Into the West

Another FAQ has been released, and we are here to discuss all the changes, clarifications, and the ways this FAQ may shift the MESBG meta in the coming months.

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Time Stamps:

00:00 Intro

01:35 Armies of LotR

21:40 Armies of the Hobbit

23:59 Armies of Middle-earth

33:38 Matched Play Guide

39:34 Rules Manual

50:15 Final Thoughts

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Stephen is back in our latest list review episode, taking a look at lists submitted by our patrons over on Patreon. This time, the theme is lists with one or more monsters.

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Time Stamps:

00:00 Intro

00:52 Shadows of Angmar (Owen)

07:39 Cirith Ungol (Eli)

13:40 Buhrdur's Horde (Orc Pilled)

16:45 The Black Gate (Alex)

22:56 Host of The Witch-King (Jonathan)

27:43 Legions of Mordor (Chris)

32:28 Minas Morgul (Brandon)

Credits: Music: Tavern Loop One by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

To kick off the new year, we break down some of the easiest and best armies for new players getting into MESBG! Friend of the channel, Stephen, joins in on the discussion and shares some of his own picks.

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Time Stamps:

00:00 Introduction

01:44 Stephen's Pick

07:54 Richard's Pick

11:15 Charles' Pick

15:57 Honourable Mentions

38:22 What about other Evil armies?

43:40 Outro

Credits:

Music: Tavern Loop One by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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We come to the end of 2025 with some reflection on the first year of the current edition. Our guest Bazuso joins in as we all share some of our hopes and dreams for the coming year.

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Time Stamps:

00:00 Introduction

07:04 The Next Supplement

10:22 Balance Updates

19:32 Tournament Scene

23:44 Trophies

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Music: Tavern Loop One by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Into the West is joined by friend of the channel, Bazuso, to discuss the most challenging armies to play in the game! We each share a few of our picks, and then go through a list of honourable mentions.

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Time Stamps:

00:00 Introduction

05:18 Ian's Pick

11:18 Charles' Pick

17:28 Richard's Pick

24:00 Baz's Pick

29:11 Ian's 2nd Pick

34:00 Honourable mentions

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Music: Tavern Loop One by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/