Middle-earth In Mercia | MESBG Podcast

In this episode, we cover the Vendetta At Venator, our largest tournament to date on the Great British Hobbit League calendar for the Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game. Designed as the ultimate yearly grudge match , this 690-point unrestricted event brought together 26 players for four intense rounds of competitive play. With the recent release of Armies of Middle-earth, players were encouraged to...

Muster In Mercia's first Podcast episode of 2026 where we discuss MESBG a year our, hobby progress and talk about Warhammer The Old World. Join the home of fantasy's ⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠ Join the conversation by contacting us at musterinmercia@gmail.com Links to all out content can be found ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠here.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Supporting the show We appreciate your support and feedback. Please help u...

The Death Of Middle-earth In Mercia. Join the home of fantasy's ⁠Discord⁠ Join the conversation by contacting us at musterinmercia@gmail.com Links to all out content can be found ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠here.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Supporting the show We appreciate your support and feedback. Please help us grow by telling your friends about us, following and reviewing us on your podcast provider of choice, and fo...

We apoligise but this episode is best consumed as a video episode. The 2nd part of our tournament coverage from Embrace The Darkness- Full game from table 1 in the final round, with commentary- List & Game discussion- Tournament winner interview- Player and Venue owner interviewsThis event used a unique special rule to simulate night fighting. This event used a unique special rule to simulate...

Join us for a very special episode of the show, as we present full video coverage of our 2nd Hosted Tournament in collaboration with Venator Tabletop Gaming. - Player Interviews - List & Game discussion - Game Photos - Best Armies from the day This event used a unique special rule to simulate night fighting. Music is license free from www.chosic.com and is Beautiful Wonder by Alex-Productions...

Middle-earth In Mercia is hosting it's 2nd tournament in collaboration with Venator Tabletop Gaming. This time using a unique special rule to simulate night fighting. Join us as we talk about what's coming for the show, preview the event, look at some lists. Talk about the new edition. And reveal the scenarios and order. Join the conversation by contacting us at middleearthinmercia@gmail.c...

Sonny & Ash sit down for a good old catch up. Join us as we share our thoughts on how the game has unfolded over the last 2 months. Joint he Discord Join the conversation by contacting us at middleearthinmercia@gmail.com Links to all out content can be found ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠here.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Supporting the podcast   We appreciate your support and feedback. Please help us grow by telling your frie...

Here is our event coverage from our first ever tournament 19/01/25. Included is interviews with the players throughout the day, some time lapse of the top table at the end of the day and interviews with the overall winner of the event as well as Jon the co-owner of Venator. Thank you to everyone who has been patient for this footage, unfortunately sickness has caused a large delay and then some ed...

Middle-earth In Mercia is hosting it's first ever tournament in collaboration with Venator Tabletop Gaming. Join us as we talk about what's coming for the show, preivew the event, look at some lists. Talk about the new edition. And reveal the scenarios and order. Join the conversation by contacting us at middleearthinmercia@gmail.com Links to all out content can be found ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠here.⁠⁠...

We've our hands on the new edition of MESBG, join us for our overview of everything you can expect from the launch box and the new rules. - Hands on with the new edition - Review of the new rules and launch box - Channel and podcast updates Join the conversation by contacting us at middleearthinmercia@gmail.com Links to all out content can be found ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ here. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Supporting the podcast...

Today we do a deep dive on the Dunland profiles included in the War Of The Rohirrim launch box for the new edition of MESBG. At the end we also have a bit of a chat about our thoughts on the coming release and edition overall Join the conversation by contacting us at middleearthinmercia@gmail.com Links to all out content can be found ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ here. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Supporting the podcast   We appreciate...

Today we do a deep dive on the Rohan profiles included in the War Of The Rohirrim launch box for the new edition of MESBG. Join the conversation by contacting us at middleearthinmercia@gmail.com Links to all out content can be found ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ here. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Supporting the podcast   We appreciate your support and feedback. Please help us grow by telling your friends about us, following and reviewing...

