The greatest battle of my Gondorian campaign in 1210

**Hypno Kitty** · January 23, 2011, 05:18 PM

Just took a break from my music mixing. I decided to battle some in Third Age. The year is 1210.
There are two battles: one small one against some skirmishes of orcs which I didn't bother documenting, and one which was pure butchery and of great size. Here are some pictures to tell the story, as I pretty much suck with words.

Enemy forces:

**Hypno Kitty** · January 23, 2011, 05:20 PM

Gondorian forces:

**Hypno Kitty** · January 23, 2011, 05:24 PM

As you can see, I'm clearly outnumbered. I have my back against the snow covered hill, and my flanks are pretty safe. I have lot's of archers. The enemy does not. I think the archer bit played a big part of my success in this one, and the cavalry. The enemy did not have cavalry, or wargs.

**Hypno Kitty** · January 23, 2011, 05:26 PM

**Hypno Kitty** · January 23, 2011, 05:29 PM

The turning point:

**Hypno Kitty** · January 23, 2011, 05:31 PM

The moment of suprise; I did NOT expect this to happen that quickly. Especially with a 5% loss.

**Hypno Kitty** · January 23, 2011, 05:33 PM

This is the result: the 5% loss for me and the 90% loss for the enemy:

**Hypno Kitty** · January 23, 2011, 05:38 PM

This enemy (which is the Orcs) being evil and all, caused the morality and/or ethical boundaries to be thrown down the gutter. I went for the Sun Tzu tactic: when routing ones enemy, capture and/or kill as many as possible. It is a matter of efficiency, and a matter of prevailing. To win the war, one obviously cannot rely simply on winning the battles.

**Hypno Kitty** · January 23, 2011, 05:45 PM

And that was it. By pure brutality and some cleaver tactical use of cavalry, I nearly exterminated the enemy in battle. Let us hope I can do the same in campaign.
Right now, Gondor is not all mighty powerful. Mordor seem to be on the brink of destruction, however. And if Mordor falls, curtain opportunities will arise to seize great power. Wish me luck!

- The Hypno Kitty

**Lemoniser** · January 24, 2011, 09:22 AM

nicely done. I would have preferred some more words though. And some more pictures actually

Maybe it would have been better to put the pics in spoilers?
And no offense intended but it just seems lacking somehow. Perhaps because I was expecting more words or maybe the pics could ahve been timed better or whatever.

I dunno, either way its nice work

**ccllnply** · January 26, 2011, 03:10 PM

If you don't mind me asking, how is it 1210?

**Jmcd08** · June 11, 2011, 01:15 AM

HACKS! lol jokes great work! archers always play a huge roll against orcs due to the numbers of sheer orcs. Wherever you shoot there is a guaranteed hit!