If I could get on the Last Alliance I'd give you a comment or two on this project. You guys have gotten a lot put together on this project but it looks to me like you've got your cart before your horse on most of it.

On this point, just because something is missing it does not mean it should be created. Goblintown archers? Why?

Because they were in the movie.

How many times did they hit a dwarf in the movie? Army balance is a difficult thing. They all have a strength and weakness. What TLA is doing is making all armies the same and letting the special rules sort out who has the best army. Those special rules are there as a replacement for those unit options and those unit options should not be replaced. If you want a banner with goblins ally in the drum from moria. If one wants to play a themed army one must accept those weakness points and learn to play around them.

Thanks for the comments. I don't use this site as much as The Last Alliance, so if you're interested in being involved in the process please feel free to post over there. Criticism is as welcome as compliments.

Regarding the banner access issue, these were cut last week after a discussion with some of the people most involved in the project; the payoff in balancing scoring in one tournament scenario wasn't seen worth the change.

Regarding the goblintown archer, its already been covered by Theavenger001 above but I think this is worth mentioning as an example of exactly what people want from this sort of unofficial expansion; a creature that does exist in book or film, but was overlooked in GW's releases.



The majority of the games I play strictly use only GW's official profiles, and if you prefer the game vanilla without any extras then you wouldn't want to see these creatures show up.

However for times where you might want more, this is precisely the sort of profile people have requested, and feedback has generally been good. Some people have been playtesting the profiles and reporting back, others commenting and making suggestions, some making new models and adding new things to their collections (or old things, like Golfimbul and Faramir COP). Others are more than welcome to just play the official GW profiles - as I said, most of my own games are exactly that.

Anyway, whatever you play and however you play it, have fun

. I personally think the goblin archers are a good idea as they are in the film and shouldn't give goblin army too much of an advantage. Although perhaps 6+ shoot value would be more fair