Richard, winner of the competition with a Haradrim army structured as follows:

First command:

1 x Cv(O) Irr Haradrim Commander in Chief
3 x Cv(O) Irr Haradrim Cavalry
6 x Bd(I) Irr Far Haradrim
4 x Sp(I) Irr Haradrim Spearmen
4 x Bw(I) Irr Haradrim Archers
1 x Ps(O) Irr Haradrim Archers
6 x Bg(I) Irr Army Baggage
Cmd Elts: 25 EEs: 18.5 Dem.Lvl: 6.5 Subtotal: 83.0

Second Command:

1 x Cv(O) Irr Haradrim Sub General
3 x El(S) Irr Mumakil
2 xLH(O) Irr Haradrim Horsemen
2 x Sp(I) Irr Haradrim Spearmen
3 x Ps(O) Irr Haradrim Archers
Cmd Elts: 11 EEs: 9.5 Dem.Lvl: 3.5 Subtotal: 94.0

Far Haradrim Ally Command:

1 x LH(O) Irr Far Haradrim Ally General
3 x LH(O) Irr Far Haradrim Light Horse
Cmd Elts: 4 EEs: 4.0 Dem.Lvl: 2.0 Subtotal: 23.0

Total APs: 200.0  Generals: 3 Army Elts: 40 EEs: 32.0 Defeat Lvl: 16.0

Rob, 2nd place on the day with a Noldor list (Nargothrond in the 1st Age) structured as follows:

First command:

1 x Reg Bd(F) Commander in Chief
8 x Reg LH(F) Horse Archers
6 x Reg Bd(F) Infantry
7 x Reg Bw(O) Archers
5 x Irr Ps(O) Nargothrond Ambushers
4 x Irr Bg(I) Army Baggage
EEs: 24.5 Dem.Lvl: 8.5

Second Command:

1 x Reg Kn(F) Sub General
3 x Reg Kn(F) Horse Guards
2 x Reg LH(F) Horse Archers
1 x Irr Ps(O) Nargothrond Ambushers
EEs: 6.5 Dem.Lvl: 2.5

Total APs: 200.0  Generals: 2 Army EEs: 31 Defeat Lvl: 15.5

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The freshly painted Noldor battle-line of Reg Bd(F) with archers and horse-archers in the background. These are Chariot miniatures.

Glaurung the dragon (El(X)), acting as the CnC for the Angoband army and supported by orc wolf-riders.

More scary stuff from the Angoband army. Here we see some trolls (classified as Irr Bd(S) with Psioli support) advancing in column with a Balrog sub-general at the rear of the column (also Irr Bd(S) with Psioli support). To the left you can see some of the copious amounts of orcish Irr Ax(I) "filler" in this army.

Here's a shot of a nightmare situation - Rohan Irr Kn(F) are charging impetiously at a group of 3 Mumakil (graded as Irr El(S)). Needless to say it didn't go well for the knights. The game ended 10-0 to Richard playing the Mumakil wielding Haradrim.

This shows a shot of a game between a Gondorian army played by Rory Meehan and an interesting Rohan army taken from the brief period of Dunlending occupation of Rohan played by Vinny Carpenter. The Gondorian spear are seen in the background - could they intervene in time? Obviously not as the game went 10-0 to Vinny.

The Sindar army used in the competition by Alec McTurk had many unusual options including an allied dwarven command of mattock-bearing Irr Bd(X) dwarves and a were-bear which was classified as an Irr El(O). The actual bear figure used is an old 25mm figure but it looks suitably impressive on the table!

One nice feature of the comp was a lot of very quick games. This meant that people could try and squeeze in extra games between rounds. Here both Cian and Richard get in a bit of practice between rounds 3 and 4.

Vinny gesticulates while Tony concentrates during round 3.

This image shows the hordes of Angoband advancing on the even bigger horde of Dunlendings (over 60EE in a DBM 200 army)- I bet those Dunlending Bw(I) are pretty scared of the advancing Bd(S) trolls. Unfortunately the game timed out as a 5-5 draw.

This shot shows games during round 4. From left to right, Alec, Cian, Rory, Tony and Eric. One of the handy things about playing at xmas is that there is always plenty of beer about.