting forces. This Position normally
acts as the final stage of other offensive Position
tactics. See Jaws of Death, Crescent Moon
Encirclement, Flanking, Doom Box and Hit and
Wrap.
Rolling Arrow Storm
The Rolling Arrow Storm is a tactic used by
massed archery formations in which the player
decides to sacrifice some of their ranged
effectiveness for greater control of the Tempo of
the game. This can be used to either increase your
army’s tempo by moving forward with the archers
so that they are closer to where they will need to
be later or decrease the enemy’s Tempo by
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moving backwards and creating additional
distance that the enemy will need to cover.
Rule of N Plus One
The Rule of N Plus One is an offensive Position,
Tempo and Resource Management counter
strategy that serves as a hard counter to the Rule
of Three strategy. It does this by exceeding the
Resources that the opponent commits to a given
function by one. If the enemy sends three models,
you send four. If the enemy deploys five
warbands, you deploy six. This will allow you to
engage the enemy Resource for Resource while
you pursue the mission objectives with your
surplus Resources.
Rule of Three
1) The Rule of Three is an army selection
guideline that establishes a minimum level of
redundancy that should be built into critical
functions. This rule states that if three models are
included in a force to achieve a given task then
the enemy will neutralise one at range, another in
combat, but the third will get the task done.
2) The Rule of Three is an offensive Position,
Tempo and Resource Management strategy that
can be used to move a significant portion of your
resources deep into the enemy’s territory with
minimal opposition. See the Shell Game.
Running on Empty
Running on Empty is the Energy Reserve
Management mistake that refers to the situation in
which a player has depleted their Energy
Reserved and is forced to play at below optimum
efficiency. In this situation the player is left with
insufficient mental energy to properly consider
their tactics and strategies, and insufficient
physical energy to remain standing. This situation
should be avoided where possible.
Scroll Caddy
The Scroll Cady is a defensive Position tactic that
is used to mitigate the effects of area of effect
magic. This is done by identifying a low cost
model with the ability to resist this magic and
assigning it to accompany any high value
formation.
Screening
1) Screening is a defensive Position and Tempo
tactic that seeks to prevent enemy forces from
accessing vulnerable areas of your larger
formations. This is done by assigning a small
group of models to physically stand in the way of
said enemy forces. This is a more general
application of the principles developed in the Anti
Flier Guard.
2) Screening is a offensive Position and Tempo
tactic in which an army denies the opponent entry
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to a contested objective. This is done by pushing
past the objective so that during the ensuring fight
your forces are in range of the objective while
their forces are not.
Sealing the Doom Box
Sealing the Doom Box is an offensive Position
tactic in which a rapidly moving formation is used
to transform the Doom Box tactic into a Ring of
Death. This is done by placing these units into
Position behind the enemy formation once the
Doom Box has achieved a three sided trap. This
force provides the fourth side of the trap.
Seeding Decoys
Seeding Decoys is a defensive Position, Tempo
and Resource Management tactic used to manage
either slow moving enemy heroes or enemy
heroes with a compulsion to charge. See Halo
Array.
Separation Protocol
Separation Protocol is a defensive Position and
Tempo trick that is occasionally utilised by
avoidance forces that are in risk of being engaged
by enemy forces. In this situation the avoiding
player separates their individual models so that no
one enemy model can charge more than one of
your models. In this case even if the enemy
secures the Actual Priority the avoiding player
still has a portion of their force that is free to
manoeuvre, either to counter attack or withdraw.
Separation Protocol is only effective in situations
where there are more avoiding models than there
are models in range to engage them.
Shadow Force
The Shadow Force is a Position, Tempo,
Deception and Psychological Warfare tactic in
which one player encourages their opponent to
forget that a portion of the players resources are
on the board. This is done by deploying or
moving a formation out of the enemy player’s line
of sight (see Going Dark) and then in a
subsequent turn moving most of the formation
back into their range of vision. While this
weakens the initial formation it does allow the
player to adopt a Position that the enemy is
entirely unaware of and this opens other tactical
options such as Encirclement and Strategic Raid.
