So I hosted Battle Companies tonight against DavFlamerock. Such a great session. I played my Isengard list which is filling out very well. Dav Brought Easterlings first which was nice to see on the field. We played Fog of War, interesting scenario. It was a starting easterling BC and my Isen force is vetran, they did not fair well, but every match is a step forward for any BC. Next he brought his Gondor force in Contest of Champions, His Gondor force has faced my Isen one before. My champion earned 6 points and victory, Gondor's Lt did not survive his wounds, the BC is no more. Ill news will reach Denethor's ears this day. Dav was hoping to play Gondor again To build them up a bit, unfortunately he had to move on. He brought a Dol Guldor BC next. This was the Rescue scenario, Dol Guldor defended. Spider faired well for a little while, but isengard just had two victories in a row so promotions had happened (third time for some in this BC), They were strong enough to break through. Eventually overtaking the defenders and securing victory. Dol Guldor did well for it's first time, I expect I will meet them again on the field of battle. Dav was a great sport and I am sure that as his BC's get more dice rolls he will start causing isengard a hard time. I also have other BC's to play so next session I may play the swapper and let him build up some of his BC's.
So a good night for Isengard. We have not encountered any problems with the rules yet. Except the contradiction mentioned above. I think no spells when running away is the best answer.
I do see openings for hybrid or allied lists. I had the idea that when your BC reaches a rating of 200 points it may choose an ally (within good and evil terms) BC list to roll recruits on, it costs 5 gold to recruit from an ally list. Allies can be promoted as per their BC rules, but may not become a hero while an ally. Once an ally Force is chosen it becomes the only faction that may be allied with until all allies in that faction are retired or dead. Then a new ally may be chosen. Put simply, you can only be allied with one other BC faction at a time. An ally force may not be more than 1/4 of the BC's total number of models (when full, not counting missed matches for injury).
A great story builder is that an ally may retire from the bc to start it's own as a new Lt. as this opens new possibilities for chaining the BC's together in a storyline.
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Really enjoying the update. I think the local gaming group are keen to start battle companies this week or next week. So hopefully we can give you plenty of feedback on how it's going 
