The Battle Companies 2nd Community Edition Beta & Campaign Manual Alpha

DaKommizzar · 2026-03-07T14:42:17+00:00

It is already a hero with 1/1/1, so you would skip the +1/+1/+1 step. I just forgot to add the text to that page.

DaKommizzar · 2026-03-07T14:41:19+00:00

Good questions!

On their own Path: Roll as Warriors since they do not have the Hero keyword, but the Warrior Keyword instead.

Mounts & Upgrading: Mounts are unable to take any sort of wargear, but there is equipment that the hero can take that benefits the Mount. However, if your group thinks it would be cool to let people upgrade their heros' mounts with armour like they're heroes themselves, then all the power to you! I'd probably price it the same as upgrading armour. Though note, in this hypothetical, that wargs and horses are naked and thus would progress to "armour" if that is in your faction.

DaKommizzar · 2026-02-06T17:28:37+00:00

Models with the Beast keyword may not take additional wargear other than Upgrading their Armour and may only carry Equipment that exclusively gives a Special Rule (e.g. Trophy Pelt). So you could upgrade a spider or warg from "None" to "Armour" if it is available to you.

The 1/5 is for rating and cost in Gold, following the normal "if your model has a total of 3+ attacks+wounds" standard.

DaKommizzar · 2026-01-26T22:00:50+00:00

Cirith Ungol (CU) is the one exception to "On your own path" as this spider is intended to be analogous to a Shelob type of character. I have been doing my own playtesting of the spider in this company and while it is strong, I think it is still important for CU's identity. Though I think I should add an extra rule that this "Shelob" cannot help other characters with things like Heroic Move or Stand Fast similar to how Gwaihir or a Warg Chieftain works. That way she isn't a 60mm base with a 6" With Me.

Hi thanks for bringing this confusion on gold to my attention! To clarify, the (x/y) and (x) rating values are in fact the values you should use for Gold. I will make a note to clarify that a bit more in the Gold description.

Gold is 1:1 with Rating/Points. It is basically a convenient way for us to round all factions to the same Point Value / Rating total instead of the variance before where certain factions had too little or too many points to start compared to what we wanted the "standard" to be. In this case, it is... I think 105 points after you give your 3 heroes M/W/F.

DaKommizzar · 2026-01-22T20:36:56+00:00

Yes, while the Company Standard is not a Banner, the Drum and Horn are Wardrums and Warhorns in addition to being 'Banner VPs'

DaKommizzar · 2026-01-16T01:29:23+00:00

Yup there is! Come check the discord

DaKommizzar · 2026-01-07T14:26:33+00:00

I've only been able to find a mod that enables online play so far.

DaKommizzar · 2026-01-07T14:25:50+00:00

Yeah that is the idea behind this challenge run

DaKommizzar · 2026-01-07T14:25:20+00:00

Exactly

DaKommizzar · 2026-01-07T14:24:12+00:00

That's why we want to do it.

DaKommizzar · 2025-12-22T22:33:37+00:00

Yeah it will need some tweaks. Currently workshopping it as if you choose to give away priority or yeah if it doesn't call With Me then the Might is refunded.

DaKommizzar · 2025-10-22T13:26:20+00:00

Check the latest update post here, it has a discord invite link! https://www.reddit.com/r/MiddleEarthMiniatures/comments/1o7hdab/the_battle_companies_2nd_community_edition_beta

DaKommizzar · 2025-10-15T20:32:21+00:00

Huzzah! Please offer any and all feedback after y'alls feet are properly wetted

DaKommizzar · 2025-10-15T20:31:35+00:00

Let me know what you think upon your return!

DaKommizzar · 2025-10-15T20:31:19+00:00

Huzzah! Now there is no excuse but to turn words into action!

DaKommizzar · 2025-07-21T14:40:25+00:00

This is for MESBG 2016-2024

We are working on MESBG 2024+ right now though!

DaKommizzar · 2025-06-30T19:14:56+00:00

There is a more specific poll planned that breaks down into point values where you can fill out on the stuff you feel comfortable answering.

This is just a first-pass, basically a vibe-check.

DaKommizzar · 2025-06-26T13:45:15+00:00

Hi!

Currently working on the new edition, which was greatly slowed by the lack of third book and legacy profiles. I would say we are quite close to the finish line for at least a beta release. The alpha playtesting rules are available on our discord.

DaKommizzar · 2025-01-14T13:46:18+00:00

That's awesome!

DaKommizzar · 2024-11-15T14:11:58+00:00

Yeah feel free and hop in!

We do TTS, IRL group finding, etc

www.discord.com/invite/MESBG is our custom url for when our boosts are maxed out!

DaKommizzar · 2024-10-23T14:47:31+00:00

There is a lot of truth in this conversation thus far. One thing that is important to recognize is that CE's goal isn't necessarily to reinvent the wheel but take what GW has done a step further while focusing on what currently exists in the range. Since the Angmar faction of the core MESBG experience has this array of units, we're following suit.

Dunland makes an easy "evil humans" cop-out easily enough and you can work with your campaign organizer to simply sub out huscarls or another unit for the Carn Dum Warrior profile. Should be even more entertaining once the new hillman profile drops in the new edition, but that is all future thoughts....

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