It is vitally important to do nothing that will draw
attention to the Shadow Force once it has
disappeared. This is generally only effective
against seated opponents.
Shell Game
1) The Shell Game is the tactical situation that is
found at the beginning of most scenarios that
include random search objectives. In most
published random search scenarios the objective,
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artefact or other unclaimed item of a valuable
nature will is unlikely to be found from the
randomised rolls and therefore an auto find option
will be included in the rules. This strategy relies
upon correctly reading the probability to
determine ahead of time where to Position your
Resources to maximise your Tempo.
2) The Shell Game is a Psychological Warfare
tactic that utilises Deception and Decoy principles
to engineer a Catch 22 situation. This is done by
deploying your Resources in three distinct groups.
When your enemy attempts to employ Defeat in
Detail tactics against one formation that formation
will act as an Anvil while the second formation
serves as a Hammer and the third launches a
Strategic Raid to claim objectives and secure
victory. See the Rule of Three.
Shield Wall
The Shield Wall is the fundamental formation.
The Shield Wall can be used offensively or
defensively to control Position or Tempo. The
Shield Wall generally trades effectively in terms
of Resource Management against most other
formations. This is done by forming a double line
of infantry, with shield or other combat models in
front and spears behind. This creates a situation
where your individual models are well supported
and difficult to trap and it provides a safe area
behind the formation to store your support figures.
Shock and Awe
Shock and Awe (also known as Burnout, Big
Hero Burnout or Heroic Slaughter) is a Resource
Management tactic that focuses upon accelerating
the Tempo of the game beyond the point at which
the enemy can redeploy in response to the
changing situation. This is achieved by rapidly
spending Heroic Resources to inflict maximum
damage upon the enemy in minimum time. This
tactic is particularly favoured by armies with
multiple mounted combat heroes.
Shooting the Moon
Shooting the Moon is the term applied to the
attempt to kill your opponent’s biggest piece with
shooting.
Shutdown
The Shutdown is a defensive Resource
Management tactic in which a magic user is
tasked with removing the influence of an enemy
character entirely from the game. The Shutdown
tactic is an extension of the Blunting tactic..
Skirmish Formation
The Skirmish Formation is a lose deployment
formation in which a player declares their intent
to play an Avoidance or Kiting game. This is done
by generally spreading your troops around your
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deployment zone without appearing to care about
the Position of spears, shields, banners or heroes.
This can be done either to establish a mindset that
accepts that every model is its own formation and
can manoeuvre independently or as a Deception
tactic to convince the opponent that your army
does not wish to fight in combat.
Slow Play
1) Slow Play is the term for the deliberate, well
thought out, carefully measured playstyle in
which one player refuse to be rushed into a
mistake by the opponent’s Tempo Advantage.
2) Slow Play is the term for the selection of a time
consuming playstyle by a player that is currently
in the lead in situations with time pressure. This is
done in the hopes that the opponent will not be
able to overcome the player’s defensive
stratagems before time is called. Under no
circumstances should non-game based tactics be
used to stall time. See Tempo Advantage.
Smaug on Base
Smaug on Base is a Psychological Warfare tactic
that can be used by or against large monsters with
detachable bases. When playing against the
monster you can demand that the monster be left
on its base for aesthetic reasons. The extra weight
of moving the full model around will rapidly tire
your opponent. If playing with the monster you
can insist that the monster remain on its base for
aesthetic reasons. The opponent will then be
overawed by the presence of a giant monster
moving around the board.
Smaug Somewhat on Base
The Smaug Somewhat on Base is a Psychological
Warfare tactic in which a player with a monster
on a detachable base attempts to artificially inflate
the perceived Resources that they have available.
