Monday Middle-Earth Mania May 25th
Monday MESBG Mania #18: FACTION FANDANGO Monday 25th May 2026 9am 3 rounds 750pt good or evil force Scenarios taken from the Matched Play Guide
List Building: This is tournament with a twist, so please read the below rules carefully.
If there’s one thing missing from the newest iteration of MESBG, it’s good old fashioned list building – so for one day only, we’re going old school!
In addition to using any regular army list, you may also build your army by faction keyword!
In simple terms, this means you can build an army based on faction (E.g. any Rohan unit) and give it any set of army bonuses that belong to that faction.
To do this, do the following:
- Pick any army list in the game. (E.g. Riders of Eomer)
- Pick any hero from that army list (E.g. Eomer). If the army has a mandatory General, they must be selected.
- Pick one faction keyword from that hero (E.g. Rohan).
- You must build the rest of your army (Heroes and Warriors) using any profile that shares that faction keyword. (I recommend using Tabletop Admiral’s ‘Free Build’ mode to do this!)
- You maintain the army bonuses and additional rules of the army originally chosen.
- Other list building restrictions from the original army list (e.g. Assault on Lothlorien must contain more Orcs than Goblins) remain in place.
There are no painting requirements - bare plastic is fine but WYSIWYG is requested. Please get in touch with me via messenger, at
[email protected], or via the longshanks contact details if you need to check any aspects of your army's eligibility.
Schedule: Scenarios will be taken from the Matched Play Guide, but don't worry if you don't have a copy of this – there will be plenty of copies around on the day. Rounds will be 120 minutes, and to fit everything in we will be kicking off with registration from 9am. We will start round 1 early if everybody is present.
To finish rounds promptly, we will call ‘no new turns’ 5 minutes before the end of the round
Schedule:
9am arrival, registration and briefing
9:30 round 1 pairing
9:45 – 11:45 game 1
11:45-12:45 lunch & best army voting
12:45-2:45 game 2
3:00-5:00 game 3
5:00 Prizes and handshakes
The ticket price is made up of your regular table fees (£5 - no need to sub in on the day) and a £5 contribution to prize support, all of which will go back into these events.
Best Army Voting:
At lunch we will encourage attendees to display their armies for a favourite army vote. Attendees will pick their first and second favourite armies, based on theme, concept, execution and imagination. To keep things casual and newcomer-friendly, display boards will not be used for this army voting competition.
There will be NWGC MEMBERS just pay £5 prize support on the day, payable at the bar. Please email us at
[email protected] to get registered onto the event in advance.
After purchasing a ticket, please
CLICK HERE to sign up to the event on Longshanks as soon as possible. Please sign up before the day of the event to avoid any delays. List submissions are not required, but please consider bringing a list printout if you think it's needed! Tickets can be purchased on the day at the bar if required.
Registration cut off is at 9:30. Byes may be used in case of odd numbers. Late attendees will be given a forced draw for game 1, but will be dropped if you can’t make it in time for game 2.
If you’re unable to attend on the day, please let the TO (Dan Stuart) know as soon as possible!
REFUND CUT-OFF DATE:- Monday 18th May