Middle Earth SBG Top Ten Tips for Beginners 

Please do more, very useful as I'm a beginner and this helped me focus on going over some of the rules ie heroic strike.

Thank you! Complete beginner here that found everything in this video helpful.

Thanks. Maybe you could also talk about army list building as that is pretty important. Some games can be over before they start if you choose really badly as a new player.

Just getting into the game myself with the local community. Looking forward to learning and playing this helps a lot keep up the good work.

Great video Ste! I'm no newbie, but videos like this are always good to see!

Just wanted to confirm that I'm a beginner and wanted to thank you so much for doing those videos. Going to dive right in with my son in the latest edition of ME SBG and can't wait to start painting minis. Keep those vids coming, they're very appreciated! Cheers!

Great video mate, really good tips and very nicely illustrated examples and graphics. I'm sure new players will find it really useful :-) - Damian

This was very useful for someone who's only ever played friendly games and considering attending tournaments, thanks a lot! More tips videos would be great as well as tactics as some people have already mentioned

really useful stuff, especially about heroics. Maybe some tips for how to deploy well?

Needed this! Thanks! Interesting to see some of the interplays between some really simple rules being executed in these scenarios. Lots of food for thought! Why not do an intermediate video next! =]

Really useful tips there Ste. The banana slingshot's something to keep an eye out for as well. Getting a big hero on the end of a line and heroic combating round the back into a general or high profile model often catches out the less experienced players.

This is why I love this game. It's not just dice rolls. It takes tacticle experience. I'm a newbie, and there is so much cool stuff to learn!

Looking to get into this. Use to play Fantasy but then stopped due to money. ( I play a lot of sports- can be expensive lol) would love to see maybe a video is which you maybe show a few bargain armies or something? Appreciate the video non the less :)

Great video Steve,very useful for newbies!

Great video would love more of these on different topics 👍

Great video going to play my first game soon hopefully. Could you also make some more specific tips like how to play with an army that completely lacks heavy hitters with fight and or high strength? Tactics guides are always appreciated :D

this was very helpful thank you, new sub

Very helpful stuff thanks 🙏

Nice Steve thanks

Great video. If you end up doing another video for beginners could you maybe give tips on how to field an army. Like how many hero’s and captains to basic troops etc. For instance boromir is 160 points but I could get 20 Minas Tirith warriors for the same amount, so it’s knowing the right balance. Thanks

Hi Steve, great tips very useful. I just have 1 Query for tip 8. In that specific example, the two orcs have a greater chance of losing the fight on a 2v2 than 2 1v1s. This is because of the higher fight value of the dol armoth knight. so in that example although yes your supporting orc will last longer as not in base contact you have increased the chance of the front orc dying significantly.

Good video. Should have mentioned picking up banners. Please do more.

This is a great video. I'm too afraid to go to a local meetup and play some MESBG since I don't know a single soul. Building up a small army but no idea how to play :(

Just got round to watching this; wish I'd done so before DoS last w/end - Aragorn might have survived in one game where my opponent deployed tip 10 and I didn't see it coming! A tutorial around Special Strikes would really be useful; they're still not an auto thought/action when I play and they really should be.

very useful.

Great stuff

Very helpful

Yet another great example of why you are "COOL STEVE"

Pls do more!!Video of basic rules would be awesome

I'd like more Halls of Thranduil content 😎

Is there any kind of general rule on how many banners to take at different points levels or for a number of troops? When should I bring a second banner in my list?

I’d love to see more, but please do something about the sound. It sounds like you recorded this inside a locked bathroom.

My 11 year old son and myself are new to this game. We have the box set and armies of lotr. Any advice on what to add to the armies out of the starter set?

Hello I am thinking about buying the pellenor fields set but I was wondering if the troll that the pelennor fields box set comes with has the option to turn it into an Isengard troll.

Hi, I'm a newbie at SBG and your videos have proved invaluable for my learning to play. Thanks so much for posting and sharing your enthusiasm. See you soon

Good type of video! Quick and dirty please.

What is a typical points value for an army for matched play? I just started building a hobbit army and according to battle scribe I'm sitting around 500 points.

What goblins miniatures are you using around the 9 minute mark? I don't recognise the models.

fantastic content in the video, but please invest in a better microphone.

i think that fight falue is highly overrated and i dont get why. your fv is rather higher lower or equal. it doesnt matter if you have a fv of 1 or 5 when you fight a model wich a fight of 6. if you are lower you are 16% more likeley to lose and the other way around if you are higher (wich is a lot in the long run but imo not worth spending rare recourses like might points to negate this in one single fight) with equal fv the chances are equal and on a draw duel roll its still 50-50 chance. So why would i ever declare a heroic strike when i just could use that might to increase my duell roll. increasing the fight value can give you a better chance in some situations but you still dont know if it works out before points were spent. when you roll the duell roll you will know if spending might on increasing a duell roll will have an effect or not. am i missing something?

This was a good video but the audio was super low after the music.