To do this the player must claim that precise
measurement is required and remove the monster
from its base. Once this is done the monster is
placed near its base for aesthetic reasons. In your
opponent’s subconscious you will now have two
monsters on the board and this will affect your
opponent’s decision making.
Sniper
A Sniper is the Tech term that is applied to any
unit that specialises in removing specific targets at
range. This can be achieved through deadly
shooting, long range magic or other similar
abilities.
Spray and Pray
The Spray and Pray is a defensive Tempo
management tactic for mitigating the effect of
large mounted heroes. See the Halo Tactic.
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Stacking the Wolves
Stacking the Wolves is the defensive use of the
Hit and Wrap tactic to reduce the Tempo of the
opponent’s reinforcements during an offensive
action against an enemy Position. This is achieved
by moving away from the approaching
reinforcement while still remaining in combat
with the defenders. This increases the distance
between your forces and the additional enemy
resources and has the added advantage that the
movement of the arriving reinforcements will be
obstructed by your enemy’s own troops. This
tactic is particularly effective against opponents
on large bases without spears or banners, such as
warg armies.
Standard Combat Procedure
Standard Combat Procedure is the term applied to
a players preferred style of play. This will include
factors such as army selection, mission type,
tactics, strategies and gambits. A player who
deploys Standard Combat Procedure is playing
the game their way, as such they will have
maximised their own personal strengths and will
be leveraging heavily upon their past experience.
Under no circumstances should you allow your
opponent to utilise their Standard Combat
Procedure unless it is part of an elaborate Deep
Deception strategy.
Straight Up Henry Kerr
1) The Straight Up Henry Kerr is a refinement of
the traditional Henry Kerr tactic that is used to
counter specific enemy stratagems. This is done
by identifying the critical contested roll that the
opponent cannot afford to lose and has therefore
dedicated significant Resources into guaranteeing.
Once the critical roll has been identified it is then
secured through the simple means of rolling
higher. Ideally this should be done with a single
six off a single dice, without re-rolls or
modification. For maximum effect the player
should appear unconcerned by this against the
odds win and should act surprised that anyone
should find this unusual (explosions encourage
but not required).
2) The Straight Up Henry Kerr is a term that is
used to describe the successful execution of an
impressive, high damage, high risk, low
probability manoeuvre through the simple
expedient of rolling the required number of sixes.
3) The Straight Up Henry Kerr is the successful
adoption of the Henry Kerr counter strategy as an
initial strategy.
Strategic Raid
The Strategic Raid is an offensive Position tactic
in which one player sends a small fast moving
force to eliminate key strategic Resources deep in
the opponents back field. This is usually requires
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some form of Air Superiority or Air Supremacy.
The exact nature of the raid will depend upon
what Resources the enemy has left in the back
field but this can included horn blowers, body
guarded heroes or lightly defended objectives.
Striping the Willow
Striping the Willow is a defensive Position tactic
that is used to rescue threatened heroes from
multiple combats. See Pealing Combats.
Submarining
Submarining is a high risk strategy that seeks to
weaken a player’s strength of schedule during a
multi game competitive event. This is done by
deliberately failing to win the first game of the
event and thereby lowering your position entering
the second round. From this point onwards the
submarining player hopes that the added victory
points that they can score against the weaker
opponents are sufficient to offset this initial loss.
This tactic should not be attempted at events when
the player count to number of rounds ratio is such
that multiple contestants can finish on full wins. It
is sometimes possible to accidently submarine.
Surprise
1) Surprise is one of the five fundamental
elements of existence and is responsible for the
interactions and progression of the other four
(citation needed). The correct recognition of the
uncertainty that Surprise introduces into
probability and chance is a vital part of any
successful Theory SBG or Decision Management
based strategy.
2) Surprise is what occurs when a player
mistakenly believes that they have identified their
enemy’s intentions and plans accordingly. This is
most frequently seen as part of a Deep Deception
strategy but can it can also occur when one player
utilises a tactic that their opponent was previously
unaware of (see Tactical Tool Box).