Want to know what all the buzz is about surrounding the current rules leaks awash across the internet. Join us as we delve into Elrond Of Rivendell's new profile. Join the conversation by contacting us at middleearthinmercia@gmail.com Links to all out content can be found ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ here. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Supporting the podcast   We appreciate your support and feedback. Please help us grow by telling your frie...

Leaks, leaks and more leaks. Information is abound across the internet of the content we can expect in the new MESBG rule book, join as us we delve into some of the information out there. We will be covering: - New unit designations - The new intelligence characteristic and how it works. Join the conversation by contacting us at middleearthinmercia@gmail.com Links to all out content can be found ⁠...

Games Workshop have announced for the first time in the history of MESBG that a large number of Miniatures and profiles will be going off sale and moved to legacies. Find the full list here: https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/vozvvb0g/middle-earthtm-strategy-battle-game-the-upcoming-range-update-explained/ Join the conversation by contacting us at middleearthinmercia@gmail.com Link...

New models, new edition. The Launch box for the new edition of MESBG has been announced, join us to look through all the contents of this new box and chat about what we can and hope to expect. Join the conversation by contacting us at middleearthinmercia@gmail.com Links to all out content can be found ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ here. ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Supporting the podcast   We appreciate your support and feedback. Please help us...

Yet another announcement of new models from Games Workshop, join us as we discuss the very first model announced for the new edition and the film tie in War Of The Rohirrim. Join the conversation by contacting us at middleearthinmercia@gmail.com Links to all out content can be found ⁠⁠ ⁠ here. ⁠⁠⁠ Supporting the podcast   We appreciate your support and feedback. Please help us grow by telling your...

Explosive news has hit the Middle-earth Strategy Battle game, a new edition is coming to the game at the end of 2024. Join Sonny & Ash as well as Great Bear Gaming's James Patterson for a special reaction episode to all of the very current news on what awaits the game. Join the conversation by contacting us at middleearthinmercia@gmail.com Links to all out content can be found ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ here....

A packed episode 4 brings more new models and announcements than we have seen for years for MESBG. A new supplement, new factions, new warriors, new heroes, new rules. We have shamans, monsters and even werewolves. Watch our latest video episode to find out everything we can expect from MESBG in the next release later this year. Join the conversation by contacting us at middleearthinmercia@gmail.c...

Episode 19 - Mini Madness Sonny & Ash continue to attend GBHL events, this episode playing an impressive 7 games in one day at the lowest points level they have ever played, 200 points. This episode also sees a return on an old segment in a new form... Topic of conversation: "Is the friendly GBHL 80 dead?" listen in to hear more and give your own opinion. Join the conversation by con...

Episode 3 of our video based Short episode series continues. We have new rumours, new models, new rules. Find out about Earnur, "The Last King Of Gondor" and what this could mean for the expected supplement due to be released at the end of the year. Join the conversation by contacting us at middleearthinmercia@gmail.com Links to all out content can be found ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ here. ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Supporting th...

Episode 18 - WHW Doubles 2024 Sonny & Ash return to where it all began for Middle-earth In Mercia, Warhammer World Doubles. Find out about one of our most ambitious hobby projects ever, with our combined doubles force and display board. What do we think of the event having now attended many more tournaments? Listen in to find out how we got on. Join the conversation by contacting us at middlee...

Our second Mercian Short, a new format for the podcast for content that maybe doesn't quite fit into our full episodes. This is a video enhanced series, which may not be available on all platforms, but the episode still has plenty of content for our Audio only listeners. In this episode we give a big update on all the MESBG reveals which have occurred since our episode where a source informed...

Episode 17 - Journey Across Rohan Sonny attends his first GBHL 90 event of the year, a second outing for the Witch King & Suladan alliance and a different points level of 500. This is also our first ever event at Black Dragon Miniatures in Hinckley so join us for our tournament review to hear how these new TOs have got on as they are hosting tournaments throughout the year. Join the conversati...

Episode 16 - A Burned Hand Teaches Best Season 3 moves forward as we kick off our 2024 tournament season with our first event. Sonny & Ash both attend a GBHL80 escalation event at Board In Brum, in Walsall. We also find the time to catch up with our correspondence from listeners and lay out our plans for Season 3 and the year to come. Join the conversation by contacting us at middleearthinmerc...