Sunk Cost Theorem
The Sunk Cost Theorem is a Decision
Management tool that seeks to optimise Resource
Management decisions when responding to
enemy aggression. The Sunk Cost Theorem
recognises that it is not always possible to save
everyone every time. This means that by the time
you have recognised your opponent’s offensive
intention and begin to formulate a response some
of your Resources may already be beyond saving.
In this situation the mistake of committing extra
Resources to support a formation that is already
dead will simply increase the losses that you take
without returning any substantial reward. It is
therefore vital to carefully consider how your
Resources can be best spent to recover as many
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assets as possible without throwing good troops
after bad.
Tackle Box
The Tackle Box is a cut down version of the
Tactical Tool Box that a player keeps close at
hand. This Tackle Box will contain the tactics and
strategies that are most commonly employed by
the player, including fundamental playstyles and
favourite tricks, Mind Games and Deceptions.
The Tackle Box can be viewed as the middle
ground between Standard Combat Procedure and
the full Tactical Tool Box.
Tactical Tool Box
The Tactical Tool Box is a term that is used to
refer to the tactical and strategic options available
to a player in a given situation. The extent of a
player’s Tactical Tool Box is dependent upon the
available Resources, Position, Tempo, mental
flexibility and the relative skill difference between
them and their opponent. Having a larger Tactical
Tool Box than the opponent will aid a player in
controlling the Initiative of the game and can be
used in Deception battle plans if you have a tool
that the opponent did not realise was available to
you.
Tag Teaming
Tag Teaming is a Resource Management tactic in
which two heroes of roughly even power (such as
the elven twins) are kept together to provide
mutual support (see Buddy System and
Bodyguard Duty).
Tank
A Tank is the Tech term that is applied to any unit
that specialises in being disproportionally difficult
to wound for its cost. This can be achieved
through the use of high defence, large shields,
blubbery mass or other similar abilities. This term
is generally applied in a relative sense so that a
Tank in a dwarf list will be different from a Tank
in a hobbit list.
Target Oversaturation
Target Oversaturation is a counter strategy that
seeks to mitigate an opponent’s offensive or
defensive strategy through the application of
multiple potential targets. This is done by
identifying the maximum number of threats that
the opponent’s army can effectively deal with and
applying a greater number of simultaneous
threats. This will overwhelm the enemy’s
resources and leave them unable to effectively
respond to your attack. This is most commonly
seen against wizards that can Shutdown or Lasso
one threat per turn but rely upon additional
support to protect them from any additional
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threats, but it can be used against a wide range of
offensive strategies.
Tech
Tech is an army selection term that is used to
describe to the specified functionality of different
profiles and formations. This functionality refers
to the unit’s ability to perform a given task
beyond that which would be expected from a
more generic choice. For example, a model with
Can Opener Tech should perform better when
wounding high defence opponents than a unit that
has not be described as having that Tech. If a unit
has Tech that is relevant to a given situation, such
as anti-magic Tech in a magic rich environment,
then they are said to have good Tech. If a unit has
multiple Tech capabilities then they can be
described as having plenty of Tech. See Tech
Units.
Tech Units
Tech Units is a descriptive term that is applied to
highly specialised units and formations that trade
general battlefield effectiveness for competence in
their designated Tech area. In general terms a
Tech Unit will have been optimised to fulfil its
Tech role to such an extent that it will not perform
with adequate Resource Management efficiency if
employed in a generic capacity. For this reason
Tech Units generally require some finesse to use
effectively. Some Tech Units can be described as
having plenty of Tech, see Multi Tech Units.
Tempo Shift
The Tempo Shift is a transitional strategy that is
used when a player decides that the current
Tempo of their army is no longer acceptable. In
this situation the player abandons their current
strategy in favour of one with a higher or lower
Tempo. This is frequently done towards the end
of games with time pressure or to match an
opponent’s change in Tempo. The Tempo Shift
does include an element of risk as the adoption of
a new strategy will frequently require the
adoption of a new Position and this can create a
window of vulnerability (see Reform the Line).
Examples of a Tempo Shift include switching
from Wait and See tactics to a Shock and Awe
approach or transitioning from one Burnout
strategy to the other Burnout strategy.
Tempo
1) The Tempo of an army is the term used to refer
to the integral of the army’s velocity towards its
objectives, namely their position relative to time,
with time in this war game measured in turns,
rather than minutes. This means that to understand
an army’s Tempo a player is forced to consider
not only ‘where’ their troops are but ‘when’ they
are, how long it will take them to be where they
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should be and what is likely to occur during the
intervening turns. Tempo based tactics can be
used to generate a Tempo Advantage through
either offensive means, decreasing the number of
turn required for your army to fulfil and objective
(E.G. Shock and Awe), or defensively, increasing
the number of turns that the opponent will require
to achieve their objective (E.G. Blunting). The
understanding and control of Tempo is one of the
fundamental aspects of the game.
2) The Tempo of a game refers to the speed at
which two players can make decisions, move
troops, roll dice and generally play the game. If
the Tempo of a game falls too low in a
tournament setting then it is unlikely that the
game will finish.
Tempo Advantage
1) The Tempo Advantage refers to an army’s
ability to achieve a desired outcome in less turns
than their opponent can. For example if a model is
three turns away from an objective but the enemy
can reach it in one then the enemy has a two turn
Tempo Advantage in securing that objective.
Likewise if two armies are attempting to break
one another and one army can achieve this is three
turns but the other requires ten then one side has a
seven turn Tempo Advantage. See Shock and
Awe.
2) The Tempo Advantage refers to one player
being comfortable playing at a faster tempo than
their opponent. By keep the tempo of the game
fast the more experience player seeks to
encourage their opponent into make rushed
decisions and ultimately mistakes. Light use of
the Tempo Advantage is to be encouraged as it
help players develop their critical reasoning skills
but heavy or forceful use of this advantage is
sportsman like and should be avoided at all costs.
3) The Tempo Advantage refers to the situation
where one player takes an early lead in victory
points and therefore will win if time is called. A
player with the Tempo Advantage can afford to
utilise more time consuming tactics, such as
Turtling Up, as they are no longer forced to seize
the initiative. Unfortunately some unimaginative
players are unable to devise genuine ‘in game’
time consuming tactic and are forced to go grab a
drink, mysteriously receive urgent phone calls,
attempt to distract their opponents with humorous
anecdotes or otherwise ‘Slow Play’. Slow Play is
sportsman like and should never be considered
under any circumstances.
Temporal Manipulation
Temporal Manipulation is a counter tactic that can
be used to attempt to recover from a grievous
tactical error. This is done by simply asking your
opponent if they wouldn’t awfully mind if you
took back the mistake. Since the opponent is well
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within their rights to refuse this request it is
frequently necessary to leverage their cooperation
through other means. This could include
capitalising on the gratitude generated by the Mat
Sportsmanship Manoeuvre or jollying the
opponent along with the Classic Kirk. See the
Warp Slingshot Manoeuvre.
Theory SBG
Theory SBG is the technical name for conducting
a TEWT (Tactical Exercise Without Troops). The
purpose of such an exercise is to examine the
merits of given tactics and counter tactics without
the distraction of actually playing the game. The
ability to rapidly conduct Theory SBG during the
brief period between seeing an opponent’s army
and rolling for deployment is vital if you intended
to deploy in a way that will support your ongoing
strategy in the rest of the game. When conversing
with the wider gaming community it is not
uncommon to hear this idea referred to as
‘Theoryfaux’, ‘Theory Hammer’ or ‘Theory K’.
Three Deep
Three Deep is a modification of the defensive
Position and Tempo counter tactic Two Deep, in
which one player attempts to prevent
Breakthrough tactics through the establishment of
redundant lines of troops. In the situation where
you believe that the enemy intends to call a heroic
combat (see Shock and Awe), then the two lines
of troops recommended by the Two Deep tactic
become insufficient to provide security against the
Breakthrough. This is because a heroic combat
can punch through the first line of troops and kill
the second in a single turn, at which point the
Breakthrough will succeed if the player can win
an Actual Priority. To mitigate the risk of this
actual priority, place a third line of troops behind
your second line. This third line will catch the
enemy hero and provide your Position with the
Tempo necessary to respond to your opponent’s
Breakthrough attempt.
Tiger Claw
The Tiger Claw is an offensive Tempo and
Research Management tactic which utilises the
principle of Baiting to disperse enemy Resources.
To do this one player detaches small groups of
troops from their main formation and sends them
away from the main action. At this point the
opponent has a choice, they can either ignore
these detachments or respond in kind. If they do
nothing then the detachment is free to conduct
Strategic Raids or effect an Encirclement. If the
opponent responds with a force that is smaller
than your detachment, you can employ Defeat in
Detail. If they send a larger force then your
detachment avoids combat thereby removing a
disproportional portion of the enemy’s Resources.
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Touch Wood
Touch Wood is a defensive Position and Tempo
tactic that can be used to mitigate the effect of
enemy cavalry formations. This is done by
moving your formations as rapidly as possible
towards the nearest wood, forest, area of bushland
or stand of trees. This is most frequently seen in
situations where an infantry army has the ill
fortune to be set against an all cavalry army. This
tactic can be considered a specialised variant of
the Digging In tactic.
Trawling
Trawling is a variation of the Baiting tactic in
which bait is placed before an opponent without a
specific objective or outcome in mind. This is
done to test your opponent’s reaction to the bait,
thereby improving your knowledge of your
opponent and facilitating further Baiting efforts.
Trolling
1) Trolling is an offensive tactic that seeks to
overwhelm enemy an enemy Position through the
application of trolls.
2) Trolling is a Psychological Warfare tactic in
which a player makes deliberately nonsensical
tactical decision to disguise their true genius (if
any).
Turtling Up
Turtling up is a defensive Position tactic in which
one player concentrates their force in response to
ongoing loses. This is done to reduce the size of
the formation in proportion to the suffered
casualties, thereby maintain the desired Unit
Density.
Two Deep
Two Deep is a defensive Position and Tempo
counter tactic in which one player establishes a
secondary line to prevent Breakthrough tactics
from reaching their critical support pieces. To this
end a second line of models is placed behind the
front line of your formation (spear equipped
models work well for this) so that if the front line
is killed the second line can prevent
Breakthrough. Against sustained enemy
aggression the Three Deep tactic is sometimes
required.
Unit Density
Unit Density is a Position term that is used to
refer to the number of models within a given area.
This can be used offensively (see Flooding or
Burying) or defensively (see Screening or Walling
Off). Once the unit density of most formations
drops below a certain point the effectiveness of
that formation will generally be reduced.
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Utility
Utility is a Resource Management and army
selection consideration that is used to measure the
flexibility of a given Resource. This is done by
determining which tactics and strategies a given
Resource can support and how swiftly the
Resource can change from one strategy to
another. An army with a high Utility content will
have a larger Tactical Tool Box available to
counter their opponent’s strategies.
Voice of Saruman
The Voice of Saruman is a Psychological Warfare
tactic that uses the principles of Deception no
Deception to establish the conditions in which a
key Deception tactic can be performed. This is
done through providing the enemy with helpful
tactical advice throughout the game under the
guise of keeping the game moving (such as “well
from there you can either do X or Y”). See the
Matt Sportsmanship Manoeuvre. Once the enemy
has come to trust your advice you can begin to
seed careful miss information. It is important to
never lie to your opponent as this is un-sportsman
like, however you can miss represent the likely
consequences of employing certain tactics or
formations (such as “well if you try and swing
round that forest theirs a chance that I’ll catch you
in the open, but if you can make it their you will
be in a strong position moving forwards”). This
tactic can be used to slowly warp your opponent’s
perception of the strategic layout of the game and
prevent them from making informed tactical
decisions.
Wait and See
The Wait and See is a defensive Position tactic
that sacrifices early Tempo to conserve Heroic
Resources. This is done by assuming a Position
with your heroes sheltered behind your formation.
This will protect your heroes from ranged
weapons and reduce the likelihood of your
opponent employing Assassination or Flash Kill
tactics. The Wait and See also allows a player the
opportunity to see how the opponent choses to
Position their heroes as combat is reached,
thereby allowing them to optimise their own hero
dispersal.
Walling Off
Walling Off is an adaption of the Screening tactic
that relies upon the same principles and objectives
but applies a greater portion of the army’s
Resources to achieve a higher Unit Density. Due
to the increased Resource allocation, Walling Off
is generally used in situation where the critical
nature of a given area is such that the protection
offered by Screening is insufficient.
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Warp Slingshot Effect
The Warp Slingshot Effect is a Temporal
Manipulation and Psychological Warfare counter
tactic that can be used to mitigate the effect of a
grievous tactical error if it is identified in a timely
manner. The Warp Slingshot Effect takes into
consideration the reality that if you ask if your
opponent is okay with you taking back a move,
the answer could be no. Therefore, rather than
simply trying to back pedal from a mistake, the
player embraces the magnitude of their overall
mistakes to make it clear to the opponent that this
is just one of a chain of mistakes, the gravity of
which has firmly ensnared your army and is now
drawing you in. Once the enemy has been primed
with this tale of woe the request can be made to
take back the most current mistake. Since you are
only asking to withdraw one of your many
mistakes your opponent is more likely to allow
the take back (sometimes).
Wedge Formation
The Wedge Formation is an offensive Position
tactic in which powerful heroes are used to force a
breach into the enemy line while the flanks of the
army are swept back to channel into the breach
once it is formed. The Wedge Formation is a
slower moving variant of the Flying V Formation.
Whittling
Whittling is defensive tactic in which a powerful
enemy formation is reduced to a less powerful
enemy formation through the application of the
Death by a Thousand Cuts principle. This is done
by applying small amounts of damage across
multiple turns to reduce the effectiveness of the
formation until it can be dealt with by
conventional means. See Avoidance.
Window
Window is a Position tactic that uses Deception to
disguise the intended target of a Strategic Raid.
This is done by detaching models from the raid to
threaten additional targets. If done correctly this
will cause the opponent to redeploy their
Resources to support areas that you do not intend
to attack, thereby decreasing your opponents
ability to reinforce the real target in a timely
manner. See Decoy.
Wolf 359
Wolf 359 is a specialised Position tactic that has
been developed to recover from poor initial
reinforcement rolls in the Start at The Edge, Run
to The Middle mission type (see Appendix A). In
this situation a player begins with both a widely
dispersed force that is unable to offer its
components adequate mutual support and a
centralised objective that must be held at all cost.
This tactic seeks to solve both of these problems
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by establishing a rally point around the centre
objective. This is done by instructing all units to
converge on this area at best speed, thereby
bringing the components back into mutual support
range and Flooding the objective at the same time.
The Wolf 359 tactic is frequently employed
alongside Last Stand strategies.
WWGD
WWGD is an acronym for the theme based
Decision Management tool What Would Gandalf
Do (or sometimes What Would Gothmog Do)?
This tool is based upon the understanding that
theme does not end at army selection and that the
themy-ist list in Middle Earth turns to cheesy
garbage if not played in a manner consistent with
its theme. To this end the player makes a
conscious decision to select tactics, strategies and
playstyles that are consistent with their chosen
army. The obvious example is to not power up
Gandalf or Bard with Alfred the Councillor as it
beyond all belief that either of these individuals
would ever trust Alfred’s advice. The prime
benefit of adopting WWGD over other Decision
Management tools is the knowledge that,
regardless of the actual outcome of the game, in a
thematic sense (which is the most important
sense) you have already won.
Yoyo Attack
The Yoyo Attack is an offensive Position, Tempo
and Resource Management tactic that is used in
situations where a hero wishes to engage a target
that is protect by a potential next turn Counter
Charge. This is achieved by calling a heroic
combat and using the extra move generated by the
successful kill to withdraw beyond the range that
the potential Counter Charge can reach. This
tactic is most often used by characters with
replenish-able Heroic Resources such as Aragorn
or by well-constructed Rohan lists, but it can
sometimes be considered Resource efficient for
other armies should the enemy attempt a Baiting
strategy using sufficiently valuable bait.
Zen of Movement
The Zen of Movement (also known as the Fabled
Movement Trick) is an offensive Position and
Tempo tactic that uses Deception to remove
enemy forces from a critical but otherwise
unremarkable area by moving backwards to move
forwards. This tactic is used when the enemy has
assumed a Position with their troops in an area
that is not of obvious strategic value but that you
need to control to allow your troops access to
other areas. To achieve this the forces threating
that area withdraws from the enemy in the hope
that the enemy will pursue. If the enemy leaves
the area your other troops, if any, can slip in
behind the enemy formation, or if other troops are
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not available your retreating troops reverse

direction to perform the Hit and Wrap technique.

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 Appendix A – Mission Identification Guide - Appendix C – Current Flowchart Catalogue

Appendix A – Mission Identification Guide

# Name
1 Domination
2 To The Death
3 Hold Ground
4 Lords of Battle
5 Reconnoitre
6 Ill Met By Moon Light
7 Seize The Prize
8 Contest of Champions
9 Capture And Control
10 Heirloom of Ages Past
11 Fog of War
12 Storm The Camp*
*Storm The Camp does not appear to have a nickname.
A.K.A.
The Good One
The Banner One
Start at The Edge, Run to The Middle
Kill Points
Cross The Board The French One
The Night Fight The Shakespeare One
The 50-50 Roll Off The Auto Win
The Other 50-50 Roll Off The One Turn Game
Weird Domination
Vanishing Domination The Other Banner One
The Fun One The Mystery Mission

Appendix B – Army List Identification

Armoured Company – An Iron Hills dwarf list with two or more chariots.
Bash Brothers – A Gondor list with both Boromir and Faramir (any versions).
Divine Wind – An elven army with a minimum of two Storm Callers.
Filth List – Any list that uses troops from different list for mutual support without developing a justifying
theme.
Fish of Fury – A double bubble Lake Town hoard army.
Gunline – Any army with more ranged weapons than mobility.
Magic Hat List – Any army lead by Thranduil.
Rhino Rush – Any army with a minimum of two Great Beasts of Gorgoroth.
Shade List – Any army that includes one or more shades.
Smaug List – Any army that includes models from the Desolator for the North army list.
True Hoard – Any army with at last 10 models per 100 points 2.
Will No One Think Of The Children – Any army that contains one or more random warbands of Hobbits.

Appendix C – Current Flowchart Catalogue

Gondor Tactica (Version 2.0)
Gondor List Construction: Step 1 Army Leader (Version 2.0)
Critical Response Tactica 1: Breach in Your Line (Version 1.1)
Critical Response Tactica 2: Dislodging Entrenched Formations (Version 1.0)
Mission Guide: Seize the Prize (Version 1.2)
Mission Guide: Heirlooms of Ages Past (Version 1.2)

2
Note, this ratio was established prior to the inclusion of warbands. Update pending…

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